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Yesterday, Marvel Studios released a short preview teaser of their Cinematic Universe "Phase Two" which starts next month with Iron Man 3 and will end with The Avengers 2 in 2015. The teaser included a little footage of Iron Man 3, but the full, nearly five minute "Phase Two" preview not only offers a longer look at Iron Man 3 (including interviews with Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley and director Shane Black) but the rest of the "Phase Two" movies as well.
Behind-the-scenes footage is revealed from Thor: The Dark World, with director Alan Taylor (HBO's Game of Thrones) explaining that Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) will join Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in Asgard, while concept art from Captain America: The Winter Soldier is revealed and directors Anthony and Joe Russo discuss what's in store for Cap (Chris Evans) in the sequel. Even Guardians of the Galaxy gets a mention, with more concept art revealed and director James Gunn briefly talks about the "space epic" before the real treat of the "Phase Two" preview is revealed: a few seconds of director Edgar Wright's test footage for 2015's Ant-Man, all before Joss Whedon can end the preview with a brief update of what's happening with The Avengers 2.
watch the preview >> Posted 04.03.13 by Ryan -
"I got you."
Sometimes studios just aren't sure where to draw the line between releasing promotional material that teases a movie and releasing footage that spoils surprises. When it comes to the fervor surrounding comic book movies and their fanbases, there seems to be a collective air that there's no stopping the secrets from getting out so they might as well do so — when the studio's ready, of course — and this seems to include Marvel and their upcoming sequel Iron Man 3.
Marvel is usually adept at playing close to the vest — the alien invaders and Thanos reveal in The Avengers was kept quiet until the movie's release, for example. The studio has already released some new Iron Man 3 footage in two new TV spots, and they must be fine with letting the public know that Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) is going to get her own suit of armor, since it is clearly revealed in the latest international TV spot.
watch the TV spot >> Posted 03.26.13 by Ryan -
A new look at Marvel's not-serious, "techno-thriller."
Ever since the first trailer arrived for the highly-anticipated sequel Iron Man 3, fans have been clamoring for more footage for further explanation of how exactly The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) is destroying Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.) life. The sequel appears to be a shift in tone from the previous installments, but Marvel president of Production Kevin Feige insists Iron Man 3 is not a "serious" movie.
"It's not a serious movie, but we seriously dig into exploring more of Tony," Feige told The West Australian (via ComingSoon). "The trick is just trying to make great movies. We try to make them all great, all different and all fresh. What you'll see in Iron Man 3 is some very unique directions that were taken."
The sequel still looks like a serious movie in the recently-revealed Japanese version of the trailer, which offers snippets of new footage.
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watch the trailer and read more from director Shane Black >> Posted 12.10.12 by Ryan -
The first trailer for Iron Man 3 arrived online yesterday, and showed how Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr.) life was going to be turned upside down by The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), a self-proclaimed "teacher" and not a "terrorist." On a lighter note, Entertainment Tonight has gone behind-the-scenes on the Iron Man 3 set and offered a report on the production, including an interview with Downey that involved him discussing being a father again to his eight-month-old son and the evolution of Iron Man's armor.
watch the video >> Posted 10.24.12 by Ryan -
"I've got a lot of apologies to make."
After not one but two trailer teasers, Marvel Studios have released the first trailer for Iron Man 3. As revealed in the synopsis, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is going to see his personal life "destroyed," which takes on literal and figurative examples in the trailer. Clearly affected by the events of The Avengers, Stark's latest villain won't be an intergalactic army. Instead, it's The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), who points out in the trailer that he is not "a terrorist" but rather "a teacher." If that's true, then he's saving his biggest lesson for Stark, who looks like he might be without a home and the one he loves.
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watch the trailer >> Posted 10.23.12 by Ryan -
ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
A Massachusetts-based convenience store is having a hard time holding on to David Hasselhoff. Cumberland Farms is using life-sized cutouts of The Hoff to advertise their iced coffee drinks at 570 of their stores, and so far, around 550 of those Hoffs have been stolen. The company asked people to stop stealing the signs, but added that they hope people who currently are in possession of a stolen Hasselhoff cutout write and let the company know that he is being well cared for.
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Katie Holmes will be back on Broadway this fall. The actress will star in the new Theresa Rebeck comedy Dead Accounts. Holmes made her Broadway debut in 2008 in a revival of Arthur Miller's All My Sons.
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Actress and cookbook writer Gwyneth Paltrow is reportedly in negotiations to star in Blood, Bones & Butter. The indie movie will be based on chef Gabrielle Hamilton's 2011 memoir.
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Comedy writer Tom Davis passed away on Thursday at the age of 59. Davis was a long-time writing partner of Al Franken, and the pair were the first writers hired for Satuday Night Live back in 1975. During his time on SNL he was a co-creator of the Coneheads and collaborated with Dan Aykroyd on his Julia Child impression.
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An awesome new trailer for Marvel Studios' upcoming super-team movie, The Avengers, has debuted on Yahoo! Japan that contains tons of footage from the movie not seen in the domestic trailers, including confirmation that Gwyneth Paltrow will cameo as Pepper Potts, her first appearance as the character outside of the Iron Man movies.
It's great to see Pepper — what, no Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau)? — but what is really exciting about the Japanese trailer is that it shows us much more of the "aliens" that Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has sided with in his quest to rule the planet, and offers a look at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier from several different angles. Oh, and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) speaks for the first time since his cameo in Thor, too.
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Director Steven Soderbergh's upcoming Contagion is looking more like a horror movie than a viral thriller. The two TV spots released last week, added with last month's debut trailer, show that Soderbergh has created a movie more on par with 28 Days Later than Outbreak.
Starring Matt Damon as a Midwestern husband whose wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) is the first infected with a highly contagious virus, Contagion's highly-lauded ensemble also includes Academy Award—winner Marion Cotillard and Academy Award nominees Jude Law, Elliott Gould, Laurence Fishburne and Kate Winslet. Winslet told Entertainment Weekly (print edition) that the subject matter certainly scared the actors.
It turned us all into cross-contamination freaks, for sure. There was a a huge bowl of jelly beans on the set. And I love jelly beans. Anything gummy, bring it on. So I went right for the bowl and Steven said,"Do you have any idea how many crew members I have seen put their hand in that bowl in the last few weeks?"
watch the tv spots >> Posted 08.16.11 by Ryan -
In Contagion, which hits theaters this September, Gwyneth Paltrow plays the Patient Zero of an avian flu epidemic. In anticipation, Hollywood's Top Ten, the show where movie fans control the countdowns, wants your help selecting Paltrow's Top 10 movies. Vote now for your favorites, then tune in to see if your picks make the cut.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Yesterday Lindsay Lohan was unleashed from house arrest and promptly partied until 2AM this morning. We love you, Lindsay!
No one is happier to have Lohan back than gossip columnists and late-night talk show hosts. Last night David Letterman's Top 10 was "Lindsay Lohan's Summer Plans," which included "Get drunk, steal some crap," and "For a change of pace, rent timeshare in Hamptons prison." Unbeknownst to Letterman's joke writers, LiLo's plans to celebrate her 25th birthday bash at a Hamptons nightclub were canceled.
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Breaking news this morning is that Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in the hospital after a suicide attempt.
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Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez went on another PDA-filled shopping stroll, while Gomez opened up about her crush on Shia LaBeouf.
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Denise Richards has adopted a baby girl, going with Made in the USA.
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This summer's hit comedy Bridesmaids has passed Knocked Up as the highest-grossing domestic movie of producer/director Judd Apatow's career, and by Sunday or Monday will pass Sex and the City as the top R-rated female comedy of all time.
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38-year-old Gwyneth Paltrow has previously advocated for some weird and possibly unhealthy diets, but it's difficult to question the results as she poses topless for Vanity Fair.
Posted 06.30.11 by reelz