Just in case you’d forgotten in the five minutes since the last time Marvel reminded us, The Avengers is coming to cinema screens next May, and now two new banner images have emerged (via Yahoo! and Moviefone) to try and get us excited. The first features the A-Team of Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man and Chris Hemsworth as Thor. The second features Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Scarlett Johannson as Black Widow. Click on the pics for large versions and revel in the coolness. The film is out May 4th.
General movie news courtesy of Movie Muser
It’s becoming increasingly common for studios to get working on sequels to films they think are going to be big before the previous film has actually been released. The hope is it will ensure they can shorten the amount of time between movies and that they’ll also have a bit more time to get the script right.
Since he and his wife set up their production company, Team Downey, ealrier this year, Robert Downey Jr. has been snapping up a slew of potential projects. Now Warner Bros. has acquired Adam Gigbot’s pitch The Accidental Genius for Robert Downey Jr. (and his company) to produce and star in.