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Thor 2 Director Quits

Mere months after Patty Jenkins was named to helm Thor 2, the Monster director has stepped down from the film.   read more

Monster Director In Talks To Direct Thor 2

Marvel Studios might be taking Thor 2 in a different direction. Most of the directors that have filmed the Avengers solo films have been used to big-budget action films. Now, Patty Jenkins is reportedly in talks to become the director for Thor’s sequel.  read more

Thor review

The Summer of the Superhero cometh with the wide opening of kid-friendly Thor. Perhaps surprisingly, the high-concept 3D Avengers spin-off is a very well-executed movie, offering corny one-liners and plenty of muscle-bound heroism to whet fan appetites....  read more

Filming Begins on Joss Whedon's The Avengers

According to a post on his Whedonesque blog, Joss Whedon has revealed that filming has begun for The Avengers....  read more

Thor and Captain America Both Getting Sequels

The first incarnations of Thor and Captain America haven’t even arrived in theaters yet, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has already announced each film will get a sequel....  read more

Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury is One Busy Super-Spy

Samuel L. Jackson revealed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon that he, as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury, will appear in both Thor and Captain America. Plus, he’ll have a female sidekick in The Avengers....  read more

Thor Script Leaked, Pulled Almost Immediately

The forthcoming Thor movie script was leaked last night at ComicBookMovie.com, but Paramount Pictures’ lawyers got it taken down almost immediately....  read more

Transformers 3, Thor, Captain America Many More Trailers to Air During Super Bowl

The Super Bowl has always attracted advertising from huge names in media, and with good reason: It’s the most-watched television program annually. Just last year, it drew 106 million viewers, which topped the finale of M*A*S*H* to become the highest-rated television broadcast in U.S. history. Now, movies like Transformers: Dark of the Moon, J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, CGI-film Rango, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bradly Cooper-Robert De Niro Limitless and Daniel Craig-Harrison Ford sci-fi western Cowboys & Aliens will become part of the huge advertising blitz, according to The Hollywood Reporter....  read more

Assessing Nine Comic-Book Movies in 2011

Nearly every comic-book movie has either been great fun (The Dark Knight, Spiderman) or so awful as to elicit anger (Batman and Robin, Spiderman 3). A middling comic-book movie is something of a rarity. So it's with a bit of both excitement and trepidation that we look at 2011's line-up of comic-book movies.  read more

Chris Hemsworth Cast as Marvel's Thor

With the success of superhero movies as of late, including Iron Man and Wolverine, Marvel Comics is wasting no time and has already begun casting The Avengers. Chris Hemsworth of Star Trek fame has been cast as Thor. He will transform himself into the mystic superhero in his own self-titled film as well as in the The Avengers along with Captain America and others in 2011....  read more