[Movies] MCU: Phase 3 And Beyond
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Even though it was the symbiotes that got me reading Spider-Man and Marvel as a whole, I really don't care if we get Venom or not anytime soon. Carnage doubly so. He's a 90's reject that looks like a hemophiliacs attempt at forming a scab.
Carnage is the 2nd most 90s thing in comics.
The first is of course
That stupid blood-soaked Superman symbol on a black cover.
Black PLASTIC BAG cover.[DOUBLEPOST=1468121999,1468121924][/DOUBLEPOST]And of course the second printing plastic bag cover....Carnage is the 2nd most 90s thing in comics.
The first is of course
That stupid blood-soaked Superman symbol on a black cover.
Which is ironic, given that it's the thing that got me into reading comics in the first place.Carnage is the 2nd most 90s thing in comics.
The first is of course
That stupid blood-soaked Superman symbol on a black cover.
Between that and buying most of the Clone Saga back in the day, I feel a little dirty about that in retrospect.
Like you said, many of us were affected. And afflicted
. On the upshot, I apparently was reading some of Peter David's run of The Incredible Hulk. Not the more memorable parts that I need to get my hands on someday, but still!I remember the Death of Superman being a big deal. Kids at school brought the comic in. Come to think of it, that might've been when I got into comics too. Not Superman, but like you, just in time to be shat on by Marvel for Spider-man's Clone Saga.
Therefore, your post deserves a brofist.
Also, on his FB Gunn says Yondu's definitely a new GotG, but was pretty ambiguous about Nebula.
James Gunn wrote up a summary of his GotG2 panel (new characters listed within, including Kurt Russel's character):
Side-note, and not really a spoiler, I wanted to point out that Jimmy Urine, the lead singer of Mindless Self-Indulgence, is in this movie. That's fucking weird.[DOUBLEPOST=1469327158,1469327033][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, Brie Larson has been cast as Captain Marvel.[DOUBLEPOST=1469327513][/DOUBLEPOST]Also also, Vulture looks fucking awesome.
Whoa! So we just got off stage at the San Diego Comicon showing not one, but THREE Guardians clips: 1) A piece from the film featuring Yondu, Rocket, baby Groot, and the Ravagers, 2) A behind-the-scenes featurette of me and the cast working on the forthcoming Guardians attraction at Disneyland, and 3) A special glimpse at a montage of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
I thought I’d share with you guys what we shared with everyone there.
If you don’t want minor spoilers from the film, don’t continue to read. I won’t hold it against you, I swear.
Here are the headlines –
THE RAVAGERS ARE A BIG PART OF VOL. 2
Most were on hand for the SDCC presentation, disrupting the proceedings as Ravagers are prone to do. We learn that they’ve had a somewhat contentious, even mutinous, relationship with Yondu since Vol. 1, due to the fact that Yondu let Peter Quill go without reprisal after not giving them the orb.
The leader in all of these shenanigans is the incredibly-powerful yet incredibly ridiculously-named TASERFACE, played by Chris Sullivan (it’s worth noting that four years ago when I was hired for the first Guardians film, I joked that I was going to make Taserface my villain. I suppose it’s no longer a joke).
Joining Chris in full Ravager regalia, was, of course, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, as well as these new Ravagers, all featured in the film:
Wretch, played by Evan Jones
Half-Nut, played by Jimmy Urine
Brahl, played by Stephen Blackehart
Gef the Ravager, played by Steve Agee
Oblo, played by Joe Fria
Narblik, play by Terence Rosemore
MICHAEL ROOKER SHOWED UP IN FULL YONDU MODE
With a big-ass fin on his head. ‘Nuff said.
NEBULA IS A MAJOR PART OF THE FILM
As Karen Gillan knows – because I told her during my first meeting with her – GotG Vol. 1 was just a glimpse at a character I had major plans for in the future of the Guardians-verse. I did not lie.
ELIZABETH DEBICKI PLAYS AYESHA
Ayesha is the golden High Priestess of a genetically-perfect people called the Sovereign. She’s not a woman to be screwed with – she, and her entire world, are extraordinarily deadly.
WE CAUGHT A FIRST LOOK AT MANTIS
Our look for Mantis is similar to her original look in the comics – she’s the same color as Pom Klementieff, the actress who plays her (i.e not green), and she has antennae. We saw just a tiny little glimpse of her in the Comic-Con footage. More will be coming. She’s been one of my favorite parts of making this film.
YES, SYLVESTER STALLONE IS IN THE FILM
This was an amazing experience for me, considering I ran around in my backyard as a kid pretending I was Johnny Rambo. Working with Sly was one of the high points of shooting Vol. 2 for me.
