Bucky's Movie Contract Fuels Speculation on Upcoming Capt America Movies

Actor Chris Evans recently announced that his contract with Marvel is for six movies, and that he might take a break from playing Captain America after it's done. We didn't think anything of it... until today, when Sebastian Stan, who played Bucky in the first film, suddenly announced his contract is for nine films.

Um... the hell?

Look, nothing is set in stone here, and it's very possible than Marvel will drive a dump truck full of money to bring Evans back on for Captain America 4 (they've done that with Robert Downey Jr. at least once by now) or even more movies. But it does seem weird that Evans' recent announcement about his possible break from the role was followed so quickly by the news of Stan's astonishing nine-picture deal.

Not too long ago in the comics, Bucky did take the mantle of Captain America for a time. Will this also happen in Marvel's cinematic universe? Have they already been planning for Evans' departure from the role? If not, what on Stan Lee's green Earth does Marvel have in mind for the character of Bucky that requires a nine-picture deal?

Spoilers if I'm right: Steve Rogers dies (or appears to) at the end of Captain America 3. Bucky fills in as Cap for Captain America 4 and an Avengers film or two. Evans gets his break, and Rogers comes back to the cinematic universe just like he did when this happened in the comics, probably over the course of Captain America 5.

Thoughts?

[Via The Hollywood Reporter]

Idris Elba posted this on his twitter today

Nightwing makes his debut on Arrow

Jeez, Arrow is becoming the DC-TV universe's way to springboard superheroes.

Not content with Black Canary, Arsenal, the Huntress, Deathstroke, Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, China White, Doctor Ivo, or upcoming characters like The Flash and Amanda Waller, Arrowhas just added Batman's protégé Nightwing to its ever-increasing cast, to be played by Steve McQueen of The Vampire Diaries fame.

But will DC's TV universe be kept separate from the DC Movie universe? With rumor's swirling that Man Of Steel 2 could have some Bat-family cameo's, could we see McQueen on the big screen. And lord knows Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen would have to play a key role in Superman v. Batman, albeit an older, less heroic and more alcoholic, version of himself.

*thanks to i09 for the info

Netflix adds Marvel to it's original series with Daredevil.

Marvel keeps making really great decisions. Drew Goddard is currently in talks to write the new Daredevil series for Netflix. Seriously whatever he wants, JUST GIVE IT TO HIM.

Continuing with last week's announcement that Marvel will be making four new superhero series for Netflix, The Wrap is reporting that Cabin in the Woods director Goddard is currently in talks to pen the Daredevil one. Honestly we're so in love with this idea we may pitch a fit on the grocery store floor if this doesn't go through. Just think of the quippy one-liners and freedom from studio nitpicking that Netflix would offer up a mind like Goddard? Seriously the man is completely demented in all the best possible ways — just read what he wrote on io9 during our live chat.

Both Marvel and Goddard camps declined comment to The Wrap, HOWEVER Goddard has spoken about Daredevil before to Collider (via BadAss) stating:

"You're talking to a guy who had quotes from Daredevil painted on his wall while growing up... Even when I was 18, I still had the blood red door with the, 'I have shown him that a man without hope is a man without fear.'"

Please, please, please make it so.

Taken from i09 article by Meredith Woerner

Marvel Teams Up With Netflix For Four Original Series And A Mini-Series Event

Thanks to a landmark deal announced today between Netflix and The Walt Disney Company’s Marvel TV, several popular Marvel Comics characters will get their own serialized live-action series on the streaming platform beginning in 2015, including Daredevil, Jessica Jones (who starred in Brian Michael Bendis’ critically acclaimed comic Alias before moving over to The Avengers), Iron Fist, and Luke Cage. Each of the four characters will get their own 13-episode series, which will then culminate in a mini-series event based on the Marvel franchise The Defenders that “reimagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters.”

If that sounds somewhat like The Avengers, you’re correct. Well, sort of. While the film franchise The Avengers — operating under the watchful eye of director Joss Whedon — poses intergalactic threats like the Chitauri invasion, these shows seem to offer a decidedly more street-level view of the Marvel cinematic universe, introducing characters who operate out of New York City’s Hell Kitchen. While no mention was made of the tone of each of these series, expect a far grittier feel than, say, ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the ratings-troubled drama about the high-flying agents of an espionage agency that operates out of a helicarrier.

Daredevil — based on blind lawyer Matt Murdock who battles criminals as an acrobatic man without fear — will be the first to get his time in the spotlight in 2015, followed by Jessica Jones, a private investigator-and-sometimes-superhero who has gone by the codenames Jewel, Knightress, and Power Woman, as well as Iron Fist and Luke Cage, two brawlers who have often been partnered up in the comics. (The former is a martial artist gifted with the ability to concentrate his chi in his fist; the latter has unbreakable skin; both were introduced in the 1970s.)

No word was given on the financials of the deal, though both sides praised the “unparalleled” scope of such a content offering. “This deal is unparalleled in its scope and size, and reinforces our commitment to deliver Marvel’s brand, content and characters across all platforms of storytelling,” said Alan Fine, president of Marvel Entertainment, in a statement. “Netflix offers an incredible platform for the kind of rich storytelling that is Marvel’s specialty. This serialized epic expands the narrative possibilities of on-demand television and gives fans the flexibility to immerse themselves how and when they want in what’s sure to be a thrilling and engaging adventure.”

For its part, Netflix drew parallels between this deal and what the streaming platform is doing in terms of its own original programming, which includes House of Cards, Orange Is The New Black, and several others. “Marvel’s movies, such as Iron Man and Marvel’s The Avengers, are huge favorites on our service around the world. Like Disney, Marvel is a known and loved brand that travels,” said Netflix’s Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos. “With House of Cards and our other original series, we have pioneered new approaches to storytelling and to global distribution and we’re thrilled to be working with Disney and Marvel to take our brand of television to new levels with a creative project of this magnitude.”

It’s worth noting that ABC had previously attempted to develop a live-action series based on Jessica Jones entitled A.K.A. Jessica Jones, which never got out of the script stage, and Ben Affleck starred in a Daredevil feature film for 20th Century Fox, which was spun-off into a starring vehicle for Jennifer Garner as Elektra. For longtime comics fans, it will be interesting to see just how integrated and interconnected these series wind up being — given the longstanding comics connections between Luke, Danny, Jessica, and Matt — as they lead to The Defenders event. *Thanks to Buzzfeed for the article

Nintendo does Star Wars in this Super Smash Wars Mash Up

Jeez, if only Hayden Christensen could be swapped out for Link, then maybe the new episodes would be salvageable. Enjoy this amazing animation by the brilliant James Farr as Nintendo does Star Wars.

Bryan Singer tries to Fix the past with the first X-Men: Days of Futures Past trailer

How about a little less bitter-hippie Prof. Xavier and little more Bolivar Trask with Sentinels.