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Movies MTV
| 1 year ago
Before Joss Whedon ventured off to make " The Avengers ," he got his friends together to film Shakespeare's " Much Ado About Nothing ." The first footage from the low-budget film debuted this past Sunday, and it looks extra Whedon-y. Also, "Kill Bill"...
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The Dish Rag
| 1 year ago
Here is our list of the five pieces of awesomeness that you're about to witness in "The Avengers."...Black Widow back story: Black Widow ( Scarlett Johansson ) appeared in "Iron Man 2," but we didn't get much of her history...Not only will we get to...
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Chicago Tribune
| 1 year ago
Chiefly there's Mark Ruffalo as Dr. Bruce Banner, better known as the Hulk. Previously the Hulk has been played by Lou Ferrigno on TV and, in feature films, Eric Bana and Edward Norton . As with Downey, Ruffalo doesn't have to do much to hold the...
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ABC 7
| 1 year ago
The 27-year-old actress is one of Hollywood's most popular sex symbols who was even the target of a recent nude photo scandal ...In "The Avengers," she teams up with Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr., and various other Marvel Comics superheroes...
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Popeater
| 1 year ago
Marvel's The Avengers," out on Friday, doesn't just culminate years of planning by Marvel to bring together Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America -- it's also the start of the summer movie season! Between now and Labor Day, your local theater will...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Joss Whedon finds human side of thunder god April 30, 2012 11:31 a.m. The Avengers will fill the sky with Marvel icons that is, if the summer's most crowded film doesn't remain earthbound under the great weight of its teeming ensemble. That challenge...
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Pink is the New Blog
| 1 year ago
The Avengers' The TV Guide Last Wednesday night, I was graciously invited to a preview screening of The Avengers that took place on the Walt Disney Studios lot in Burbank, CA. Today I am finally able to share with you my personal thoughts on the film.
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What Would Tyler Durden Do
| 1 year ago
If you haven't already bought tickets to see the Avengers' next weekend, and you live on earth, you might want to because Deadline says it's already sold $185 million in tickets overseas , while in the US it's pre-sold more tickets than every other...
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Epoch Times
| 1 year ago
Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) (Walt Disney) Marvel Avengers Assemble is the culmination of a multiple franchise...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
Marvel's The Avengers is the super-hero movie to end all super-hero movies...The writer-director treats this super-hero ensemble as the end-all-be-all of comic book movies. He has intelligently and deftly vacuum compressed a library of comic culture...
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IMDb Celebrity News
| 1 year ago
Box Office The Avengers has enjoyed the biggest superhero movie opening in British cinema history after taking $25 million (£16 million) at the U.K. box office...And it cemented its place as the highest-earning superhero movie of all time by pulling...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
EDT, Mon April 30, 2012 A still from "The Avengers." ( EW.com ) -- If you've paid any attention to the box office over the past few years, you've heard the constant drumbeat that the international box office has been increasingly driving Hollywood's...
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Starpulse
| 1 year ago
Comment ' The Avengers ' written and directed by Joss Whedon (Cabin In The Woods) has not one, not two, but six super heroes, who, under the leadership of Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), director of the international peacekeeping agency, S.H.I.E.L.D.
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
You better know how to wisecrack if you're going to save the world, Joss Whedon-style. A documentary about the world's waste and a musical about an Australian aboriginal singing group are among seven films added to the lineup of the Cannes Film...
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El Dorado Times
| 1 year ago
The Avengers, Marvel's superhero-collaboration movie starring Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, the Hulk, Black Wido and more kicks off the summer movie season when it opens Friday. Also in entertainment, Tuesday will see the release of albums by...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Joss Whedon's take on the classic comic series -- "The Avengers" No. July 1958 -- is an engaging action film that manages to portray the overarching themes that defined the original comic collection...Jackson) summons the superhero alliance...
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The Daily Telegraph (Australia)
| 1 year ago
The Avengers is continuing to break box office records around the world. The film grossed $178.4 million at the international box office over the weekend, despite not having opened in three of the biggest markets yet: the US, China and Russia. The...
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The Dish Rag
| 1 year ago
Although Joss Whedon has been working steadily in Hollywood ever since he was a writer on "Roseanne" in 1989, "The Avengers," his Marvel superhero movie extravaganza that hits theaters on May 4, will be his first entry into the world of big-budget, A-...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| 1 year ago
Think Like a Man" continued its strong run at the box office, remaining in the top spot despite competition from new releases. The major success of the weekend, however, was the international performance of "The Avengers," the superhero film from...
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The Daily Star
| 1 year ago
Romantic comedy "Think Like a Man" easily beat four new films to win the U.S. and Canadian box office race for a second time while superhero movie "The Avengers" stormed into overseas theaters with record-breaking sales. "Think Like a Man" led...
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Gawker
| 1 year ago
The Avengers Has Earned $178.4 Million, And It Hasn't Even Opened in the U.S. Yet Highly anticipated superhero flick The Avengers is breaking records in advance of its May 4th opening. That's because the film premiered to international audiences...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
Marvel's The Avengers " may not open in the U.S. until May 4, but the summer superhero flick is already breaking international records. Joss Whedon's Marvel adventure brought in an estimated $178.4 million overseas. "The Avengers" also had the...
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The Huffington Post
| 1 year ago
Since his creation in 1941, Captain America has represented everything we want our superheroes to be: brave, generous and seemingly indestructible. However, somewhere between Steve Rogers, Captain America's alter ego, and Iron Man Tony Stark, a...
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Popeater
| 1 year ago
The 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival closed out with a bang on Saturday night. Or, perhaps more appropriately, a (Hulk) smash. "Marvel's The Avengers" -- the superhero supergroup mash-up that brings together Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America and Thor...
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Wichita Eagle
| 1 year ago
Photos It's going to be a superhero-crowded summer at the movies, with the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises and now The Avengers, which opens Friday. The latter film is directed by Joss Whedon, which piques my interest...He also...
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New York Post
| 1 year ago
April 28, 2012 Throughout the nearly 50-year history of the comic book series The Avengers, dozens of heroes have been part of the crime-fighting team. There was one who dressed as a stingray and another so obscure he's actually called the Forgotten...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
plenty of crashes and bangs, but not much wallop. "Unhappy the land that has no heroes!" someone remarks to Bertolt Brecht's Galileo . "No...And if superheroes are multiples of the ordinary variety, the world as perceived by Hollywood is currently in...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| 1 year ago
The pic reunites many of the principals from 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall , which opened to $17.7 million. That includes Jason Segel , who teams up this time with Emily Blunt as they play a couple enduring a long-term engagement. Screen Gems'...
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The Courier-Mail
| 1 year ago
The Avengers might be setting box office records but the newest batch of kids' heroes isn't muscling in on the traditional favourites. The Avengers made $6 million in its opening day in Australia on Wednesday, the highest-grossing opening day of any...
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EW - PopWatch
| 1 year ago
In anticipation of the release of The Avengers on May 4, EW's team of super geeks is here to help guide you through the mythos with our seven-part series of superhero primers, the recently declassified Avengers Files. It doesn't matter if you're a...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| 1 year ago
PDT 4/27/2012 by Pamela McClintock The race at the domestic box office is still too close to call as "Think Like am Man" and Jason Segel comedy "The Five-Year Engagement" battle for No...Joss Whedon's The Avengers continues to wreak havoc at the...
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New Zealand Herald
| 1 year ago
Hollywood golden boy and Buffy creator Joss Whedon is on a roll as he continues to bring strong women to the screen in acclaimed horror Cabin in the Woods and The Avengers movie. Ryan Gibley reports "A really, really well-crafted horror movie can be...
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Wellington Dominion
| 1 year ago
It was late, I was cold, the preview screening had been irritating as only a preview screening can be; oversold, late to start, and packed with slack-jawed knuckle-heads who only wanted to eat chips and talk loudly about every single moment of the...
