Less of this Fringe crap, back onto the good stuff.
Jennifer Garner could be seen playing another Marvel character. After having the actress playing superheroine Elektra in "Daredevil, The Movie" and "Elektra", Marvel Studios reportedly eyes the wife of Ben Affleck to star in their next movie.
A source tells Avengers News that the studio is looking at Garner to portray "an upcoming undisclosed role". While the source does not have detailed information about the character, it is said that the role offered to the 38-year-old beauty is "pretty big". Marvel, however, has not confirmed the news.
Marvel Studios is currently having several movies in the top of their line-up. "Thor" which sees Chris Hemsworth as the title character has wrapped production and will be released in the U.S. on May 6, 2011. "Captain America: The First Avenger" which has Chris Evans leading is going to start shooting in London, England this July for a scheduled release date of July 22, 2011 in the U.S.
Jennifer Garner gained recognition for her role of CIA agent in TV series "Alias". She is last seen in "Valentine's Day" which has star-studded cast ensemble including Julia Roberts, Jessica Biel, Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper and many more. She will star in and produce "Butter", a comedy movie which is slated for 2012 release.
Unless shes on a train in white lingerie again, pass. Im not sure who she could be playing thats 'big', Cap and Avengers are the only available films at the minute and theres no really 'big' females in Cap as far as Im aware and Black Widow is cast in Avengers...so...Wasp?
Though short of existing, Im not sure Wasp is 'big'. Unless she grows that way.
Rumor: The Avengers Will Be Fighting Off Skrulls Come 2012?
There's a new unconfirmed rumor going around, from ComicBookMovie, revealing some potential villain(s) in the upcoming The Avengers movie. I don't want to dwell on it too much, because a) I don't really want to reveal any big spoilers for a movie that is at least two years out, and b) this is such a very early rumor, it's almost all speculation and anything could happen with the script by the time they start shooting (remember, Joss Whedon still isn't even officially attached as director). That said, the rumor states that The Avengers will battle the shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls, which appeared in The Ultimates comics.
CBM says that they've confirmed with "two other sources close to the production" that the Skrulls will be one of the main villains in the movie. Of course, there's also a rumor that Loki (who begins his big screen reign in Kenneth Branagh's Thor next summer) will appear in The Avengers and he may even "gain control over" the Hulk and cause him to unleash his fury; Hulk was the big villain in Vol. 1 of The Ultimates comic series. And beyond that, they say that another alien race called the Kree will have a presence as "Earthly allies." So we've got at least two alien races, potentially an evil Norse god, and a bunch of superheroes all in one epic comic book movie coming up in 2012, or at least that's what early sources are reporting nowdays.
For those who don't know, the Skrulls are green-skinned reptilian humanoids with large pointed ears. They are known for genetic and molecular instability, and genetic diversity, due to "Celestial experimentation." I referenced The Ultimates earlier because every decision Marvel has made regarding The Avengers movie so far, including the characters that will be in it, have been the same as in The Ultimates. It seems like they're trying to replicate that storyline in the movie, which is why there are rumors about Hulk and the Skrulls. But with Whedon rewriting the script, you never know what will happen. Will the Skrulls be good villains?
I dunno, she seems a bit to old and doesn't really look right. The Wasp was always really sexy and curvy whereas Garner (while certainly good looking) has a few too many sharp edges. Apart from that she just doesn't fit the role for me, though I couldn't exactly put my finger on why. I don't really like Garner's work as an actor so I suppose that shifts my opinion.
I dunno, she seems a bit to old and doesn't really look right. The Wasp was always really sexy and curvy whereas Garner (while certainly good looking) has a few too many sharp edges. Apart from that she just doesn't fit the role for me, though I couldn't exactly put my finger on why. I don't really like Garner's work as an actor so I suppose that shifts my opinion.
I dont know what shed look like now because of the kids but oh man...Alias...so many underwear scenes...fabulous body.
But yeah I agree that they may be aiming too old considering its the first film in what may be a trilogy. She might not actually be even well into her 30#s but she doesn't look like shes aging well. But its probably because she always seems to be without makeup.
But then Chris Evans doesnt really look like Cap to me, though he was certainly better than the alternatives.
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Alison Brie should be the Wasp. She's hot, but has the acting ability to be prissy and a designer yet also be a hero. She would do well having the day job of being a fashion designer but then shrinking down to stab people in the eardrum.
