Marcos Martin takes us through 50 years of Web head historys

Spidey has been through a lot. 50 years worth for a matter of fact. The spider bite. Gwen Stacy's death. The birth of venom. The clone saga. The Avengers. And Marcos Martin has now highlighted these events in these covers for Spidey's 50th anniversary!

                   

                THE SPIDER BITE

 THE DEATH OF GWEN STACY

THE BIRTH OF VENOM

THE CLONE SAGA

THE AVENGERS

All of these are absolutely brilliant, but which is your favorite?

Sound off in the comics.

6 movies which influenced The Dark Knight Rises

On Christopher Nolan's 42nd birthday, the director now reveals movies which inspired the recently released movie "The Dark Knight Rises".


Nolan had already revealed that Charles Dickens' "A tale of two cities" novel was among the few which had influenced TDKR, including J.R.R Tolkien's "The Lord of the rings" and the movie adaptation by Peter Jackson, to see how to conclude his Batman trilogy; but what were the other movies?


Look below:

HEAT

The Battle of Algiers

“No film has ever captured the chaos and fear of an uprising as vividly as this film.”

Doctor Zhivago

“The very definition of historical epic, in which the tangled emotions of its characters are set in stark relief against the grandest of revolutionary backgrounds.”

The Prince of the city

“Nobody was better at capturing the unsettling qualities of corruption and its consequence as Sidney Lumet. Not as well- known as known as “Serpico,” but Treat Williams is a revelation.”

Metropolis

“In an era when films had to communicate purely with the visual, the relationship between the themes of the story and the architecture of the setting is clear and expressive."

Blade Runner

“Simply the most memorable evocation of all that is spectacular and oppressive about the city.”

Can you see a relation between these movies and The Dark Knight Rises?

Comment below.

Deadshot in CW's "Arrow"

Deadshot has now been confirmed as appearing in the new CW TV series Arrow, which is inspired by the the DC character Green Arrow/Oliver Queen.
Arrow has just made it to the small screen and he's already building up quite the gallery, as both Deadshot and China White are scheduled to appear in the show.

It has not yet been confirmed who will be playing The highly trained assassin, but is set to appear in the third episode (cleverly named) "Lone gunman".

In an interview with Stephen Amell (cast member) he stated how things will go down against the two marksmen:

 "Unfavarobely, for Deadshot, I would suspect. I can tell you that they are going to be after some of the same people. Oliver does have a code. Obviously, it doesn’t include ‘no killing,’ as we’ve established so far, but there is a code. I don’t think Deadshot has it. I don’t think he respects his methods, which puts him in Oliver’s sights."
   

What we want Marvel to develop as TV shows

Earlier, we received news about an upcoming TV shows being made by both Marvel and Disney.
You can read my post about it here: Marvel/Disney TV series.

The following is what I think the TV Show should be:

THE PUNISHER

The Punisher is a rather likely choice, as the show would be grounded and realistic.
Also they could make it like "The Blade series", where he is hunting one man and has to almost be a detective!
This could be a choice to introduce not well known Marvel characters and maybe cameos from well known characters such as The Kingpin!
This shouldn't really be a very high budgeted series.



DAREDEVIL
Daredevil could make it as TV show, but I think this is a very slim chance.

Like my Punisher theory, this shouldn't be a overly high budgeted TV series and hopefully won't be related to the 2003 movie titled as the same name!
While we're on the same subject, rumor has it that if Fox doesn't have a Daredevil reboot in productions this Fall, then they lose the rights to Marvel, so what better way to bring Daredevil back then on the small screen.






DEADPOOL


Like I said with Daredevil, this could make it but it has a very slim chance; and like The Punisher, Deadpool is all about artillery and weapons so it might be interesting.

Also, this will give people who are not familiar with Deadpool to see him with the old red and black, unlike the character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

This could be both action and comedy for those who have a taste for Wilson's dark sense of humor.






HEROES FOR HIRE


Whether it be the Heroes for hire just featuring Luke Cage (Power Man) and Iron Fist or the one with Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, Black Cat .etc, it would truly be an epic TV show.

I think the best thing to do for the show, would to maybe make the costumes a little bit more realistic, and maybe make it a tongue and cheek/grit.

As much as I would like the team with multiple members, I think that the one featuring Luke and Iron Fist would be the only one which would really work.

MARVELS




To be honest, this one would probably be one of the best TV show to produce.

"Marvels" is a four issue comic book which focuses on the normal citizens and shows what it's like through the public eye of having heroes and villains around their beloved city: New York.
The main characters name is Phil Sheldon and they could use the name of that character for the show. It all took place from the 30's to the 70's and focused on the impact on the ones who don't need to put on a mask.

This idea will be partially told in the upcoming short "Marvel item 47".
It will take place after The Avengers had defeated the Chitauri and Loki. A couple finds a leftover Chitauri weapon and have to decide what to do with it.
This will really show the effect that superheroes have on the public.