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MamaPop
| 1 year ago
Pregnancy 04/27/2012 by The Avengers looks as though it's going to be a combination of everything I love about superhero movies. Namely: putting them all together and letting Joss Whedon direct it. The geek in me is screaming with all the excitement...
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Just Jared
| 1 year ago
20 am Chris Hemsworth flashes a smile as he arrives at a taping for the Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday (April 26) in New York City. The 28-year-old actor went on the program to promote his upcoming flick The Avengers .
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Inquirer.net
| 1 year ago
is the stuff that fanboys' dreams are made of and director Joss Whedon pulls off the high-wire act with flair, panache, and an exhilarating blend of action, comedy and movie magic. At the heart of The Avengers' conflict is the tesseract cube, whose...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Joss Whedon Cast : Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston and Samuel L Jackson Rating : **** There's an obnoxiously ambitious moment in The Avengers : a single shot that lasts...
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ecorazzi.com
| 1 year ago
Scarlet Johansson is known for her acting chops and, of course, her enviable curves. But, to be in a super hero film, whether you're a man or a woman, it takes some dedication and diet changes to get into the shape of your life. For Johansson to look...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L Jackson Director: Joss Whedon Rating: **** A shield-wielding World War II experiment, a suit flying armour concealing a...
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Rider News
| 1 year ago
Apr 26, 2012 The Avengers is the first of many movies to look for in theaters this summer. It is shaping up to be a very memorable summer for Hollywood. The biggest season of the year for movies could dominate once again with highly anticipated big-...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
How difficult can it be to get Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow in one film?...The idea for uniting some of Marvel's biggest superheroes on screen first emerged during early production of Downey Jr's...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| 1 year ago
Avengers' Stars Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo on Laughing at Hulk's Leotard (Video) Johansson tells THR how writer-director Joss Whedon brought in a Hulk-sized stand-in to scare the actors after Ruffalo's performance-capture costume drew laughs...
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Perez Hilton
| 1 year ago
The Avengers hasn't even come out yet, but Robert Downey Jr is positive the flick will be the grandfather of multiple Marvel movies! Iron Man 3 which is kinda of an Avengers spin-off is already in production, and RDJ recently revealed that movies for...
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The Independent
| 1 year ago
News in pictures On Facebook Arts & Ents blogs As Simon Cowell's first non-talent show signing to label Syco in six years, Labrinth (Timothy McKenz.....Next week something rather unusual is happening at Unicorn Theatre in Tooley Street...This bumper...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Invalid email address Add a personal message: Your e-mail: Invalid email address Sending your article Your article has been sent...Fans excited for the upcoming movie " The Avengers " will flood the AMC Loews Boston Common 19 and other theaters...
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IMDb Celebrity News
| 1 year ago
According to trade reports, the movie opened down-under on Wednesday with $6 million, exceeded only by the last Harry Potter movie, which took in $7 million...The film is not due to debut in the U.S. until May 4, but is expanding into 42 overseas...
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E! Online
| 1 year ago
The famed museum debuted two new wax figures of Captain America and Thor today to go along with likenesses of the Hulk (whose wax figure stands at a whopping 15 feet!), Iron Man and Spider-Man The comic book characters' visages are exact replicas of...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Apr 25, 2012 Directing an ensemble superhero movie is a complex balancing act, according to The Avengers director Joss Whedon...Opening May 4, The Avengers all-star cast is formidable, too...Jackson) call to save the world are Iron Man (Robert Downey...
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PR Newswire
| 1 year ago
A partir de hoy, adelantandose al estreno de la pelicula de Marvel's The Avengers (Los Vengadores de Marvel) el 4 de mayo, solo los clientes de Walmart tendran acceso al juego de Super Hero Augmented Reality (AR), que presenta a sus Avengers...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
Chris Evans could feel the power of "The Avengers" from the moment he stepped on set.
Reprising his role as Captain America, the 30-year-old actor joins Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye,...
