Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, The Flash, Dark Knight Rises, Captain America, The Avengers, Green Hornet
Where and when willIron Man 3begin shooting? What does theCaptain America: The First Avengeralternate Blu-ray cover look like? Which superheroes have really wimpy weaknesses? Besides the James Cameron one, how manySpider-Manmovies never got made? Does Seth Rogen think aGreen Hornetsequel is possible? And why does Doc Ock have Jonas Brothers pictures on his wall? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits.
Comic Book Moviefound a series of cool concept art that was created forCaptain America: The First Avengerby artistNathan Schroeder. Click on either link to learn more.
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Look what was spotted in LA recently! It’s the Tumbler fromThe Dark Knight Rises. Thanks toCurbed.
According toLatino Review,Iron Man 3will most likely be shooting in Wilmington, North Carolina with shooting commencing in June.
Everyone knows about the famous superhero weaknesses: Superman and Kryptonite, Spider-Man and pretty girls, but what about the worst, most ridiculous ones?Crackedhas great list including the photo above ofVenom, who can’t deal with fire. (From Russ: well, fire’s notthatwimpy. If it’ll scare off xenomorphs, it has to be worthy of respect.)
To that end, we all can list every superhero’s power but what power doesNick Furyhave? How aboutThe Punisher?Tintin?Jonah Hex?io9answers it all in a list of the 10 superheroes you didn’t know had powers.
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Is this game really not out yet?MTV Multiplayerhas a new, exclusiveBatman Arkham Citytrailer featuring The Joker.
Cobie Smulderswas on theHow I Met Your MotherPodcast recently (viaCBM) and spoke at length about her experiences onThe Avengers. Nothing earth-shattering, as usual, but there’s a ton of good stuff here, such as:
io9 hasa very well-researched article about the seedy side ofSpider-Manmovies, mainly a bunch that never got made including a Cannon version in the 1980s that considered a stuntman namedScott Lavato play the lead.
PhotographerIan Pooldid a really clever series of photos that show what superheros do on their day off. FilmmakerJames Gunn(viaBlastr) turned us on to these, including Doc Ock jonesing over the Jonas Brothers.
Shawn Levy, director ofReal Steel, spoke toColliderabout his work onThe Flashmovie. Head there for more, but here’s a quote:
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And you thought Batman’s nipples were bad.PopCrunchhas published a gallery of the 20 worst superheroes on screen and they’re all atrocious in the best possible way. One example isDavid Hasselhoffas Nick Fury.
Gamma Squad’s latest cosplay gallery isX-Menthemed and very cool. Check it out at the link.
Here’s a cool bit of cosplay:Iron Pun, aka, Iron Man and The Punisher. Thanks toThe Geek Twins.
Fans waiting forCaptain America: The First Avengeron Blu-ray might want to pick their copy up at Best Buy whereIGN revealsthey’ll have the above exclusive packaging.
Now that it’s coming out on DVD it’s an afterthought butChris Evansadmitted to theChicago Sun Times(viaCBM) that he was nervous aboutCaptain America: The First Avengerwhen he saw the trailer:
The weekend of opening, I was really nervous. It needed to be a hit. Who knows why it’s a hit? There’s no rhyme or reason why something works or not in this business. When I saw the first trailer for the film, I thought, ‘It’s not going to work’ Now, people love it.
Very much in the style of Scott Campbell, artistHenry Bonsuhas done a cool series of Bromance drawings that are sealed with a fist bump. Read more atHey Oscar Wilde(viaComics Alliance).
While we’re on the subject ofThe Green Hornet,Seth RogentoldColliderhe doesn’t think a sequel is likely.
This image speaks for itself. Thanks toMy Confined Space. (EDIT – Image drawn byDaniel Danger.)
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Last week, we showed a video of a vehicle fromThe Dark Knight Risescalled the HEMTT crashing. These photos, uncovered byComic Book Movie, show what’s next.
Comic Book Moviehas also posted a few small bits about someAvengersstuff, like where they are researching the cosmic cube and what was blowing up on the streets of Cleveland.
Here’s an interesting theory fromSecret Underground Headquarters(viaBuzzfeed). Analyzing yesterday’s Catwoman photos, they’ve come up with an interesting question. Is Catwoman’s make inThe Dark Knight Risesmade of Batman’s mask? We do know Bruce ordered a lot of masks inBatman Begins.
