Thursday, July 31, 2014

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christopher Nolan celebrate birthdays on The year of Batman's 75th Anniversary


July is about to end, but yesterday on the 30th of the month, two of Hollywood's most iconic talents celebrated their respective birthdays. Both can officially say that they were part of the long running Batman franchise, and while one's trip wasn't as memorable as the other, it still stands along the 75 years of adventure and legacy associated with the Dark Knight's legacy.


Pumping Iron. Action Star. Governator. Whatever you call him or know about him, legendary Hollywood actor and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger just turned 67 this year. Batfans will remember him for his portrayal of the cool and cruel "Mister Freeze" in Joel Schumacher's disappointing and forgettable 1997 movie that was "Batman and Robin", but there's no denying that the Austrian-born actor has done a lot through his career!


And of course, the man behind The Dark Knight Trilogy himself, Christopher Nolan, turns 44. The British-American film director is also known for his works "Memento" and "Inception", and has a new film coming up this year that you probably have heard about. It's called Interstellar.

So there you have it for July! The celebrations and many happy returns greetings go to these two Hollywood icons, and more stuff will surely come for Batman's 75th Anniversary this year!

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Arrow: WildCat confirmed for Season 3 and will be played by J.R. Ramirez


Looks like we're getting a lot more heroes from the DC Universe for the third season of The CW's highly successful superhero TV Series "Arrow", and after the SDCC panel of the show confirmed that the tease star Stephen Amell posted weeks ago was that of a reference to the character "Wildcat", Deadline and Superherohype have now reported that the part has been cast and given to "House of Payne" star J.R. Ramirez!


What's interesting though is not just that the Justice Society of America alum and hero will be appearing on the show, but that the news and bits about Ted Grant and his alter ego. Wildcat will have a "pivotal role with Laurel Lance" this season, and if one follows the series and the history of the character in comics, then we'll be possibly see the birth of a certain female crimefighter and love interest Green Arrow fans know and love so well - Black Canary. It's true that Sarah Lance, Laurel's sister, has played "The Canary" and looks the part... But that may well be the show's way of updating up Laurel and turning her into the character we know from the books, especially since her full name is Laurel "Dinah" Lance!

Arrow Season 3 begins airing on October 8 on the CW!

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: New theatrical poster and trailer released

Just after Comic-Con 2014 came to its epic and exciting conclusion last weekend, director Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. have officially unveiled a new poster and theatrical trailer to their final installment in their epic Hobbit trilogy with "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"!


Featured of course in the newly revealed poster is a tired and worn out Bilbo Baggins, played by Martin Freeman and who kneels holding his trusty Elf-made sword Sting in hand.

And if that weren't enough, the newly unveiled teaser trailer showcases what to expect from the grand finale, including replaying the tune Pippen's song from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King called "Edge of Night".


The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Official Teaser Trailer

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits in the US on December 17, 2014!

Monday, July 28, 2014

SDCC '14: Marvel Studios Comic-Con Recap : Age of Ultron and Ant-Man Panel Videos, Prop displays, & Guardians of the Galaxy 2 confirmed

A lot has happened in San Diego Comic-Con this, and there's no shortage of news about the upcoming new films Marvel Entertainment and Disney have for their Marvel Cinematic Universe set of films. In fact, teases and reveals were litered throughout the entire experience, starting with the slowly assempled concept character poster that unites all the players for the movie, including newcomers Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and The Vision!


Via Flicks and The City, here is the cast and crew of Avengers: Age of Ultron doing their thing and entertaining the audience with the official Panel Video for the film during Comic-Con last weekend, featuring Josh Brolin doing something "EPIC" during the event that seals his role for the MCU... As THANOS.

Marvel Avengers: Age of Ultron SDCC Official Comic Con Panel

And then even the cast of Ant-Man also took to the stage and confirmed that Evangeline Lily of The Hobbit Trilogy fame is playing the role of Hank Pym's daughter, Hope Van Dyne.

Marvel Ant-Man SDCC Official Comic Con Panel 2014

On the final day of SDCC '14, Marvel had a few more teaser displays for the world to see, which include a BROKEN and CRACKED Captain America Shield, as revealed by Superherohype.


