The Avengers
 

Joss Whedon is directing the Avengers movie?! :o

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100414/film_nm/us_whedon

I won't complain about that at all!

Edward Norton isn't coming back as Bruce Banner.

Super big drop in interest now. F*cking boo.

That article is ****ing insane, Kevin Feige is a huge prick.

Ed Norton wanted to give Banner depth, and was excited about the possibility for the idea of The Avengers since he filmed Incredible Hulk. Norton understood Banner, and the comics, and how to make a superhero film work, and to see him with Downey would have been awesome.

Changing the actor for a character 3 times in a decade worked out super-well by the end of the 90's Batman franchise, right?

Thinking about it, I wouldn't be so pissed if Feige wasn't so incredibly unprofessional about it.

Pretty much the only thing of interest to me was, "How cool it's going to be to see Ed Norton bouncing off of Robert Downey Jr., Sam Jackson, and company." And the promise of seeing that was practically packaged when The Incredible Hulk came out.

Now... it's not so? F this movie. Not seeing it.

I was wondering what you guys would think. God, I hope they can mend fences. I love Norton and he was a great Banner.

Not to disregard the enjoyment these big name celebs bring to these movies but this is why you shouldn't type cast a big name in a re-occurring hero/bad guy role...

Believe me I want to see Norton reprise the role but F'k it if Hollywood won't produce what the audience who has invested time and money into this wants...

-ms

Looks like Edward Norton is out for the role of the Hulk. It was reported on IGN. This sucks. It would have been a great ensemble cast with Robert Downey Jr, Sam Jackson, and Ed Norton.

I love how the continuity of the Marvel Universe movies slowly decline.

What are you getting at.

Well, I'll see anything that Whedon puts his hand too.

Whedon still being on board is the big thing keeping my hopes up.

I don't get attached to actors much in movies. The only recasted actor that I missed was strangely enough Terrence Howard in Iron Man. I felt the movie didn't work half as well without him.

They can't keep casting consistency.

When I heard they changed the Hulk again, I was pretty crush. Why would you ruin such an awesome line up? WHY?

Marvel in general has been drop kicking fans in the face a lot lately.:tgrumble:

How much are you willing to bet they'll find a way to mess up with Robert Downey Jr?

2 guys. Wow.

What a history.

I'm bothered by Norton being let loose, but I'm wondering what the **** a few of you are talking about.

What casting consistency aside from the Hulk have they screwed up? The Punisher? That isn't really the same. That was the film company giving Thomas Jane the run around, not Marvel's production company.

And just because of this one Avengers instance, why would that lead to them screwing something up with Downey?

Look, it sucks, but it doesn't mean they're causing train wrecks left and right, for ****'s sake.

Aww looky! All the Avengers on stage (at comic con). How cute.

http://i.newsarama.com/images/AVENGE...Movie-Cast.jpg

From left to right we have:
Robert Downey Jr: Iron man
Clark Gregg: SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson
Scarlett Johansson: Black Widow
Chris Hemsworth: Thor (boy he's tall)
Chris Evans: Capt America
Samuel L. Jackson: Nick Fury
Jeremy Renner: Hawkeye
Mark Ruffalo: Hulk
Director Joss Whedon
Producer and Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige

Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo were officially announced as Hawkeye and Hulk today.

That's super cool!

Mark Ruffalo as Hulk? seems a worse choice than Eric Bana was

I know I'm crazy for asking you but....Why exactly?

Ruffalo has some charisma. They definitely could've done worse. Like Joaquin Phoenix.

true, but Ruffalo just doesn't seem like he fits the character

Well, I would've liked to see Norton for continuity's sake, but other than that; I don't really care about the cast. My one wish is that Whedon gets as much freedom as possible to do what he wants... But, yeeaaah... :roll:

well i didn't think that Heath Ledger was going to make a good Joker til i saw him, and i changed my mind, cause he was fantastic. so maybe Ruffalo will change my mind

There's now a way cool teaser trailer for Avengers. No footage but the voice over by Samuel L. Jackson is more than enough to get things rollin! :D

http://www.freewebs.com/superheromov....htm#615088932

for those of us without FaceBook, any better way to view this?

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/08/04/...-the-avengers/

need QuickTime though.

got better link here:

http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-ne...iego-comic-con

Avengers 1952? Amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fCTokuOU_E

His Star Wars premake is rather amazing too.

I like him as Banner. He brings a bit of the Bixby flavor to him, and I think he'll play a nice reluctant, unsure type of dude.

Cobie Smulders has been confirmed as Maria Hill in Avengers

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/cobie-smulders.jpg

http://www.superherohype.com/news/ar...r-the-avengers

The Avengers Superbowl trailer!

Nothing compared to the extended spot!

very good spots!

Glad to finally know for sure who the villain's gonna be. :)

This movie further cements the thought that Robert Downey Jr. is the only person who could play Tony Stark.

Loki: I've got an Army!
Tony: We've got a Hulk...

Agreed.

It's so strange how a ton of people doubted him until we started seeing him as Tony.

Cap's suit looks very smooth and less padded then the usual live-action superhero costumes

I'm not really a Marvel guy, but this has got me pretty pumped. Looks amazing.

Agreed! Love it :tcool:

Wait until you see the Iron Man fight with Thor... ;)