The Avengers (may contain spoilers!)

[Chemaz]

Thats friggin awesome if thats true, i am a little bit in love with her thanks to chuck :blush:

[Rappy Veteran]

Cobie Smulders is now confirmed for the part of SHIELD Agent Maria Hill in The Avengers, Variety is reporting.

Smulders is best known for starring on the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and was loosely referenced in connection to a unproduced Wonder Woman film when Avengers director Joss Whedon was attached. (He included the note "Sorry, Cobie" in his announcement that he was off the project).

Comic book readers will be aware of Hill's role in the Marvel Universe as Nick Fury's second-in-command who took over as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. when Fury went missing during the "Civil War" storyline. Maria Hill has also appeared in the Ultimate Universe (where Fury resembles Samuel L. Jackson) but in a different capacity, and she's appeared in a couple of the cartoons as well, most recently voiced by Kari W?hrer on "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes."

The Avengers will hit theaters on May 4, 2012.

Read more: Cobie Smulders Confirmed for The Avengers - ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=73892#ixzz1DKo1njkt

[Growled Member]

Can't wait to see Yvonne Strahovski as Ms. Marvel. :wub:

[burnsflipper]

yvonne as ms marvel? *faints*

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[Razorwing]

that does not look legit for some reason. :unsure:

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Latino Review has the scoop ? the entire plot, really ? as to who will be The Big Bad of The Avengers.

There he sits to your right.

Well, that?s not a huge surprise, is it? Loki is who originally brought the Avengers together by manipulating the Hulk.

Joss Whedon?s story doesn?t stray too far from that origin team-up tale. Latino Review reports that instead of Loki manipulating the Hulk, he?ll be using the Cosmic Cube to call up something else mean and green.

Did you guess Skrulls, as Devin did so long ago? Right you are.

Ain?t It Cool News also confirms the scoop with one of their own, saying a teaser trailer for The Avengers was shot quite recently, and it features Loki very prominently.

Given the fervent fan speculation that?s been taking place over the past two years this feels less like news than a confirmation of all our geeky hopes and dreams. But that doesn?t make it any less exciting. I haven?t let myself get too wound up over the Avengers ? it was so damn far away ? but I?ll be damned if little tidbits like this don?t have me mentally projecting myself into a 2012 theater.

http://www.chud.com/40633/will-we-get-a-tricksy-avengers-villain/?utm_source=C.H.U.D.&utm_medium=twitter

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Stellan Skarsg?rd apparently told a Swedish newspaper that he will reprise his Thor role as Dr. Selvig in The Avengers. His character, newly created for the film, is one of the scientists who works with Thor after he is found in the desert. Assuming these reports aren't somehow garbled, this might be further indication that Loki will indeed be the villain of The Avengers - which would necessitate the presence of some of the Thor supporting cast - or even that Dr. Selvig himself is somehow the villain. All of this, of course, is just speculation. [Daily Blam]

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Story:

A superhero team called ?The Avengers? do battle against two separate alien extraterrestrial humanoid life forms. The Avengers are a superhero team, consisting of a group of Marvel Comics heroes aka ?Earth?s Mightiest Heroes?. The aliens that The Avengers will fight are called ?The Kree? and ?Skrulls?. These two extraterrestrial races become embroiled in a war for ages that ultimately makes its way to Earth, and the Avengers unite to intervene with all their power and might combined.

sounds epic!

[Growled Member]

sounds epic!

Sure does. Can hardly wait.

[JJustice]

Loads of heroes, two alien races for enemies, theres going to be so much going on in this movie.

[Razorwing]

Loads of heroes, two alien races for enemies, theres going to be so much going on in this movie.

Yeah I do think that Character development will not be touched on though. It's mostly an action movie.

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Joe Quesada has described next year's all-star film The Avengers as the "quintessential superhero movie".

The Marvel Comics chief creative officer also praised the two upcoming Marvel Studios releases, Thor and Captain America, for managing to maintain the familiar tone of Marvel Studios films, despite their radically different settings.

"I just saw the first director's cut of Captain America about a week and a half ago and there is a very visual and visceral difference to the way the two movies are shot," Quesada told Newsarama. "There's a richness to both, but very different tonally.

"Captain America starts out as a period piece, whereas Thor starts out as a very fantastical piece, although both are grounded very much in the real world," the Marvel executive explained. "Both movies are really going to be outstanding."

Quesada also praised Joss Whedon's upcoming Avengers movie, which finally began filming last month.

"I've read the screenplay and it's amazing," Quesada teased. "It's going to be the quintessential superhero movie."

The Avengers will feature an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner.

A teaser trailer for The Avengers is expected to air at the beginning of Captain America, and rumours have suggested that it will hint at Super-Skrull being the film's main villain.

Captain America is due for release on July 22 while The Avengers is expected on May 4, 2012.

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Zap2it was present during production of the season 6 finale of How I Met Your Mother and asked Smulders about her role in The Avengers, to which she responds with a focus on her costume in the film.

?We start in April, which is like? tomorrow. I literally leave here and I go to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to shoot some scenes in a catsuit? I?ve tried on portions of the catsuit [and] I?ve seen conceptual drawings of what they want it to be. It?s fascinating to me. I feel like wardrobe becomes very creative on these types of movies because they literally spend weeks designing just the pants or the emblem. It?s such an all-consuming process, so I?m excited to see how it all turns out.?

Catsuit :wub:

[mstrkrft82]

Cobie is a babe.

[DocM]

Yes, catsuit. Yes, she's a babe who'll look great in one.

Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D. In the comics

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

This summer:

• Thor
  
• Green Lantern
  
• Captain America
  

Next summer:

• The Avengers
  
• The Amazing Spider-Man
  
• The Dark Knight Rises
  

Is anyone else as excited as me? :woot:

[DocM]

Me :)

[burnsflipper]

Cobie Smulders in a catsuit directed by Joss Whedon? yes please :wub:

[Growled Member]

This summer:

• Thor
  
• Green Lantern
  
• Captain America
  

Next summer:

• The Avengers
  
• The Amazing Spider-Man
  
• The Dark Knight Rises
  

Is anyone else as excited as me? :woot:

Me too. Can hardly wait.

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[Razorwing]

looks like Evans is buffer than Helmsworth. But ironically, Helmsworth is taller than Evans, that's why he's gotta kneel for the picture. :laugh: