We Already Know THE AVENGERS Is Gonna Make A Ton Of Money, But These Numbers Hint At Just HOW Much...

I can't wait to see what other projects of his that all this money buys!

Soz Americans.

Though there's only a 10% chance of that.

But if Avengers is as appealing and awesome as it seems to be, this could end up winning the year.

I guess it could happen. But i bet it's bigger then hunger games.

If it has legs, and I have a feeling it will.

AVATAR only had to contend with Sherlock Holmes and then the winter wasteland before Alice in Wonderland came along. This is a loaded summer.

But as a Marvel fan, I'd love to see it trash DKR. That would be SO much fun...I mean, I loved Heath Ledger as the Joker, and own the DVD, but never got the extreme adoration. Let the games begin.

You know I would agree with you but. I said there is no way in hell Avatar would beat Titanic. No way a Strange Sci fi movie from the same director. Could do it twice. Boy I ate my own words with that one.

and it's as if Joss has travelled back in time to when I was 8 and planted a camera in my imagination. It was brilliant!!

and sign a deal with Warners to Make the Justice league movie... DC will take note...

They won't be able to understand what makes The Avengers work, and just assume that a team-up movie is all you need to make money. After all, execs saw the numbers from Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, and just said, '3D will net us lots of money!'

If Snyder knocks Man of Steel out of the park, he may be their go-to guy, with Nolan as executive producer and story godfather. It only makes sense. But you have to wonder whether Bale would be on board with a new franchise where he wouldn't be the central figure.

or should I see it in 2D. Anyone?

No way it's going to beat Avatar but I don't see anything that can beat it after the Hobbit reviews. As for the DKR, I have a horrible feeling about that one. I dont think it will even be in the top 5 this year.

I went in hoping it wasn't going to be shit like Captain America which left a very sour taste in my mouth. I have to say Whedon handles all the characters brilliantly and gives the "lesser" ones (I mean for the average audience members who have not read the books) like Hawkeye plenty of screentime. Loved Ruffalo's turn as Banner too and I'm actually glad Norton fucked off. The only thing that bugged me is Scarlett Johansson (probably spelled her name wrong there), she's just too weak an actress to carry the role off and that fucking pouting face of hers!!! Fucks sake love we get it, you're sexy. I should also mention that I saw it in 2D as I wear glasses and the novelty of wearing spectacles to watch a film wore off about thirty years ago for me. Fans will not be disappointed!

There are dimly lit scenes, especially in the beginning, where the film suffers due to the 3D. In fact the 3D doesn't add anything to the film.

unless snycopy, nolans production company goes to DC and things start happening. With legendary pictures on board. its a very talkbacker thing to say that an unreleased and still in development movie will bomb. but if man of steel does well. dc eying marvel will start to pull together a justice league movie.

but I guess this will do

...Whedon already has!

Forget all other heroes films, this by far the most exiting, huge in scope and utterly satisfying film yet. Period. Aaaaaaaaah ain't ya seen it yet? Ha haaaa

I'll be seeing the movie tomorrow and will report back.

Yeah. That big.

I just hope 3 3D showings in a row won't melt my brain. 856 Minutes of awesome.

I'm sure a lot of people will see it, love it, and make it a ton of money. Probably will end up in the top 5 films of the year, money-wise. But it ain't Return of the Jedi, Episode III, or Return of the King. It's the third in the Batman Begins series, ultimately, without the tabloid interest of TDK.

I'm waiting for the press release. It may even be written already.

They are going to re-boot Batman, and pair him up with The Man of Steel movie mythology. Several people have proven they can do these properties right, just turn them loose. KEEP THE SUITS AWAY, they already ruined Green Lantern-----later----m

Whedon haters!!!!!!!!!!!

There's a typo at the end of your first sentence, Merrick. It should read: "For a variety of reasons, we tend not to focus too heavily on box office numbers here on Aint It Cool News - usually making only passing allusion to them at _worst_." In fact, not to pile on the grammatical nitpicking, but considering how much there is to write about the film, the post as a whole makes for a totally unsatifying review. But that's all right. I'll just walk down the street and watch it instead.

Buy his own network, and bring back FIREFLY - THE SEQUEL!! Just sayin'.....

It will smash all records. And i mean Hulk Smash. it's fucking superb.

and I have to say I am really looking forward to it.......But! to say it's gonna blow The Dark Knight Rises out the water is just fucking stupid!......To quote The Joker, "You'll see, I'll show ya".

Just seen The Avengers today in good ol' Blighty and must say believe the hype people! Whedon "Smashed It" The balance of characters is perfect the levels of action and humour are outstanding. This is what everyone hoped and prayed the film to be!!!! Outstanding! Brilliant! Awesome! Totally think Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of Banner is the best yet! My only criticism would be I didn't want it to end! The way each of the characters bounced off of each other was outstanding the beat downs were carried out perfectly! Ruffalo Smash!

