The Internet is collectively losing its mind right now thanks to Sony's announcement that they've struck a deal with Marvel over the destiny of our favorite webhead.
But what's really going on here? What, when, and how is this movie coming about? And what's coming after?
Please?
Surprisingly, Marvel has already clued us in on a lot of the details. Here are some of the biggest:
1. It's coming in 2017.
July 28, 2017 to be specific. This is important info because we still don't know how this announcement will affect Sony's plans for a Sinister Six movie, theirVenom movie, and of course, The Amazing Spider-Man 3.
Amazing Spider-Man 2
We have no idea yet when Venom would be hitting theaters, but this pretty much rules out ASM3, which was scheduled for a 2018 release. Sinister Six is also up in the air due to its planned 2016 release.
My guess? Sony's going back to the drawing board. Here's why...
2. Sony is still in control of Spider-Man (mostly).
Ultimate Spider-Man (Disney XD)
According to Marvel, the deal is that they get to have Spider-Man for one movie first (most sources say it will be Civil War), and then Sony will continue the franchise with their standalone movie in 2017 (see above). They'll control the financing and distribution of all future Spider-Man films from then on.
But this also means that Sony and Marvel are essentially collaborating on the same character within the same universe.
This is unprecedented, especially for a $4 billion franchise.
3. It's being produced by Amy Pascal (Sony) and Kevin Feige (Marvel).
Yup, they're co-producers. Again, this is unprecedented because you essentially have two separate teams coming together for a series of interconnected projects.
The Spectacular Spider-Man (R.I.P.)
Sure, Marvel and Sony have worked together before, but never on this scale (or under this heavy a microscope).
4. It will feature a new "creative direction."
I used quotes because that's exactly how Marvel's PR team puts it. This could mean anything from rethinking the narrative of the Spider-Man universe to a full-on reboot.
It could mean all sorts of things, really. They could be going with a new tone, format, or even 10-year plan for the franchise. And these decisions could mean a brand new actor to play Spider-Man. Which means...
5. Andrew Garfield might still be in it.
This entire story summed up in one image.
A lot of people are trying to declare that he's 100% out, but I think that's unfounded.
A new "direction" doesn't mean you have to gut your existing franchise, especially when it's made Sony plenty of money so far.
Besides, if Marvel can make a great movie out the Norse God of Thunder, they can work with what Sony's been churning out since 2012.
6. Marvel and Sony totally want to keep working together with other characters.
Ultimate Spider-Man (Disney XD)
Again, this is according to Marvel, but the message right now is that this is a long-term deal. And Marvel is saying they want to include other MCU characters with Sony's Spider-Man, and even vice-versa (hopefully).
7. Disney has been working on this for quite some time.
This is evidenced by Disney CEO Bob Iger's quick response to the leaking of the news. He said,
"Spider-Man is one of Marvel's great characters, beloved around the world. We're thrilled to work with Sony Pictures to bring the iconic web-slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which opens up fantastic new opportunities for storytelling and franchise building."
[UPDATE] 8. Or have they?
Shortly after I published this article, it was announced that Marvel has reshuffled the release dates for four of their films.
That pretty much means this deal hasn't really been set in stone for very long (at least not long enough to make a difference).
Thanks to Marvel Studios’ massive announcement last year, quite a few facts are currently known about the planned Black Panther movie that will release in 2017. Get On Up star Chadwick Boseman will play the lead role, and will make his first appearance as the character in next year’s sequel Captain America: Civil War. Boseman has a five-picture deal, which means that there’s a strong chance that he’ll assemble alongside the Avengers in the two-part Avengers: Infinity War movies.
The groundwork for Black Panther will be laid much sooner than that, however, as the latest trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron has dropped further hints about Black Panther-related plot elements that will be featured in the film.
WARNING – POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD.
Ulysses Klaw and Vibranium
First things first: as though any further confirmation was needed that Andy Serkis is playing Black Panther’s nemesis Ulysses Klaw (aside from the fact that he is sporting the character’s distinctive beard- and hair-style), a new shot of Serkis in the trailer shows that he sports a claw necklace and generally looks every bit the part of a dirty smuggler of rare metals.