It's just that Garner doesn't have the same feel to her as the Wasp. She always plays fighters or spies or whatever (at least in the stuff I've seen her in) and the Wasp was never a really a fighter, she was a superhero but she wasn't really skilled in combat or anything. Garner seems a little too... aggressive to play that part.
I'd probably get over it if she was the Wasp and she may well be it just doesn't really fit for me.
As for Evans I've never see him do stuff that wasn't a comedy so I don't know how well he'll do, but he is a good actor and certainly has charisma and presence on screen so he should be OK at least in that respect. Honestly so far they have got the casting right (Norton and Downey were both perfect and Hemsworth so far looks to be doing just fine) so I'm prepared to just wait and see with Evans.
EDIT: Tex you are right Allison Brie would be a good choice.
I wonder what they're going to do with Pym and Wasp because I can't see them getting much screentime compared to the other big guys. Though with all the rumours it possible we'll have Hulk, Loki and Skrulls as enemies so I guess theres enough villains for everyone to take down someone big.
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That's why you give the roles to someone who is a very solid supporting actor/actress. You don't want it to be like Image United where everyone is trying to bring their A-Game and then Todd McFarlane ruins the whole thing.
Yah, Wasp is pretty important you really do need an actress that can really sell the part to the audience. Hell, Janet Van Dyne was the one who actually came up with the name Avengers if memory serves.
Oh, and throwing support for Allison Brie as well. Maybe Garner could be a convincing She-Hulk?
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LAST summer it was hinted that we might see extraterrestrial shapeshifters the Skrulls in Marvel's team-up film The Avengers. The rumours have now resurfaced, with "several insider reports" all pointing to the inclusion of the aliens, who come from the Andromeda Galaxy and infiltrate Earth by disguising themselves as other human and superhuman beings. In addition, it's said the Skrulls' main enemies, a race called the Kree from the Greater Magellanic Cloud, will make an appearance as mankind's allies. An actor called Kevin Pennington has been linked to the role of a Kree called Noh-Varr. t's rumoured that the Skrulls (pictured above) will operate largely covertly in the first Avengers movie, turning the Hulk into a menace by behind-the-scenes mind-control. A full-on alien invasion wouldn't happen until the sequel.
In the original comics, it was Loki who manipulated the Hulk and this led to Thor, Ant-Man, Wasp and Iron Man coming together to form the superteam, which then stopped Hulk and defeated Loki.
Hulk joined the Avengers too but soon left and when the other team members tried to find him, they ran into Namor the Sub-Mariner which led to them to finding the body of Captain America, which had been frozen in ice since the end of World War II. He was revived and joined the team.
It sounds like events will play out differently on screen and the speculated inclusion of extraterrestrials has had a mixed reaction from film fans online. On the one hand such a dramatic threat would be a logical reason for all these heroes to come together, but some would rather it was all grounded on earth and in a more reality-based storyline from a human villain.Meanwhile, the purists say the Skrulls belong with Fantastic Four, in whose comics they were introduced.
Sounds like quite a division of opinion. So what do readers here think? Given that Thor is already an otherworldly presence, would you want to see extraterrestrials appearing in The Avengers?
It should be mentioned that these latest revelations - which emerged over at Comic Book Movie - are all unsubstantiated at present; official news at a later stage should give us more to chew on. We may find out more at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Joss Whedon is set to direct The Avengers, though his involvement has not yet been officially announced by Marvel Studios, and is apparently also reworking Zak Penn's screenplay.
The film will include Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Nick Fury, Hulk, Black Widow and possibly other characters such as Iron Man's ally War Machine, and is set for release in May, 2012.
That would be cool though. The story could be pretty simple, the Avengers Assemble, Hulk goes all crazy so they head off the top him but he's too tough. Then Noh-Var turns up to inform them that in fact the Hulk is being mind controlled by Skrulls and that he, as a Kree warrior sent to defeat them, can help them find the Skrull secret base and destroy their mind control device.
The Avengers attack and some secondary character we saw earlier on is now revealed to be a dirty alien! Cue big fight scene, but the aliens have some sort of super-skrull esque bender! The heroes are on the verge of defeat when a vengeful Hulk, free of mind control, busts in and saves the day. Everyone's a hero, home in time for tea and medals.
Of course that would be really simplified and I'm sure a few more plot twists and sub-plots could be chucked in but whatever.
Hes not very good? Remember he DID write the BUffy film that led into Buffy the series which itself was relatively mediocre but new and unique, I may be remembering it wrong but that ultimately got cancelled and moved to elsewhere for 2 seasons.
He created Angel which led to the spin-off which itself was actually pretty good though I dont think he had much to do with it, got cancelled.
He did Firefly. Got Cancelled.
Did Dollhouse, got cancelled.
Wrote Alien Ressurection.
He gets given a huge amount of chances because of his fandom and the relative success of Buffy, but he is not a film director or a particularly talented writer. A huge ensemble film of thge biggest heroes in Marvel is meant for someone with significantly more talent.
And no Furu, I don't mean Chris Nolan.
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To me he's 40/60 hit/miss.
I liked the first two seasons of Buffy and then I just didn't care about it anymore, and never watched his other shows for complete lack of interest.
Of his Astonishing X-Men run that had 4 arcs, the first and third were the good arc, the others were just decompressed and not that interesting.
He did direct an episode of the Office that I liked, Business School (aka the vampire episode, whodathunk it?)
Then again his idea for the end of Civil War, that Marvel went with, that was streets behind. Add to it his tardiness and his lackluster Runaways arc and he's just a mixed bag.
Hes not very good? Remember he DID write the BUffy film that led into Buffy the series which itself was relatively mediocre but new and unique, I may be remembering it wrong but that ultimately got cancelled and moved to elsewhere for 2 seasons.
He created Angel which led to the spin-off which itself was actually pretty good though I dont think he had much to do with it, got cancelled.
He did Firefly. Got Cancelled.
Did Dollhouse, got cancelled.
Wrote Alien Ressurection.
He gets given a huge amount of chances because of his fandom and the relative success of Buffy, but he is not a film director or a particularly talented writer. A huge ensemble film of thge biggest heroes in Marvel is meant for someone with significantly more talent.
And no Furu, I don't mean Chris Nolan.
You do realize that the Buffy movie and Aliens Resurrection weren't directed by him and were screwed up by other people? Thus the reason he won't let anyone direct things he has written anymore?
Angel lasted 5 seasons before it was cancelled. That's a good run. Buffy lasted 7 and got a spinoff halfway through, a great run. Sure, Firefly got cancelled but is generally considered by those who bother to watch it to be really good. (Dollhouse isn't that good, I'll give you that).
Dammit I liked Alien Resurrection. Mostly because of Ron Perlman but also because all the SFX were practical. Sure some of them didn't look that great but at least it was free of CG.
They'll need to find a way to give the Skrulls distinct and interesting personalities in spite of the fact that they'll spend most of the story pretending to be other people.
They'll need to find a way to give the Skrulls distinct and interesting personalities in spite of the fact that they'll spend most of the story pretending to be other people.
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No, no humanizing of the skrulls, make them the offshoot of the two dominant species in the universe that hate our guts because we're the best so we kill them with shields and lightning bolts and repulsor blasts.
Hes not very good? Remember he DID write the BUffy film that led into Buffy the series which itself was relatively mediocre but new and unique, I may be remembering it wrong but that ultimately got cancelled and moved to elsewhere for 2 seasons.
He created Angel which led to the spin-off which itself was actually pretty good though I dont think he had much to do with it, got cancelled.
He did Firefly. Got Cancelled.
Did Dollhouse, got cancelled.
Wrote Alien Ressurection.
He gets given a huge amount of chances because of his fandom and the relative success of Buffy, but he is not a film director or a particularly talented writer. A huge ensemble film of thge biggest heroes in Marvel is meant for someone with significantly more talent.
And no Furu, I don't mean Chris Nolan.
You do realize that the Buffy movie and Aliens Resurrection weren't directed by him and were screwed up by other people? Thus the reason he won't let anyone direct things he has written anymore?
Angel lasted 5 seasons before it was cancelled. That's a good run. Buffy lasted 7 and got a spinoff halfway through, a great run. Sure, Firefly got cancelled but is generally considered by those who bother to watch it to be really good. (Dollhouse isn't that good, I'll give you that).
Buffy seemed to be lucky though, Im pretty sure it was on the bubble after season 1 just like Dollhouse and it managed to survive and it only lasted about one good season because I think after that was the Initiative, Adam, Riley and unstoppable sex at the frathouse, then the 3 nerds, black Willow and the God. Plus Im sure it got cancelled after series 5 and started up elsewhere.
