Last year, we had four summer superhero films, of which two turned out to be fairly unqualified successes -- the Marvel pictures "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger" -- one a moderate success -- "X-Men First Class" -- and one that tanked like Lori Petty -- "Green Lantern." As we said sometime last week, this summer is less complicated when it comes to comic book fare, with two of the three films based on graphic novels being solid gold hits regardless of anything, namely "The Dark Knight Rises" and "The Avengers." But the third, while likely a hit, is more of a question mark ...

The latest look at 2012′s Avengers film has arrived. Being momentarily teased during the Super Bowl before redirecting anxious nerds to Facebook, the latest look at Avengers gives us nearly a full minute of never-before-seen footage. There is a lot of Captain America and Iron Man, leading many to already rumor them as the story’s focus, but there’s plenty of Thor and yes, even HULK to keep you drooling. Click past the jump to view the full trailer for Avengers now! Avengers opens May 4 and promises to be one of 2012′s biggest films. Are you ...

Having superpowers these days seems to be no fun at all. Christian Bale is forever haunted by moral conundrums, death, and pain both physical and emotional in Christopher Nolan's Batman films. Spider-Man's enjoyment of his wall-crawling skills are usually tempered by tears and emotions (emphasis on the emo), in Sam Raimi's trilogy. Meanwhile, Thor has some kind of Shakesperean level issues going on with this family and Iron Man seems rather blasé about it all. So, when the trio of Andrew (Dane DeHaan), Matt (Alex Garetty) and Steve (Michael B. Jordan) gain their superpowers by accident in ...

Barring die hard fans of Kenneth Branagh TV show "Wallander," a year ago, not many could have picked Tom Hiddleston out of a line-up. But having been selected by Branagh to play Loki in "Thor," the young British actor's gone from strength to strength; playing opposite Rachel Weisz in Terence Davies' "The Deep Blue Sea," cropping up among the ensemble cast of Steven Spielberg's "War Horse" and, in a few short months, reprising Loki as the villian in the hotly anticipated superhero team-up flick "The Avengers." And it's a measure of the actors' fast-rising status that, having ...

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That "Captain America: The First Avenger" was getting a sequel was inevitable. The film successfully brought the comic hero to the big screen in a rousing and better than expected tentpole, and with Steve Rogers landing in contemporary Manhattan at the end of the film and heading into "The Avengers," there is still more to come. Back in September, Chris Evans said that a sequel probably wouldn't hit screens until 2014, and that timeline seems about right. Marvel's 2013 calendar is already pegged for "Iron Man 3" and "Thor 2" but with two wide open dates the following ...

One of the JTTS long standing commenters (is that a word?), Thor just went in on the TSA. This needs it’s own blog poast: TSA is the biggest well funded joke of the government. I was an electrical inspector at Miami International, and they used to make us go through security, put all our knives, [...]

We guess that FX work is really going to be coming in under the wire, because some more shots of "The Avengers" have arrived, if you just can't wait to see which direction they'll be looking in now, today is your day. Empire has four new covers featuring Iron Man, Captain America, Widow">Black Widow and Thor, and it's pretty variations on the same poses we've seen in about five zillion banners and one sheets for the past few months. Excitement! They are also all collected via horrible Photoshop on a single cover, subscriber's only ...

Die Indie-Rock-Band Shearwater präsentiert zwei Songs aus ihrem anstehenden Album "Animal Joy". Die beiden Songs "Breaking The Yearlings" und "You As You Were" werden in Amerika am 14. Feburar auf ihrem bereits achten Langspieler erscheinen, welcher erstmalig über Sub Pop veröffentlicht wird. Produktion und Aufnahme der Platte übernahm Danny Reisch und abgemischt wurde sie von Peter Katis, welcher unter anderem schon mit The National und Interpol zusammenarbeitete. Für das Mastering der 2011 stattgefundenen Sessions war Greg Calbi verantwortlich. Den Titel "Breaking The Yearlings"" gibt es auf der Homepage ihres Labels zu hören und zum Download. "You As You Were" könnt ...

Idris Elba will return for Thor 2 after it was confirmed that Elba will step back into the shoes of Thor character Heimdall in the upcoming Marvel sequel. Only three weeks after Marvel hired Game of Thrones director Alan Taylor to direct Thor 2, MTV confirmed that Idris Elba will read more

Angel Air is a label known for specializing in quality re-issues. Their re-issue of "Transfusion" is an import album that actually was released this past September although it just recently came to my attention. It supposedly comes complete with a nice booklet/package however my copy came from Itunes originally so all I have is the music to go by. "Transfusion" is made up of some Young Blood demo cuts, Young Blood's "First Blood" (Young Blood's 1984 debut EP) and a 1989 demo of the band when they had changed their moniker and become known as Saviour. Before ...

As artist only, the writer/artist who created Frog Thor and Beta Ray Bill will be the new regular artist for the Brian Michael Bendis written Avengers book, beginning with issue #25. Of course, with Bendis promising to leave The Avengers this year, could it be Walt is prepping for a larger role? One can only [...]

Sundance isn't even here yet and already we're smelling the BBQ of Austin. The SXSW Film Festival is just a couple of months away, and to get your appetite (for movies) stirring, organizers have announced the first batch of films making their way to Texas. After being stuck in MGM's financial quagmire, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard's "Cabin In The Woods" is finally going to the multiplex this spring courtesy of Lionsgate, and it will make its big premiere as the opening film of SXSW. Penned and produced by Whedon and directed by Goddard, the film ...

Now that Marvel is done tossing around directors for "Thor 2," choosing TV helmer Alan Taylor ("Game Of Thrones," "Mad Men") over the Christmas holiday, it seems the script is going to get worked over as well. Don Payne, one of the three who wrote the screenplay for the first 'Thor' as well as an Emmy-winning writer for "The Simpsons," was first hired to take a crack at the script over the summer, and now some fresh blood is being brought in. Deadline reports that Robert Rodat, the Oscar-nominated pen behind "Saving Private Ryan," will give "Thor 2" a rewrite ...