This article was never intended to be a review.

Exactly. Check your irony meter.

Oh yeah I forgot......Ha! I've seen it before all you Yanks!!!!!!

And this film may just do that.

...we win.

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It's a shame that WB will have to recast Batman for Justice League, but this is what happens when you have no plan for your superhero franchises. If WB wants to follow Marvel's lead, they should wait a few years, let Cavill do his Superman movie, then do stand-alone movies for The Flash, Wonder Woman, and a new Green Lantern (but a different character, like John Stewart, or Guy Gardner). Then bring 'em all together for JLA. Maybe the new actor for Batman could springboard from JLA into a rebooted Bat-trilogy of his own.

When put together in the url, your blog name read, to me, as "shittr essays." Like things people might write while on the toilet. While not a super-terrible theme for a blog, I'm sure that doesn't conjure the kind of imagery you wanted.

Even one issue of Avengers, but I'm a fan of many of the individual characters and their own series. That said I like Joss's style and work so I'll see it.

fans runs wild with it. So now some it will beat Hunger Games and DKR??? I dunno. Those are pretty big shoes to fill. Its a 50-50 chance at best that Avengers will gross more than those two. Personally, DKR haven't given us a trailer but once its release, who the fuck knows what will be in it. Marvel better ride The Avengers and ride it hard.

No, I know man. It's extremely unfortunate. I'm gonna change the name soon, I think.

They can't just throw a quickie Justice League movie, and risk another major flop, like Green Lantern, and be ridiculed again, like with Green Lantern. They don't even know yet if Snyder's Superman will work or not.

is giving Whedonites reasons to talk about Joss Whedon and his projects. Yep, I'm a Whedon-hater.

I excreted the feces *throughout* the toilet bowl.

Just back from watching it and I really want to see again already! Its a fantastic film. The action, the comedy - all prefect.

If it does do huge numbers, will they approach Whedon about restarting his aborted Wonder Woman effort

pinged you a tweet. tell me the score.

...which would stop it from challenging AVATAR. DARK SHADOWS, BATTLESHIP, maybe MIBIII... AVENGERS is going to have some serious legs. Especially after word-of-mouth and an whole lotta repeat-viewings. Like I said, outside chance.

...it's ok. If you think the other Marvel movies are all utterly amazing then this will probably seem like the Second Coming, but if you don't...well, let's just say that Abrams' Trek and Singer and Vaughan's X-flicks do the whole ensemble thing far more elegantly and effectively than The Avengers.

F...ing incredible film. everything I would want from this type. You'll curl up with laughter at the funny bits!

given the chance. It still amazes me how she has yet to have a real theaterical release. Even that hot piece-of-ass Nina Debrow(sp?) from Vampire Dairies would make a good young Wondy. Ok not really, but I would love to see her in the Linda Carter WW costume!

Eliza Dushku as Diane would be great.

Green Lantern, Superman Reboot, Batman Reboot coming, failed Wonder Woman, talk of a Flash movie, and killing the CGI Justice League movie. The key is for two or three of those to be hits. So far Batman is the only one doing well and they're rebooting it after this.

Lots of boners in here.

But this is almost certain to do $800M+ combined Domestic/International box office based off the strength of the stand alone products. Disney is going to have an AMAZING 3rd and 4th Quarter this year, and Avengers apparent success will guarantee more films to come.

I read somewhere that Cobie sMULDERS WAS HIS FORST CHOICE, IF IT HAD GONE AHEAD scuse caps

Just cuz of international markets (the last Batflick did better in NA than overseas) & 3D surcharge. I think I won that one. Not to say DKR will make no money whatsoever, it'll make bazillions, but Avengers will make bazillions and one.

I just saw it.. I just saw it ! I'm so freakin excited about this movie. Speechless. Take tissues cause you're gonna have a a hulkgasam , he's gonna be on your "list" . He has the coolest fight scene ever put in a super hero film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Avengers

I'll go to the matinee show for 3D.

ive waited for GL as long as the avengers. You can see how one faithfully translates to the big screen and the other a shit fest. marvels has had its share of not so great releases. but it learnt from its mistakes. it hired some great directors who had the right visons for the characters and finally a director who could jump off because of his background from what was out there, and mesh it together. It takes time. its not a quick process. there's a hell of a lot riding on the man of steel. if it is complete shit, expect the jla to be the same.

Saw it today i'm 46 made me feel like i'd just seen Star Wars at 12....... It's the real deal superhero film..... Joss did a great job on this i didn't think he had it in him but he proved me wrong. I could live with Titanic being no.1 but Avatar !!! It's not good enough to have that prestige.... the AVENGERS however is.

The 3D is very well used and certainly adds to the experience. We've seen it in 3D twice and definitely recommend it. If it is dark you need to talk to your cinema...They have not got their projector light up high enough. Both of my screenings had no darkness issues at all. This is a great film,, very good "blockbuster" entertainment and easel one of the best films of this type ever made. Humour, action, thrills, tragedy....the lot! I'm already looking forward to the next time I can see it.