Angel was good, but season 4 was one of the most horrendous series of TV I've ever watched. 5 drew it back big time but still got cancelled and cut off before some stuff could be resolved, resulting in comic series for both.
Dollhouse, just never good. Ok, it got good when Alpha was introduced. Then there was the 2nd episode with Alpha, that took a huge nosedive. Again it was dead in Season 1 but it got lucky.
Firefly, cancelled before it even finished season 1.
A lot of his chances and opportunities seem to come from the insanely rabid fanbase he has and that may be fine for little tv shows and comic books but not for one of the most ambitious superhero films ever, if not THE most ambitious. Basically Ocean's 11 with the big names except hundreds of millions of dollars of CGI.
Look. I haven't seen a single episode of Whedon's TV stuff. But I remember Buffy and Angel being this big thing that lasted a few years. You say "Oh it only lasted like 5 seasons" as if that isn't a respectable amount of time for a show to be on the air.
I stopped with Buffy after 3, Angel all the way, Dollhouse to the end of season 1, I disliked every minute of it, my fault, not seen Firefly, watched the Buffy movie because it had vampires and I was 8, watched Serenity because a friend asked me, watched Ressurection because its Aliens.
So wow, he only managed to get a combined total of 14.5 seasons (firefly was only halfway through season one *sob*) worth of television shows together, what a fucking hack!
Seriously though, your opinions are almost uniformly awful, and I can't take a single thing you say seriously. But bravo for managing not to compare Buffy to TDK in some way.
Robos is pretty smart and he generally agrees with my opinions on films. So there!
But ultimately Virral, its my opinion just like its your choice to say that I compare everything to TDK.
Now yes, if I want to compare something bad to something good, I'll use TDK as the good example. For instance I may say Virral is < TDK. This would be a valid statement backed up by fact. Though the Beartato av does somewhat push it in the other direction.
God forbid we have differeing opinions Virral. The first time this came up I posted a full list of his actual credits. Not his concepts that get turned into shows, his actual credits, and Im not going to go find it, but it was ...fairly sparse on actual achievement.
Whedon can do some good stuff, but it is a sad fact of his shows that every character has the same quirky hah-hah way of speaking. Ways of speaking that do not fit with Captain America, Thor, Bruce Banner or really even Iron Man. So in that way he's perhaps not the best choice for writing as he would be for, say, Spider-Man.
The thing is that isn't true at all. He got that reputation because of Buffy and most of the main cast being sarcastic twentysomethings, but characters like Giles and Buffy's mom didn't speak that way at all. If you watch Firefly and Dollhouse, his writing got even more mature and less jokey. He's kind of like Bendis in that he can't resist sometimes having his characters make a snide remark in the face of danger, but it's not like he can't write well in a serious style.
Why wouldn't they get writers from each of the respective films plus some originals? Surely its going to lose a lot of what makes the characters popular in their own films if Whedon is solely responsible.
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Unless shes on a train in white lingerie again, pass. Im not sure who she could be playing thats 'big', Cap and Avengers are the only available films at the minute and theres no really 'big' females in Cap as far as Im aware and Black Widow is cast in Avengers...so...Wasp?
Though short of existing, Im not sure Wasp is 'big'. Unless she grows that way.
Whereas I think Wasp is a founding member of the Avengers right? Even if she is crap.
Mind if I ask why not? I really dont know anything about Wasp.
I dont know what shed look like now because of the kids but oh man...Alias...so many underwear scenes...fabulous body.
But yeah I agree that they may be aiming too old considering its the first film in what may be a trilogy. She might not actually be even well into her 30#s but she doesn't look like shes aging well. But its probably because she always seems to be without makeup.
But then Chris Evans doesnt really look like Cap to me, though he was certainly better than the alternatives.
I'd probably get over it if she was the Wasp and she may well be it just doesn't really fit for me.
As for Evans I've never see him do stuff that wasn't a comedy so I don't know how well he'll do, but he is a good actor and certainly has charisma and presence on screen so he should be OK at least in that respect. Honestly so far they have got the casting right (Norton and Downey were both perfect and Hemsworth so far looks to be doing just fine) so I'm prepared to just wait and see with Evans.
EDIT: Tex you are right Allison Brie would be a good choice.
