Marvel Studios OFFICIALLY Casts Kick Ass' Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver

Joss Whedon will be getting a new player for his mega-movie for 2015, Avengers: Age of Ultron in the form of Kick-Ass star Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

Superherohype reports more on this:

"We both have them," Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige told SuperHeroHype of the shared studio rights to the character last summer. "There's a specific arrangement with those two characters that would allow us to use them with 'Avengers,' but not discuss or reference their mutant or Magneto-related lineage. They can use them as mutants and as Magneto's relatives, but cannot have anything to do with 'The Avengers.'"

Avengers: Age of Ultron will be hitting theaters May, 2015 from Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Studios PH.

This is Not Quicksilver. The First Look at Evan Peter's QUICKSILVER

A couple of new photos for X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST has surfaced and now it features Bryan Singer's version of the mutant speedster Quicksilver played by Evan Peters.

Soooooo. This is what they've managed to pull off from Magneto's son and twin brother for the Scarlet Witch???

Seriously, that's not Quicksilver... or at least the Quicksilver I knew and grew up with while reading comic books. This is what Quicksilver looks like...

Okay, first off I was thinking that Bryan Singer and the rest of the production people for Days of Future Past would think of at least nailing the speedster's trademark look. Instead we're getting this. a guy with green hair (or what at least we can assume is green hair ala Polaris).

Another reason why this new Quicksilver irks me is the fact that they had to make his mutant powers too obvious by giving him goggles. I mean, sure, it's like important for a speedster to wear goggles while running but it's just too obvious. If they gave Peters something like a tracksuit or leather jacket that would've added more mystique to the character. But then they settled for goggles. 

Ultimate Quicksilver

Gonna give them the benefit of the doubt with regards to the hair but could they just get rid of the goggles for pietro's sake, we're looking at a bad ass speedster and not Impulse here...

Ay nako, 20th Century Fox executives, get your act straight. We've had enough of your meddling with the designs for the mutants on the X-Men movies. 

A Hint of Things to Come for X-FACTOR

X-FACTOR's coming to a close what with the issue getting cancelled after the final issue. But it seems like Marvel (or writer Peter David) isn't done with this group of merry mutants! 

It also looks like Quicksilver is returning to the fold

At the moment I haven't read the book (gonna make sure I do when I visit Comicx Hub later) but based from what Bleedingcool has posted it seems like there's a new company with some hidden agenda and X-Factor members in mind.

And yes I remember that the original mandate for X-Factor was to collect mutants under the guise of encarceration but since the team was handled by the original five X-Men (now appearing in ALL NEW X-MEN btw) said captured mutants were set free and given new identities. 

Maybe this is going to be the same thing with whoever got to Polaris. And with this, we bump up the possibility of X-FACTOR getting a MARVEL NOW 2 relaunch to 80%. The bigger question is whether or not PAD will be back to write the book. And that this was only a platform to relaunch the book with a new direction in mind.

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.

Days of Future Past Has Evan Peters as Quicksilver

X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer tweeted the latest addition to his growing cast of mutants for the film set for a 2014 release. The tweet reveals that Evan Peters will play the role of Magneto's son Quicksilver aka Pietro Maximoff.

Here's how Singer revealed it:

The film will be released locally thru 20th Century Fox and stars Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicolas Hoult, Peter Dinklage and many more.

Ultimate Comics Wolverine # 2 Reveals Jimmy's Mother (Spoilers)

I always wanted to be interested in Wolverine's son Jimmy Hudson from the Ultimate Universe but the character never got the chance to really shine. The details revealed in Ultimate Comics Wolverine # 2 might change everything for the character. 

Again, spoiler alert...

SPOILERS: Ultimate Comics X-Men # 3

Spoilers for Ultimate Comics X-Men # 3 by Nick Spencer and Paco Medina