Only one theater in town showing it, only once daily, in English (instead of the 8000 places showing it in the full-retard dubbed version), --I was worried that all the positive buzz and reviews gave me sky high expectations that had set the bar too high. SO fucking wrong! Movie blew me and everyone else there away. BRILLIANT!! Somebody give Whedon 200 million a year and as many BJ's as he wants to make an Avengers movie annually! Pitch perfect tone, action, humor and SMASHING!! Hulk and Stark stole the show in the last 40 minutes. Un fucking believably good movie...

Hoping to see it tomorrow evening.

Just this once I'll speak to you as if you were worthy of note, because others may be reading. I don't want Dark Knight Returns to fail. I want it to do extraordinarily well. I just want Avengers to do better, as a Marvel fan. No more than "wanting my team to win." Part of the fun of being a fan is having such enthusiasms. Politeness is over.

Certain people keep insisting The Dark Knight Rises won't have huge box office numbers because it doesn't have a villain as well known as The Joker. I'd suggest they go check out the numbers for Inception. Heather Ledger wasn't in that film either. Inception's numbers came from the anticipation and reception of a Christopher Nolan film after The Dark Knight.

Just got back from seeing it. It's every bit as good as previous posters. Some thoughts... Ive never been so relieved to hear acdc. They finally got dr banner right. The vfx are excellent, top notch. There are some very big laughs, quite a few from hulk/thor and a big one from hulk/loki. The villain is great. I'm DC through and through but i must confess to some huge geek out moments watching this. It's just EXCELLENT.

Will they have to go the "serious" route? I ask and am concerned because I Definitely Defer to DC, but if Green Lantern (which of course was awful) and the animated movies (which have been wildly inconsistent - some good some bad, but none really worthy of the big screen) are any indication, Warner might never be able to recover...

SKYFALL. Why? Sam mendes has brought roger Deakins on board as his dop. and jarheads production designer dennis Gassner. QOS and casino Royales alexander Witt plus Inceptions Chris Corbould. plus bond vet Gary Powell. here is pinewood paddock lots SkyFall's golden dragon casino... looming out of the glittering waters are Gigantic dragon heads, lion mouths petrified into a permanent roar, eyes popping wildly, crest serrated with curved horns. Each is powerfully illuminated red, yellow and orange. on a boat the empire reporter could fireworks. One another set visit to pinewood it had transformed into the london underground the temple hill section for a chase scene involving Silva the mysterious villain played by Javier Bardem. in which bond hangs off the back off tube train.

The fabled Spinal Tap 11 out of 10 isn't enough. Can Joss please make all the Marvel movies from now on? First time in ages I've been at the cinema where the crowd was just regular people, not geeks, and they were laughing and cheering with what was going on on screen. If there was one tiny flaw, it's that the final scene didn't have any Ooomph which could have triggered rapturous applause.

Though I'm obviously a huge Batman fan & i think Nolan's bat films are masterpieces, I CANNOT WAIT to see this next week. Like Batman, i have loved these heroes since my childhood & to FINALLY see them on the big screen, all together, in a film that does them justice...Im getting goose bumps just thinking about it. And unlike many who are also expecting TDKR to be an epic conclusion to Nolan's trilogy, but for some crazy reason are hating on the Avenegrs--I have absolutely NO PROBLEM if the Avengers brings in more at the box office--after all, Nolan is done with Batman & he's gonna be re-booted yet again, BUT--we have at least 2 MORE Avengers films to come!! Excelsior!

This film is a win for us fans of this kind of genre. I love it when we get films like this that succeed. I really want Bat Man and Man of Steel to be amazing too , even the Amazing Spiderman. There is plenty of room at the top , its the bottom that is too crowded.

American-, You don't need a review. You need it to be next week already.

Not much going on but a plane getting ripped up. Bane speaking all funny. Granted an extended trailer might hype it up some, but come on, you got the mfn Avengers and all you have is the Bats, Catwoman, and Bane. Maybe League of Shadows. If it was any other year Batman would rule. But it's been a while since the last one and this doesn't have much except the hope that Bats gets broken. But even then, where's Azrael? And even mentioning Hunger Games (I know, it made a shitload of money) in the same breathe should get you bitch slapped. No offense.

There's a small segment that will see whatever he does (just like Whedon), but I don't think his name has the recognition to put that many butts in the seats (like Cameron). I'd be willing to bet you'd be lucky to find 2 out of 10 people who could name the director of a Batman movie and most of them will probably say Burton. Inception did well because it had a great trailer and word of mouth.

The Dark Knight and Inception have made Christopher Nolan a household name.

I hate to be morbid but unless a major cast member dies I dont see TDKR having the legs of TDK. The Dark knight was the perfect storm of a great performance, death of a rising star, easy to follow plot. I just don't see that repeating itself.

