We’re just about two weeks away from the start of the Summer 2012 movie season, and right out the gate comic book fans are going to get a feast with Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers. Superhero fans have been waiting their whole lives to get a good team-up flick, and it looks like Marvel is the [...]
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THE AVENGERS Set Photos & Footage Highlight Captain America and Thor
Shooting a giant action scene for The Avengers, director Joss Whedon is using Cleveland as a stand-in for New York City. If you haven’t been paying attention to the films, The Avengers are a dream team of superheros, handpicked by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to take on a threat to the world. The roster [...]
SDCC 2011: Comic-Con Video
San Diego Comic-Con 2011 was a huge undertaking to cover. Panels, the showroom floor, you name it, and people were there. We like to walk the convention floor and find unique items, decoration, and of course, the cosplay community. We wanted to give our readers a taste of what it’s like to see the convention [...]
Comic Con 2011 Day 0: It’s All In The Plan…
Getting ready for Fanboyz.net‘s third year covering the San Diego Comic Con, I think about all the planning and details that go into making the big trip out to Southern California. Despite some disappointment that the super big-name movies like Superman: Man of Steel and The Dark Knight Rises, there’s still a whole lot to [...]
New CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER Poster UPDATED: New Trailer
This post has been updated with the brand new trailer for the film, posted below the poster Captain America: The First Avenger is shaping up to be a big summer movie hit. At first, there was skepticism around the web about the direction the movie was going to go, mostly based on director Joe Johnston‘s [...]
New Theatrical Trailer for Marvel’s THOR
Ever since the Superbowl, the two Marvel movies getting the most love are Captain America: The First Avenger and X-Men: First Class. The Captain America TV spot was a fantastic first look, and the X-Men: First Class trailer that came out last week highlighted the political climate surrounding the formation of Xavier’s School. Thor did [...]
AVENGERS Script “Incredible” says Chris Hemsworth
MTV had the pleasure of meeting up with THOR star Chris Hemsworth at this years Sundance Film Festival and could not resist the urge to talk shop about the AVENGERS film still in early pre-production. Hemsworth couldn’t say much on the highly anticipated project, however, he did say that he thought that the early script [...]
Who’s Who? THOR Movie Trailer
Now that the Marvel Studios THOR movie trailer has debuted I have been getting many questions about this lesser known Marvel icon. Sure the fan boys of the world know who the Norse God of Thunder is in the Marvel Universe, but there are movie goers everywhere who aren’t as familiar with the son of [...]
Cover of the Week: Avengers #7 TRON Variant
What would your favorite Marvel superheroes look like in the grid from TRON? Brandon Peterson gives us a glimpse of what Spider-Woman would look like in this beautiful Avengers #7 variant cover. I’m not sure what the full story for TRON LEGACY will be, but I do know that it would end different with some [...]
Fan Noise Episode 8: Let’s Give THE AVENGERS a Break
It’s another week, and Roman opened up one of his collection rooms for a new backdrop for Fan Noise. They talk about Expendables, Scott Pilgrim and yes, Eat, Pray, Love. It’s shaping up to be the end of summer, but there’s a slew of movies coming out this coming weekend, and they hit all the [...]
Fan Noise Ep. 7: I’m Not Your Father, Sam
This is our first Fan Noise episode after Comic-Con, and Roman returns with his signature hat. Jordan finally sports a comic book shirt, and the two guys talk about The Other Guys, The Avengers, Skyline and more. Bonus: you also get a tease of the Thor footage we got a look at Comic-Con! Check out [...]
THE AVENGERS Teaser from Comic-Con 2010
There’s a lot that’s going to happen before The Avengers, and the movie itself will be jam-packed with story and action. Before we got a look at The Avengers when they assembled on-stage at Comic-Con 2010, the audience was treated to a short teaser for the upcoming team-up flick. Narrated briefly by Samuel L. Jackson [...]
Comic-Con Video: Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
One of my favorite days at Comic-Con was Saturday. It had everything from original stories (Zach Snyder’s Sucker Punch) to the big comic book adaptations. We spent the whole day in Hall H, and it was worth it. There were some surprises including unannounced celebrity appearances and a fight between two convention attendees resulting in [...]
Comic-Con: Genius Storytellers Joss Whedon & J.J. Abrams Chat
Few people are more loved at Comic-Con than Joss Whedon and J.J. Abrams. Easily, they are the most-loved TV guys at the convention, and their fans are numerous both at SDCC as well as around the globe. Whedon, responsible for cult-fan favorites like Buffy, The Vampire Slayer and Firefly, has his success measured in the [...]
Edward Norton’s Statement about not Returning as the Hulk
The web has been buzzing with Marvel Studios decision not to bring Edward Norton back as the Incredible Hulk’s alter ego Bruce Banner in an Avengers feature film. Here is statement released to Hitfix from Marvel’s Kevin Feige: “We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title role of [...]
The Z Cast Episode 3 – “80′s Movie Weekend”
This coming weekend two big 80s franchises are getting the Hollywood Brazilian treatment. But before Roman and Jordan get to that, they hit up the highlights from the MTV Movie Awards (hint: there’s not any) and discuss some interesting casting news for Marvel’s upcoming hero flicks. However, Roman had a pretty hard time coming up [...]
Who will be Marvel’s Hawkeye and Dum Dum Dugan on film?
A lot of buzz concerning Marvel’s team-up flick THE AVENGERS has rolled out the past few days. First, IRON MAN director Jon Favreau confirmed The Hulk will be a main character in the film. Although Favreau himself isn’t directing the project his franchise films are directly tied to AVENGERS, so it’s safe to say he’d [...]
Joss Whedon in Final Talks to Direct AVENGERS Film
Can it be? Am I dreaming? Reports are circulating on the web that Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon is in final talks to direct the upcoming AVENGERS film. According to a post on April Fools Day IESB posted that Whedon was on a short list of directors that were up for consideration to [...]
