Posts Tagged ‘thor’
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 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....
Richard Attenborough Regional Film Award winners announced
The RAFAs are out in force today, tipping their collective hats at a wide variety of cinema in a celebration of good British filmmaking and film criticism. Some of the usual suspects have made the list - The Artist and Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady being two good examples - but there are some accolades that go to some great media. Here's the...
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...
Natalie Portman angry at change of Thor 2 director
Marvel Studios are reportedly doing all they can to appease an angry Natalie Portman, after firing the director of Thor 2, which the actress is set to appear in. Patty Jenkins, who is perhaps best known for directing the award-winning crime-drama, Monster, has been officially dropped from the upcoming sequel to this year's superhero...
The wolfpack is back for the Hangover III
If you've never woken up after a night out, with a tiger growling in the bathroom, farmyard birds wandering around the kitchen or discovered a tattoo on your face, then the lads from The Hangover can show you the true meaning of a wild night out. But they'd better sober up soon because filming for the Hangover Part III is set to start next...
Super Bowl movie trailers 2011
Last night was the Super Bowl, which to most of us doesn't mean much but in the US is the sun around which everything else televisual orbits. And the planets with the most life are the adverts - which are the most expensive of the year. Without a doubt, this year it was movie trailers which dominated the ads. A total of 16 trailers were...
The 11 to watch in 2011
2011 looks like it's going to be an astonishingly diverse array of high-quality cinema. But which movies are worth the price of admission? Don't worry, the average brain-numbing stuff's still there, but with the year kicking off thanks to the Oscar-tipped The King's Speech, we thought we'd offer our 11 choices to you in the hope that you will,...
New Captain America and Thor posters online
New posters for Thor and Captain America have been posted on the web, and we couldn't be more excited! Hit the jump for the two posters in question. [imagebrowser...
Thor Footage Now Floating Around the Web
If you're holding your hammers in anticipation of the Thor film adaptation, then you're in luck - a set visit by Entertainment Tonight has revealed many parts of the film in all their glory. Thor is based around the Marvel comic depicting none other than the god himself - hammer in hand, bearded, and scared of nothing whatsoever (when you...
