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Avengers: Doomsday Comic-Con footage wins over fans: ‘Bazillion times better than the first trailer’

Avengers: Doomsday Comic-Con footage wins over fans: ‘Bazillion times better than the first trailer’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The latest trailer for Avengers: Doomsday just dropped – and fans are breathing a big sigh of relief. Marvel fans got a better look at the forthcoming superhero film when an extended trailer premiered at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday (25 July), following the release of an “underwhelming” first clip last week. The directors and cast took over the venue, including Doctor Doom star Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans who is reprising his role as Captain America after a seven-year absence. All eyes, however, were on the new footage, which begins with Downey Jr’s Von Doom sitting on a throne as voiceover from Vanessa Kirby’s Sue Storm explains: “Victor was always the smartest guy in the room. He used to be different. He used to be kind. He used to be caring… Everything he loved was taken from him. …

Marvel Studios Brings Doomsday to Its Most Crowded Comic-Con Panel

Marvel Studios Brings Doomsday to Its Most Crowded Comic-Con Panel

Published by Daniella Wilson

After years of massive Comic-Con panels with full Avengers casts, it didn’t seem possible that Marvel Studios could go bigger. But, boy, did they. In a first for Hall H, the studio surprised the 7,000-strong crowd by revealing a hidden stage in the back of the cavernous room, with castmembers from Thunderbolts* and the 2000s X-Men movies appearing. After giving brief speeches, the actors made their way from the back, through the entire hall, high-fiving fans along the way and the crowd screaming like it was a Beatles or BTS concert. They joined the main stage already populated by Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, and the star attraction, Robert Downey Jr. It was just one part of supersized panel, that included the startling revelations that Alien: Romulus breakout David Jonsson would play the son of T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman) in Black Panther 3 for a Dec. 15, 2028 release. He will take the mantle of the Black Panther. Another bombshell: not only would Ryan Gosling play Ghost Rider in a new movie, but …

Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool Teases ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Role at Comic-Con

Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool Teases ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Role at Comic-Con

Published by Daniella Wilson

Ryan Reynolds gave maximum effort while angling for a role in Avengers: Doomsday during San Diego Comic-Con. As the star-studded team for the forthcoming Marvel Studios film was onstage at SDCC on Saturday, Reynolds surprised fans when he appeared among the crowd while dressed in Deadpool‘s gray suit that has not yet appeared on the big screen but can be seen in X-Force comics. Doomsday directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo were among those participating in the panel alongside Kevin Feige to promote the Disney film that hits theaters Dec. 18. Reynolds joked that his name was Ricky and that he was “cosplaying hard.” He went on to say, “First question is for Mr. Paul Rudd. Where is Thor, and why was he crying?” This referenced a moment in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine, during which Chris Hemsworth’s Norse God of Thunder appears to hold a dying Deadpool in a scene set in the future. Rudd quipped, “He’s a Wrexham fan?” in a dig at the soccer team that Reynolds and friend Rob Mac own. Reynolds …

Your ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Trailer Breakdown, in Infinity Vision

Your ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Trailer Breakdown, in Infinity Vision

Published by Jenni Sidey

Doomsday’s first trailer shows that the Russos are sticking with that framework, but instead of pitting the Avengers and the Fantastic Four against some random other universe that audiences aren’t invested in, they’re leveraging nostalgia for the Fox X-Men characters instead. In short, it’s a giant hero-vs.-hero battle with Doom skulking in the background, presumably hatching some Machiavellian scheme. On paper, it’s a strong concept. But a lot of this will come down to the actual execution. All the fits and starts of this cycle have made it so that getting an audience to care about these stakes is a little harder when the big bad isn’t something that’s been seeded for multiple projects, but instead is being introduced in this film. That’s a big narrative hurdle to clear, but if it’s done well, the stakes could potentially feel much bigger than Infinity War. Lore dump aside, does any of this context get you excited for what’s to come, Frazier? **Frazier Tharpe: **William, thank you for all this wonderful context. It’s much appreciated and very …

Avengers: Doomsday release date, trailers and latest news

Avengers: Doomsday release date, trailers and latest news

Published by Daniella Wilson

The first trailer for Avengers: Doomsday has hit the internet, leaving fans divided on how the film is coming along. There is definite excitement for Marvel’s first studio-wide crossover since 2019, with the return of long-absent stars Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans being an intriguing development. Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom takes a prominent role in the teaser, which reveals the character’s distinctive voice and sets up a major battle between him and Thor. In a show of extraordinary strength, the emerging villain blocks an attack by the God of Thunder using only his fingers, suggesting that the Avengers will have to look beyond brute strength to take him down. The trailer has caught its fair share of flack too, with some viewers criticising the CGI and cinematography, while others have expressed concern over the vague plot details – and the lack of careful build-up that benefited Infinity War. See what you make of the dramatic promo below: Want to see this content? This page contains content provided by YouTube. We ask for your permission …

