Marvel.com has posted the first still image from the upcoming Thor movie featuring Thor, Odin and Loki. We briefly saw Odin a while back in an ET spot, but this is the first clear image of he and Loki. Don’t know about anyone else, but I definitely get a Kirby vibe from Odin and Loki’s costumes. Click the image above for a slightly larger version of the photo.

26 year old actor Andrew Garfield has been cast as the “new” “young” “teenage” Spider-Man in Sony’s next film based on the hero. Marc Webb will direct from a script by James Vanderbilt.

Who cares? I mean honestly Tobey Maguire might be pushing 40 and the last flick the old guard did wasn’t great, but theres almost nothing about a new Spider-Man that could be remotely interesting now. Chalk that up to a decade of super fatigue, from when Spider-Man stood alone as one of the best to only a number in a field of more entertaining hero films.

What say you, true believers? Does this new Spidey have a shot or is this just another white kid in tights?

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Jeph Loeb, the comic writer responsible for successful runs on Batman, Superman, The Avengers, and other characters has been appointed the head of a new TV division of Marvel Entertainment. He’ll be in charge of seeing Marvel comics characters translated to TV in both animated and live action formats, as well as direct to DVD movies.

Loeb is no stranger to TV, having been a contributing writer to Heroes, Smallville, and Lost in recent years. He’s been under exclusive contract with Marvel since 2005.

Now lets get this out of the way: Loeb is a mixed bag. Yeah, he’s written some legit classics like The Long Halloween, but he’s also gotten some of the most vocal critical lashing I’ve ever heard on a comic writer. Still, he’s familiar with both side of this business and perhaps as a creative director and executive producer he can be more effective than he was on Heroes or The Ultimates.

What do you think? Is now the time to turn X-Men or The Punisher into a weekly live action series? I think it is!

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Of course we’re still really excited for the next installment in the Capcom Vs series. The newest characters, Dante from Devil May Cry and Deadpool from Marvel, are no great surprise as they were hinted at from the beginning. This new teaser picks up where the last left off, and hints at even more characters to be revealed soon.

Capcom promised a roster of at least 30 characters, so we might be looking at a lot of trailers over the next few months, if they only do 2 at a time…

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Entertainment Tonight recently filed this behind the scenes fluff from the set of Marvel’s Thor movie. In it Chris Hemsworth talks more about being on the Australian version of Dancing With The Stars more than being the god of thunder, but hey, thats the ET audience.

Still we get some look at the sets and a few characters in costume. I’m still no closer to knowing how this will all end up looking or feeling, but for those curious its worth 4 minutes to watch the youtube video before ET runs in an takes it down.

Robert Downey Jr now has 2 appearances as Iron Man done and will be teaming up with Captain America, Thor, and other heroes in The Avengers in 2012. How does such a respected actor prepare for a huge role? Research.

Celebrity photo site JustJared published photos of Downey at a comic book store grabbing issues of The Avengers as well as Iron Man. Here he is standing behind some dude in a Dharma Initiative shirt waiting to ring up his selections.

Comic Book movies have been the rage for the last decade and theres been a lot of actors who’ve done well in them while still admitting they don’t read comics. Its pretty nice to see Downey not only reads, but goes to his local comic store and buys books himself rather than having an assistant do it or have Marvel send them over directly.

Here is the good news: Jeremy Renner, hot off his Academy Award nominated performance in The Hurt Locker is in final talks to be Marvel’s Hawkeye in The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon. Everything about that sentence is exciting. Renner is a perfect fit, as anyone who saw Renner’s cavalier bomb squad specialist can attest.

Hawkeye is likely to appear as a villain in the movie, as his comic counterpart was initially. His attraction to Black Widow is likely to turn his head (along with most of the male audience) toward joining the team. Still no word on who Whedon has in mind to confront the team as the main bad guy.

Here is the bad news: Edward Norton may be out of the picture. THR reports that the Hulk may still be a character in the movie, but he might not show up in Norton form. Which is a real shame since Norton is an incredible actor and his Bruce Banner was terrific.

No word on Ant Man, Wasp, or any other second-string Avengers. They might not appear, or in smaller roles (think some of the background mutants in X-Men).

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

A few weeks back Marvel showed off the first image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor, and we all thought it was pretty cool. You know what else is cool? This.
Collider has posted images very similar to the concept art we saw of Captain America yesterday.

While I don’t question the authenticity of either Thor or Cap’s concept artwork, the style of the costumes suggests something more modern than WWII or Asgard would probably produce. I get the feeling these are Thor’s modern day Earth superhero clothes rather than his native garb.

On the otherhand, we have no idea what Kenneth Branagh and Marvel intend Asgard to look like, so you be the judge.

What do you think of Thor’s costume? Can you see him fighting alongside Iron Man and Captain America?