Yes...talent.
I wonder what they're going to do with Pym and Wasp because I can't see them getting much screentime compared to the other big guys. Though with all the rumours it possible we'll have Hulk, Loki and Skrulls as enemies so I guess theres enough villains for everyone to take down someone big.
Oh, and throwing support for Allison Brie as well. Maybe Garner could be a convincing She-Hulk?
And yeah, she doesn't seem right for the winsome Wasp. I'm going to take a wild guess and say Jessica Drew.
Might I suggest:
I'm just sayin guys . . . I personally think she's a good actress as well.
Third Lieutenant Tits McGee? I could roll with that.
And yeah, I guess Garner could be a good Spider-Woman.
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I don't see Noh Varr or the Kree turning up, seems like way too much for one film.
The Avengers attack and some secondary character we saw earlier on is now revealed to be a dirty alien! Cue big fight scene, but the aliens have some sort of super-skrull esque bender! The heroes are on the verge of defeat when a vengeful Hulk, free of mind control, busts in and saves the day. Everyone's a hero, home in time for tea and medals.
Of course that would be really simplified and I'm sure a few more plot twists and sub-plots could be chucked in but whatever.
He created Angel which led to the spin-off which itself was actually pretty good though I dont think he had much to do with it, got cancelled.
He did Firefly. Got Cancelled.
Did Dollhouse, got cancelled.
Wrote Alien Ressurection.
He gets given a huge amount of chances because of his fandom and the relative success of Buffy, but he is not a film director or a particularly talented writer. A huge ensemble film of thge biggest heroes in Marvel is meant for someone with significantly more talent.
And no Furu, I don't mean Chris Nolan.
I liked the first two seasons of Buffy and then I just didn't care about it anymore, and never watched his other shows for complete lack of interest.
Of his Astonishing X-Men run that had 4 arcs, the first and third were the good arc, the others were just decompressed and not that interesting.
He did direct an episode of the Office that I liked, Business School (aka the vampire episode, whodathunk it?)
Then again his idea for the end of Civil War, that Marvel went with, that was streets behind. Add to it his tardiness and his lackluster Runaways arc and he's just a mixed bag.
You do realize that the Buffy movie and Aliens Resurrection weren't directed by him and were screwed up by other people? Thus the reason he won't let anyone direct things he has written anymore?
Angel lasted 5 seasons before it was cancelled. That's a good run. Buffy lasted 7 and got a spinoff halfway through, a great run. Sure, Firefly got cancelled but is generally considered by those who bother to watch it to be really good. (Dollhouse isn't that good, I'll give you that).
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Buffy seemed to be lucky though, Im pretty sure it was on the bubble after season 1 just like Dollhouse and it managed to survive and it only lasted about one good season because I think after that was the Initiative, Adam, Riley and unstoppable sex at the frathouse, then the 3 nerds, black Willow and the God. Plus Im sure it got cancelled after series 5 and started up elsewhere.
Angel was good, but season 4 was one of the most horrendous series of TV I've ever watched. 5 drew it back big time but still got cancelled and cut off before some stuff could be resolved, resulting in comic series for both.
Dollhouse, just never good. Ok, it got good when Alpha was introduced. Then there was the 2nd episode with Alpha, that took a huge nosedive. Again it was dead in Season 1 but it got lucky.
Firefly, cancelled before it even finished season 1.
A lot of his chances and opportunities seem to come from the insanely rabid fanbase he has and that may be fine for little tv shows and comic books but not for one of the most ambitious superhero films ever, if not THE most ambitious. Basically Ocean's 11 with the big names except hundreds of millions of dollars of CGI.
nice.
Done.
Seriously though, your opinions are almost uniformly awful, and I can't take a single thing you say seriously. But bravo for managing not to compare Buffy to TDK in some way.
But ultimately Virral, its my opinion just like its your choice to say that I compare everything to TDK.
Now yes, if I want to compare something bad to something good, I'll use TDK as the good example. For instance I may say Virral is < TDK. This would be a valid statement backed up by fact. Though the Beartato av does somewhat push it in the other direction.
God forbid we have differeing opinions Virral. The first time this came up I posted a full list of his actual credits. Not his concepts that get turned into shows, his actual credits, and Im not going to go find it, but it was ...fairly sparse on actual achievement.
Edit: Wait, I've forgotten which side I'm on...