Marvel's Phase 3 Announced: includes Black Panther, Captain Marvel
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Judging from this line-up, it would appear that they consider a trilogy of solo films to be enough for each character. Iron Man 3 closed a lot of arcs for Iron Man from his solo films, and it seems like he will just appear the Avengers and Cap 3 now (with a new role).
ikewise, what they say about Captain America: Civil War and Thor: Ragnarok, they sound like the big finales for those characters as far as solo adventures.
Remember these aren't comics, you won't be able to run them for decades and decades with hundreds of stories. I very much expect a lot of characters to be killed off in Infinity War Part I and II. It is the culmination of the entire MCU until that point, it's got to be major.
The way they talk about Inhumans, it appears like they believe that Inhumans can spawn a number of new solo series based on the many different Inhumans. You'd also get sequels for the newly introduced heroes from Phase Three (Strange, Marvel, Panther). These would carry the MCU beyond Infinity War into a new period for the MCU.
But RDJ and co coming back for dozens of films over decades, that's not gonna happen. They have to retire characters this time, and evolve the MCU. You can't run on Iron Man, Thor and Captain America into Phase Four and Five, after all. Those need to be for new properties. GOTG proved that you don't need the A-Listers anymore, the MCU is a big brand name, and good marketing and direction can make lesser known properties into big movies now.
Margot Robbie please for Carol Danvers. Younger and up and coming.
I would rather her play Harley Quinn... she looks perfect for the part. (I have no idea about her acting merits though)
Just realized that we pretty much know who Harley Quinn is if a certain Instagram post is correct.
The Technomancer
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I mean, its confirmed to be an infinity stone, and it allows him to control people's minds. It could maybe be the Soul Gem, but that feels like a stretch
The Shogun
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Confirmed in the Infinity War teaser trailer
PhoncipleBone
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Fuuuuuck. Need the teaser in HD now.
I'm guessing Thanos will be in it.Nerd_Incognito
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Margot Robbie is gorgeous but she can't act. She's all eye candy.
Katee Sackhoff doesn't have the star power (nyuk nyuk) to carry a role that big for Marvel on the silver screen. Maybe if Captain Marvel was slated for Netflix.
And I love Emily Blunt but she doesn't really strike me as a the superhero type. Badass for sure, but not really superhero material. Could be wrong though.
Katee Sackhoff doesn't have the star power (nyuk nyuk) to carry a role that big for Marvel on the silver screen. Maybe if Captain Marvel was slated for Netflix.
And I love Emily Blunt but she doesn't really strike me as a the superhero type. Badass for sure, but not really superhero material. Could be wrong though.
*shrugs*
Hyperbolic statement about DC being finished aside, I am done. A bald man on an island in the middle of nowhere once said "Don't tell what I can't do!" Outside of DoJ and Shazam, today's Marvel announcements have diminished my hype for the DC films. I didn't go see TF4 and TMNT this year, so not watching something that will still go on to make a shitton of cash in the box office shouldn't be that hard.
HNNNNNNNNNGH! Cannot wait. Still hoping any energy blasts Thanos might have will come with CG Kirby Crackle.
I wonder if it will be Whedon helming Avengers Infinity War. His current contract runs through 2015, but he is probably the man for the job, not just because of his ensemble skills but by then he will have helmed two Avengers films (and contributed some creative input into Phase Two and presumably Phase Three).
But he may be burnt out by then and not want to personally direct TWO films back to back.
I can't imagine who else would be trusted to helm the grand finale of the first three Phases of the MCU, though. A newcomer coming in to do said finale sounds unlikely. I'm guessing they will throw a load of money at Whedon to entice him to stick around.
But he may be burnt out by then and not want to personally direct TWO films back to back.
I can't imagine who else would be trusted to helm the grand finale of the first three Phases of the MCU, though. A newcomer coming in to do said finale sounds unlikely. I'm guessing they will throw a load of money at Whedon to entice him to stick around.
Marvel's casting has been pretty on point all along. Even if they don't get Katee, they will get someone who truly captures what it means to be Carol Danvers.
The real question for me in regards to the Captain Marvel movie is who the villain will be. I don't really want her to be up against Yon Rogg. He's evil enough, but kind of boring. I doubt they'd be able to use Deathbird and/or the Brood since there are such strong ties there to X-Men (although, maybe I'm wrong?)
I mean, I guess Yon Rogg would be Ok for an origin story. Maybe Ronan can come back from the dead or something, I dunno. Thanos will (probably) have the infinity gauntlet by the time her movie happens, so he could theoretically be bringing a ton of his dead minions back to life. It would definitely show how powerful Carol is to have her solo a bad guy it took all the Guardians plus an infinity stone to beat the first time round.
The real question for me in regards to the Captain Marvel movie is who the villain will be. I don't really want her to be up against Yon Rogg. He's evil enough, but kind of boring. I doubt they'd be able to use Deathbird and/or the Brood since there are such strong ties there to X-Men (although, maybe I'm wrong?)