Wonder Twin powers activate!

These are American comics, right? I'm not hating on whatever marketing process makes the most money, I'm just getting really jealous that I have to wait until next week after reading all these reviews.

That's right, because Inception didn't make 825 million worldwide. Seriously, people need to understand that after TDK, Nolan became a household name and Inception just proved it. and Insomnia was a hit, it had a budget of 46 million and made 113 million worldwide. Also, the prestige had a budget of 40 million and made 110 million worldwide. Actually, every movie he has ever made has made profit.

He may want to consider murdering Kevin Feige when nobody is looking.

They can't start a franchise to save their life anymore. They had the perfect start with Batman Begins and they squandered it all with Superman Returns, Green Lantern, Jonah Hex....etc. etc. All they have left are stunts and reboots to keep their comics going and that will only last so long. I was always a DC kid but after the Marvel movies I am leaning more and more to them. At least Marvel respects its history (unless you are spider man.)

I'll see this when it comes out, but holy fucking shit balls the hyperbole is getting insane. This is not The Godfather or The Maltese Falcon for Christ's sake. That said I want it to be great. It's not going to be the visual cure for cancer.

I just got back from an IMAX 3D showinh and it FUCKING ROCKS. The last 45 minutes are fucking insane. Might go again tomorrow.

i give you permission to get your hopes up. It will live up to your expectations.

about Ruffalo as Banner. Do you guys think they will give him a shot in a stand alone Hulk flick? I liked BOTH of the previous movies, but Bana and Norton came off as kinda boring. And, Norton, while being a phenomenal actor, is a class A douchebag. 7 days until I get to see the film I have been wanting to see my whole life......

....The movie is a series of moments rather than a coherent story that runs through the movie. For me there was just far too much being told which in the end gave no real investment of interest. whedon crams a moment in for just about everyone which basically means it's like a series of sketches, bang, bang, bang, speaking of bangs, if sfx spunk fest is your thing you'll like this, but the fx were pretty average at best - as much as i hate the transformers movies their sfx are pretty top notch, and the avengers doesn't come close to that level. Actually Iron Man 2 is better for cgi. The avengers is more of a movie to you go see to tell people you've seen that movie with all the comicbook characters in it, as an event it's fun and fine for a few hours - hulk is the best character, but like dr lecter he's not on the screen as much as you think, his 'smack my bitch up' scene with loki is another funny one. the hype for the movie has been immense, and i think that is due to the fact it's not as meaty as you think, after seeing the movie and reflecting on it afterwards i was surprised how easily forgettable it was. Typical summer fodder for the marvel fans, for me not as good as Iron Man 1 - still the best - and not the best comic book movie either - that's a tussle between Superman & TDK. I give it a generous 7/10 for overall entertainment but a realistic 5/10 for story.

but it still won't be as good as Batman will be

Get off you ass and post it here!!

I'm willing to bet 95% of America couldn't pick Nolan out of a lineup. Look at the poster. In big bold print at the top LEONARDO DICAPTRIO. In big bold print below the title, "from the director of THE DARK KNIGHT". In skinny blue text that's hard to make out about the title, "a Film by Christopher Nolan". I've like all of Nolan's films other than Insomnia (which people saw for Pacino and Robin Williams and because it's from "the Memento guy" not because it said Christopher Nolan anywhere). I'm not saying it's right, just that's how people are. They don't know the directors unless the directors are rockstars in public like Cameron, Speilberg, Lucas, Scorsese, etc. And even then they often don't go (see Tin Tin, Red Tails, Hugo, etc.).

I loved Norton's Hulk, He was actually i felt perfect. That movie to a fan like myself was the hulk movie that should have been the first one. Norton should be kicking himself, being an ass has served him well, but not this time. From images and trailers i honestly didnt get a great vibe from Ruffalo. He looked kinda.. well dull. And in the movie he starts off like that, unassuming, but you start appreciating him and his brilliance, even stark has a respect for him, because he can appreciate banner is a leader in his field. You can see the build up, the slight tension, then irritation, then anger and then hulk! I thought the cgi on nortons huik was good, he looked good built. Ruffalos hulk is hench, and the hulk, facewise, you can see he looks like him, its actually quite brilliant. I would love to see another hulk movie, But i think hulk needs a support cast. Like perhaps the Pantheon. I could get behind that. and it would i reckon fit nicely in this new universe.

Is it just me, or does PROMETHEUS sound like it'll be the best fucking movie of the Summer??

My local fleapit begins its screenings at 2 in the afternoon. I need a Deloran!