I think this would be one of the best as there will probably never be a film about the view of superheroes through the public eye.

THE AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D

I had said that the previous ideas were one of the best, but I have to say that this one IS the best.
Who wouldn't want to see spies, guns and a Helicarrier every week.

The only problem with this idea is getting the actors to play the parts and if it is to be too big of a budgeted show; but imagine the possibilities, secrets being revealed, hints to Marvel characters which haven't been mentioned, hints to upcoming films, what else would you want?

I wouldn't mind any of these, but what would you prefer?
Sound off in the comments.

First look at Peter Parker, Spider-man #156.1

Celebrating 50 years of old Web head, writer Roger Stern and artist Robert De La Torre team-up to tell the untold story of Spidey returning to the site where he first confronted his uncles killer.

This will be the first issue for more to come celebrating The Web slingers 50th birthday (How does he stay looking so young?).

No Avatar sequel till 2015 at the earliest

James Cameron's "Avatar" is one of the highest grossing films ever made, so a sequel being made was pretty predictable.
A sequel to the planned trilogy was set to be released in 2014, but producer Jon Landau said that this was highly unlikely.

In an interview with New York times, James Cameron assured that the sequel will not be ready till 2015 or later. He also said that the movie will probably be shot in Peter Jackson's Wellington Production Studio, where they will also do the visual effects.

Not much has been revealed about the plot, but we do know that Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver may be reprising their roles in the sequel.

The Red Skull could have been the villain for The Avengers

Do you remember the times when Zak Penn was writing Marvel movies such as Elektra and X-Men: The Last Stand? Well apparently he was due to write the script for The Avengers before Joss Whedon re-wrote the whole story!

Zak Penn's idea was leaked online last year and revealed that instead of Joss Whedon's Chitauri attacking the Earth's Mightiest Heroes, it was in fact The Skrulls! Agent Coulson and Maria Hill were also set to be Skrulls.
It was revealed in an interview that the movie would have failed crucially if Joss Whedon were not involved.


“My job was to keep revising the draft…for about four or five years, that’s what I did. The story was basically the same, but it kept shifting. Then, once Joss (Whedon) came in, he took over from there.”


He also said that he wanted to have The Red Skull as the main villain for the movie and would have The Avengers be made before Thor.


“If I thought I could have gotten away with Thanos. I would have put him in there.”


How do you think the movie would have been if Penn were to write the script?
Please comment.

New live-action series for ABC in the Avengers universe?

Marvel/Disney has now dominated the big screen, so what's the harm on dominating the small screen.


Despite previous announcements for live-action Marvel/Disney TV series being produced (Jessica Jones and a Hulk series), they have a new project in mind; they are now looking into expanding the cinematic Universe for The Avengers!


Rumor has it that the series will lightly be involved with The Avengers cinematic Universe but will not feature most of the main cast from Joss Whedon's The Avengers, but it has not been revealed.


Personally, I think that the TV series may just be based on SHIELD Agents and their missions (maybe even show the back story for Agent Coulson and Maria Hill!). They may even have the chance to introduce new characters from the Marvel Universe.
(I only hope that they don't ruin the whole Marvel hype which is going on now)

What do you think?
Should they leave previous projects and what do you think the new series will involve?


Please comment.

The Avengers has Assembled for The London 2012 Olympics

With the Olympics arriving and the recently released Marvel's The Avengers, a fan has made an amusing and entertaining art work representing both the event and the movie.

The Avengers is a Marvel studios film starring Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L Jackson. Directed by Joss Whedon and is based on the Comic books named The Avengers, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963.

Where was The Joker in The Dark Knight Rises?

Christopher Nolan had made it quite clear that he had no intentions to mention The Joker in The Dark Knight Rises, but this isn't the same for the novel.
Christopher Nolan decided to not mention The Joker as a sign of respect, due to the tragic death of Heath Ledger after they finished filming The Dark Knight.
Fans had thought that Nolan may have used unused footage from The Dark Knight so that Joker could have a little cameo.

The movie doesn't make any references to The Joker, so it was up to us fans to just imagine what had happened to him in the last eight years. Well not anymore, because the novel of the same name written by Greg Cox has now revealed where The Clown Prince of Crime was placed.

Here is an extract from the novel explaining where The Joker was during the chaos:

"Now that the Dent Act had made it all but impossible for the city’s criminals to cop an insanity plea, it (Blackgate Prison) had replaced Arkham Asylum as a preferred location for imprisoning both convicted and suspected felons. The worst of the worst were sent here, except for the Joker, who, rumor had it, was locked away as Arkham’s sole remaining inmate. Or perhaps he had escaped. Nobody was really sure. Not even Selina."


It is unknown whether or not that this was Nolan's original idea before the death of Ledger, but I think that a little cameo for Joker would have been great.
Maybe we could have seen The Joker in a scene where he's just sitting in Arkham giggling.
If Ledger hadn't passed away, the movie could have been completely different!



What do you think?


Please comment