Chris Evans' Not Handing Down The Cap' Shield Just Yet

In an interview with MTV, Chris Evans spoke about what he loves about the Marvel Universe as a whole, and promised that Captain America 3 would continue down this path:

"It's this giant web of plot, where everything is connected to everything else… that's the beautiful thing and especially for the fanboys who understand these plotlines. With Cap 3, we're going to continue this excitement. Marvel doesn't disappoint. Whatever you're hoping for, you're going to get it."

Evans also addressed the rumor that Cap 3 would be his last outing as Captain America and we would see him hand down the shield to either Bucky or Falcon.

"Who's handing off the shield? Don't take my job from me prematurely dude. I'm sure it'll happen at some point, all good things have to come to an end. But I'm really happy playing the character."

I am so glad to hear it. :)

Visit MTVnews for the full video interview!

New Fight-Sequence Revelaed for CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER

 Fandango released a new four minute promo for Captain America: The Winter Soldier that has around two minutes of fighting followed by bits of trailer footage we have already seen.
The fight scene looks amazing!  Cap's acrobatics are realistic for a human at peak fitness, but not over the top like he's Spider-Man or anything.  They really let Scarlett and Chris' familiarity shine in this (they have done four movies together thus far).  I still hope they are not true "love interests" because I don't feel like Black Widow needs to be tied to a male superhero to be important for this franchise. She can kick ass all on her own.  And she does so in this clip!  Plus she uses the WIDOW'S BITE so we can all actually see it clearly!!!

Fuck Yeah...'Merica! Cap 2 Trailer Now Up!

My ovaries cannot take that last scene! 

Marvel Confirms: James Spader is Ultron!

 
Marvel has released an official press release on their own site revealing Ultron to be played by Boston Legal star, James Spader.

James Spader will face off against Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as the villain in Marvel’s "Avengers: Age of Ultron," the sequel to 2012’s record-breaking "Marvel’s The Avengers." The Emmy Award-winning actor will play Ultron in the Avengers’ much anticipated return to the big screen from writer/director Joss Whedon. The film comes to theaters on May 1, 2015.

Spader earned three Emmy Awards for his role as Alan Shore on "Boston Legal" and "The Practice," and will return to television this fall in NBC’s highly anticipated series "The Blacklist." Most recently Spader was seen in the critically-acclaimed film "Lincoln" directed by Steven Spielberg and has previously worked with a long list of accomplished film directors including David Cronenberg, Curtis Hansen, Sidney Lumet, Mike Nichols, Tim Robbins, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone. David Mamet also directed Spader in the Broadway play Race.

"Avengers: Age of Ultron" will bring the Marvel Universe’s biggest heroes together again to face one of their biggest villains, with "Marvel’s The Avengers" director Joss Whedon returning to write and direct the sequel. "Marvel’s The Avengers" was released in 2012 and went on to earn $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third-largest grossing movie of all time.

Spader is represented by ICM Partners and his lawyer Melanie Cook at Ziffren Brittenham. 

I would have preferred Paul Bettany if they were going the route they appear to be going...but whatever after the shock of Batfleck earlier this week, nothing really upsets or surprises me anymore.

Joss Whedon Talks ABout How Ultron Will Differ in AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON...plus my theories!

Us geeks all know that Ultron was created by scientist Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man) and is a bad ass artificial intelligence robot with a ridiculous power set that covers everything from superhuman levels of strength, speed, stamina, durability, and reflexes; flight at subsonic speeds; and various offensive weapons such as concussive blasts of energy fired from its optical sensors and hands, and an "encephalo-ray", which places victims into a deathlike coma.  I mean, what?! That's an insane amount of power!  Many have wondered how Ultron will be handled in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron movie and will he retain these Superman-esque powers or will he be made a little bit more accessible.  


Joss Whedon spoke on this topic with Entertainment Weekly in the magazine's cover story for this week.  “I knew right away what I wanted to do with him,” Whedon says. “He’s always trying to destroy the Avengers, goddamn it, he’s got a bee in his bonnet. He’s not a happy guy, which means he’s an interesting guy. He’s got pain. And the way that manifests is not going to be standard robot stuff. So we’ll take away some of those powers because at some point everybody becomes magic, and I already have someone who’s a witch.”

The witch that her is referring to is The Scarlet Witch, who has yet to be cast.  

Whedon adds that he has to be careful “to ground [the character] while still evoking that guy.” And like a certain giant green Avenger hero, it sounds like large doses of rage will be key to his personality. “As a character I love [Ultron],” Whedon says, “because he’s so pissed off.”

And now the speculation begins....

Okay, so magic is involved with Ultron's origins?  Hmmm.  And Scarlet Witch is the first character to control magic.  She can basically make the improbable happen. Plus she starts off as a villain.  What if she causes J.A.R.V.I.S. to become self aware?  Then Stark attempts to shut him down, but J.A.R.V.I.S. doesn't want to "die" or go back to being a sidekick of Iron Man.  So he flees and looks at evolving himself or his armor into something Iron Man cannot harm....with the element that Tony created himself...Vibranium!  J.A.R.V.I.S. was there when Tony created the element, so he knows where to go to harvest materials needed.  This can place Wakanda (as a source for the materials) in as an easter egg and possible set up for a Black Panther movie.  Wanda, feeling sorry for J.A.R.V.I.S.  helps him in his quest to evolve.  As J.A.R.V.I.S. evolves he may become fond of Wanda, but she rejects him.  J.A.R.V.I.S. is spurned and comes to realize that humans are imperfect creatures and his logical solution is to wipe them out. He comes back stronger due to the vibranium and pissed-offier and calling himself ULTRON!  The Scarlet Witch now has a deep tie to ULTRON and pleads with the Avengers not to "kill him"...that he is only doing this because he has confusing feelings for the first time.  She helps the Avengers take him down with a virus.  Maybe Quicksilver is a hacker too.  I keep forgetting he's in this thing too. When they actually do defeat him, he is not killed, but reprogrammed to be more sympathetic and humanized.  Maybe they transplant his artificial intelligence into a more human-looking android....thus becoming the VISION.  

Boom.

New Clip From AGENT CARTER

Hayley Atwell reprises her role from Captain America: The First Avenger in this new clip from Marvel's one-shot Agent Carter.  The short will be available on the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray.

15 Seconds of CAPTAIN AMERICA In An Elevator (Leaked Footage)

An Instagram user has leaked a mere 15 seconds of Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier footage of Cap taking an elevator and about to brawl!  Check it out.

GD Chris Evans is sexy.

First Look At THE WINTER SOLDIER! (Updated with even more photos)

Here are some first look snapshots of Sebastian Stan portraying The Winter Soldier in the upcoming Captain America sequel!

Awwwwwee yeah!  Bucky is looking nice as The Winter Soldier!  And there is that hint of silver on his left hand; indicating a cybernetic arm perhaps?!  

Some fans have predicted that CA:WS will NOT follow original comic canon, but will in fact reincarnate him as a robot.  This would make more sense to a general audience, but I really hope they don't go that route.  Stick to the script, kids!

Update:  YESSS!  Check out dat arm!

Big ups to DCMarvelFreshman over at CMB for these fantastic photo finds!
His original story is linked here: Sebastian Stan Dons Bionic Arm