The particular rare metal that attracts Klaw’s interest, vibranium, is also what ties the Avengers, Ultron and Black Panther together. Ultron will take on many forms and evolve throughout the film, including a form with a shell made out of vibranium. Vibranium is also the material that Captain America’s shield is made out of, and one of the few places where it can be found is Wakanda, the African country that Black Panther rules over.
What do the filming locations suggest we'll see?
One of the first international filming locations used for Avengers: Age of Ultronwas Johannesburg in South Africa, but if any question remained that Johannesburg might be used as a stand-in for another city, the new trailer showed officers wearing South African Police Service uniforms and a South African restaurant chain called Nyama & Chips. This is the location of a major showdown between Hulk and Iron Man, as Bruce Banner apparently loses control of “the other guy.”
The second Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer goes further than showing new shots of Johannesburg, however; it also seems to confirm that Wakanda itself will appear in the movie. A new shot of the mysterious cave pool where Thor was shown bursting shirtless out of the water in the first trailer shows an unidentified African woman standing on the edge of the pool and dropping her cloak to the ground. Popular speculation points to this woman being a member of Black Panther’s personal security detail, the Dora Milaje.
CBM also noted that the shot of an apparently random city that the Quinjet is shown flying through could very well be a look at Wakanda, since the architecture looks similar to that of the city in the comics. We couldn’t find any locations in Johannesburg or Seoul (the two major cities where location shoots for Avengers: Age of Ultron took place) that match this shot, and it appears to be CGI. Of course, if any readers recognize the buildings as belonging to a real world city then please let us know in the comments.
[UPDATE: Thanks to Screen Rant reader 4play for identifying this location. It's actually not Wakanda, but the Digital Media City area of Seoul. Here's an image showing the location from another angle.]
The trailer doesn’t seem to offer any reason to believe that Boseman himself will appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron, so it’s still safe to assume that Kevin Feige was being honest when he said that Captain America: Civil War would mark the character’s first on-screen appearance. Nonetheless, that doesn’t rule out the possibility of Black Panther being alluded to in Marvel’s next movie, to help build hype for his eventual debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Still thinking about that mystery woman...
The woman by the pool isn’t the only mystery woman in the trailer. A shot of Thor channelling lightning through his body in some kind of candlelit hall also briefly reveals another woman, possibly also wearing Dora Milaje garb, standing behind him. This could mean that Thor will end up having a showdown with the Dora Milaje or (like many things in the trailers) it could be part of an illusion conjured by Scarlet Witch. Whatever it is, the clip is too short to make out much detail.
After peering far too closely at the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, it’s worth sitting back and watching it from start to finish without any pauses. This is definitely one summer movie that’s worth getting excited for, are you?
Avengers: Age of Ultron is in theaters on May 1, 2015, and Black Panther releases on November 3, 2017.
Comic-Con International 2014 is officially over and we escaped with an underwhelming number of surprise announcements when compared to expectations leading up to this year’s event. Coming into the San Diego event, Marvel Studios had scheduled new six unannounced films in addition to a few the studio still hadn’t titled from previously.
When we spoke to Marvel Studios president of production Kevin Feige on Saturday morning, there were nine unannounced projects with release dates in 2016-19. We knew (and still know) one of those is for the untitled Captain America 3 coming May 2016. With so many other dates set, we expected to learn about a bunch of them during the Marvel Studios panel at last week’s San Diego Comic-Con and theorized on the possibility that Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe may have quite a few more films than Phase 2 – assuming that their May 2019 date could be for The Avengers 3.
Hours before that panel though, I asked Feige for some background on why Marvel added a third date to 2018 (giving them three in a year for two years in a row) a few days after announcing five other new ones. He wouldn’t offer any hints on how many of the releases we could see unveiled later that day (only one as it turns out - Guardians of the Galaxy 2) but did explain the push to three in 2018.
“The last one was just a scheduling thing. There were other studios that were moving their chess pieces around on their chessboard, which is why that had been in the works, which is why that other 2018 date came up a few days after the initial release.”
The scheduling “thing” is of course the release dates for Sinister Six and The Amazing Spider-Man 3 that Sony announced during Comic-Con. They had pulled their Spider-Man release that year from May which left it open for Marvel Studios to immediately take, and so they did. May 2018 is exactly three years after The Avengers: Age of Ultron will release, which is three years after the first Avengers so we wondered how that may affect when they were planning to release the third team-up.