Ultron Prime was also seen...


.. As well as the arm of Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor! Comic Book.com had the scoops on both.



 And while it has yet to show in theaters until a few days, James Gunn is returning for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, dated on July 28, 2017!

Guardians of the Galaxy hits on July 31/ August 1st this year! Be sure to catch Avengers: Age of Ultron on May 1, 2015, and Ant-Man on July 17, 2015.

Sunday, July 27, 2014

SDCC '14: Gal Gadot revealed in First Look photo as Wonder Woman for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice


Following the introduction and beginning of the Warner Bros. SDCC '14 Panel, Zack Snyder took to the stage, and revealed a teaser for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that just sent fans expectations through the roof - the very first look of Gal Gadot as Princess Diana of Themyscira... Aka known as the Amazon Warrior Wonder Woman!


And if that's not all, the teaser footage shown in the hall was that of Ben Affleck's Batman wearing an armored batsuit similar to his end fight with Superman in the epic Frank Miller futuristic story "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", with him facing the Man of Steel as played by Henry Cavill.

How it's gonna play out and go down is anyone's guess... But teases for the DC Cinematic Universe is going strong so far! Hope to see more from Comic-Con! For more, visit the source post at Comic Book.com!

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice lands in theaters on May 6, 2016

SDCC '14: Avengers: Age of Ultron: Complete Poster Assembled; Hulk and Thor added


And there we have it... AVENGERS ASSEMBLED for the concept posters going around for Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 Hailing straight from SDCC '14, the final two posters released for Hulk and Thor interlock to complete the entire cast, which includes Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, and Hawkeye... With The Vision looming in the background as well.

 For individual poster reveals, here are Hulk and Thor as seen in ComicBook.com.


Avengers, Age of Ultron assembles in theaters on May 1, 2015.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

SDCC '14: Arrow Season 3 "First Look" Comic-Con Trailer released


As San Diego Comic-Con opens up a lot of excitement and news flooding the internet, The CW's Arrow Panel Presentation went and debuted the very "First Look" trailer of Season 3, which features not only the return of Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, but his supporting cast as well as new additions, including former Superman actor Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer... aka The Atom, and intense looks at Oliver and Felicity's growing relationship and Colton Haynes stepping up his Roy Harper role by donning the Arsenal identity!

Arrow - Season 3 First-Look

Also... The "You Have Failed This City" line returns, and an official Instagram account opens!

Arrow is set to debut on The CW on October 8 and participating networks afterwards!

SDCC '14: Maisie Williams might play Ellie in "The Last of Us" film adaptation

Fans of HBO's epic medieval fantasy show "Game of Thrones" and Naughty Dog's Survival Horror game "The Last of Us" are going to raise arms for this casting rumor to come true, and it hails straight from Comic-Con weekend news to boot


According to a report by Cinema Blend, Evil Dead and Spider-Man films director Sam Raimi was at SDCC to give an update on the film adaptation to TLOU, in which he confirmed that he and writer Neil Druckmann were having conversations with English actress Maisie Williams to play a part in the film. While the role hasn't been confirmed, her age and look is perfect for the character Ellie, who is one of the main characters of the game is herself as rebellious as Maisie's GOT character, Arya Stark.


The resemblance is also not far-fetched either, as Ellie plays a crucial role in The Last of Us, traveling cross-country with her older companion and guardian Joel in a post-apocalyptic setting. Throughout Season 3 and 4, Arya Stark has been doing her share of travels as well with The Hound Sandor Clegane, so hearing this bit of news is pretty amusing as it is coincidental.



That wouldn't fall far from the tree either, as Williams' castmates Kit Harrington and Sean Bean, who play her character Arya's half-brother Jon Snow and father Ned Stark respectively, both starred in a survival horror game film adaptation themselves with the 2012 film Silent Hill Revelation.

No release date has been given for The Last of Us film yet, but a remastered edition coming out for the PS4 is due on July 29!

UPDATE: Sony released this teaser poster, as seen in Kotaku.





