Everyone loved _The Avengers_ (1.5$ billion can’t be wrong) and everyone loves Tom Hiddleston as Loki in that movie. Turns out that Tom Hiddleston also really loves Loki and sent an awesome email to Joss Whedon after reading _The Avengers_ script –which Whedon had re-written from scratch after tossing out one Marvel already had from Zak Penn– for the first time.
_Guardians of the Galaxy_ finally hit theaters this week and absolutely no one should be surprised that [it’s really good](https://awesomefriday.ca/2014/08/review-guardians-of-the-galaxy/). The first question I was asked this morning was “how does it stack up compared to the other Marvel Cinematic Universe films?” So here’s my shiny new updated list which not only adds _Guardians_ but also mixes things up bit from [last time](https://awesomefriday.ca/2014/04/the-films-of-the-marvel-cinematic-universe-ranked/) after a recent re-watch of all the movies.
Fair warning: minor spoilers for all the Marvel movies, including _Guardians of the Galaxy_, to follow.
_Guardians of the Galaxy_ has opened huge this weekend. After being embraced by, well, everyone it is now on track for nearly 100$ Million in North America and 160$ million worldwide which makes it the biggest august opening weekend ever.
Writer/Director James Gunn posted a heartfelt thank you on his Facebook page this morning and you should totally read it.
Marvel’s panel in Hall H at Comic Con is a big deal every year, and every year Marvel starts the show with a video presentation. This year it was a look back at all the movies they’ve made so far which amounts to a pretty awesome trailer for their entire grand experiment and a nice passing of the torch to _Guardians of the Galaxy_. And now it’s online so let’s watch!
Continue reading “Watch This: Marvel’s Comic Con Sizzle Reel Looking Back At Phase 1 + 2”
The marketing for _Guardians of the Galaxy_ has basically been omnipresent for the last few months. Hardly a day went by without a new poster or image or teaser or whatever. The reason for this is simple: this is the first real test of Marvel’s brand. Guardians, like it or not, is a lesser known property and while this film connects with the over reaching continuity of the established Marvel Cinematic Universe it doesn’t actually feature any characters that we’ve already met meaning that they can’t trade on the popularity of Iron Man or Captain America they have to rely on the corporate brand. In this world of “new things are risky let’s remake something from the 1980s” that’s kind of a big deal.
So it’s a good job they knocked it out the fucking park with this movie otherwise they’d be in trouble. Yes, it’s great and you should see it. No need to even finish reading this review. Just go. Or finish reading this review and I’ll give you a few reasons why.
This past weekend at San Diego Comic Con Marvel released concept art posters (which form one big poster, like a poster transformer!) for _Avengers: Age of Ultron_ and for _Ant-Man_. Let’s take a look!
Continue reading “Awesome: Comic Con Concept Art Posters for ‘Avengers: Ag of Ultron’ and ‘Ant-Man’”
Speaking of Marvel properties with release dates, Sony has announced dates for the Spider-Man franchise.
Continue reading “Sony Moves ‘Amazing Spider-Man 3’ Back To 2018, ‘Sinister Six’ To 2016”
A May release date in 2018 brings the total to a dozen films between now and May 2019!
Just ahead of Comic Con Marvel has released an awesome new poster for Guardians of the Galaxy.
Continue reading “Awesome Guardians of the Galaxy Comic Con Poster Is Awesome”
Marvel started out with a film a year at first, then went up to two, and now they’re set to increase to three.
Continue reading “Marvel Announces Movie Release Dates Through 2019, Including 3 in 2017”
A bevy of new character sheets for you to feast your eyes on. Is is 1st August yet?
So if you’re a misogynist or a racist you’re having a bad week.
Continue reading “Awesome: Marvel Comics Thor Is Now A Woman, Captain America Is Now Black”
Disney Animation Studios has had a bit of a resurgence lately and this fall they’re pretty much going to cement the idea that they are the Disney of animation again with this collaboration with Marvel because both of those names plus a movie that looks like it might be great are going to be mean dolla dolla bills yo.
Or whatever the kids these days are saying. Let’s watch!
Continue reading “Big Hero 6 Trailer: Disney + Marvel + Animation = Smash Hit?”
Here’s another trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy. This one is (slightly) longer and features more of the Guardians themselves rather than people talking about them plus if you don’t blink you’ll catch a glimpse of Michael Rooker as Yondu (who looks awesome) and hear a line from Lee Pace as Ronan The Accuser. Lots of characters in this movie have the name “The”. It’s a thing we’re going to have to get used to if the MCU keeps heading down the cosmic path.
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