McHale wouldn't be terrible, but a surprising choice. I also like Timothy Oliphant for the role. Obviously Johnny Depp was a fan favorite, but I don't think that works with this director. I know people like Mads Mikklesen now a days but I don't see it. I think Kitt Harrington is a good choice. I also like Benedict Cumberbatch.

And I'm going to throw one out of left field: Colin O'Donoghue.

I don't think Depp or Sherlock would sign the extended multi-movie deals required. Seriously, it will be, like... 6. At least.

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Dr. Orpheus > Dr. Strange, for sure.

TCCTS, my coworker uses a website called GoFobo and helps me get into early screenings every so often if he has an extra ticket. Living in Seattle pretty much every movie gets a pre-screening and the website works with local radio stations/newspaper that publish codes to get in. I normally only see the movie 3-10 days in advance. This was the first time I saw it so early, though I know it happens. I just haven't been with my co-worker before for ones this early.

The best experience was Star Trek:Into Darkness where Alice Eve, John Cho, and Simon Pegg were present. This was about 2 weeks in advance of release.

Joel McHale was pretty damn awesome. Definitely the comic relief in a pretty dark film. Eric Bana couldn't sleep for weeks "apparently" after viewing some of the police officer footage. How much of it is marketing spiel, I have no idea.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2609380/Eric-Bana-sleep-three-weeks-watching-NYPD-exorcism-footage-new-movie.html

Awesome. Good to know, Marsuvees. That's pretty cool.

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When Marvel decided to to an Iron Man movie, many people were questioning why they would do Iron Man. Yea, he is part of the Avengers, but he was a character most non comic book readers knew very little, if anything about. There was even more questioning when Robert Downey Jr. was cast as Iron Man and Jon Favreau was cast to direct. You can say Marvel is playing it safe, but they have a vision, they know what they are doing, and so far, they have hit it big with their movies. When you have someone that wants to tinker with the universe and do things the non Disney way, then you start having issues that Sony is having with X-Men / Spider-Man with inconsistencies in quality and continuation errors.

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Really? I could a have sworn there was an Iron Man cartoon.

Derrickson also directed The Day the Earth Stood Still remake, so he has experience with VFX.

There was an Iron Man cartoon, and nobody watched it.

On the cartoon side, adults may not have flocked to them, but they seem to be doing well on the Disney channels and I think Marvel has done a fantastic job of getting kids wrapped up in their universe via their Avengers cartoons, etc. which then translates into excitement about the movies.

My son watched the Avengers cartoons, and it seemed very planned out to me that they introduced the Avengers characters in advance of the movies, and they've even introduced now the lesser known entities such as GOTG, Dr.Strange, etc. Kids (and parents like me who see the films) now have an idea who these characters are when the movies are announced, thanks to the cartoons.

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On the Iron Man front, I was not a kid that read comics but I was familiar with Iron Man. I remember having an action figure and playing a video game or two. I don't know how many people there are like me, but I was excited for an Iron Man movie based on childhood memories outside of comics.

The main reason I am wrapped up in all these Marvel movies is because of Marvel Ultimate Alliance, which came out in 2006. I only knew the big name super heroes at the time (Spider-man, X-Men, etc) and got to know back stories of different, lesser known characters (Strange, Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, etc). I would recommend it if anybody hasn't played it in a while and has some time this summer.

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The main reason I am wrapped up in all these Marvel movies is because of Marvel Ultimate Alliance, which came out in 2006. I only knew the big name super heroes at the time (Spider-man, X-Men, etc) and got to know back stories of different, lesser known characters (Strange, Black Widow, Ms. Marvel, etc). I would recommend it if anybody hasn't played it in a while and has some time this summer.

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MUA is a fantastically fun game. Play it with a buddy or your kids. It's smash-smash-smash, and fun using all of the different powers.

MUA2 is different, but also fun.

The second one gets into the Civil War timeline, which would make a great movie/series, but will likely never get done.

I'm assuming this is the unofficial Marvel Cinematic Universe thread for now, since I can't find another one not related to a specific Marvel movie.

Anyway, Drew McWeeny from HitFix has a pretty cool phase three scoop. Only problem is it contains a spoiler from the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron concerning Hulk, so read at your own risk. All I know is that if what he discusses comes to fruition (and I've heard other sources echo the same idea), this just became my most anticipated phase three movie, hands down...

http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/what-mark-ruffalos-not-telling-you-when-he-talks-about-marvels-planet-hulk-plans

Holy Crap! I want that movie to happen now!

Well, we knew that the Guardians were going to be folded into the Earth-bound MCU characters pretty quickly. I think many assumed it would be Iron Man who would make "first contact."

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This.

Adding back to my watch list

Anyone else catch the article about the guy at Fox who is planning their own Marvel Universe films with the franchises they own? Obviously X-Men and FF. Mentioned others as well but can't remember what they were.

Basically, they have their own Kevin Feige now and plan to plot out movies and start tying together stuff like Marvel has done.

So, we are going to have competing yet distinct MU's with no chance of crossover.

They should do that, but not with the crappy fantastic four. X-men alone has more than enough amazing characters and villains to create a "cinematic universe".

The FF/X-Men crossover universe thing isn't happening, at least anytime soon. That was a premature report debunked by the head of Fox. Simon Kinberg and Mark Miller (the two guys basically spearheading the properties) have both publicly discussed wanting to do it, but the Fox head then followed up and said they want to keep them separate for now.

That said, this new iteration of FF has potential. Not only does it have an awesome cast (Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, and Toby Kebbell), the director, Josh Trank (Chronicle), apparently made an amazing "proof of concept" sequence that not only landed him the FF job, but ALSO got him the Star Wars spin-off gig. In other words, Fox gave him money to "audition" for the job by letting him put together a sequence of how he would envision FF (this is a common practice in the industry). And it was apparently so cool/good, that Fox not only greenlit a FF movie with him as director, they also greenlit a sequel, scheduled for 2017. Then Disney got their hands on the sequence and were so blown away they hired Trank for SW. So whatever the hell Trank did, it gave two separate corporations the confidence to let him direct two of their biggest properties. Point is, everything so far indicates that this iteration FF could be pretty awesome, and will likely be about as far as you can get from the old movies.

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Would have been cool to be a fly on the wall for his audition.

What other Marvel properties does Fox have rights to?

Here's a breakdown:

http://screenrant.com/marvel-comics-movies-characters-carl-6766/

Just makes me sad that we never got a Deadpool movie. For me, one of the few bright spots in the first Wolverine movie (pre-sewing his mouth together)

Why does Universal have Namor? Who thought that was the one property they needed to have?

I seem to remember that, back when Marvel was handing out their properties like candy, that there was serious talk of a Prince Namor movie.

However, you would think that the rights would have reverted back to Marvel by now.

Looks like we'll get a look at Ultron on the cover of Entertainment Weekly's comic-con preview.

Here's the article...

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/07/16/avengers-age-of-ultron-who-is-marvels-angry-metal-madman/

... and some new photos...

http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20399642_20834753,00.html

That is bad . . . ass

Is this the first confirmation we have of Ultron being created by Stark to take over his duties as Iron Man? I know it has been speculated.

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However, the more I see Quicksilver, the more I believe Fox may have actually outdone Marvel at casting/creating a character.

Here's a chicken and the egg type question for ya:

Does Scarlett Johansson intentionally only pose in sexy stances, or are they normal stances that become sexy just because of her?

Awesome to be seeing pics. 2015 is closer than you think.