SDCC '14: The Walking Dead: Season 5 SDCC Trailer now online

Here it is... Straight from the San Diego Comic-Con 2014 panel for The Walking Dead itself!



Via their official YouTube page, AMC has unleashed the very first trailer for Season 5 of their TV Series adaptation of Robert Kirkman's seminal Zombie Drama series - The Walking Dead! Check it now below!


Comic-Con Trailer: The Walking Dead: Season 5

Literally picking up where Season 4 ended, Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Michonne and the rest of the group deal with Terminus, and move forward in their continuing struggle to survive and find a safe haven.



The Walking Dead returns to AMC on October 12th and international networks sometime then or after!

SDCC '14: Spider-Verse Panel ongoing; Giuseppe Camuncoli cover revealed


With the seeds of Spider-Verse officially planted with the release of this week's The Amazing Spider-Man #4, which also features the new character of Silk finally revealed in full, Marvel and Dan Slott are currently in San Diego Comic-Con for their Spider-Verse panel ready to discuss and tease fans of the big Spider-Man related event that'll beginning this November!

Above is one of the many variant covers to the crossover, done and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli~! Featuring not just our friendly neighborhood web-slinging hero, the cover also has the likes of Manga Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales, Scarlet Spider Ben Reilly, Spider-Girl Mayday Parker, and More~!

Newsarama has coverage on the panel, and you can visit their page to read up on panel updates!



UPDATE #1: Scarlet Spiders miniseries announced, with Ben Reilly Spider-Man alongside Kaine Scarlet Spider and Jessica Drew from the Ultimate Marvel Universe! By Mike Costa and Paco Diaz!



SDCC '14: Avengers: Age of Ultron Quicksilver and Hawkeye posters now online... Vision TEASED in the background

Following the reveal of Captain America and Black Widow yesterday, as well as Iron Man and Scarlet Witch on Preview night, Marvel Studios and Disney have released for the next day of the San Diego Comic-Con two more concept posters to form the EPIC mega sized team-up of Earth's Mightiest Heroes fighting an army of Ultrons, as Hawkeye and Quicksilver stand revealed to promote next year's Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Hawkeye Poster

Quicksilver Poster

Via Superherohype, here are the posters... And if you notice just behind Quicksilver's poster... VISION APPEARS AND IS TEASED! Now we know that Paul Bettany, who voices J.A.R.V.I.S in the Iron Man movies and the first Avengers film, will return and be upgraded by Tony Stark into the heroic android. How that will happen will depend on how Joss Whedon executes it! Expect more news as SDCC rolls on!

Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters on May 1, 2015!

Friday, July 25, 2014

SDCC '14: Zack Snyder reveals new image of Ben Affleck as Batman for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"


Just like the title of the post says, director Zack Snyder took to Twitter and unveiled the latest picture of Hollywood actor and director Ben Affleck as the new man to don the cape and cowl and play Batman, in the upcoming superhero film crossover that sees him come face to face with Henry Cavill's Superman in 2016 in the DC Cinematic Universe movie - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
In Snyder's tweet, the "Man of Steel" director simply placed the hashtag "#75" with the image, as a direct nod to Batman's 75th Anniversary this year. The cape and cowl of Affleck's Batsuit also appears in this year's Comic-Con (as featured in this post) as one of the many highlights in the DC Comics booth, and is also spotlighted in this feature in USA Today's official website on The Dark Knight's 75 years, as well as an interview with DC Entertainment co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, who give their insights on Affleck's cowl and the legacy of the Caped Crusader in film and beyond.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice sees release on May 6, 2016

SDCC '14: Benedict Cumberpatch addresses "Doctor Strange" rumors w/ MTV News


A lot of rumors and speculation is building as San Diego Comic-Con runs its course this week, and there's no exception for upcoming films falling under the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes a certain fan-favorite Sorcerer Supreme by the name of Doctor Stephen Strange. While it is indeed and already confirmed that horror film director Scott Derrickson would helm the film for a 2016 release, there's been no mention yet of who will star in the coveted titular role, until such time Marvel finally announces it either during their panel presentation this SDCC or sometime in the future.



