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Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« on: April 26, 2011, 06:47:19 AM »
http://marvel.com/news/story/15733/marvels_the_avengers_begins_production

Production has commenced today in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Marvel Studios’ highly anticipated movie “Marvel’s The Avengers,” directed by Joss Whedon (“Serenity”) from a screenplay by Whedon.  The film will continue principal photography in Cleveland, Ohio and New York City. Robert Downey, Jr. (“Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2”) returns as the iconic Tony Stark/Iron Man along with Chris Hemsworth (“Thor”) as Thor, Chris Evans (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) as Captain America, Jeremy Renner (“Thor,” “The Hurt Locker”) as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo (“The Kids Are Alright”) as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson (“Iron Man 2”) as Black Widow, Clark Gregg (“Iron Man,” “Thor”) as Agent Phil Coulson, and Samuel L. Jackson (“Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2”) as Nick Fury.  Set for release in the US on May 4, 2012, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the first feature to be fully owned, marketed and distributed by Disney, which acquired Marvel in 2009.

Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. 
Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, “Marvel’s The Avengers” brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston (“Wallander”) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Angels & Demons,” “Mamma Mia!”) who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios’ feature “Thor.”
“Marvel’s The Avengers” is being produced by Marvel Studios' President, Kevin Feige, and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Louis D’Esposito, Patty Whitcher, and Jon Favreau. Marvel Studios’ Jeremy Latcham and Victoria Alonso will co-produce.
The creative production team also includes Oscar nominated director of photography Seamus McGarvey (“Atonement”), production designer James Chinlund (“25th Hour”), Oscar winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne (“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”), Oscar winning visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs (“Iron Man 2,” “The Matrix”), visual effects producer Susan Pickett (“Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2”), stunt coordinator R.A. Rondell (“Superman Returns”), and four-time Oscar nominated special effects supervisor Dan Sudick (“Iron Man,” “War of the Worlds”). The editors include Oscar nominated Paul Rubell (“Collateral”) and Jeffrey Ford (“Crazy Heart”).
Marvel Studios most recently produced “Iron Man 2” which was released in theatres on May 7, 2010. The sequel to “Iron Man,” starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow as well as Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke, took the number one spot its first weekend with a domestic box office gross of $128.1 million. To date the film has earned over $620 million in worldwide box office receipts.
In the summer of 2008, Marvel produced the summer blockbuster movies, “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk.”  “Iron Man,” in which Robert Downey, Jr. originally dons the super hero’s powerful armor alongside co-stars Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow, was released May 2, 2008 and was an immediate box office success. Garnering the number one position for two weeks in a row, the film brought in over $100 million its opening weekend and grossed over $571 million worldwide. On June 13, 2008, Marvel released “The Incredible Hulk” marking its second number one opener of that summer. The spectacular revival of the iconic green goliath grossed over $250 million in worldwide box office receipts.


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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2011, 06:50:48 AM »
If Liberace was alive, I bet they would have given him a highly masculine part to play.

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2011, 06:54:34 AM »
No Black Panther, no Power Man/Luke Cage? I guess one black person was enough...but seriously, Black Panther was a huge asset to the Avengers and so was Luke Cage...

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2011, 07:12:57 AM »

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2011, 07:13:09 AM »
No Black Panther, no Power Man/Luke Cage? I guess one black person was enough...but seriously, Black Panther was a huge asset to the Avengers and so was Luke Cage...

Relax.  T'Challa is getting his own film.

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2011, 07:15:28 AM »
No Black Panther, no Power Man/Luke Cage? I guess one black person was enough...but seriously, Black Panther was a huge asset to the Avengers and so was Luke Cage...

If this is the story of the coming together of the Avengers then it's too eary for Black Panther.

I still sigh at everytime i think of Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury. I don't care that Marvel changed the character to look like him in the comics, i just don't like the guy.

Good to see there'll be something decent to look at in Cobie Smulders. I'm no fan of Scarlett Johansson. Find her over-rated.

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2011, 07:51:48 AM »
They were filming this past weekend in NYC , timesquare... my boy from college is an extra on the set... Samuel L Jackson and the human torch aka Captain America were on set with him.... 
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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2011, 08:04:25 AM »
Would have been nice with Ed Norton as hulk ! 

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2011, 08:34:31 AM »
Relax.  T'Challa is getting his own film.
Well we know it won't be Wesley Snipes---jail has a way of delaying things, even though his latest movies are direct to DVD now.

Then either Michael Jai White- due to his martial arts, or Elba
Would have been nice with Ed Norton as hulk ! 
True, but I would more concerned about how the comics are making their characters more and more twinkish...if the human torch wasn't dead, he'd be made into the Human Fire Fairy...

BTW, I like the way The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen did Mr. Hyde, but not the way Van Helsing did the same character.

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2011, 08:57:01 AM »
Well we know it won't be Wesley Snipes---jail has a way of delaying things, even though his latest movies are direct to DVD now.

Then either Michael Jai White- due to his martial arts, or ElbaTrue, but I would more concerned about how the comics are making their characters more and more twinkish...if the human torch wasn't dead, he'd be made into the Human Fire Fairy...

BTW, I like the way The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen did Mr. Hyde, but not the way Van Helsing did the same character.

would be a great choice

or Will Smith  ;D

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Re: Marvel "Avengers" movie cast revealed
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2011, 09:55:23 AM »
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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