Even before their various panels Marvel was already showing
off to the fans with the Iron Man hall of armour (seen in the first image from
the upcoming movie), with Tony Starks latest design taking centre stage.
As you can see from the picture, the new armour has kept the
classic red and gold, but gold is now the primary colour, and whilst the third
film is based on the Extremis story line of the comics, the armour closer resembles
Bleeding Edge design, which made its first appearance in 2010 (Iron Man #25). It’s likely the BE was
chosen as inspiration as new fans picked up from the film can more easily pick
up newer issues.
Marvel has some close ups in the link below.
In the Iron Man section of the Marvel panel even more info
about the new armour was revealed. Robert Downey Jr. made a very Starkesque entrance
(dancing down the hall to “Never Too Much”) before the audience were treated to
some clips of the film. In the footage Tony is testing the armours ability to
be summoned for auto assembly (rather than using a command station in the
previous films) though apparently he didn’t expect it to work quite so well and
is knocked over by the faceplate. Next came the usual chit chat between
characters, nothing very important in terms of plot, until Ben Kingsley’s first
appearance as the Mandarin in full costume as the villain launches a helicopter
attack on Starks home. The clip ended with a shot of the Mandarins throne, but unfortunately
the even tighter security (and the ease that companies can have videos removed
from websites) nothing has made its
way online yet. I say tighter security, seeing any test footage is generally
the same as watching a movie at your local cinema, you get your bag checked but
this time it’s by people from Disney rather than the underpaid ushers. As most
of the case, characters, plot, and now armour from the film had been revealed
it didn’t take long to get to the Q&A session, and Geeks of Doom have a nice
recap of the panel.
Guardians of the
Galaxy was officially announced as part of Marvels movie line-up, with a
release date of August 1st,, 2014. Presumably this will be the last
film in Phase 2, as Thor and Captain America 2 are out earlier. The film is
based on the teams latest incarnation of interstellar heroes, which you can see
in the concept art below, but we might have to wait until next year’s SDCC for any
plot or casting news, not even a director has been hinted at. Good luck to
anyone who attempts a film where the cast includes a talking tree and raccoon.
(From left to right, Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Starlord,
Rocket Racoon, Gamorra)
As mentioned above the Thor and Captain America sequels are due
before GotG, and whilst we know barley anything about them (only a few casting tit bits
on Thor) both now have full titles and release dates. You can see Thor: The
Dark World from November 8th, 2013, and Captain America: The Winter
Soldier on the 4th of April the following year.
You can guess all
you want with what the Dark World is, but the story of the Winter Solider is
already well known. I actually started writing a paragraph detailing the story,
but decided that would be spoil things for those who want to enjoy the film. I
will say though that the Winter Solider is a Russian operative who is often
called upon to assassinate high profile targets, and was once a friend of the
Black Widow so we could expect a cameo from Scarlett Johansson.
And finally Edgar Wright showed off his test footage for Ant-Man. The Shaun of the Dead director has been fuelling rumours of the film
but until now it wasn’t certain if it was just a pipe dream. Once again no
footage has hit the web, but judging by Geeks of Doom’s description it would
probably be too rough to make anything out on a phone camera.
“The scene started by showing Ant-Man hiding in a vent at
the end of a hall, with the other end guarded by a pair of guards. Ant-Man
jumps out of the vent, runs down the hall, changes sizes a couple times, runs
along the barrel of a pistol, and then punches one of the guards in the face
while miniaturised, sending him flying. Ant-Man then changes sizes again and
attacks the other guard at full size. At the end, Ant-Man walks into an
elevator as “It’s a Small World” plays.”
You can read the whole piece in the link below, and in the
next couple of days I think I shall tackle this year’s video games of SDCC.