“We haven’t really talked about when we’ll see Avengers 3. I presume we’d like to stick to three years between Avengers movies like we did…Oh, No, it was two years, wasn’t it? What was it? Yeah, yeah. So it’d probably be three years about Avengers 2 and 3.”
If that’s the case, Phase 3 of the MCU is going to be three releases shorter assuming it takes the most obvious date of May 4, 2018 and so the three films scheduled after that are probably the beginning of Phase 4. A few contracts for the core Avengers reportedly end with The Avengers 3, so that’s going to be a major transition point for The Avengers roster.
What movie do you think Marvel is planning for May 2019? Is there a chance it could be for Iron Man 4?
A trifecta of superhero movies are on the horizon—"Ant Man," "Black Panther" and "Suicide Squad"—and while no one is entirely sure what, exactly, they will look like, tidbits and rumors abound.
"Ant Man"
Directed by Peyton Reed and starring Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly, "Ant Man" took some heat in the Twitter-verse last year when slated director/writer Edgar Wright left the project due to "creative differences" with Marvel. The studio, despite Wright's departure, has repeatedly assured fans the film, which will hit theaters on July 15, will not disappoint.
Journalists from Empire Magazine (via CBM) saw one of "Ant Man's" scenes as it was being filmed. The scene, they wrote, "takes place in the basement gym of Hank Pym-or, in Rudd's words, "the Pymnasium"- where Empire is about to witness a class training montage. Fake sunlight is streaming through the windows. Then a fist socks Rudd in the face, and he goes down hard. 'Ooh... Aaah... It hurts...' he moans into the mat. His opponent is Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly), who follows her finishing move by dancing around her flattered foe. As the camera keeps rolling, Rudd attempts to get up, his knee squeaking against the mat ... that sounds a lot like prolonged flatulence. 'Sorry,' he says. 'I'm on a very restricted diet.'"
"Black Panther"
Star Chadwick Boseman recently told CBR that he's in "the brainstorming phase" of character development.
"I think right now, it's just going through the possibilities of what he can do," Boseman said. "[What] it looks like and what it should feel like in certain moments. But [I'm] just going through [the material], because there's always a difference from one story to the next of who he is -- trying to find a way to merge those things together. Because I think that's always fun when these movies work: it's when people see several things satisfied at one time."
Asked if he's been studying the comic books, Boseman said, "Yeah. Really, all of it. It's just difficult with this particular character, because there are a lot of things in that time when it was written that did not exist but do exist now, so trying to figure out how would that work now. How is it special now in terms of technology and whatever -- but that's all I can say!"
"Suicide Squad"
Somebody is getting some pretty cool guns—but they're not nearly as cool as the guns Deadshot (Will Smith), is getting.
Tuesday, director David Ayer tweeted a photo of one of the squad member's "tools," aka a rifle, a scope and some ammo. Asked by a fan if the hardware was to be used by Deadshot, Ayer responded, "No sir. Deadshot gets the good stuff."
The Harry Potter series may have truly began Hollywood’s trend toward adapting young-adult novels into big-budget blockbusters, but at the moment The Hunger Games is the reigning champ of how such literary works can be translated into crowd-pleasing film franchises. Even the Divergent series – which debuted last year to a solid $151 million domestic box office take – hasn’t managed to capture the same audience attention.
Lionsgate – the studio behind both The Hunger Games and Divergent - landed their first marquee franchise with the Jennifer Lawrence starring sci-fi films. However, despite the somewhat controversial decision to split the trilogy’s final installment into two films, it looked like the series was set to come to a definitive end with this year’s The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. Now that might no longer be the case.
According to Deadline, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer has revealed that the studio is “actively looking at some development and thinking about prequel and sequel possibilities” to continue The Hunger Games. In addition, Feltheimer confirmed that Mockingjay – Part 2 will be digitally remastered for IMAX 3D for its release this fall and briefly mentioned that the studio is “in significant conversations with at least one theme park” to develop an attraction based on the franchise.
