Over at Geek Tyrant, sources have confirmed that Captain America's shield made a cameo in the recent Iron Man film. You can take a look for yourself here in this picture.
Insider at Marvel confirms.. It is Captain Americas Shield!! Tony Starks father created weapons during World War II. He was the one that created the shield! Which is why Tony had it in the first place. Why did Tony Stark have it our on his work table? As a reference for the suit he was building of course. The suit is made out of the same metal that the shield was made from. So there you have it folks! That is Captain Americas shield!
I'm totally digging this cohesive Marvel film universe and would love to see more in The Incredible Hulk (in addition to the confirmed cameos, including Tony Stark).
As an added bonus, you can check out the latest Incredible Hulk trailer after the jump!
NBC has recently released the latest preview for the third season of Heroes, which is being subtitled Villains.
After a stilted second season (with a better-than-expected season finale), will Heroes be able to draw the crowds it once did? Will you folks be watching when it returns this fall?
Iron Man continued to hold the number one spot at the box office, despite attacks from Speed Racer and the Ashton Kutcher/Cameron Diaz generic romcom Let's Be Pretty And Do Stuff In Vegas (or something like that). Iron Man took in an additional $50.5 million dollars, making it the highest grossing movie of the year so far. Sadly, Speed Racer almost tied the aforementioned (though not in name) What Happens In Vegas in sales with $20.2 million vs $20 million.
While no contracts have been signed either eay (and we're still a ways away from that), it seems that writer/director Jon Favreau may not be coming back to work on the nxt Iron Man as everyone had assumed. He's been saying for some time now that he would love to come back and complete what he saw as a trilogy.
In Favreau's story arc, the second film would have Tony turning 40 and deal with his mid-life crisis by turning to the sauce. The second film was always supposed to be a reworking of the seminal Demon in a Bottle storyline. It's a defining work for the character and speaks to who Tony Stark is (both losing and regaining control).
The only problem is that the first IM film was TOO successful. it seems that Marvel is eying Iron Man as a family franchise. Makes sense given the children's bed sheets and inflatable bath toys being advertised with Iron Man on them. Of course, a film dealing with alcoholism isn't exactly going to be hauling the nine year olds in by the truck load. As adept as Favreau is at making kids movies (he directed both Elf and Zathura), he always stated that he saw Iron Man as an adult film, just with a few fight scenes thrown in. Tony's battlr with the drink certainly fits that mold, but what if both he and Marvel Studios are unwilling to budge? It's ultimately Marvel's call, but if Favreau was so integral to the first Iron Man (and he was), what would a sequel out of his hands look like?
Remember a few weeks ago we showed you the downright gorgeous new poster by Adam Hughes spotlighting the women of the DC universe? Well, Comics Worth Reading is a blog after my own heart as they're currently running a contest looking for the male equivalent or what they call the Men of the DC Universe.
There are are only three entries posted thus far, so I encourage all of you artistically gifted PK readers to enter for the nice greenback reward. The deadline for submission is May 15th so get a move on and send those entries in! Don't forget to give a little shout-out to your favorite blog that told you about the contest too.
If you need some inspiration, check out the gallery below for previous submissions (including quite possibly the cutest Batman ever).
Sometimes I really do luck out. This afternoon, I had the great fortune to attend the New York premiere of Iron Man, the first film from Marvel Entertainment and not just licensed out to another studio. It's directed by Jon Favreau and stars Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges.
Okay, fine. You know all this, right? Yes, of course. So let's jump ahead to the event real quick and then to the film itself. The theater was pretty much packed as every seat I saw was taken. There were several people from Marvel there, including John Romita Jr., Chris Claremont and master of ceremonies Joe Quesada. I also spotted Nick Barucci of Dynamic Forces. There could certainly have been others, it was a busy lobby and the Ziegfeld Theater isn't exactly a giant multiplex.
Once the film started, it was obvious the audience was mainly industry people. Aside from Joe Q. thanking the assembled people for their work, both at Marvel and freelance, all of the classic nods and in-jokes produced a hearty laugh. It was a great audience to see th film with as they cheered when we saw the gray armor for the first time.
Come with me, net denizens. Come with back to a magical time when things were simpler and politicians were noble. Come back with me to March 13th, 2008!
On that sepia toned day I told you about Project Rooftop'sIron Man: Invincible Upgrade contest. Well, the winners have been announced and the grand prize goes to Daniel Krall for his little diddy that contained the Stark logo redesign pictured rightly.
Some of the entries could be used in an Iron Man book, depending on time or genre, while some of them really don't do anything for me. But you can't say it isn't a diverse line-up. Check out the gallery below or run over to the Invincible Upgrade to see all the winners and the commentary from the Project Rooftop crew as well as new Iron man writer Matt Fraction and noted Iron man artist Adi Granov!
Warner Bros. has released another poster for The Dark Knight. This one is a bit scarier than the others even though it doesn't even feature Heath Ledger's Joker, though it does show his handiwork I'm assuming.
I'm pleasantly surprised to see Warner Bros. taking a risk and not naming the film Batman: The Dark Knight. Branding is usually paramount to everything else even if it makes the name longer and more unattractive. Leaving off the Batman moniker streamlines the name quite a bit and just makes it sound that much cooler.
Anyone else surprised that Michael Caine got billing over Heath Ledger?
Do you remember a long, long time ago when I told all of you fine folks about an article on Superhero clothing by Michael Chabon? Were you struck with the inevitable desire to be able to walk through hallways of comic book threads in an upscale an intellectual environment?
You're damn right, you were!
Well, now you can finally get the monkey off your back because New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting a new exhibit called Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy. The venerated museum will be taking a look at the link between comic books and fashion and go the extra step to examine how a superhero's dress is representative of modern fashion and the physical ideal.
It seems like it will be a fascinating project and it's something the Met does very well. They had an exhibit a few years ago called "Men in Dresses" that discussed every form of a man wearing a dress that has existed throughout history. Odd topic, but engrossing presentation. If the superhero version is half as good we're in for a fun afternoon.
The exhibit will run from May 7th to September 1st of this year and the museum is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue in New York.
Make the threadbare jump for the official word from the Met.
You can see the full write-up on the game itself over at GayGamer, but I wanted Pink Kryptonite Readers to take special note of the following bit from the unveiling of the new Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
Still, you might be able to get some inside info if you're lucky enough to be at the New York Comic-Con this week. At Activision's booth, the company will be holding voiceover auditions for the title. Videos of the performances will be posted on the Spider-Man: Web of Shadow's website where the community will vote for who they want in the game.
So if you are going to NY Comic-Con, and think you have a good voice, try it out (and let us know).
From the Comic Foundry, get ready for one of the coolest paint jobs I've ever seen - and in an elementary school no less!
In 1981 New York artist Justen Ladda painted this very cool piece at PS 37 in the Bronx. See that side view? Crazy.
(photos by Martha Cooper, via Ladda)
P.S. - You did remember to pick up your copy of Comic Foundry on April 2nd, right? If not, you may still be able to find it on shelves or you can always order it from Previews.
Frater Mine by Sean McGrath and Juan Romera
