Boston Legal Star James Spader Cast as ULTRON for AVENGERS 2

The villain for the second AVENGERS movie has been officially cast. Marvel announced today that Boston Legal and The Secretary star James Spader has been chosen to play the role of the mad robot Ultron for Joss Whedon's follow up to Marvel's The Avengers.

The actor starred in notable films like "The Secretary" opposite Maggie Gylenhaal, "Stargate" and he was also from Less than Zero.

Personally, I think this guy can pull it off. After all he's that guy from STARGATE and the same sleavy, conniving guy who spanked looked at Maggie Gylenhaal's bottom in The Secretary all wrapped in Adamantium exoskeleton goodness/ evilness.

Concept art for Ultron for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON by Mattias Fahlberg

Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters 2015. 

Drawing Parallels Between Age of Ultron and Avengers 2

My feed is ablaze with so much Avengers 2 (now called AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON) that I just needed to draw parallels between the event book "AGE OF ULTRON" and AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. Here are a few things.

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON director Joss Whedon was quick to point out that the movie is an origin story for Ultron. It's an origin story without Hank Pym. Now before you release the fanboy/ fangirl rage, it seemed like Whedon was choosing his words wisely. He never really said anything about the removal of Hank Pym (Ultron's creator) in the story but more on the lines of the would-be Ant-Man not being present in the second movie.

If you squint closer or lean closer, you might have also noticed that this is very similar to what occurred in the comic book written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Carlos Pacheco, Brandon Peterson, Bryan Hitch and Joe Quesada.

In this world, Ultron had won by going into the future, taking over the Vision from there and then wiping the floor with the rest of the world's superbeings and then getting taking over the world. The story has been notoriously looked down upon for being a 'forgettable' event book. But it does have a couple of shock factors.

One of the biggest shocks that AGE OF ULTRON (the book, has provided) was this:

Yes, in a nutshell, Wolverine and Invisible Woman travel to the past with the intention of murdering Hank Pym in order to stop Ultron from ever becoming, well, Ultron. Things go from bad to worse as they find out that a world without Hank Pym as an Avenger is even worse with IRON MAN taking over the world as it's top hero/ cop while Morgan Le Fey tries to conquer it. 

So what's the common factor? it's a movie or a world without Hank Pym. In a way it could be said that without Hank Pym aka Antman to help out (or cause in some cases) there's bound to be chaos. Pym is both the instigator and the unifier. Sadly Marvel Studios really plans to NOT show Pym in the movie set for release this coming 2015.

Avengers: Age of Ultron opens 2014 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Ruffalo, Cobie Smulders and Clark Gregg. It's directed by Joss Whedon and will be released by Marvel Studios to be distributed locally by Walt Disney Studios Philippines. 

AVENGERS 2 Officially Titled AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON

Not to be outdone by the Superman/Batman announcement, Marvel Studios took to the stage at SDCC 2013 and revealed details regarding the next installment on their wildly popular AVENGERS franchise.

Here's a description of how things panned out in the Marvel panel in SDCC 2013 from Collider:

"Marvel President Kevin Feige is about to leave the stage in Hall H following the panels for Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy. An amped up crowd is shouting “More!” Feige returns, takes a seat, and says “There’s only one more person here. He wanted to say, ‘Hi.’ Joss Whedon!” Whedon takes the stage. “Hi. I know it’s time to go,” he says, “and I don’t have a lot to say, but I have something to add.” We cut to a trailer of quotes from The Avengers over something metal being hammered. The metal has a strange red glow. The last quote we hear is what Nick Fury told Maria Hill about the group coming back together when they world will need them. The camera then pulls out to reveal Ultron’s helmet. We then get the title for the highly-anticipated sequel: The Avengers: Age of Ultron."

Now the countdown begins for May 1,2015, to be distributed locally by Walt Disney Studios Philippines. 

One more thing, being that this is going to be AGE OF ULTRON, should we expect to see ANGELA at the end? 

Update: People think I was serious with the question. Obviously they just borrowed the title because it sounded cool.  C'mon guys. Seriously???

Marvel Studios Eyeing Kick Ass Star Aaron Johnson for Quicksilver Role

Kick Ass star Aaron Johnson is currently being the apple of Marvel Studios' eye for the role of the mutant speedster Quicksilver for Joss Whedon's AVENGERS 2. 

We all know that Bryan Singer's already got his Quicksilver locked down in the form of Evan Peters for X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST so it was only a matter of time before Marvel Studios announced who they would be casting for their own version of Pietro Maximoff aka the son of Magneto and twin brother of the Scarlet Witch. 

No confirmation yet but I think that Johnson can be a perfect Quicksilver for the movie.

Deadpool Calls Hawkeye Archer Names

Another great panel from A+X # 8 by Christopher Hastings and Reilly Brown featuring the Deadpool and Hawkeye team-up.

So yeah, I wonder if Hawkeye ever makes it to the next Avengers movie if he'll be called Hunger Games. I mean we can scratch off 'Legolas' from the list because that's what Stark called him in 'The Battle of New York'.

Great going NINJA SPIDER-MAN!

More HiRes Shots for Marvel's Ant-Man Plus 4 Minute Featurette for Marvel Phase Two

I hear that the new Blu-Ray set for Marvel Studios' Phase One has already been released and that looked so cool. More exciting news however is that the set featured a remarkable teaser for Phase Two which included films like Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Thor: The Dark World and Ant-Man. In fact, the hi-res stills from the Ant-Man test footage has already gone viral. Here's what he'll look like under the direction of Edgar Wright.

Still no word on who this Ant-Man is but I'm really hoping that this would be Hank Pym and not Scott Lang. Moreso because Pym was a founding member of the Avengers and heck even a founding member for 'The Ultimates'.