Superhero Bits: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Arrow, The Amazing Spider-Man
What video did Marvel create to thank everyone forThe Avengers? Want to see some new images fromThe Dark Knight RisesandThe Amazing Spider-Man? Does the success ofThe Avengersprove piracy isn’t a big deal? Which soft drink will have its ownDark Knight Risesflavor? Where willThe Amazing Spider-Manopen before the United States? What’s the latest on the CW showArrow? IsThe Avengersresponsible for America’s economic problems? Which joke in the film has some people up in arms? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits.
Above:The Avengersinserted intoNighthawksby Edward Hopper by John P Glynn viaGizmodo.
Marvel has released the above video as a thank you to all the fans for the success ofThe Avengers.
I love thisIron Manpainting, called Gilded, by Sam Spratt. Thanks toGeek Art.
Another major movie is opening overseas before the U.S. This time, it’sThe Amazing Spider-Manin India viaHollywood Reporter.
Above, listen toEdgar Wrighttalk toEmpireabout a ton of things includingAnt-Man, around the 18 minute mark. More on this soon.
The official numbersare now in. It took on 19 days forThe Avengersto make $1 billion and demolished the second weekend all time record with $103 million. The second weekend take forThe Avengerswould have ranked as the #19 opening weekend of all time.
It’sThe Avengersin the style of the late, great,Maurice SendakviaIO9.
IGNcomparesThe AvengersandStar Warsand finds that they’re pretty similar.
I might have posted these before but I can’t say for sure. Noelle Stevenson did some really cool, cute drawings ofThe Avengers. Head to herTumblr(viaIO9) for more.
The legacy and current state ofStan Leeis detailed in a fantastic profile atGrantland.
Comic Book Moviefound what’s almost anAmazing Spider-Mantrading card featuring Gwen Stacy.
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The Avengerswait to seeThe Avengerscourtesy ofBooya Pictures.Comic Book Movierounded up a bunch of tweets byDark Knight RisesstarMatthew ModinetrashingThe Avengers.
LittleAvengersfromI Heart Chaos, viaGeeks Are Sexy.
Slice of Sci-Fireviewed theAvengers XXXporn parody.Chris Hemsworthbreaks some uncomfortable news as Thor on the radio in London. Thanks toThe Awesomer.
Don’t try askingJosh TrankaboutFantastic Four, as quoted byScreenRant, he can’t talk about it:
I can’t comment on any [of] my personal roles. I can’t comment on any project in development…No comment and just cool things to come.
ThisRhinostatue is insane. See more images atCool Toy Review.
A man called the fire department because his screening ofThe Avengershad subtitles, viaBleeding Cool.
/Film reader Luis Alan R. alerted us to thisSaturday Night Liveskit this weekend featuringThe Hulk. Presented byHulu.
From Mike Mitchell’sTumblr, here’s “Thor’sHelmet, 15,000 light years from us. It’s about 30 light years across which is 1,897,170 times the distance from the sun to the earth.”
Quint atAin’t It Cool Newshas a theory about a certain death inThe Avengers.
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@RossPeacockon Twitter alerted me to this greatAvengers/Queen mashup.Bleeding Coolfound this image in England that tries really hard to pretend is theChris EvansMarvel version. It’s not.Buzzfeeddoes a great job casting the rest of the major superheroes who still don’t have movies. Adrien Brody asDr. Strange? Perfect.
Pre-order thisMjolnerprop atForbidden Planet(viaGeek Alerts) if you have the cash.
Why is the economy in the crapper?Funny or Diethinks its becauseThe Avengerstook all the money.
Arrowofficially got picked up by The CW andIO9, among other places, ran this description:
Besides the link with NASCAR,The Dark Knight Riseshas amajor marketing campaignin place with Mountain Dew featuring its own flavor.
According toForbes, the success ofThe Avengersshows piracy isn’t that big a deal.
Head toCool Vibeto see the rest of this gorgeousBatmanart by Dave Wilkins.
Really? Really?Change.org(viaGordon & The Whale) has a petition to get an apology over the adoption joke inThe Avengers.
A better look at the Total Film (viaCBM) image of Batman inThe Dark Knight Rises.
