Swing low, sweet recap, comin' fore to carry me hoooome!
Not a lot of activity in the blogs today. Must be finals week or something. Only about fifty entries or so all day, making this the easiest Monday ever. As such, however, there really isn't a whole lot for me to talk about. I could tell you how I watched The Bourne Identity with my fiance tonight (who hasn't seen any of the films) after showing her the demo for Bourne Conspiracy (which looks like it'll kick ass). But you probably don't want to read about that and I honestly have better things to write. Enjoy your recap and I'll see you tomorrow.
I didn't want to do a double-post (see, kids? That's called "blogging etiquette"), so I'm tacking on to the end of the recap because it's too fucking excellent for me not to mention. I was playing that NewsBlaster game Chad mentioned on the front page and the first headline I get is about Iron Man and the announcement of a sequel being released on April 30th, 2010!
But that's not all! The article goes on to mention that four other Marvel films will be forthcoming:
“Thor,” due out June 4, 2010; “The First Avenger: Captain America,” May 6, 2011; “The Avengers,” July 2011; and “Ant-Man,” which is in development but has no release date.
Now, I'd heard rumblings of Ant-Man for a while and I'm not surprised to see it still has no verified date, but Thor?! A Captain America movie (I'm not counting that other one, fuck you), finally?! Fuck me sideways, this is looking like a great time to be a comic book fan.
Thor is going to be directed by Matthew Vaughn (guy who did Layer Cake and Stardust). I'm hoping it absolutely rules, but I'll be curious to see what they do with it.
Great news, indeed. At New York Comic Con, there was a panel for The Incredible Hulk, where they showed off the new trailer that premiered before Iron Man in theaters. One of the producers of The Incredible Hulk was there, and he was asked about an Avengers movie. He said that, depending on the success of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, “It’s definitely something I’d like to do.” Keep your fingers crossed!
I feel so honored to be the only one under "The Word". Also, much more excited about Thor than anything else, maybe I'll get excited about the Avengers when it's not 3 years away. Either way, way to play messenger Mr. Zimmerman.
Edgar Wright (Director of Shaun of the Dead, Spaced, Hot Fuzz, etc) is writing the Ant-Man script and directing it. I assume it's a ways away and they're just not really sure when it will be ready.
imdb lists captain america as a '09 release...hope they're right cause i really fucking loved captain america and cant wait for it to get an amazing movie like iron man did.
With the appearance of Nick Fury in Iron Man, you just knew an Avengers movie was coming. I'm really excited for the Capt. America flick too; the more recent CA story arcs have been great.
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Thor is going to be directed by Matthew Vaughn (guy who did Layer Cake and Stardust). I'm hoping it absolutely rules, but I'll be curious to see what they do with it.
Thor?? Holy shit. Please rock.
Oh my. I haven't been this excited since right before the punisher movie.
Great news, indeed. At New York Comic Con, there was a panel for The Incredible Hulk, where they showed off the new trailer that premiered before Iron Man in theaters. One of the producers of The Incredible Hulk was there, and he was asked about an Avengers movie. He said that, depending on the success of Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, “It’s definitely something I’d like to do.” Keep your fingers crossed!
I feel so honored to be the only one under "The Word". Also, much more excited about Thor than anything else, maybe I'll get excited about the Avengers when it's not 3 years away. Either way, way to play messenger Mr. Zimmerman.
Conrad, my AS contest has ended :)
You missed my T-Shirt contest out. It's still running. O_o
We actually talked about this in my blog on Iron Man. Someone pulled up the wikipedia page. Hold on let me find it.
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.....Here it is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_Marvel_Comics
Thor is being done by Matthew Vaughn. I have hope...
It took comic books long enough to get decent movie treatments. Great news indeed.
And thanks for the recap
There needs to be a Secret Wars movie.
Then, I can die in peace.
Wow. So I guess that Cap America movie and Avengers movie will be somehow related. Insta-sequel/tie in the same summer. That's pretty sweet.
lol @ blogging etiquitte, and GOOD LORD YES!
Edgar Wright (Director of Shaun of the Dead, Spaced, Hot Fuzz, etc) is writing the Ant-Man script and directing it. I assume it's a ways away and they're just not really sure when it will be ready.
AWESOME NEWS IS AWESOME
PLEASE AVENGERS BE AWESOME
Marvel MMO would be the icing on the cake
oh and...
(Head Explodes)
imdb lists captain america as a '09 release...hope they're right cause i really fucking loved captain america and cant wait for it to get an amazing movie like iron man did.
Ant-man just seems like a strange choice, though
hmm..I wonder why would Marvel be establishing this many characters.
DO WANT AVENGERS
With the appearance of Nick Fury in Iron Man, you just knew an Avengers movie was coming. I'm really excited for the Capt. America flick too; the more recent CA story arcs have been great.