Anthony and Joe Russo to Direct Captain America 3

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

_Captain America: The Winter Soldier_ isn’t even out yet but just in case a third film didn’t feel inevitable enough [Variety is reporting that the Russo’s will be back to direct a third instalment](http://variety.com/2014/film/news/anthony-joe-russo-captain-america-3-1201073078/). When it’s green lit. Which of course neither they nor Marvel have any comment about.

Still none of this should be surprising. In fact I was kind of expecting the news after Cap 2’s first weekend to go something along the lines of “Cap 2 makes all the money, Cap 3 official green lit” or something to that effect.

Cap 2 is out on April 4th so we’ll see if all the fuss is worth it then but I, for one, hope it is.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. S01E04 and S01E05 Discussion

Agents of SHIELD

Ok it has been a while since I wrote about _Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D._ It’s been nearly a month actually and in that time there have been two new episodes.

There are a few reasons for this. The first is that I was on holiday. The second is that, as much as I hate to say it, I haven’t been enjoying the show. So here’s a brief recap of the episodes we missed and the some discussion about the state of the show and where it’s going.

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Review – Thor 2: The Dark World

Thor2

The latest edition of Marvel’s assault on cinemas everywhere is a charming little beast. Thor was always going to be one of the more difficult characters to make the transition from inky page to silver screen, (certainly when compared to his Avengers brethren) but given most of the legwork was done in *Thor* and *The Avengers*, very little time is wasted getting on with the plot, such as it is. Rather than *The Dark World*, they should have called it *The Wibbly Wobbly Time/Space Shifting Shenanigans*. Anthony Hopkins knocks out a bit of exposition (primarily to let you know who to boo – it’s evil elves this time, led by Malekith, played by a virtually indistinguishable Christopher Eccleston) and on with the show we go.

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New Thor: The Dark World Malekith The Accursed Character Poster

Thor: The Dark World, Malekith

Try saying that five times fast.

So far we’ve had character posters for [Thor and Loki](https://awesomefriday.ca/2013/08/thor-and-loki-character-posters-from-thor-the-dark-world/) which were kind of bland. Now Marvel has released one for Malekith, _The Dark World’s_ big bad. It is, in a word, way better.

Oh wait that’s two words.

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