I agree sorta. It's slipping to be sure, but not as bad as you say. They've got a solid base with Batman so far and I have some faith in Snyder handling Superman (despite Sucker Punch). But adapting Jonah Hex is akin to Marvel wasting their time with Ghost Rider i.e. picking an can level character to waste a movie on. Where they really fucked up was with Green Lantern. He's one of the core members of the DC universe and it was garbage. Here's my humble suggestion : Throw money at Darren Aroknofski to do Wonder Woman with someone like Eliza Dushku or Mila Kunis as Diana. Don't give Martian Manhunter his own film. Instead do a flick with MM, Aquaman, and Green Lantern with Lantern getting the majority of focus. Tap Favreau for a Flash movie with Ryan Gosling as the lead. This sets up the JLA flick for maybe 2014. Still wanna do a non mainstream character peice? Great. You give Cronenburg and Gaiman the budget and control to do Sandman the right way.

Just saw it tonight, and apart from a very contrived "let's all argue with each other, before we'll all work together" scene it is the best marvel movie yet. The final 30 minutes is probably the best action packed scenes we've seen. Can't wait to see it again. It also had quite a few laugh out loud moments as well, which is always good.

Fucking hell if they actually made a Sandman film I'd probably fucking explode. However, I'd rather see HBO do it as a series, just because I don't think you could do it justice with one film and I doubt it would do well enough to warrant sequels unfortunately.

ERECTION!

If it's a hit, THEN do standalone origins.

I get that, but to be honest I'd rather have a Sandman flick and a Preacher HBO series with Ennis as a producer.

Saw a week ago in Germany. The best thing besides the fabulous special effects, nice score, awesome cast (especially Rufallo) is the humor. Yes its funny like hell throughout without sacrificing the plot for jokes. Joss Whedon at his best for sure. He is the man for such a story. And there is one scene... involving the Hulk and Loki... when the audience just went ballistic with laughter. You will know it, when it happens... That will be the modern version of the Raiders Swordman gag! Great great movie and i will see it again at least one more time.

And to be honest you probably couldn't do Sandman on a tv budget. As long as we get them at some point I'm happy.

IT FREAKEN' ROCKS!! Definitely going again this weekend..

Two words for Sandman Crispin Glover

Captain America seems to have done better than the Hulks. More than double. Both of the Hulks did about the same profit, almost double what they cost. Thor did pretty good, more than double. Strangely X-Men didn't draw nearly as much as those properties. But it still did double, it cost much less to make. X-Men 2 did almost double X-men 3 barely did more than it's cost.... No wonder why they did the reboot. Surprising, I didn't think X-Men was such a low draw compared to the other hero films. Wolverine did about double First Class did more than double And then you have the Spider-Mans... Which made like 8x what the cost!

Even though I'm against it :(

As long as its not Depp... I could see Mila Kunis as Death.

John Malkovich as Burgess.

The rest of The Endless are hard to cast. I could see Tilda Swinton as desire though. She's got that boy/ girl thing going on ala Constantine. And the chops.

This film will do well......but....it will not beat Avatar, Titanic, or The Dark Knight. I feel like it will do Indy 4 box office of around $750 to $800 million. This is based off looking at all Marvel's films box office individually worldwide at Box Office Mojo. If I am wrong....good for Marvel.

and very funny. Did find 3D really distracting though - it even ruined the Prometheus trailer. Anyway... top movie.

Destruction - Brendan Gleeson Desire - Tilda Swinton Delirium - Chloë Moritz Destiny - Angus Scrimm

Tilda Swinton is fairtly inspired for Desire, though. But Chloe Moritz? Hells no! Not even close to right. Regardless, leave 'em on the pages where they belong. As much as I would love a visual Sandman - nobody will ever get it right.

Nothing will ever pass Avatar, save maybe an Avatar sequel. I agree with shaun1138 - it won't pass Titanic or TDK, either.

Dream - Crispin Glover Death - Mila Kunis Despair - CG- Andy Serkis- female voice over but doesn't matter.

DC ain't dying any kind of death. They may get smaller, but they're not going anywhere. Companies like Dark Horse, IDW and Zenescope are thriving. DC is certainly selling more books than they are.

Fuck me please let that happen. My hat is off to you sir. Now all we need is Ryan Gosling as the Corinthian and we're set.

...never had any doubt this would rock and boy does it ever. Sure it might not win any Oscars, but as pure entertainment it's awesome. Believe the hype, the Avengers have assembled!!! (",)

She's a very talented actress and obviously not afraid to do odd roles. It's not like I said Abigail Breslin or Dakota Fanning.

General interest in TDKR has waned. Bane is unappealing as a villain and Catwoman looks like a weak waste of time. I'm sure there will be a decent movie in there (it's Nolan, after all, despite Inception being the worst of his career) but it's not the massive event everyone was looking forward to a la TDK. Avengers and The Hobbit are those movies this year. Nothing else will touch them.

OK so the scene in space during the credits . . . That was a Skrull right? Officially?

