As previously reported, Marvel Ultimate Alliance is coming in Fall 2006 for the next gen consoles. We also mentioned that there was a trailer out. I managed to find it on YouTube and embedded it below.

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As if being in the game wasn’t enough, our one male and one female Grand Prize winners will get an Xbox 360, a copy of the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance game, a poster signed by Stan Lee, a pack of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance playing cards and a trip to Los Angeles to record their lines and meet the producers.

The audition period will end on July 23, 2006. Be sure to get your entries in before then!

Marvel posted a nearly identical page to the previous Civil War #2 Sneak Peak but this time included another video they posted to youtube. This is basically a recounting of what has happened thus far in the storyline and a sneak at what is to come. Warning: Minor Spoilers!

First things first, Halo 3: Behind the Scenes is up. Its a 7 minute video documenting the process of creating the Halo 3 announcement trailer for E3, as well showing off the trailer in real time from multiple angles. The also confirm speculation that it is a Forerunner structure underneath the New Mombassa, and even acknowledge the frustrations of Halo 2 players when they reached the ending.IGN tries to go Beyond the Trailer buts ends up with little more than speculation and some editors on the verge of geeking out.
What is impressive: Halo 2 has reached Half a Billion Games Played on Xbox Live. Thats roughly 600 games a minute since the release in November 2004. Halo 2 on Vista will not however, use the Live Anywhere service or make matches with Xbox players. Surprised? Don’t be, that was a long shot.
Finally, theres a Halo Graphic Novel Sneak Peek with a few more pieces of artwork. The full book is slated for release July 12.

WorthPlaying has a well of 35 new screen to the sequel to X-Men Legends 2.
Marvel Ultimate Alliace will pit 140 heroes from the Marvel Comics universe against Dr. Doom, Galactus and more. If that last sentence doesn’t make you want to at least play the game, just skip to the next article.
Multiplayer modes from X-Men Legends 2 return, and the customization levels go off the chart with the ability to re-create classic teams from Marvel’s past to make all new ones with your favorite characters.
The Official Site only has 14 characters revealed so far, but odds are you’ll be able to play as anyone you want. 140 is a lot of characters. You can also take a peek at the impressive trailer.

Marvel has posted a sneak peak for issue number 2 of their summer blockbuster crossover, Civil War. Check it out. Civil War #2 (of 7) drops in two weeks. I believe next week though, Civil War Frontline #1 (of 10) will come out. This book follows embedded reporters on both sides of the war and their accounts of the action. Marvel has also made a podcast available for Frontline here.

The Movie Blog has posted that Fox Head Tom Rothman has confirmed that there will indeed be an X4. He goes on to say how X3 was the end of the trilogy in a statement that makes only a little sense.

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[Update – Crazy: I’m getting mixed reports whether this is actually valid or not, so take this with a grain of salt and consider it just a rumor for now.]

Nicholas Cage stars as Ghost Rider in a movie directed by Mark Stephen Johnson (“Daredevil”) and written by Johnson and David Goyer (“Blade,” “Batman Begins”).
Get the teaser and international trailer here.

Marvel.com has a page up describing some of their future movie plans. Among the many movies on slate for Marvel, Iron Man is one of the top of their current list to get into production. They’ve taken on Jon Favreau of Swingers and Made fame to direct the Iron Man film.

Jon Favreau To Direct Iron Man

Los Angeles, CA (April 28, 2006) – Aggressively pursuing its strategy to develop and produce a new slate of feature films, Marvel Studios – a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) – has engaged director/actor/writer Jon Favreau to direct the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of Iron Man. Additionally, the studio has tapped several screenwriters to pen scripts based on some of its marquee Super Hero franchises. The projects to which screenwriters are now attached and have officially begun development include Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Ant Man, Captain America, Nick Fury and Thor. The announcement was made today by Avi Arad, Chairman of Marvel Studios.

Check out the page for more information on the franchises mentioned. Most of it is background stuff. The real announcement was having Favreau direct Iron Man.