Now, one of the strongest rumors to flow out of the woodwork was English actor and fan-favorite Sherlock star Benedict Cumberpatch being possibly tapped to play that role of the former neurosurgeon turned Earth's mystic and magical defender. In an exclusive interview with MTV News, Cumberpatch finally addressed those rumors, which you can see in the video below.


Voicing out that he is attached to do a play of "Hamlet" in London and that he could not comment whether he was in discussions with Marvel about the project, it's truly up to interpretation and sounds like a tease from the man who played Khan in Star Trek: Into Darkness and voices Smaug: The Dragon in The Hobbit films. Only time will tell who really gets to play the Sorcerer Supreme in the Big Screen for sure. For more information, visit the source post at MTV.com.

 Doctor Strange, falling under Marvel Studios "Phase Three" banner of films, is scheduled for a July 8, 2016 release

SDCC '14: Avengers: Age of Ultron Comic-Con concept posters assembling

With San Diego Comic-Con 2014 ongoing and so much news coming out of it, Marvel Studios and Disney see it fit to tease fans looking forward to the next big Marvel Cinematic Universe film by unleashing not one, but a MULTITUDE OF CONCEPT POSTERS promoting the culmination movie of Phase Two coming next year - Avengers: Age of Ultron!

And so far, here are the posters that have been revealed and shown, as seen in Superherohype!

Black Widow

Captain America

Iron Man

Scarlet Witch

All that's missing is a few more, and surely within the next few days we'll see them.

Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed once again by Joss Whedon, will assemble in theaters on May 1, 2015!

Thursday, July 24, 2014

SDCC '14: Ben Affleck's Batcowl; New Play Arts KAI, and more on SDCC '14

The 2014 San Diego Comic-Con is on full swing with Preview Night... And TONS of news has already been released on the interwebz, especially those concerning a certain Caped Crusader after Batman Day happened officially worldwide on Wednesday, July 23, as a commemorative moment that happens during the year of the character's 75th Anniversary.



Now, more treats and beyond appear to promote the Dark Knight and his expanded world beyond the pages of comics, courtesy of SDCC '14 news from just about everywhere.



Via his official Twitter feed, here's DC Comics co-publisher Dan Didio tweeting a nice pic of the Cape and Cowl Ben Affleck will wear as Batman in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, as exhibited in SDCC. You can also preview more angles and pics of this display at Superherohype's coverage.


As seen in the official Batman Facebook page and promoting the show's upcoming release, DC Entertainment and FOX have released this collage of the character posters of the people appearing in the Batman prequel show, Gotham.



Also, Enewsi reports that the viral site "Gotham Chronicle" is out to promote one of the greatest tragedies that made the city desolate for years to come.



And for the toy collecting side of things, more DC Collectibles and toys were featured that include Total Heroes and Batman: Arkham Knight via Toynewsi. However as seen in Kotaku, Square-Enix's Play Arts KAI series is taking Tetsuya Nomura approach in adapting The Batman, as the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts guy designs the Dark Knight in a literal sense that echoes the look of Bahamut from the FF games.

Besides The Batman, there's a whole lot more and loads of news to come in the next few days ahead for SDCC. Count on that.

SDCC '14: Peter Jackson releases The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Comic-Con poster


Arriving online just in time for San Diego Comic-Con week's beginning, Warner Bros. and director Peter Jackson via the latter's Facebook page have released the first and official Comic Con poster for the third and final installment of The Hobbit Trilogy - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

Seen above of course is Bard the Bowman (Luke Evans)... Readying himself to face the the threat to his home of Laketown in the form of the great dragon named Smaug (Benedict Cumberpatch)... Who is about to unleash fire, fury, and brimstone on the quiet little trading village. He will fulfill his destiny in this last film to be helmed by Jackson, which is a prequel to the epic The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and depicts the adventures of the titular hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), and a company of dwarves, who journeyed to the Misty Mountains and Dwarven Kingdom to reclaim their homeland from the vicious creature.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is slated for release in the US on December 17, 2014.

