Superhero Bits: Hugh Jackman, Spider-Man 3, The Dark Knight Rises, Thor 2, Iron Man 3
What do the toys forThe Avengerslook like? When can New Yorkers be extras inThe Dark Knight Rises? Will the new DC comics have any link toChristopher Nolan’s film? What isHugh Jackmansaying aboutThe Wolverineand theX-Mensequels? How many reasons are there thatSpider-Man 3sucks? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits.
Colliderhas gotten their hands on images of several pieces ofAvengersmerchandise including the toy packaging.
Pittsburgh resident shad their chance to be extras inThe Dark Knight Rises; so did people in Los Angeles. Now New Yorkers can attempt to be extras in the film, according toComic Book Movie.
The 70th anniversary ofMax Fleischer’s iconicSupermancartoon just passed andWhatCulturehas a great retrospective including the above cartoon, the first in the series.
Jumping off the report from this weekend, theDetroit Free Press(viaSuperhero Hype) confirms thatIron Man 3is shooting in North Carolina, rather than Michigan, which was previously in the running to be the primary location.
AwesomeBatman/Disney mash-up t-shirt over onOtherteesviaShirtoid.
In an interview with theLos Angeles Times, the writer of the newBatman,Scott Snyder, saidThe Dark Knight Riseswon’t have any bearing on the comics:
No. Not at all. DC really lets us do stories we want to do, pretty much. I don’t have any initiative from DC or Warner to include those characters. You won’t see Bane. And I’m really not sure if you’re going to see Catwoman, either, honestly. We’re really just trying to do the story that we think would be the best Bruce Wayne story at this point.
X-Men Destinyjust hit home video game consoles andWhatCulturehas put up a few new trailers including the one above.
According to a story inThe Metro(viaComic Book Movie),Robert Downey Jr. knocked outScarlett Johanssonon the set ofThe Avengerswith his Iron Man suit.
3D artistIliya Mihashincreated this retro spin on the Batmobile viaThe High Definite.
The Playlistgot a ton of great information out ofHugh Jackmanwhile the actor was promoting Real Steel. He talked about delays onThe Wolverine,James Mangoldcoming on board,Darren Aronofskyleaving,X-Men 4, the possibility of being in theX-Men: First Classsequel and more. Here’s a sample:
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Look atHarley QuinnandPoison Ivydoing a little cosplay, and Twister. Thanks toFashionably Geek.
I agree wholeheartedly with this video called “145 Reasons WhySpider-Man 3Sucks.” Thanks toUniqueDailyfor the heads up.
Despite reports, Marvel is NOT rebooting their comics like DC with the new comicPoint One.
DirectorPatty Jenkinsspoke toVultureabout being in talks forThor 2. Just in case you don’t know what she looks like, that’s above.
Cinema Blendsays that beta tests for the upcoming Batman video gameGotham City Impostorsare currently going out.Wolverineis going to have a hell of a time healing himself from this beating fromHulk. This piece, calledOuchbyEd McGuinness, aka Skage, comes to us fromDeviant ArtviaGeek Tyrant.Bleeding Coolhas a report that the DC 52 is selling hundreds of thousands of copies an issue. Very impressive.Geek Tyrantpoints us to this cool fan-made trailer for the eventualDeadpoolmovie.Hugh Jackmanspoke at length toMoviefoneabout his cameo inX-Men: First Class,how it was shot, that he never though it would happen and more. This is a piece:
THE FINAL BIT BELOW HAS POTENTIAL SPOILERS FORTHE DARK KNIGHT RISES.
MTV Splashpagehas also gotten into theCatwomancostume act with the above video analyzing her suit inThe Dark Knight Rises.