You are right DC has Batman but thats about it and as I said I have a real bad feeling about DKR. Their animated division does great I just dont know why they cant translate that into live action. Batman Begins should have been the template to launch the movie DCU but instead they went with deadbeat dad stalker Superman and it just got worse from there. Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman should have been the tentpoles for a JLA movie but instead it is mired in the same muck that brought such financial disasters as Green Lantern, The Losers and (unfortunately) the Watchmen.

I thought the first half was okay. In am a huge Whedon fan, but found it too talky, too much exposition and not enough drama, even though it was very funny. 6/10. The second half though is the best superhero movie I have ever seen. Who could have thought Joss would be able to handle action so well? 9/10. Highlights: Black Widow, The Hulk and the last minute in space.

And I for one didn't expect that. Congratulations Joss ;)

I'm with you about the DC animated division. Batman Year One is one of my favorite Bat stories (besides The Killing Joke, The Dark Knight Returns and Hush) and they knocked it outta the park.

I would expect it makes a Billion dollars worldwide. Everyone wants to see this movie crossover and the Whedon worship makes this a critical success as well. Won't do near the Avatar numbers but should make a billion easy.

I suggest you read some Adam Warlock...it's a classic Marvel Villain who is revealed after the credits ;)

Ah yeah. Thanos. Dude looks bad ass

Do what they did with Jeff Bridges in Tron and the choice is obvious. David Bowie.

If it blows people away... Well it just better. DC can't afford it not to. You gotta remember that at the moment, rightfully, it's all about Avengers but when we get near July there will be HUGE anticipation for DKR. Like I said before, I reckon it'll be close.

Not getting the casting right, cutting swathes of material out, not getting the subtleties. But I still wanna see it. We've always got the books. Preacher, on the other hand, is fucking crying out to be made along with Gaimans and Pratchetts Good Omens.

Kang the Conqueror should've appeared before Thanos.

I rate Lucifer on almost the same level as Sandman.

...only skinnier. Chloe is just way too normal overall, for me, anyway. Delirium would need to be someone who is genuinely an odd duck to pull it off.

But again, I don't really want to see this happen because I don't think it can be done correctly.

Yeah, but it's the Cosmic Cube, and in the end, that's a Thanos storyline :)

And lots of other smaller properties could be tackled as well. Death would be easier to do than Sandman. I'd love to see Preacher. I'd love to see another go at Hellblazer.

Is one of my absolute favorites. It's got 5 seasons prewritten already. I think you cast all unknowns in the series.

Done right, this could be another Dark Knight cash cow.

Delirium is child like though. Actually Elle Fanning wouldn't be entirely wrong.

No. They've never even explained to me a decent excuse for the bat nonsense- no. Stop. No it sucks. It's just garbage. He's got these stupid ears and looks ridiculous. Iron man would punch him. Done. Doesn't even have super powers. James bond could fight him maybe. That would be a good fight. Oh that's right. No it wouldn't because Nolan can't direct a fight to save his life.

Batman would look good fighting that. Then they can lock ears in battle

until someone other than Bale is Bats, and they hire a director who understands the milieu. Bane?!? Really, Nolan? Bane?

You know who reminded me of Delirium? That blonde girl in Harry Potter. Not saying thats who you should cast, but it was the right sort of vibe.

And I think that's what your basing your opinion on. He's a normal human OK a bit deranged maybe, but just incredibly smart and absurdly wealthy who actually does something to improve his situation the only way he knows how. He suffered a brutal event early in his life, something that would cripple most people, and he wants to do what he can to keep that from happening to somebody else. Bats scared him as a kid and he wants to have something that can be a symbol of that fear and have it effect the criminals.

Just one more thing, fellahs... 'Up Yours!'

But they're doing better than DC for the most part. DC can't even get their top tier talent adapted correctly, besides Bats. Everything else has been pretty fucking weak.

saw this in Dublin today, believe the hype the film is fun, their is the usual get the team together issue that takes a good hour after that its all jokes and action. johansson was a bit of a damp squid to be honest all pout and no fun I just didn't care when she was on screen lots of ass shots though, the aliens were pointless their just filler to fight, the killer jokes all revolve around Thor. there is a lot of "what the hell editing" people just go from the ground to the top of buildings in seconds, hulk picks up Loki from behind when he was standing in front of him talking. there's a lot of these edits and some are really hard to ignore. As for the 3D its nothing special to be honest I forgot I was watching it 10 mins in. there's some point at camera stuff especially a killer shot at the end to loki. the one dark scene involving the Thor/ iron man fight was fine and clear. I didn't even notice that the film was overly dark either. it just gives a more involved image, there was a few out of focus scenes that where jarring and when anything comes close to the screen your eyes cant really focus as ever as it blurs buy, there was a continuous shot of that snake robot that had me blinking like mad. you wont lose or gain going 3D.

Since Craig's obviously not going to happen what about Clive Owen?

