Marvel Studios 2010/2011 Movie Schedule!

[Shai]

Not true. Roddy Piper was great in They Live. The Rock has been very good in most of his movies too. The Rundown was great, and he was a surprisingly good dramatic actor in Gridiron Gang.

Well if thats the kind of actors you think are '' great '' then I've got nothing else to say.

 

[Darth Cruel]

It is a great time to be a super-hero fan. The technology finall exists to bring these characters to the big screen without making fools of the characters, nor those responsible for making the movies. The next 5 years or so (at least) is going to be a good time for cinema. They should make good money.

And that goes for both Marvel AND DC. The new Supes and BM movies are pretty darn good as well.

As for the actor to play Thor, there are only 2 possible choices...

Hulk Hogan or Dolph Lundgren with Jim Carrie playing Loki (despite the fact that I am joking about all of those...Dolph Lundgren IS Norse).

 

[Crix]

The "Assembly" of Iron Man is an Ultimates thing as well where the suit is too complex to be put on by one man and he needs a whole setup in order to get in and out.

Cool, I didn't know that. I like how Marvel created the Ultimate Universe and changed a few things around. It's almost like the Ultimate Universe is supposed to serve as storyboards for new movies. They introduced these new concepts that would work better in movies and did it in the comics first so that there would be less of a fan backlash if the changes happened first in the movie.

 

[The Mike]

The Ultimates universe came directly as an off shoot to capitalize on the success of the Spider-Man film. Dealing with Peter Parker as a teenager again but in the new millennium. It of course spun off into more Marvel folks including Bryan Hitch and Mark Millar both stating "If we were going to make this into a movie how would it look on screen?" That is one of the reasons why certain characters in Millar's writing resemble actors, he did the same for Wanted.

 

[Crix]

It is a great time to be a super-hero fan. The technology finall exists to bring these characters to the big screen without making fools of the characters, nor those responsible for making the movies. The next 5 years or so (at least) is going to be a good time for cinema. They should make good money.

And that goes for both Marvel AND DC. The new Supes and BM movies are pretty darn good as well.

As for the actor to play Thor, there are only 2 possible choices...

Hulk Hogan or Dolph Lundgren with Jim Carrie playing Loki (despite the fact that I am joking about all of those...Dolph Lundgren IS Norse).

Dolph is too old to play Thor now. I don't think he's got the build anymore either. Hulk Hogan is an interesting choice...I wouldn't have thought of that. But I think he's too established as "Hulk Hogan" for people to believe him as anything else. I still think Triple H would be perfect.

Here's a picture of him dressed up as Conan from a few years ago. It's like he wanted to show Hollywood what he would look like if he was in the Conan/He-Man/Thor getup:

He even has the big hammer...and a water bottle. LOL.

 

[Crix]

The Ultimates universe came directly as an off shoot to capitalize on the success of the Spider-Man film. Dealing with Peter Parker as a teenager again but in the new millennium. It of course spun off into more Marvel folks including Bryan Hitch and Mark Millar both stating "If we were going to make this into a movie how would it look on screen?" That is one of the reasons why certain characters in Millar's writing resemble actors, he did the same for Wanted.

Cool! What are some other actors they patterned their characters after? Did Ultimate Tony Stark look like RDJ?

 

[The Mike]

Let me see if I can find it.....Ultimate Tony Stark was a Latino man....they changed Anthony Stark to Antonio Stark. Also in the Ultimates realm, he has a brain tumor that is inoperable and he decides to become a superhero in order to give back. Let me see if I can find the "look alikes" info again online.

 

[Darth Cruel]

Not true. Roddy Piper was great in They Live. The Rock has been very good in most of his movies too. The Rundown was great, and he was a surprisingly good dramatic actor in Gridiron Gang.

Wrestlers are actually great actors because that's what pro-wrestling is: acting. The problem is a lot of movie producers don't want to give them anything other than big, grunting He-Man type parts. But when they get a chance to really act in roles other than big muscle-bound ogres, they usually do a really good job.

Name one. One that had an actor doing a TRULY good job of acting in an acclaimed role. They Live? Gridiron Gang? I have no choice but to believe you are being sarcastic. Neither of those movies got any kind of respected reputation. "They Live" was as "B" as it gets. You might as well be saying the zombies in "Day of the Dead" were good actors. Gridiron Gang was a good movie...but it's not likely to break into the list of even the top 10,000 movies of all time. And I hate to say it, Duane's acting was actually pretty mediocre, and the part wasn't even that demanding.

Wrestling is not a good foundation for good acting. Even though wrestling is all about acting...it is most certainly NOT all about GOOD acting.

 

[Crix]

Name one. One that had an actor doing a TRULY good job of acting in an acclaimed role. They Live? Gridiron Gang? I have no choice but to believe you are being sarcastic. Neither of those movies got any kind of respected reputation. "They Live" was as "B" as it gets. You might as well be saying the zombies in "Day of the Dead" were good actors. Gridiron Gang was a good movie...but it's not likely to break into the list of even the top 10,000 movies of all time. And I hate to say it, Duane's acting was actually pretty mediocre, and the part wasn't even that demanding.

Wrestling is not a good foundation for good acting. Even though wrestling is all about acting...it is most certainly NOT all about GOOD acting.