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Batman: Arkham Knight: Red Hood revealed as Gamestop Exclusive


Batman Day is pretty much here, and fans eager to celebrate 75 years and all things about the Caped Crusader are treated to some boombastic news for one of the most anticipated games featuring the Dark Knight and made by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, DC Entertainment, and Rocksteady Studios - that being Batman: Arkham Knight!

Via a report Batman-News.com, a reader by the name of "El Murcielago" sent in what appears to be a new banner ad that not only promotes the game's release and the Harley Quinn story pack... but a newly added Gamestop exclusice story pack that spotlights the Red Hood, aka Jason Todd the second Robin. True to Rocksteady's take on the Batman universe with the Arkham games, Jason gets a redesign for his costume, and this time the "Red Hood" is not a helmet but a literal jacket hood, and his portrait is sort of a homage to Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed games with the way he poses.

Also, could the Red Hood's presence in the game signify that he is the mysterious Arkham Knight? We'll find out more down the line I suppose, and maybe via this week's SDCC. For more information, visit the source post at Batman-news.

Batman: Arkham Knight is slated for release for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC sometime in 2015!

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Batman 75: DC Universe Online "Building The Bat" feature explores Jim Lee's Batman


Batman Day Week ushers on, and DC Entertainment is not pulling any stops in letting fans and readers of the Caped Crusader know his big day arrives on Wednesday, July 23. That being said, Jim Lee and the people behind the publisher's popular MMORPG DC Universe Online have released this stellar video tackling the essence of The Dark Knight and his presence in the game, which is just perfect and in time for his 75th Anniversary.


75 Years of Batman: Building the Bat in DC Universe Online

What's pretty neat about the video is that not only does it recap the importance of Batman, but his design inspirations and look used in the game, which is drawn straight from Jim Lee's highly successful designs and pencil work in the 2002 "Batman: Hush" storyline. A classic take on the character is emphasized, not to mention it being recognizable and a standard for many that remains iconic to this day.

Get to know more about Batman and DCUO by visiting DC Comics' official website.

The Walking Dead: Season 5 Banner Poster released

San Diego Comic-Con week is here, and there's plenty of things to be excited about in the world of popculture and hobbies. Of course, one of those things that people are anticipating and expecting is news and the first trailer for the upcoming fifth season of AMC's major hit zombie drama TV Series "The Walking Dead", which fans of the show are itching to get a taste of like the walkers that feature prominently in the show itself.


And along with this week's hype comes a newly revealed banner poster, featuring most of the primary and surviving cast of characters of the series thus far. After the end of Season 4, Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Carl Grimes, Michonne, and the others were taken prisoner by the mysterious group of people residing in "Terminus" - a so-called sanctuary that is more than what it seems. With the ever present threat of walkers still around and people who are more dangerous when they are desperate to survive, Rick's group will have to find a way out of their predicament and see if they can pick up the pieces after everything they've been through.



For more information on the poster, visit the source post at the official TWD Facebook page.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC and affiliated networks with Season 5 this October.

Monday, July 21, 2014

Gotham: Dr. Hugo Strange to appear in the series

A certain doctor from the Batman universe will be appearing in Fox's upcoming new show based on the city The Dark Knight protects... And it's a menacing and manipulative figure that's well known to fans who have read and played the games the Caped Crusader is based on.


On this Batman Day week, Gotham TV Series showrunner Bruno Heller said in an interview with IGN that big baddie Psychiatrist Dr. Hugo Strange would be appearing in the show. According to Heller, Strange is an integral part in the first season, as it not only deals with the beginnings of Detective Jim Gordon, a young Bruce Wayne, and the future villains of the city, but also the foundation of Arkham - the institution and asylum that Batman will send his rogues gallery to.

Arkham City: Crime Alley

Eventually, Hugo Strange's future relationship with Batman shapes their rivalry, as the master manipulator also deduces Bruce Wayne's secret identity. The character prominently appears as well in the video game Batman: Arkham City, as one of the major foes that The Dark Knight faces in the game. For more on the Hugo Strange to Gotham story, visit the source post at Comic Book.com.

Gotham debuts on Fox starting September 22.

