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First Official Sneak Peek at Avengers: Age of Ultron

Entertainment Weekly continues to be a magazine in circulation, and they have landed the first official look at Avengers 2: Age of Ultron! I used to love that magazine in high school in the swinging late 90s. So good for them at this pretty awesome scoop. Check out this cover, with our first real look at Ultron himself!

 

He looks pretty gnarly. And Captain America and Iron Man look pretty cool too.

You can check out an early sneak peek at the Avengers 2 interview at their website. It gives a lot of details on the plot, so be careful of spoilers, and talks about a few of the new characters. You can check out a few pictures by clicking here, including an official look at Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, as well as a possible surprise superhero cameo. Or you can just wait for the actual magazine, because people still apparently buy those. Right now, I’m legitimately considering it.

Josh Brolin to Fulfill Lifelong Goal of Obtaining the Infinity Gauntlet

Actor Josh Brolin’s lifelong goal of commanding the forces of time and space are about to come to fruition now that he will be playing Thanos the Mad Titan in both Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. There’s an extremely good chance that both appearances will be little more than cameos, especially the one in Avengers 2, but hopefully the all-mighty, all-knowing Death will accept both as tribute.

He is become Thanos, destroying of worlds

Many assumed Brolin’s role in The Goonies was his first attempt at gathering the legendary Infinity Gauntlet – what with the Soul Gem hidden among One-Eyed Willie’s treasure – but that attempt proved fruitless.

Maybe some big budget, Marvel blockbusters will finally see his grand scheme succeed.

Personally, I hope to see him conquer all. Brolin seems like a fine guy. Does anybody know if this will be voice acting or motion capture? Or…a lot of purple makeup?

Though how this will effect Jonah Hex 2 is anyone’s guess…

Just When We Thought Quicksilver Might Look Normal

Listen, moviemakers of the world, Quicksilver’s white hair is not that important of a character trait! I know he has white/silver hair in the comics, but there’s nothing about his character, his powers or his potential stories that require the white/silver hair in live action adaptations. Especially when it looks ridiculous!

None of the above is intrinsic to a live action adaptation

We already know that Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past is going to look hideous.

But for a brief moment, we thought Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron would look pretty cool. Remember those concept art pieces that Marvel debuted next week?

Well some shutterbugs at the official filming in Italy have snapped some live action pictures of actors Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen as Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. Forget the Quicksilver concept art, because he looks nothing like the image, and instead looks really, really bogus. Mostly. I guess I still prefer this Avengers look to the X-Men version, but man, it’s harsh.

Click after the jump to see the SPOILER images.

 

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First Looks at Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch from Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Last night, ABC aired a special on upcoming Marvel movies, but I didn’t actually watch it because I had better things to do – namely finally catching up on that short-lived Green Lantern Animated Series. But the Internet is awash in all of the big news items revealed in that special, including the first looks at Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch from Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Otherwise known as Avengers 2: Superhero Boogaloo

I’ll save the pictures until after the jump in case you don’t want to get SPOILED. I think they look OK. I think they definitely look better than what FOX has planned for them in X-Men: Days of Future Past. So join me after the jump to check out the concept art for Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch!

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Marvel Studios Panel Rocks All of Our Worlds

Have you heard about the Marvel Studios Panel from Comic-Con last night? If you’re anything like me, you read the news on half a dozen different nerd websites, and your jaw is still on the floor. I wish I’d been there to cover it live, but as I’ve been lamenting all weekend, I’m not at Comic-Con International. San Diego is a really long ways away. Still, if you haven’t heard the news yet, allow me to share what I’ve learned with you. I’ll keep the SPOILERS after the jump, just in case you don’t want to learn anything just yet. I’m cool like that.

So the panel featured new information on this year’s Thor: The Dark World, next year’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Guardians of the Galaxy, and then Avengers 2. How insane is that lineup of movie news? It’s only missing Ant-Man, but that’s still a long way’s off. That lineup is brilliant. And Marvel had footage, or at least a teaser, for each of those movies. People at Comic-Con got to actually see footage from Guardians of the Galaxy.

There is already footage available. That blows my mind. They’ve only been filming for two weeks! 

Join me after the jump for all the news! And stay tuned to the blog over the next few days in case the footage hits the web. I’ll be posting that stuff so fast it’ll make your space raccoon head spin!

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