Marvel Studios has assigned Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to write a script for a Dr. Strange movie, according to Deadline Hollywood. Donnelly and Oppenheimer wrote the Conan movie (see “Ratner Helming Conan”) and an early draft of Cowboys and Aliens.



A Dr. Strange movie has been in development for a long time, including a brief period when Neil Gaiman was moving toward writing a script for a version to be directed by Guillermo del Toro (see “Gaiman Wants to Write Dr. Strange Movie”).

To be honest I don't think Dr. Strange is a big enough character to really make much of a movie. I'd love to be proven wrong, but I doubt many non-comic fans have any idea who he is. However, the Dr. Strange movie from the 70's or whenever is absolutely awful, so a decent DS movie would be cool.

Also, just for the record I really liked the animated Dr. Strange movie from a few years back, so if it's anything like that I'm happy.

Liam neeson = dr strange

Liam Neeson playing Dr. Strange would be fucking sweet. Then again, Liam Neeson playing any comic character above the age of 35 would be fucking sweet!

Of course Whedon is gonna try to get some of his "crew" in there.

I love Nathan fillion but I've never liked Hank Pym.

Aaarrgh

I like Pym as a civilian super-scientist who hates Mr. Fantastic, but Ant/Giant-Man is fucking lame.

Alice Eve is in talks to portray Emma Frost in First Class. On wait, not the Emma Frost that appeared as an early 20s girl in Origins Wolverine? I guess it is more reboot than prequel. That will make for three sub-universes Fox is producing; First Class, Wolverine, and Deadpool. It's a step back into territory we're already used to, but it's an odd reversal that one continuity actually splits into different parts - in any medium.

It looks like the stunning Alice Eve (She’s Out of My League) will play Emma Frost in Matthew Vaughn’s reboot of the X-Men film franchise, X-Men: First Class, which features a younger version of Professor Xavier’s mutant team than the one depicted in the first X-Men trilogy.



Created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, Emma Frost (aka The White Queen) first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980). Known for her dry caustic wit, Emma Frost is a telepath who made the transition from one of the X-Men’s most dangerous foes to one of its key members.



According to The Hollywood Reporter, the British born actress, who also auditioned for the role of Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, is in final negotiations with Fox to star in X-Men: First Class. Eve will join a cast that includes Michael Fassbender as Magneto and James McAvoy as Professor X (see “Magneto Cast”).

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EDIT: OK, so Kalyx said this already, but at least I showed a pic.

Marvel Studios announced today that Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones will play Colonel Chester Phillips in Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger. Jones will join a cast that includes Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan and Stanley Tucci in the Marvel Studios production that will debut on July 22nd, 2011.



It was actress Hayley Atwell who first leaked the news that Jones would be appearing in the Captain America film (see “Tommy Lee Jones in Cap”) back in May, but the role that the Oscar-winner would be playing was not revealed. It turns out that it will be a key one. In the Captain America continuity it was Colonel Phillips who recruited Steve Rogers for Project Rebirth, the secret experiment that created the Super Soldier who became known as Captain America.

Sounds cool. Captain America is getting a lot more big names than I actually thought it would. I'm actually pretty excited to see Chris Evans as Cap.

Yeah, he's pretty underrated imo.

Anybody else notice that in Iron Man 2 Tony Stark had possession of the Captain America shield?

I'm gonna guess...everyone noticed that!?

Yeah, it had more screen time than Nick Fury.

Marvel Studios has revealed that Dominic Cooper (An Education, Tamara Drewe, Mamma Mia!) is joining the cast of Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger, which will be shooting this summer in England, and is slated to debut in theaters on July 22, 2011. Cooper joins a cast that includes Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Stanley Tucci, and Tommy Lee Jones (see “Tommy Lee Jones Confirmed”).



Cooper will portray the younger version of Howard Stark, the father of Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) and the founder of Stark Industries. John Slattery (Mad Men) portrays the elder version of Howard Stark in the current box office blockbuster Iron Man 2.

That was known about a month and a half ago, wasn't it?

Yes

Marvel just announced their new Spidey...Andrew Garfield

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Cute kid.

Origin, easy. But that's me. Also, some new Alex Ross art:

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Isn't ABC supposed to be doing a "Fables" series as well? Hopefully they don't drop it in favor of Marvel stuff.

Can't imagine why they would drop anything for it, especially with networks wanting to have a lot of the same thing on air.

Chris Evans Speaks:

"It’s an amazing costume. Given the fact that his costume is red, white and blue, and it’s tight, and it could be kind of flash and over the top – and given the fact that the movie takes place in the ‘40s and ‘50s – they’ve done a really good job of making it look really cool."

"I think everyone that’s going to see it is going to say, 'Okay, well done. Well done. I think they got the costume right. The casting they completely ruined, but the costume they nailed!'"

In comparison to his lithe, skin-tight Fantastic Four costume, Evans says: “[In the FF suit] …you could move around quite well. This is a little more cumbersome. It doesn’t exactly breathe the way the Fantastic Four costume breathed, but it’s the way it should be. Any type of World War II uniform would be a little chunky, and I think that’s what kind of gives it its character.”

“We’ve been testing a lot of shields. Last time I was in London they had six shields and I had to hold each one, see if I was comfortable with each one, see which one we all thought had the right look. The thing is pretty heavy, so I’m not sure I can throw it that far! I’ll give it my best shot, but hopefully they’ll have some sort of stunt shield when it comes to actually chucking it!”

Alex Ross is so fucking awesome.

Having him do the opening credits for Spider-Man 2 was the shit

Kingdom Come and Justice. That is all.

I did not care for Justice. (I mean, obviously the art was fantastic, but the story was "meh")

That's kinda like most DC epics for me.

Nicholas Hoult will play Beast and Caleb Landry Jones will play Banshee in X-Men: First Class. Lucas Till has joined the cast of X-Men: First Class, reportedly as the mutant brother of Cyclops, Alexander "Havok" Summers. (SHH)

lol at the kid cast as Beast.

Also just read that Kevin Bacon is in talks to play the main villain of the movie, whoever that may be (it's not Magneto)

Remember, Beast isn't blue at this point.

Fuck.

This must happen.

Blue, white, rainbow colored, I don't care. It's a Disney kid cast as Beast.

I wanted Vanessa Hudgens for X-23.

He might have talent. Who the fuck knows?

What about him is Disney? Because he's a young kid?

I'm just not feeling the X-Men in high school approach