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Joss Whedon on the scope of Avengers: Age of Ultron and its “unhinged” climax

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As Marvel steps up the publicity for Avengers: Age of Ultron with a series of character posters [check them out here], Yahoo! Movies caught up with Joss Whedon, during which the director discussed the scope of the hotly-anticipated sequel and its “unhinged” final act as Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take on the villainous AI and his […]

Avengers: Age of Ultron opens big in China with record day for Marvel

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As it continues its march towards the billion dollar mark, Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron opened in China yesterday, pulling in a whopping 95.5% of all box office takings to debut with $33.9 million. That’s a record opening day for Marvel in that market, and is almost double the opening of Iron Man 3, and […]

Avengers: Infinity War will feature 68, not 67, different characters

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Earlier this year, Anthony and Joe Russo made an off-the-cuff remark that Avengers: Infinity War would contain a whopping 67 characters. Well, it seems that they were off with their estimates… by one. During a panel at Wizard World Comic-Con Cleveland, Joe and Anthony Russo took a moment to clarify that Avengers: Infinity War “features 68 […]

Mark Ruffalo on the Hulk’s arc in Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War

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Tension between Marvel Studios and Universal Pictures may be preventing a solo Hulk movie from happening any time soon, but we will be seeing plenty of the Jade Giant in Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with Mark Ruffalo set to appear in Thor: Ragnarok, as well as the two-part Avengers: Infinity War. Speaking […]

UPDATE: Avengers: Infinity War to feature 67 Marvel characters

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If you think Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is cramming the characters in, then just wait until Avengers: Infinity War… During an appearance at Wizard World New Orleans, Captain America: Civil War helmers Anthony and Joe Russo were discussing their work on the upcoming two-part Marvel epic, when Joe touched upon the enormous cast of […]

Kevin Feige says Phase Three is still being developed; Infinity War is “not the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe”

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Phase Three is ready to kick off next year with Captain America: Civil War and will be followed by a string of titles including Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Spider-Man, The Inhumans and, of course, Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Avengers: Infinity War – […]

Marvel makes it official that the Russo brothers will direct Avengers: Infinity War

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It’s been on the cards since December when news broke during the Sony hack that the duo were being eyed for the gig, but now Marvel has made it official: Anthony and Joe Russo, directors of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War are set to take over from Joss Whedon on […]

Chris Evans says Avengers: Infinity War to start production next year, will shoot for nine months

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Chris Evans is currently juggling the press tour for Avengers: Age of Ultron with pre-production on Marvel’s Phase Three launching Captain America: Civil War, and during an interview with Esquire (via Collider), the star has been speaking about his upcoming Marvel commitments, including the two-part Avengers: Infinity War. After stating that production on Civil War […]

Russo brothers close deal to direct Avengers: Infinity War, will shoot next summer

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Back during the Sony hack, it was revealed that Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War directors Anthony and Joe Russo had been pinpointed by Marvel as the men to tackle Avengers: Infinity War, and now BadAssDigest is reporting that the duo have officially closed their deals to helm to two-part cosmic […]