Marisa Tomei Cast As Aunt May In The New “Spider-Man” Movie
Yes you heard it correctly, Marisa Tomei (“My Cousin Vinny”) will be playing Peter Parker’s Aunt May in the upcoming “Spider-Man” movie. My first reaction is somewhere George Costanza is either very happy or he is mad because he could have been Uncle Ben.
It seems like it’s not such a bad gig being Aunt May because you keep getting younger and younger in both the comics and the movies. But then again Aunt May was almost 100 years old in the comics for a good 40 years. As an old school Spider-Man fan, I would have liked to have seen an older Aunt May, but I’m sure Marisa Tomei will do a great job.
The casting of Tomei as Aunt May kind of reminds me of Hiro and his Aunt in “Big Hero 6″. It worked well in that movie and I could see it working in the new “Spider-Man” too.
Source: Variety
James Gunn Reveals The Title For The “Guardians Of The Galaxy” Sequel
James Gunn has reveled that the title for the sequel to “Guardians Of the Galaxy” is….”Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2″. Meh. I’m taking a wild guess and saying the movie after that will be called “Volume 3″. Does that mean they have to change the title of the first movie to “Volume 1″?
Source: James Gunn via Facebook
Elodie Young Cast As “Elektra” in Marvel’s “Daredevil”
Daredevil Season 2 has now found it’s Elektra and it is Elodie Young (“G.I Joe: Retaliation”).
Head of Marvel Television and Executive Producer of Daredevil Jeph Joeb sang Elodie’s praises:
After a worldwide search, we found in Elodie the perfect actress to embody both Elektra’s impressive and deadly physicality, as well as her psychological complexity, paired with Charlie as Matt Murdock, the two will bring one of the most beloved and tumultuous comic book relationships to life with all the accompanying sparks and spectacular action sequences the show is known for.
Source: JoBlo
New Poster And Sneak Peek Schedule For The “Guardians Of The Galaxy” Animated Series On Disney XD
Featuring characters both from Marvel’s Guardians comics and last year’s huge hit movie, Guardians of the Galaxy’s voice cast includes Will Friedle (Boy Meets World) as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Trevor Devall (Johnny Test) as Rocket Raccoon, Vanessa Marshall (Star Wars Rebels) as Gamora, David Sobolov (Transformers: Prime) as Drax the Destroyer, Kevin Michael Richardson (The Cleveland Show) as Groot and James Arnold Taylor (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) as Yondu and Cosmo.
While the official debut of Guardians is September 26th, viewers will have a chance to first see the show on September 5th, as part of a big rollout Disney XD are giving the series. Check out the complete plan below.
AUGUST 1 – AUGUST 29
• Each Saturday throughout August, two new character shorts will telecast on Disney XD.
o August 1: Star-Lord – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (10:28 p.m., ET/PT)
o August 8: Groot – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
o August 15: Rocket Raccoon – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
o August 22: Drax – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
o August 29: Gamora – Part 1 (8:58 p.m., ET/PT) & Part 2 (9:58 p.m., ET/PT)
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
• Disney XD debuts sneak peek at first episode of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy at 9:00 p.m., ET/PT.
o “Road to Knowhere” – The newly-christened Guardians of the Galaxy come into possession of a dangerous artifact that has Thanos’ new lieutenant, Korath, after them.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
• One-hour premiere of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy featuring back-to-back episodes on Disney XD (9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m., ET/PT).
o Encore presentation of “Road to Knowhere” followed by “Knowhere to Run.” In “Knowhere to Run,” the Guardians struggle to subdue the suddenly-sprung-to-life Celestial head that is the Knowhere space colony, as well as storm Korath’s ship to rescue Quill, Gamora and the mysterious CryptoCube that holds the Cosmic Seed.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy available to WATCH Disney XD users on WATCHDisneyXD.com and the WATCH Disney XD app for smartphones, tablets and connected TVs.
Source: IGN
Sideshow Collectible Corner
“Thor”
Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys have revealed their newest premium collectible figure for “Avengers: Age Of Ultron” and it is “Thor”.
Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron Hot Toys collectibles series continues! In the epic blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron Thor, along with the rest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, battle hard against the menacing A.I., Ultron, in order to save mankind from the terrifying fate of human extinction!
Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys are delighted to present the new Thor Sixth Scale Collectible Figure from Avengers: Age of Ultron! The movie-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the image of Chris Hemsworth as Thor in the movie and features a newly developed head sculpt, highly detailed costume, an LED light-up Mjolnir and an authentic metal Mjolnir with lightning effect accessory, as well as a specially designed figure base.
“Thor” is currently available for pre-order exclusively through Sodeshow Collectibles at a price of $219.99 and will ship in the last quarter of 2015.
Source: Sideshow Collectibles
That’s it for this time!