Posts Tagged ‘the avengers’
Joss Whedon on possible Avengers return
The Avengers director Joss Whedon, divulging his thoughts to The Los Angeles Times on possibly helming the sequel. Oh yeah, did we mention that The Avengers 2 has been confirmed? Surprise! I'd be the first to admit that I'm a huge Joss Whedon fan, so as far as I'm concerned he could create Piranha 3DDD and I'd watch it, just because his...
Avengers Assemble box office takings are … wow!
Avengers Assemble (known as The Avengers in every other country) has had some inter-dimensional hype for a lot of the last year, and it has finally made its expected impact on the box office. It took $178.4 million in ticket sales before the US release. We were expecting it and we're still speechless. Joss Whedon's blockbuster...
Unpacking the Pictures: Avengers Assemble
After being known for a while simply as The Avengers, publicity for the newly titled Marvel Avengers Assemble has been flying around the web like Iron Man on a mission. So we thought we'd take a closer look at the latest offering, which is supposed to whet our appetites for the April...
The Bourne Legacy trailer is here and it’s bad-ass
When we think of the Bourne films, we think Matt Damon in all his fighting glory. However, there's a new man on the block now, in the form of Jeremy Renner and by the looks of the trailer we had better prepare ourselves for some serious action. Renner, who plays Hawkeye in the upcoming Avengers film, will take the place of Damon as the...
Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson in Can a Song Save Your Life?
The latest trailer for The Avengers, starring Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson, may have only just landed - but it seems that the pair have already made plans to appear together again on screen. Ruffalo has reportedly signed on to play a record producer in the upcoming romantic drama, Can a Song Save Your Life? In the film he...
The Super Bowl air-time plays host to exciting new trailers
It's the prime-time advertising opportunity every year, and this year the Super Bowl did not disappoint in terms of upcoming film teasers and trailers. There amongst the sporting action (which saw the New York Giants clinch victory over the New England Patriots) was a new extended advertisement for John Carter, the film that sees Taylor...
The Avengers teaser: “I still believe in heroes.”
It would certainly seem that Marvel believe in its super heroes. They chose to premiere the trailer for The Avengers on Super Bowl Sunday, in front of a world wide audience of 100 million. The Super Bowl is a massive advertising opportunity as millions tune in. Among the movie trailers that made an appearance: The Hunger Games and G.I....
The Avengers: The superhero lowdown
With The Avengers coming out on 27th April, we thought we'd give you a quick refresher course on each of the superheros who will attempt to save the world in the film. When Loki, the Norse god of mischief who was previously seen disappearing into a wormhole in Thor, decides it would be a good idea if he became king of Earth, not everyone agrees...
New image released of Captain America in The Avengers
The release date for The Avengers is getting excitingly close now and to get audiences even more excited, a new image of Captain America has been released. Below is the new image showing Captain America, aka Steve Rogers, who is played by Chris Evans (Sunshine, Fantastic Four). Director of The Avengers, Joss Whedon, has said that most...
Films to look forward to in 2012
With Shame and War Horse coming out in the UK this Friday, 2012 is getting off to a great start film-wise. Here at TheFilmReview, we are very exited about the year ahead and have put together a list of some of the films, both big and small, that we are looking forward...
Chris Evans replacing James Franco on The Iceman
If you're keen to see The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, you might be interested to know that Franco has dropped out, only to be replaced by a mister Chris Evans. As the brutal hit-man movie, Iceman rolls onwards towards production, there have been some really interesting announcements. Recently, Friends star David Schwimmer...
Captain America images now on Facebook
He was frozen, for fifty years. He awoke, to save a nation. He fought the breach of hero rights in Civil War. Now, Captain America is... updating his pics on Facebook. Yeah, don't worry, heroes are still in comic books, although Drunk Hulk is definitely a fairly cult name on Twitter with almost 75,000 followers. Captain America: The First...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer gets cinematic reboot
Reboots are all the rage at the moment, the latest being Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Except, the latest version of the stake-wielding teen to be given the cinematic treatment will go ahead without Whedon himself. After writing the script for the hugely popular TV series, which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, it has been confirmed...
Mark Ruffalo is the The Hulk
Ladies and gentlemen, this is Mark Ruffalo. Don't make him angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry... As with all Comic-Con news, it's been met with rapturous applause and scathing hardcore-fan cynicism that Mark Ruffalo, actor of Zodiac and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind fame, will be donning the muscles and green skin. As part of...
Joss Whedon confirmed to direct The Avengers
Joss Whedon, talented director and creator of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Firefly, alongside the film adaptation Serenity, has confirmed his directorship of The Avengers. For those who're a little lost when it comes to Whedon, he revitalised the vampire genre for TV, not to mention created Firefly the most cult one-season show since Fawlty...