Sunday, July 20, 2014

Guardians of the Galaxy: Getting to know Star-Lord via featurette and clip



His name is Peter Quill... And you may or may not known him better by his alias "Star-Lord", an adventurer from the planet Earth who teams together with a band of misfits and mercenaries, who collectively call themselves the "Guardians of the Galaxy".

Prepping up for release in just a few weeks, Marvel Entertainment has released a featurette where actor Chris Pratt describes how his character works.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Featurette: Meet Peter Quill
And just "WHO?!" Star-Lord is, that's what others are asking as well via this clip teasing the action and humor to see in the movie.
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy - Clip 2

Guardians of the Galaxy opens in international theaters on July 31 and in the US on August 1!

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Arrow and The Flash will have a two-hour crossover event; Wentworth Miller cast as Captain Cold


Come this fall on The CW, Oliver Queen/ Stephen Amell and Barry Allen/ Grant Gustin will be busy with their respective adventures as Arrow starts its third season and The Flash debuts its very first run.

But both heroes will also apparently have time to chat and interact once more, as news has it that come the eighth episodes of both shows, Arrow and The Flash will have a "two-hour crossover event" that literally sees the makings of a "Brave and the Bold" team-up that DC Comics fans and viewers will definitely enjoy, if the previously released "Don't Blink" teaser for The Flash wasn't enough to give a taste of that potential prospect that's now going to be a reality. For more on the story, visit the source post at Comic Book.com.

The Flash First Look: Don't Blink

In related Flash news and also according to producer Andrew Kreisberg, Arrow supporting character Felicity Smoak (played by Emily Bett Rickards) will be appearing in Episode 4 of the spinoff series, supposedly to visit Barry, which will certainly be interesting now that the latter's out of his coma and this will be the first time both characters see each other after Season 2.



Finally, Prison Break and Resident Evil Retribution star Wentworth Miller has been cast as one of The Flash's most well known adversaries - Leonard Snart, aka Captain Cold.


The character is slated to appear in the same episode Felicity will be in, and may perhaps return in future episodes down the line. For more information, visit the source post at Comic Book.com.

Friday, July 18, 2014

SDCC 2014: Marvel Studios and ABC release Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter joint poster


With a week to go before San Diego Comic Con hits and sizzles in the comics, movies, games, and all kinds of popculture news, Marvel Studios and ABC have gone ahead and released a fantastic looking joint poster designed by Matt Ferguson of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Agent Carter - two shows set in different timeframes but both the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

Via TV Guide and Comic Book.com, the poster promotes both shows, with the former set to return for Season 2 on September 23. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D will pick up where things left off after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the final leg of the first season, with Agent Phil Coulson and the surviving members of his team tasked to rebuild the organization in the wake of its collapse and compromise by the terrorist organization Hydra.

On the flip side, Agent Carter will see the return of Captain America's WWII flame Peggy Carter, as viewers travel back to the past and see her in action with the SSR after the war while she works with Howard Stark on secret missions. The show will debut as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 2 takes its mid-season break.

After Guardians of the Galaxy premieres in August and before Avengers: Age of Ultron hits on May 2015, be sure to see more of the MCU with these two shows between 2014 and 2015!


Thursday, July 17, 2014

Marvel: Avengers NOW - New Superior Iron Man, Female Thor, and Sam Wilson CONFIRMED as All-New Captain America


So news literally breaks in... And AFTER the reveal of a Female Thor and now the confirmation of Sam Wilson/ The Falcon as the successor to Steve Rogers' Captain America, Marvel has revealed a full-on poster of their next phase to their plans on their Marvel NOW! line of books, and that is the new set of heroes featured here in a new initiative they call Avengers NOW!

With the likes of Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, The Winter Soldier, and of course the new Cap and Thor shown, this is teasing some new directions and stories for the heroes featured under the House of Ideas' banner... Including a SUPERIOR IRON MAN title that gives Tony Stark a new armor with "Ultron" like colors (conveniently given recent developments), and a new mission that takes him to San Francisco. What that could be, who knows? Find out more in the source post at Newsarama and EW.Com.