Considering that the series has earned $2.2 billion worldwide, it’s no surprise that Lionsgate to eager to keep the world of Panem alive. After all, this is currently the age of interconnected big-screen universes, from which an infinite amount of films can be developed. We’ve previously heard rumors that the Twilight and Harry Potter series could also continue in some form, despite the lack of substantial narrative source material; the latter, of course, proved true, as spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is now on course to arrive in Fall 2016.
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Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson Hunger Games Movie Franchise May Continue After Mockingjay Part 2
The question isn’t so much if Lionsgate will try to continue such a lucrative franchise, but exactly what shape subsequent films might take. Fans of The Hunger Games book series know that the story doesn’t naturally lend itself to a followup; and with the Oscar-winning Lawrence more in-demand than ever before, Lionsgate may not be able to keep the actress who has become the definitive face of the franchise. The prequel route may be an option, but without Katniss Everdeen, it’s questionable whether such a project would pull in the box office numbers the studio wants and satisfy the existing fanbase.
Time will tell how The Hunger Games franchise develops, but don’t be surprised if Lionsgate makes an announcement sooner than later. In the meantime, tell us where you want to see the series go next. Are you excited at the prospect of more Hunger Games?
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 hits theaters on November 20, 2015.
Chris Hemsworth is truly one of the most bankable stars, and definitely in-demand. His projects have surfaced here and there. Aside from his current film, Blackhat, the Aussie actor will also be in the much-anticipated sequel of The Avengers, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, where he will once again put on his armor as the God of Thunder, Thor.
Thor had been Hemsworth ultimate ride to instant fame. He has shown that he had more than just the looks and the charms, he's also got the acting skills to pull of his action-packed scenes and transformations in Marvel's stand-alone films. The 31-year old actor, crowned last year as People's Sexiest Man Alive, had managed to win over many fans because of that.
It's no wonder why the cries are louder than before for Thor 3: Ragnarok. Here's the latest Thor 3: Ragnarok Release Date and Plot Spoilers.
It will still be awhile until we see Thor back in the Kingdom of Asgard fighting his own battles, and Hemsworth is mum about the details of his film. However, he did give some hints as to what stage in the production they're currently at.
"There is no script for Thor, the next Thor, so I have no idea where he'll up. But it's a pretty, big one."
He also hinted that fans better stay tune and better not miss out on the Age of Ultron because there will be big events that will occur there that will have an effect on nearly all Avenger standalone movies, including the third Thor 3.
"Yeah, definitely. I mean, it has to, doesn't it? Unless I was on the sidelines kind of waving. He's not."
Possible spoiler alert. Rumors have been spreading that, with the introduction of Scarlet Witch in The Avengers: Age of Ultron will give Marvel fans a brief glimpse into the future, one which might involve the sexy God dead. But, it might not just be him.
A Reddit User, LuneyTunes, pointed out that this hint was actually in the trailer. "There is a shot in the previous 'Age of Ultron' trailer that shows Captain America's shield broken. If you look closely, you will see Thor's arm also. I think this is the future shown by Scarlet Witch - and is his and Steve Roger's death in a faceoff with Thanos."
This, of course, hasn't been confirmed nor denied by the people behind Thor 3. Although Ragnarok does signify the end of the Thor standalone film, it still remains inconclusive.
Back in July 2014, Kevin Feige, Marvel's president revealed that the storyline for the third movie was still being outlined. And a lot of changes could be made since we're too far from the release date.
Thor 3: Ragnarok arrives in theatres on June 28, 2017.
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In a year with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World, Mad Max: Fury Road, and more, The Avengers: Age of Ultron has competition for most anticipated movie of the year – but it’s undoubtedly the most anticipated superhero movie of the year (sorry, Ant-Man and Fantastic Four). The followup to Joss Whedon’s insanely popular The Avengers will see the titular team battling Ultron, a psychotic robot with the voice of James Spader (The Blacklist).
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The Beginning of ‘Age of Ultron’ & New Relationships
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Avengers producer Jeremy Latcham talked about the team’s status at the beginning of the film, saying:
'This movie starts off and the team is together, on a mission, they’re working in tandem, and there are new relationships between them. Time has passed, so you pick up right in the middle of an action sequence and start trying to catch up.”
