Academy Awards, summer movies, Prometheus, The Hunger Games, and The Avengers. This week marks more or less the halfway point not just of summer but of the entire year; to celebrate, and to avoid reviewing Ice Age: Continental Drift, your Summermetrician, Zach Baron, invited Mark Harris, in-house Grantland Oscar expert and author of the great Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood, to discuss 2012′s year in movies so far.
It kind of got out of hand … BARON: Mark! When last we heard from you, The Artist had just triumphed in one of the most self-congratulatory and uninspiring Oscar races ever, Viola Davis had watched Meryl Streep elbow Billy “Blackface” Crystal aside to accept an award that probably should have been hers, and you had finally finished getting the last bits of black and white inked into your Undying Magic of Old Hollywood Cinema full back tattoo. HARRIS: As you know, it’s been a long and painful process trying to have that back tattoo removed.
Don’t get me wrong: She’s adorable. You know what’s not complicated? Marvel's The Avengers (Four-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy + Digital Music Download): Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Joss Whedon: Movi. FIRST LOOK: Marvel unveils top-secret 'Avengers' short film 'Item 47. This exclusive Comic-Con poster for Marvel’s new One-Shot short film Item 47 takes us back to a familiar vantage point.
The first time we looked down this Manhattan corridor toward the Stark Tower, it was in The Avengers poster and our old buddies Iron Man, Nick Fury, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and the Hulk were busy defending this pulverized street from a gang of alien invaders. But even good guys don’t always clean up after themselves. You have to imagine a Chitauri warrior (if he survived the battle) reciting a variation on the “rifle prayer” from Full Metal Jacket as he regroups back on the other side of that galactic portal: “This is my gun. There are many others like it, but this one is mine. My gun is my best fr– ugh, crap … where’d I leave that thing again?” GET MORE EW: Subscribe to the magazine for only 33¢ an issue! Click for a larger version of the poster, which Marvel will be giving out during Comic-Con at a secret screening of Item 47 on Friday night. 'Uncanny Avengers': Exclusive first look at the flagship title of Marvel Now! Earlier this week, EW exclusively announced the impending arrival of the Marvel Now!
Initiative, which will radically alter Marvel’s lineup with a mix of new and relaunched titles. Now we’ve got a look at Uncanny Avengers, one of the new titles, written by Rick Remender and drawn by John Cassady, which focuses on a new superteam that throws together characters from the Avengers and X-Men franchises. Take a look at the cover of Uncanny Avengers. (Click on the image below to enlarge.) Remender talked to us about Uncanny Avengers and offered some intriguing teases about the characters who will form the superteam’s initial lineup.
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Per the New York Post, the 27-year-old actress did such a bang-up job in her role as Black Widow in The Avengers that the studios are said to be ponying up as much as a record $20 million to ensure she suits up for the highly anticipated sequel. But is it true? MORE: Who Is Scarlett Johansson's Mystery Sunbathing Buddy? Well, first to put it in perspective, that whopping amount is a far cry from the estimated $400,000 Johansson pocketed when she first played the character in Iron Man 2. Avengers Games - KIDS GAMES HEROES.
The awesomeness of a superhero is great but the awesomeness of a group of superheroes is beyond words.
No wonder Marvel Comics came up with The Avengers. The Avengers is a fictional team that is composed of different superheroes from Marvel Comics. The team was conceptualized and created by Stan Lee (writer) and Jack Kirby (artist) who were encouraged by the success of Justice League by DC Comics. Avengers Games. How The Avengers Should Have Ended.
Avengers (comic book team) Origin The Assembly of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes was centered around Loki, the Asgardian God of mischief, whom used an illusion to trick The Hulk into destroying a railroad track in the hopes of luring his half-brother Thor to the scene where Loki could then use his power against Thor while he would be busy fighting the Hulk.