Who does he play? Well, I can’t reveal that quite yet… but we do see him interacting with Yondu in the teaser.
TWO SONGS PLAYED IN THE FOOTAGE
“Come a Little Bit Closer,” by Jay and the Americans, played during the clip where Yondu faces off against some of the Ravagers.
“The Chain,” by Fleetwood Mac was the song used in the montage.
Am I saying these songs are part of Awesome Mix Vol. 2? Not necessarily. But they are great tunes…
A NEW DISNEYLAND GOTG ATTRACTION IS COMING
I’m a huge Disneyland fan and the Tower of Terror is my second favorite attraction there (Space Mountain is number one). So when the folks approached me, asking me to be involved with a new Guardians attraction, I was apprehensive.
But then the Walt Disney Imagineering folks showed me what they had in mind and MY MIND WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN. It was awesome (see the attached concept art for a very small taste). Exhilarating and novel and interactive. I can’t be more pleased to have partnered up with Walt Disney Imagineering in this production, helping to direct and shape the experience so that it has all the heart and fun and humor Guardians movies do.
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and I, along with a few other members of the Guardians cast, put our full effort into making it as great as we knew it could be. We shot most of it while we were in Atlanta shooting Vol. 2, and I can’t wait for you guys to see it and experience it firsthand the next time you visit the park.
WE DISCLOSED THE IDENTITY OF PETER QUILL’S FATHER
This is the biggie, I guess. And, yes, as many people guessed, or assumed, Kurt Russell is playing Peter Quill’s father. And Peter Quill’s father is (as almost no one has guessed)…
EGO.
Known in the comics as Ego the Living Planet.
Yeah, his dad is a planet. Sort of. It will all be explained in the film..
But to me, this is the absolute center of Vol. 2, and one of the reasons I’ve been so excited about it. When Marvel first approached me with the first movie, I thought, “Wait a second? A talking raccoon? Isn’t that a rather ridiculous idea to base a movie around?”
It was then that I took a step back and asked myself: Okay, if a raccoon could talk, and shoot a machine gun, how could that be? And answering that question ended up being the entire foundation of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1. There was a sadness in the answer. Rocket was an animal experimented upon, torn apart and put back together, without compassion. He was the only being of his type, had never known any hint of kindness, and was utterly and completely alone until he met his fellow Guardians. And, one of them in particular – Groot – thought it was worth sacrificing his life for his sake. This melancholy and beautiful undercurrent helped to ground the character for me. He had far more in common with Frankenstein’s monster than he did Bugs Bunny. And I related to him, greatly, and I hoped other folks who felt like outsiders would as well.
Ego seemed, in many ways, like an even more ridiculous character. But I asked myself, if a planet was alive, how could that be? And how could it father a child?
The answers to those questions took me to a far deeper place that I expected. I don’t want to give away too many answers at this time. But what Nova Prime said about Peter’s father at the end of Vol. 1 is certainly true – he is something ancient and unknown. And, as we will discover, being a cosmic being, alone for eons, is perhaps even more lonely than being the universe’s sole talking raccoon.
I can’t wait for you guys to see Kurt Russell bring this character to life onscreen. It has been a rapturous experience creating Ego with him. We have both pushed ourselves as far as we can go in making him real, and grounded, and emotionally centered.
I also can’t wait for all of you to see this movie. I really, really love it. Never has anything I’ve done flowed as smoothly as this project, and been so true and consistent from the first day I started writing it until today, as we edit it and create our visual effects.
And, worry not. Although you’ve learned a lot today, we have countless more surprises for you as we get closer to our release date. And even more of them in the movie itself.
Stay tuned to this page for more updates as we approach May 5, 2017 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!
Thanks!
James
I thought I’d share with you guys what we shared with everyone there.
If you don’t want minor spoilers from the film, don’t continue to read. I won’t hold it against you, I swear.
Here are the headlines –
THE RAVAGERS ARE A BIG PART OF VOL. 2
Most were on hand for the SDCC presentation, disrupting the proceedings as Ravagers are prone to do. We learn that they’ve had a somewhat contentious, even mutinous, relationship with Yondu since Vol. 1, due to the fact that Yondu let Peter Quill go without reprisal after not giving them the orb.
The leader in all of these shenanigans is the incredibly-powerful yet incredibly ridiculously-named TASERFACE, played by Chris Sullivan (it’s worth noting that four years ago when I was hired for the first Guardians film, I joked that I was going to make Taserface my villain. I suppose it’s no longer a joke).