The action sequence likely involves the defeat of Baron von Strucker, which will apparently lead to the Avengers party from the trailers that depicts various Avengers attempting to pick up Thor’s hammer. This is the point of the story when everything seems to be going well for the team – they’re working well together, they’re happy, they’re successful. Obviously, this won’t last for long once Ultron does his thing.
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Latcham continued:
“I think [it's] fun for an audience to try and figure out, ‘Wait, those two are funny together now, there’s something going on with them, maybe there’s a little tension over there.’ You’re showing up at a party when it’s already a little bit started.”
It seems that the two characters with “tension” are likely Bruce Banner and Black Widow. There have been hints in the trailers that they have something of a connection, but it’s yet unclear if that connection is romantic in nature.
Said Joss Whedon about them:
“They’re an unlikely pair, but there’s something about the two of them that neither can deny.”
Sounds kind of romantic to us.
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Joss Whedon’s Favorite Character Is Black Widow
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It’s probably no surprise that Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow is Joss Whedon’s favorite character. From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Firefly to Dollhouse to his work on Astonishing X-Men, Whedon tends to to be particularly fond of the female characters in his stories.
Said Whedon:
“[Black Widow] has a special place in my heart – there is one scene in each movie that was filmed pretty much unchanged from the first draft, and they’re both Natasha scenes. She’s just somebody that I feel like I get.”
Before Whedon wrote Black Widow in The Avengers, she was a pretty one-dimensional, uninteresting character in Iron Man 2. Most would agree that it was Whedon’s depiction of Widow that made her the popular character she is today, with fans all over clamoring for a standalone film.
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How ‘Age of Ultron’ Will Lead to ‘Captain America: Civil War’
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In the wake of Captain America: The Winter Soldier – and the dissolution of SHIELD – the Avengers are basically leaderless. While this is seemingly not a problem at the beginning of Age of Ultron, it’ll definitely become one during the film’s running time.
Jeremy Letchum said:
“SHIELD has fallen apart, so this movie becomes Tony Stark and Steve Rogers trying to put the Avengers together without a parental unit like Nick Fury hovering over them. What you realize is that these are guys who work best with rules, and probably do need some adult supervision.”
Both Tony Stark and Steve Rogers are stubborn, strong-willed individuals, and otherwise very different personality-wise. Needless to say, that sort of combination can lead to some conflict, and it might very well be (part of) the impetus for Captain America: Civil War.
Said Letchum:
“Tony has been paying for everything, designing stuff, building new toys, he’s the benefactor of the whole thing. But Steve Rogers is very much in charge of operations and missions, he’s the moral compass. But how long can Tony Stark have someone else be in charge?”
Probably not very long. It’ll be interesting to see what else will come to cause the Civil War besides personality differences. (After all, that’d be a pretty petty war.) Since the Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn’t hinge upon secret identities like the comic books do – and the Civil War of the comic books did – what will be at the heart of the film’s conflict?
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‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Is a Mish-Mash of Genres
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The Marvel movies are known for having similar structures, styles, tones, and general “feels,” though they do occasionally fit into pre-established genres in addition to the amorphous “superhero genre.” The First Avengers was sort of a war movie, Winter Soldier was sort of a ’70s spy thriller, Guardians of the Galaxy was sort of a space opera, and so on.
But what, pray tell, is The Avengers: Age of Ultron? According to Whedon, it’s kind of a whole bunch of genres mixed together:
“With the first [Avengers], I set out to make a war movie. This time I said to Marvel, ‘I really want to make more of a science-fiction horror.’ But then in the first week I was like ‘This is clearly a western.’ “Then it became a war movie again, then, ‘Oh no, it’s a romantic comedy, a 1940s romantic comedy… No, it’s Ibsen! No, okay, it’s definitely an adventure. It’s an action comedy!’
“I suppose if it’s gonna get put in a category, it has got some science fiction in it, but for me, it’s just everything. And hopefully that doesn’t come out as ADD, but as what happens when you put these different people together, you get that kind of weird dissonance with their different worlds and styles, and you hopefully make music out of it, instead of a horrible cacophony.”
Considering Whedon has plenty of experience mixing and matching genres – every single project he’s ever worked on has done this – we can’t imagine Avengers 2 will make “a horrible cacophony” out of it.
The Reason Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver Fight The Avengers
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Elizabeth Olsen – who plays Scarlet Witch in Age of Ultron – explained why she and her brother Quicksilver join an evil talking robot to take on The Avengers.