...I'd rather not see them at all than see them in some watered down form that sullied their name. At least Gaiman sticks to his guns and doesn't want that either. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. On a side note, isn't it about time we have a rebooted Blade? Total guilty pleasure films for me, and Michael Jai White was born for the role. And yes, Craig would rock as Constantine. Or Sean Bean.

But then we'd have to hear about how pissed Alan Moore is about another of his works being adapted.

They don't seem to grasp that if they want the films to be as good/popular as the comics just do what's on the fucking page. There's a reason the characters have lasted, don't change them to please some bullshit demographic.

You know James... I was always better.

...but I wouldnt put money on him not having a peek on the sly. You just would, right? On a side note, another site is reporting that apparently the Sony execs hate the new Spiderman. My interest in the film just rose.

I loved the first two and I'll probably see this one but I won't be outraged if it sucks big floppy donkey dick.

In fact Maguire for Arseface in Preacher. No special effects needed. Just knock his teeth out so he talks funny.

I wondered how he got work.

And I do like Chloe, I just can't see her in the part for some reason. Elle Fanning wasn't a bad idea, neither was Luna Lovegood (I don't know her name, either). But they'll all be too old by the time they get around to it.

Was there Satan's Alley trailer.

It'll be Channing Tatum as Dream, Kristen Stewart as Death and fucking Tom Cruises daughter as Delirium. If we're lucky.

Since she started training with Syrio, in fact. It's clear that she and her mother may be the only people with their heads on straight. She doesn't have any IMDb entries before GoT, either. That surprised me.

There are A LOT of characters in Sandman, even if you thin them out.

Stoopud fingers

I wouldn't want her anywhere near the movie but I think she's talented despite the Twilight Saga. Although I may be biased since I'd love to bang the fuck outta her. I'm not proud of that.....

I'd bang her too, she's definitely got a sexy vibe. And she's rich, and could probably introduce me to Emma Stone.

In a pit. With bottles.

Even a book. I just want more goddamit.

I actually liked it. Is it great? No but it's better than I thought it would be. The casting, visuals, and tone were well done. Pe Earl Haley was a great Rorshach.

He teases us with small bits every now and then. But I think somewhere up there in that brain 'o his he's got something else big to spring on us.

There's been a TON of material released, though, if you take into account The Dreaming, Sandman Presents and even Lucifer.

If he DOESN'T even add any new major pieces to the story those original 75 issues will always exist and they'll always be great. My best comic book memories (and I have a lot of them) all revolve around time between issues 25-75 of Sandman. I was buying a whole bunch of great books AND got a new issue of Sandman every month.

Although I have to say, as far as mature themed books go, right now is a pretty stellar time to be reading comic books. A lot of companies are releasing a wide variety of high quality books.

Even if Gaiman is involved I'd still be worried they'd screw it up somehow. I'd rather have nothing than a bad Sandman adaptation. And I agree with the "we'll always have the books" concept. But I can't apply it to this one. I want it to stay as it is.

....a Sandman novel would be great. A series of them even. I'd be all over that.

Lucifer I just put straight into the Sandman canon. I can honestly say though, I don't think any other book has ever come close to entrancing me as much. I hope your right about more. Goddam I'm gonna have to read them again now. Oh well.

Ever since the series ended.

Just anything. Damn you Gaiman FEED MY ADDICTION!

I love this site sometimes.

And yep! I've already pulled out my read copies of the trades. Going to start reading in about half an hour. Heh.

http://vimeo.com/40830178

Random? Yes. Thought I'd check his blog, this was the most recent post.

I wish they would collaborate with the writers more. If you have Garth Ennis writing the screenplay maybe the Punisher isn't the steaming pile it is. War Zone was OK..

Here is the link: http://movies.ign.com/articles/122/1223860p1.html

If it has 96% fresh at Rotten Tomatoes there is no questioning the honesty of anything said about it at AICN

I think DC should just scrap the justice league thing I mean Marvel has like prepared and execute the Avengers build up and so on, like DC couldn't even think about doing a JL movie i mean they'd have to start batman over, Green lantern, superman and so on. Marvel won this period.

Whether or not the squid would have worked, having Dr. Manhattan being the big threat doesnt work for me. The entire world could have united and there would be nothing they could do against that kind of power. The point in the comic was that the world couldnt depend on Dr. Manhattan to save them anymore and there was an outside threat the world had to come together to fight. Dr. M could have set up an empire at any time and had the same result without destroying all of the cities.

With the Twilight films

Weren't a new DKR or Spider-Man trailer supposed to be shown?

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Whedon will stop complaining about how everyone else screwed up his dialogue and scripts. He complained about Halle Berry's reading of his Toad line. No, Joss. It's a bad line and even Dame Judi Dench couldn't make it sound good. And his Alien: Resurrection script stunk big time. It was bad long before Jeunet came anywhere near it.