Yes it is! You can't make such a sweeping statement like that. There are plenty of wrestlers that are good actors, and I already named two wrestlers that are good actors: Roddy Piper and Dwayne Johnson (Rock). Dwayne was very good in Gridiron Gang. I've seen a lot of Roddy Piper movies and he has amazing range. Any actor that can convincingly laugh, be angry AND cry is a great actor in my opinion.

I just saw Dwayne Johnson in Southland Tales and he was amazing in that. So intense and hillarious! And he was really cowardly and nervous too. Totally unlike anything he's ever played before. That makes him a good actor.

 

[The Mike]

Apparently the only Ultimates confirmed actor is SLJ because he gave approval for the use of his image, no one else did but here is the breakdown from an interview with Hitch:

Hitch commented: "We just set out with the basic idea: What would we do if we had to make The Avengers as a movie?... You have to approach it as though nothing has happened before and tell the story fresh from the start, find the current day relevance and the best actors. We had to get to the core of who these people were and build outwards, so Cap was a soldier, Thor is either a nut case or a messiah (maybe both, today we would treat them same way: a cult following and a spell in the loony house), Banner an insecure genius, and Fury the king of cool.[2]"

 

[Darklord Dave]

Funny that there was no mention of the Ant-man project - I have a feeling that's been put on the back burner. But I really don't need Ant-man and Wasp in an Avengers movie. Doing service to 4 different characters will be problem enough.

 

[Natrix]

New article on Yahoo.

LOS ANGELES - This weekend was just the beginning of Hollywood's Iron age.
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Marvel Studios announced Monday it will release "Iron Man 2" on April 30, 2010, following the success of the first in the comic-book franchise, which pulled in $104.2 million domestically since opening last Thursday and $201 million worldwide.

Four other films based on Marvel superheroes also were announced: "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.

Marvel also has "The Incredible Hulk," starring Edward Norton, coming out this June 13 from Universal Studios.

Just as Downey's character, Tony Stark, makes an appearance in next month's "The Incredible Hulk," the Hulk could turn up in "Iron Man 2," Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel said during a conference call to discuss the company's earnings. And "The Avengers" consists of a rotating roster of Marvel heroes — including original members Iron Man, the Hulk, Ant-Man and Thor — that could see the return of virtually any of the franchise's characters.

"In controlling our destiny, we can control where the characters are and we can have our movies connect and be in the same universe," Maisel said.

"Iron Man" was the first film financed by Marvel, which previously licensed its superheroes to Hollywood studios for such hits as the "Spider-Man," "X-men" and "Fantastic Four" flicks.

Seeking more creative control and a bigger cut of the receipts, Marvel plans to make future films itself and hire studios to distribute them for a fee.

Starring Robert Downey Jr. as a billionaire weapons designer who builds himself a high-tech metal suit to fight bad guys, "Iron Man" exceeded box-office expectations, coming in second only to the first "Spider-Man" for debuts among non-sequels.

 

[The Mike]

Check out this tidbit:

Q:Why does Robert Downey Jr. appear in the cast list as Tony Stark?
A:Because he cameos in The Incredible Hulk. Marvel have gained the rights back to Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor and Ant-Man. All these characters were the classic line up of the super team The Avengers. Marvel wants to make the individual movies (referencing each other/establishing that these characters all live in the same world), then cross them over into a multi-character super-hero epic.

That might be the cast of the Avengers right there. Spider-Man, Any of the X-Men characters have their rights tied up in the respective studios.

 

[Seretur]

I can only add to the general shouts of joy over this news.

Go Marvel Studios go!

Oh, and have Adam Hughes design a women-only superheroine cartoon in a co-production with Vivid or someone...

...what?

 

[sirrobert]

It's a smart move for Marvel Studios to take a breather in '09. Allows them to get locked and loaded for the next three years. I hope that they can pull Captain America off. I like the working title, so that for me seems to be a good start.

 

[Bonehead15]

This sounds great but I have a bad feeling about that Avengers movie.

 

[Crix]

This sounds great but I have a bad feeling about that Avengers movie.

I have a great feeling about the Avengers movie. They're not rushing it. The Nick Fury cameo in Ironman started it. They're continuing it with Tony Stark in The Incredible Hulk. A nice slow build to create hype. I'm not an Avengers fan at all, but even I am hyped to see an Avengers movie just based on how they're going about doing it. It seems like it's going to be the goal of all of the individual movies. Whereas all of the other "super partners" movies like Superman and Batman just seem like they're sticking two characters together that are old and boring and they're just trying to revitalize them by teaming them up. They keep saying we won't see a Batman vs Superman movie until both characters are "more established," but I read that as "until both franchises are burnt out."

The Avengers movie seems like it's going to be the peak, though.

 

[The Mike]

I have faith as well. Slow introductions, Fury announcing that there are other heroes, etc. They are setting the ground work in 2008 where by 2011 it'll be one of the natural progression things..

 

[Khev]

Captain America definitely has the potential to be the coolest of all superhero flicks but unfortunately it will probably be the easiest to screw up. I hope they nail the casting.

 

[Crix]

Captain America definitely has the potential to be the coolest of all superhero flicks but unfortunately it will probably be the easiest to screw up. I hope they nail the casting.

With Marvel in control of it I think it'll end up great. Ironman was a great way for Marvel to prove to everyone that if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.