By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 4/15/2016
Last night, we took in one of the public fan-screenings of Captain America: Civil War that were held in select cities. While we expect to have a more thorough, thoughtful review closer to release, here are some general, non-specific thoughts: Everywhere that Age of Ultron failed, Captain America: Civil War succeeds. Second entries for Marvel […]
By: Heidi MacDonald,
on 3/23/2015
We haven’t even gotten to Marvel’s latest big event picture, but Marvel is already getting their house in order for the next one.
While we knew for certain that Joss Whedon was bowing out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Avengers: Age of Ultron, we only had rumors to go on regarding his successor(s). Now, according to Devin over at Badass Digest, Captain America: The Winter Soldier directors Joe and Anthony Russo have closed a deal that will see them go behind the camera for both parts of Avengers: Infinity War, as had been rumored for some time.
The report also states that Marvel is looking to enlist Captain America screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (the duo that was also behind Agent Carter) to script both parts of the Avengers three-quel.
It looks pretty likely that Captain America: Civil War, which has been bantied about the studio as “Avengers 2.5″ will be the key lead-in to Infinity War and the one can’t miss film of Marvel’s Phase 3.
Avengers: Infinity War Parts 1 and 2 will be shot back to back in 2016 and 2017, with an anticipated May 2018 and 2019 release respectively.
I saw it too, and I gotta say I was really surprised at how great Ant-Man’s showing was. I’m telling people who skipped Ant-Man to watch it before Civil War.
Why are reviews already running for a movie that won’t be released until May 6? By the time I can finally see it, I’ll feel like I’ve already seen it!
Well, George…you could NOT read them..
I only checked this one out, because it said there were not spoilers.
@George: It releases here in Europe next week (27th), so it’s not really very far away.
Superhero movies always open overseas before they open in the U.S. That’s because the “global market” is what really counts today, especially with this kind of movie. The overseas audience can’t get enough of CGI spectacle, and the plot barely matters.
Let’s face it — pleasing the Chinese has become MUCH more important than pleasing Americans (or Canadians, either). The North American market has become a barely noticeable afterthought.
I think George’s definitely right about plot — I find the idea of Thunberbolt Ross lecturing Cap about responsibility laughable. This is the guy who attacked Banner on a university campus, prompting him to turn into the Hulk.. A UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
That’s not including the recycling of the Avengers plot apparently (villain manipulates heroes into fighting) and the …. third? …. fourth? …. car chase/fight scene we’ve now had (2 in Winter Soldier, 1 in AofU).
Not impressed by the trailers so far, and will be less impressed if critics simply lap these things up without seeing how unimaginative these stories are becoming for the House of Ideas.