Said Olsen:
“Our characters have a lot of anger, especially towards Tony Stark, and we want revenge. We meet Ultron, and he’s someone who preaches peace and… believes what we believe, which is that the Avengers create destruction and that Tony Stark’s bomb is responsible for killing our parents.”
Tony Stark’s bomb? Is this a bomb he created in his past life as a weapons manufacturer (as portrayed in the original Iron Man movie)?
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The Difference Between Hawkeye in ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Age of Ultron’
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Jeremy Renner sort of famously didn’t love his work on The Avengers, mostly because he was relegated to being hypnotized by Loki for more than half the film. We’ve known for a while now that that would change for the sequel, and Joss Whedon backs that up here.
Said Whedon:
“We got to do some interesting stuff with Hawkeye which is a different kind of dark. It’s been fun for Jeremy because he was possessed for so long last time – it’s interesting to not be a zombie!”
Not only will Hawkeye “not be a zombie” in the film, but he’ll also get some really nifty sleeves to keep him warm. So it’s good news all around for Jeremy Renner.
Joss Whedon Is Done Making ‘Avengers’ Movies
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For the umpteenth time now, Joss Whedon is making it clear that he has no intention of returning to make more Avengers films. Not for Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 or 2, not for a hypothetical Avengers/Guardians of the Galaxy crossover, not for anything.
Said Whedon on the subject:
“I cannot imagine directing a film with – if you’ll pardon the expression – more f**king people in it. I’d love to see one, though.”
Don’t be too sad, Whedon fans, this is potentially very good news. After Whedon takes a much deserved break from directing massive blockbuster movies, he’ll be able to use his Avengers clout to create something brand-new on a much larger scale than his previous projects. That’s something we should all be excited for.
To see the Digital Spy’s full list of 25 things they learned on the set of The Avengers 2, GO HERE.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice sequel - The Justice League script is reportedly not too commercially viable.
People who have read the script for Justice League think it may be too complex for the average viewer to follow. Last week, Tech Times reported that the script for the DC superhero team-up movie has already been turned in, but not without some issues. (via Enstars)
As per the website's report, there are claims that the script is "too long and complicated" for the "average moviegoer" to understand.
Apparently, people who have read the script believe it's too long, complicated and only comic book fans will be able to follow it - which makes the film targeted to only a niche audience. It might not be the best move in terms of business for the studio considering the fact that DC superhero films are essentially serious and dark, as it is.
The report also revealed who the villain of the movie will be - it's Vril Dox, the original identity of Braniac in The New 52 comics (DC Comics' relaunch).
"It makes sense for Brainiac to show up because rumor claims the movie, currently, is codenamed Justice League: Brainiac's Saga, and it will be the first time we get to see Brainiac on the big screen," states Tech Times.
However, no official announcement has been made yet regarding the main villain in the movie.
Justice League Part 1 is slated to be released on 17 November, 2017 and Justice League Part 2, on 14 June, 2019.
Just a couple months after it was announced Daniel Bruhl had been cast as a villain in "Captain America: Civil War", it was revealed that villain is none other than Baron Zemo.
So, what do we know about Captain America 3's Zemo? Well, for starters, there are actually two Baron Zemo's in the Marvel universe. The first, Baron Heinrich Zemo, made his debut in "The Avengers #4", as part of a flashback. The second, his son Baron Helmut Zemo, first appeared in "Captain America #168".
It's unclear which incarnation of Zemo Bruhl will be playing in Captain America 3, but we're thinking it'll be Helmut. Though he doesn't appear within the "Civil War" storyline, he is part of the following arc. After the events of "Civil War", Iron Man asked Zemo to start recruiting villains (something he'd already started doing), but Zemo decides to help Captain America instead.
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One of Helmut Zemo's distinguishing features is his badly disfigured face (which he earned prior to the events of "Civil War"). Following the accidental death of his father — for which he blamed Cap — Helmut sought revenge. During the ensuing battle, he fell into a boiling vat of Adhesive X, the extra-strength bonding material created by Heinrich.
Like his father before him, Helmut grew up supporting the idea of a Master Race ruling the world — something that obviously would put him in direct conflict with someone like Cap.