Avengers: Doomsday trailer sees Chris Evans return and reveals first full look at Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom

Avengers: Doomsday trailer sees Chris Evans return and reveals first full look at Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Marvel has finally released the first full trailer for Avengers: Doomsday, which sees Chris Hemsworth’s Thor uniting heroes from across multiple universes to face a new enemy: Robert Downey Jr’s Doctor Doom. The film, the first in a two-part Avengers finale, will feature almost every major character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Chris Evans’ Steve Rogers, X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor and Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh). The trailer sees Thor announce: “Something’s coming. Something we may not be able to deter. Before this day is done, we shall be faced with an unthinkable decision. “I’ve fought with many warriors in my time. They were far stronger than all of us put together. And they died.” “They died facing enemies and threats that scared me far less than this one,” he cautions. “Everything that they sacrificed will be for …

‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies | Space

‘Most people don’t know we’ve set up a doomsday system’: physicist Laura Grego on satellites, nuclear weapons and the battle for our skies | Space

Published by Sam Flores

The last time I saw Laura Grego was in a tent in a baking field on the Welsh borders in May. The conversation on stage ranged from the dangers of space debris to how the law of the sea might pertain to outer space; from our sense of the sacred to our interplanetary futures. At one point Grego, a physicist, said intently, “People have to be aware of what is happening in space. Public knowledge has to catch up.” Three weeks later, SpaceX launched on the stock exchange, temporarily making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. So, I ask her now, what is it that we should all know? Well, she says, the average person’s experience of space is about to change. If, so far, that has been “looking at the stars and being full of wonder, full of connection with the universe”, perhaps noticing the occasional streaking object that was not a shooting star, now “there are plans for tens of thousands more satellites, which would really change your relationship with what you see …

James Bond icon calls Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday snub “a mistake”

James Bond icon calls Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday snub “a mistake”

Published by Daniella Wilson

X-Men and James Bond alum Famke Janssen has reiterated her claim that Marvel Studios did not invite her to return as Jean Grey in its forthcoming crossover film Avengers: Doomsday, adding that it was a “mistake” on their part. The Dutch actor is probably best known for playing the X-Men’s powerful telepath, who found herself in a love triangle with Cyclops (James Marsden) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), before her menacing Dark Phoenix persona tragically consumed her. The storyline played out across the original X-Men trilogy, while Janssen also popped up for very brief cameos in 2013’s The Wolverine and 2014’s Days of Future Past, after which Game of Thrones alum Sophie Turner took over the role. GoldenEye and Taken star Janssen was notably absent from the announced Avengers: Doomsday cast, which includes Marsden, Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique). That Romijn was the only female X-Men star on the list ruffled feathers among fans, as the likes of Jean Grey and Storm (Halle Berry, also omitted) are …

AI Doomsday Warnings Distract From More Imminent AI Concerns

AI Doomsday Warnings Distract From More Imminent AI Concerns

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Daniel Nuccio via The Brownstone Institute, AI is everywhere. It’s getting incorporated into everything. That’s simply progress, we’re told. And therefore we need to embrace it, lest we look like a Luddite and let China win (whatever that means). Yet, simultaneously, a lot of people also are afraid because of AI. Very afraid. And sometimes, we’re told that we should be afraid too. However, in public discourse surrounding AI, there often can be a lack of detail regarding what specifically we’re supposed to be afraid of. Sometimes it is not even clear what is meant by the term “AI.” Technically speaking, as I have touched on previously, one could argue (as some older computer scientists do) that AI is an umbrella term for a family of algorithms based in math that sometimes dates back more than a half-century.  Practically speaking, numerous programs we’ve been living with for years like Google Maps and Amazon’s recommender system can be thought of as AI despite their lack of novelty. Yet, in public discourse, the term AI tends to …

Ian McKellen says he yelled ‘Mar-a-Lago!’ while shooting ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Magneto destruction scene

Ian McKellen says he yelled ‘Mar-a-Lago!’ while shooting ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Magneto destruction scene

Published by Sam Flores

Sir Ian McKellen on Sunday said he would yell out “Mar-a-Lago,” referring to President Trump’s Palm Beach, Fla., resort, while portraying “X-Men” villain Magneto when shooting scenes of destruction for the upcoming Marvel film “Avengers: Doomsday.” The British actor spoke with The Guardian about his time shooting the film and described a scene where brothers Anthony… Source link