Joining Chris in full Ravager regalia, was, of course, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, as well as these new Ravagers, all featured in the film:
Wretch, played by Evan Jones
Half-Nut, played by Jimmy Urine
Brahl, played by Stephen Blackehart
Gef the Ravager, played by Steve Agee
Oblo, played by Joe Fria
Narblik, play by Terence Rosemore
MICHAEL ROOKER SHOWED UP IN FULL YONDU MODE
With a big-ass fin on his head. ‘Nuff said.
NEBULA IS A MAJOR PART OF THE FILM
As Karen Gillan knows – because I told her during my first meeting with her – GotG Vol. 1 was just a glimpse at a character I had major plans for in the future of the Guardians-verse. I did not lie.
ELIZABETH DEBICKI PLAYS AYESHA
Ayesha is the golden High Priestess of a genetically-perfect people called the Sovereign. She’s not a woman to be screwed with – she, and her entire world, are extraordinarily deadly.
WE CAUGHT A FIRST LOOK AT MANTIS
Our look for Mantis is similar to her original look in the comics – she’s the same color as Pom Klementieff, the actress who plays her (i.e not green), and she has antennae. We saw just a tiny little glimpse of her in the Comic-Con footage. More will be coming. She’s been one of my favorite parts of making this film.
YES, SYLVESTER STALLONE IS IN THE FILM
This was an amazing experience for me, considering I ran around in my backyard as a kid pretending I was Johnny Rambo. Working with Sly was one of the high points of shooting Vol. 2 for me.
Who does he play? Well, I can’t reveal that quite yet… but we do see him interacting with Yondu in the teaser.
TWO SONGS PLAYED IN THE FOOTAGE
“Come a Little Bit Closer,” by Jay and the Americans, played during the clip where Yondu faces off against some of the Ravagers.
“The Chain,” by Fleetwood Mac was the song used in the montage.
Am I saying these songs are part of Awesome Mix Vol. 2? Not necessarily. But they are great tunes…
A NEW DISNEYLAND GOTG ATTRACTION IS COMING
I’m a huge Disneyland fan and the Tower of Terror is my second favorite attraction there (Space Mountain is number one). So when the folks approached me, asking me to be involved with a new Guardians attraction, I was apprehensive.
But then the Walt Disney Imagineering folks showed me what they had in mind and MY MIND WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN. It was awesome (see the attached concept art for a very small taste). Exhilarating and novel and interactive. I can’t be more pleased to have partnered up with Walt Disney Imagineering in this production, helping to direct and shape the experience so that it has all the heart and fun and humor Guardians movies do.
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and I, along with a few other members of the Guardians cast, put our full effort into making it as great as we knew it could be. We shot most of it while we were in Atlanta shooting Vol. 2, and I can’t wait for you guys to see it and experience it firsthand the next time you visit the park.
WE DISCLOSED THE IDENTITY OF PETER QUILL’S FATHER
This is the biggie, I guess. And, yes, as many people guessed, or assumed, Kurt Russell is playing Peter Quill’s father. And Peter Quill’s father is (as almost no one has guessed)…
EGO.
Known in the comics as Ego the Living Planet.
Yeah, his dad is a planet. Sort of. It will all be explained in the film..
But to me, this is the absolute center of Vol. 2, and one of the reasons I’ve been so excited about it. When Marvel first approached me with the first movie, I thought, “Wait a second? A talking raccoon? Isn’t that a rather ridiculous idea to base a movie around?”
It was then that I took a step back and asked myself: Okay, if a raccoon could talk, and shoot a machine gun, how could that be? And answering that question ended up being the entire foundation of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1. There was a sadness in the answer. Rocket was an animal experimented upon, torn apart and put back together, without compassion. He was the only being of his type, had never known any hint of kindness, and was utterly and completely alone until he met his fellow Guardians. And, one of them in particular – Groot – thought it was worth sacrificing his life for his sake. This melancholy and beautiful undercurrent helped to ground the character for me. He had far more in common with Frankenstein’s monster than he did Bugs Bunny. And I related to him, greatly, and I hoped other folks who felt like outsiders would as well.
Ego seemed, in many ways, like an even more ridiculous character. But I asked myself, if a planet was alive, how could that be? And how could it father a child?
The answers to those questions took me to a far deeper place that I expected. I don’t want to give away too many answers at this time. But what Nova Prime said about Peter’s father at the end of Vol. 1 is certainly true – he is something ancient and unknown. And, as we will discover, being a cosmic being, alone for eons, is perhaps even more lonely than being the universe’s sole talking raccoon.
I can’t wait for you guys to see Kurt Russell bring this character to life onscreen. It has been a rapturous experience creating Ego with him. We have both pushed ourselves as far as we can go in making him real, and grounded, and emotionally centered.