I mean, I guess Yon Rogg would be Ok for an origin story. Maybe Ronan can come back from the dead or something, I dunno. Thanos will (probably) have the infinity gauntlet by the time her movie happens, so he could theoretically be bringing a ton of his dead minions back to life. It would definitely show how powerful Carol is to have her solo a bad guy it took all the Guardians plus an infinity stone to beat the first time round.
I'm sticking to the theory that Thanos did something to the stone before giving it to Loki in order to conceal its true nature/power. Once he gets ahold of it, he'll just retweak it and it will glow green/yellow/orange(?) again
EDIT: hell it they could turn it into a humiliating moment in Thor 3 by having him reveal the stone right in front of Loki
TheKaeptain
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Have you ever watched Katee in anything outside of the boxing episode of BSG? She's not a good actress.
Rumors are it would be the Russo brothers, I think?
Discotheque
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lagertha's my queen. even though i don't like most of the mcu i'd feel obligated to watch it for her.
now i'm gonna be disappointed if it's not her tbh.
T.M. MacReady
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She was so terrible on 24. I hope they cast someone better.
The Storyteller
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HAVE YOU? I've seen her in basically everything she's done, and she brings oodles of charisma to many otherwise thankless, poorly written roles.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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they would be mad to let Whedon go, he is master of group dynamic which is a bog part of the avengers.
Nerd_Incognito
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Yeah a few things. I've never been impressed with her. Certainly don't understand a certain fanbase's obsession with her either. But she's been on many people's wish list for Captain Marvel for a while now, even before today's news.
TheKaeptain
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Just wait until the Star Wars teaser of a green light saber with clock Luke drops. Everyone you know will freak out.
Zeyphersan
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I'd like to see Whedon stick around as well. Avengers 3 looks like it's going to be the conclusion of a lot of things (Part 1 of the MCU, so to speak) and it'd be fitting for one guy to direct all the big event movies to keep them consistent.
Of course, if Avengers 2 sucks that won't fly, but assuming it's good and rakes in that dough, I'd like to see him stay
SmugAgentCoulson
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Well you see men tend to age better than woman. RDJ could pass for late 30's easily. Ew indeed.
TheVampire
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Why not just release Avengers 3 in the same year just a few months apart like they did with the Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions?
they trolled everyone with a fake logo
You got trolled by Kevin Fuchi son.
TheBlueBomber
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They trolled with that reveal and then revealed the real title
Cannibalization of box-office, home video, merchandising, etc.
It's better if it gets it's own year in the sun before the sequel hits.
I don't think they'll do Katee because it looks like they are doing trilogies with new characters, so if you cast someone in 2018, if they're doing a new movie every 2-3 years, you need them to stick around for 6-9 years at least. Someone who is 38 at the start of the movie is going to be nearing 50 at the end of the character's storyarcs. So unless you get Ming-Na Wen: the Blonde version - it will be hard to have someone be over the age of 34 or so when the movie comes out.
As for the current crew; my predictions
Captain America (Chris Evans): Killed during Civil War - Winter Soldier / Falcon take his place.
Iron Man (RDJ): Killed at the end of Infinity War, Part 1 - War Machine takes his place
Thor: Killed at the end of Infinity War, Part 1 - Someone else takes up the hammer (introduction to Female Thor. Maybe a female Asgardian, or Agent May. Yeah, let's do the latter. I want Agent May Thor.)
Hawkeye: Killed in Age of Ultron
Black Widow: survives the whole shebang. Takes Captain America's death hard and doesn't show up outside of Civil War & Infinity War
Nick Fury: Killed before Infinity War
Post Infinity War; your group moving forward is
Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Inhumans, Female Thor, Winter Soldier / Falcon.
The interesting thing is that I think Doctor Strange will be the rarest movie. Can they really sign Benedict Cumberbatch to a multi-movie deal?
Because Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions sucked.
TacticalFox88
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The Russo bros or James Gunn are the ONLY directors I'd accept if Whedon feels he doesn't want to direct
RDJ, Renner, and Ruffalo looks like men in their 40s
Katee looks like she's still in her late 20s
Except for someone's fucking head getting in the way halfway through. Where's my official video Marvel?
Father_Brain
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Sounds like Civil War will have the sort of story differences I'd expected, but I still don't get how there are enough superheroes in the MCU for it to work on a basic conceptual level. And what makes it a Captain America film, as opposed to Avengers by another name?
She's pretty average, though. I don't get the love fest. At best, her range is questionable since she's never been able to pull of anything outside the Starbuck mold.
Even the flashbacks on BSG before Zach died were... ugh.
She's pretty average, though. I don't get the love fest. At best, her range is questionable since she's never been able to pull of anything outside the Starbuck mold.
Even the flashback to pre-intense flashbacks on BSG were... ugh.
Lucky Captain Marvel would be in the Starbuck mold then.
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I agree. I thought he was pretty good in 42, but not great. Definitely not bad though. But I also wasn't big on Chris Evans being Cap, but in Cap 2 I thought he was perfect. Now I can't envision the character without seeing Chris Evans.
He can pull it off, but he would have been my 4th choice. He's very marketable though. Probably the most marketable they could have gotten.
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