Jared Padalecki should have been cast as Clint Barton / Hawkeye And Jessica Biel is a far better choice for Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow 1) Clint is described as being 6'4" and ripped from pulling a multi hundred pound double recurve bow all day long 2) The black widow is a very athletic female character in Marvels stable. She's not a pose and point character like so many others are. Biel looks like an athlete (prolly cos she is) Scarlett MsBewbs looks like a marshmallow shoehorned into some spandex (prolly cos she is) While to be fair both actresses are on the short side to play the character /whine and rant over

Welcome to the A-list, kid.

They oversaw Iron Man 2 as well, right? Different director, and it was shit.

Avengers opening day was the biggest in New Zealand film history. Made just over a million dollars here first day, which sounds like small beans, but we only have a population of 4 million...

let it be known from the moment it was announced that they were going to have her character in the iron man that she wanted the role like you wouldnt believe.

so said Jeff bridges. and when jeff bridges says something like that you believe him.

the dude. or the dudeness or his duderino

It's all about getting maximum impact at the right time for each country. The big A opened in Australia on ANzac Day and blew the lid off the Market. It's all in the timing man....

I haven't been in a cinema in a lonnnnggg time where I remember that sort of out-loud belly-laugh moment. It was awesome. I think it was a culmination of the Hulk's awesome turn in the movie. I'm not a HUGE Marvel anthusiast, but my friend is, and he turned to me half-way through and whispered 'Ruffalo is such good casting, he's perfect,' and it's true, he was awesome. I honestly think he stole the movie, and that moment with Loki got such a big laugh (I think) because of how awesome he'd been all the way through, and that was the cherry on the cake. Especially awesome how he saves Iron Man as well, seeing as Banner and Stark are now best friends haha. Ruffalos got big, big things coming. Well done sir. You have just entered a world of huge admiration and thanks

My Forecast for the Avengers movie: - $200 million opening domestic gross (in US) - $1.1 billiion worldwide gross when the movie ends its run in theaters.

Summer 1 Superman: Gold The Flash: Silver Wonder Woman: Bronze Summer 2 Crisis on Infinite Earths

Cant wait another week, for once I'm jealous of the French. I do have to disagree about the demographics this will reach. My wife is dying to see this as bad as I am, and she's the type of chick that only watches Rom-Com movies that end in someone going to the prom. Then again I think she wants to have sex with Chris Hemsworth, so that could be it actually. Still jealous of the french for seeing it first.

Just seen Avenegers assemble (UK name) at the local cinema (Isle of man) The film was utterly superb. They finally nailed the hulk in both Banner and persona. Captain America was excellent, Thor & Loki did their thing and Robert Downey is, as usual, marvelous as Iron man. The minor roles (black widow and hawkeye) were also well presented and Sam Jackson as Nick Fury totally rocked. This is the best superhero film ever, to date, and the most true to the original concept. The only gripe I had was the 3D. I just didn't see the need for it.

and once again I have to ask... what the hell was Scarlet Johannson doing in this. why wasnt loki more menacing. why cant there be a limit on the amount of stuff in the marketing campaign. the money shot in this were the metallic winged beastie. I would like to see hollywood take the lead of Sir Ridley Scott. we know next to nothing about what Prometheus is all about. there has been very few clips. posters dont really give anything away. the aim of this was to bring the team together and they succeeded. I just hope for a much darker story. thats all. the story was very weak.

I cannot stand 3d. saw the film without. the glasses.

Everyone we know will know exactly what The Avengers are. How fucking weird is that? It reminds me of many years ago when my stepmother asked me about one of my tattoos. I told her it was Wolverine. She had no idea what the fuck that meant. Recently she told me Wolverine was her favorite superhero.

Looks pretty cool when he's leaping over that car in the trailer, but the stills make it look really stupid. Is it just overwhelmed by so much fucking awesomeness that you don't even notice it? Does he take it off after 10 minutes and spend the rest of the film without a mask a la Thor? By the way, does Thor wear his helmet at all? I'm guessing no since we haven't seen anything with it.

kinda raggedy and a bit cheap.

Remember around the Superbowl when there was next to nothing Avengers available? The Prometheus goods are coming out at a steady clip lately. It'll probably be at the same "OMG I've seen the whole movie" overload level by the end of May.

thinking once again I have seen this movie through the ads and the marketing.

Do we have a rating yet for Prometheus?

if his footage is R then supposedly the movie will be R.

Fearless forecast for the "Avengers" movie : - A $200 million opening domestically in the U.S. - it'll end up grossing between 500 to 600 million domestically. - It'll end up grossing $ 1.1 to $1.3 Billion worldwide For sure : - Thanos will be the main villain in the sequel. My Wishlist : - Hope that Black Panther, Ant Man, Dr. Strange and Namor will be added to the Avengers roster. - Namor the Submariner will be the bad-ass anti-hero in the sequel. - Spiderman makes a short cameo appearance, but is a part of the Avengers lineup, albeit on a "part time " basis.