I also can’t wait for all of you to see this movie. I really, really love it. Never has anything I’ve done flowed as smoothly as this project, and been so true and consistent from the first day I started writing it until today, as we edit it and create our visual effects.
And, worry not. Although you’ve learned a lot today, we have countless more surprises for you as we get closer to our release date. And even more of them in the movie itself.
Stay tuned to this page for more updates as we approach May 5, 2017 and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2!
Thanks!
James
Side-note, and not really a spoiler, I wanted to point out that Jimmy Urine, the lead singer of Mindless Self-Indulgence, is in this movie. That's fucking weird.[DOUBLEPOST=1469327158,1469327033][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, Brie Larson has been cast as Captain Marvel.[DOUBLEPOST=1469327513][/DOUBLEPOST]Also also, Vulture looks fucking awesome.
Yondu-hawk
Brie Larson, yay
Vulture confirmed, yay
Did they finally super confirm Michael Keaton is playing Vulture?
Vulture confirmed, yay
Did they finally super confirm Michael Keaton is playing Vulture?
Mads looks awesome.[DOUBLEPOST=1469349894,1469349757][/DOUBLEPOST]Wait, EGO is Quill's dad?
The fuck?[DOUBLEPOST=1469349924][/DOUBLEPOST]Brie Larson is a yay.
Not super-confirmed, but heavily implied. Some are hoping it'll be announced he's playing Norman Osborn.
I got a question for you. Why are you excited about Vulture being the villain? I read issues when I was a kid where Vulture was the villain and he never seemed like much of a threat. Is there something I'm missing here?
I just want to see every different weird ass type of villain get a big $200m summer movie treatment. I won't rest until Mysterio (John Hodgeman) and Morbius (Robert Pattinson) team up with Man-Spider (mocap by Ray Park or Andy Serkis if he's too old)
Also it's a new type of villain for him to fight. We've had the goblin hover-flying done 4 different ways, but Vulture looks different than that.
I'm guessing the Ego thing is a misdirection.
In that case, we need Big Wheel.[DOUBLEPOST=1469367876,1469367840][/DOUBLEPOST]
I felt the same, but between his popping up in a couple comics I've read and the new trailer, I'm now looking forward to this one.
There has been some Black Panther news from SDCC as well:
Also,
Michael B. Jordan was revealed to be playing Erik Killmonger
Lupita Nyong'o was revealed to be Nakia, who has a long complicated history with the Black Panther in the comics.
Newly announced addition to the cast, Danai Gurira, will be playing Okoye, the head of the Dora Milaje, the personal body guards of the Black Panther.
(Hollywood Reporter)
Lupita Nyong'o was revealed to be Nakia, who has a long complicated history with the Black Panther in the comics.
Newly announced addition to the cast, Danai Gurira, will be playing Okoye, the head of the Dora Milaje, the personal body guards of the Black Panther.
(Hollywood Reporter)
Also,
so, Killmonger, you think he's a good guy?
I almost want to replace John Hodgeman with Adam Savage. Typecasting!
Maybe he just has a selection of killing that you can choose from? Like, he doesn't do the actual killing, he just sells it by the pound?
--Patrick
So, as of this SDCC, we can now say Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World stars Robin, Captain America*, Superman**, Captain Marvel and Batgirl***. I'm good with this.
*Yes, also the Human Torch, but he's done so much more as Cap.
**Okay, the Atom, too.
***Katara, etc. I'm sticking to the DC/Marvel universe.
*Yes, also the Human Torch, but he's done so much more as Cap.
**Okay, the Atom, too.
***Katara, etc. I'm sticking to the DC/Marvel universe.
and Lex Luthor!
Well, he's no Taserface.
Which Lex?
it's a bad/old joke about jesse eisenberg and michael cera being interchangeable
So Daria doesn't count?
I'm hoping we can catch a leak of the Spider-man: Homecoming footage soon. I saw a description of it that said it's very different from anything else Marvel has done, that it's more like a John Hughes teen movie where one character happens to be a superhero, but it's really a high school film.
That's a bold claim to make based off a minute or so long preview. I'd love to believe that Marvel was a studio who learned the right lesson from Deadpool (about making a different kind of superhero movie, as opposed to make it all R-rated) but to be that different sounds unlikely. I'm pretty sure MCU's first Spider-man movie is going to have a stronger plot, for instance.
That's a bold claim to make based off a minute or so long preview. I'd love to believe that Marvel was a studio who learned the right lesson from Deadpool (about making a different kind of superhero movie, as opposed to make it all R-rated) but to be that different sounds unlikely. I'm pretty sure MCU's first Spider-man movie is going to have a stronger plot, for instance.
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It's like the chin is part of the evolution.