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After building up a huge following on the small screen, Marvel are preparing to unleash their television version of The Avengers with the superhero team-up The Defenders, which see’s Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist come together to fight a seeimingly insurmountable evil in New York City and sees them lock horns with the legendary Sigourney Weaver who takes on villain duties in the mini-series.

We were lucky enough to speak to the head showrunner of the show Marco Ramirez, who was also the lead runner of Daredevil and chat all things Netflix and Marvel.

“It (The Defenders) was always something that was part of the plan and when Netflix and Marvel signed the deal it was these our shows and then The Defenders, which was like this ‘superbowl’.” said Ramirez when we spoke about the hugely anticipated show, saying that there was no...

We’ve always been told that Marvel’s TV shows are set within the realms of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that unites their movies. Mostly, though, this just means that the likes of Daredevil and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. can namecheck Iron Man or the Hulk once in a while. The shows don’t ever crossover themselves, though. For instance, Phil Coulson isn’t going to turn up on, say, Jessica Jones anytime soon.

Intriguingly, though, some new information suggests that the latest series to join Marvel’s TV output, Hulu’s Runaways, will be connected to the Netflix corner of the McU. If true, this will be the first time that Marvel series that air on different networks have crossed over – even in just a namedropping sense – in a major way.

The news comes courtesy of Decider, who claim that Marvel TV president Jeph Loeb confirmed at TCA 2017 that Runaways...

As we wait for the upcoming animated series adaptation of the Nintendo classic Castlevainia to be released, Netflix has shared the theme song for us to listen to. It's a haunting and eerie musical score that echo's the tone of the original Nes game music.

The score is called "The True Science" and it was created by composer Trevor Morris. He also did the music for the Marvel series Iron Fist. When talking to Nerdist about the working on the project, he said:

“Being asked to contribute to Castlevania was such a great call to get. As a composer it’s just a cool, colorful and interesting world to get into, and provides endless inspiration for music. It was just such a fun and cool project to work on, I could score Castlevania for years and years."

The writer of the series, Warren Ellis, added:

"Trevor is a master of his art: hugely innovative,...

Some great new promo art has surfaced for Netflix's new animated Castlevania series. What I love about this is that it was awesomely inspired by the original Nes box art, only it's done in the same animation style as the game. The art features the main character Simon Belmont wielding his whip as he faces the castle in the distance, with Dracula looking over the sinister castle.

Last week the first trailer was released for the new series, which you need to check out here in case you missed it. This show looks like it's going to be so cool and the trailer definitely got me excited for it. I was such a huge fan of the original game and it's so fun to see this new series call back to that game that many of us grew up playing. 

Inspired by the classic video game series, Castlevania is a...

Netflix has released the first trailer for their upcoming Castlevania animated series and it's pretty exciting! This is the same series that's being developed by Adi Shankar (Dredd) and Fred Seibert (Fairly OddParents, Adventure Time). As you'll see, the show went with a beautiful anime art style to tell the story, which works perfectly for the property. It's been said that the series has a Game of Thrones vibe to it and it certainly shows in this trailer.

I'm a big fan of the Castlevania video game franchise and I can't wait to watch this cool looking series! Here's the synopsis:

Inspired by the classic video game series, Castlevania is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself. The animated series is from Frederator Studios, a Wow! Unlimited Media company,...

Update: The official Runaways social media accounts released the first official poster for the show. Check it out below!

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Marvel is continuing in its slow domination of the universe. It started modestly enough in 2008 with Iron Man, and has since taken over the cinemas in a huge way. Similarly, they’ve stretched their reach to the TV front, starting with networks like ABC. Soon after, it expanded to Netflix with shows like Daredevil and Jessica Jones, among others (all of which will culminate in a Defenders series later this year). More recently, Marvel has turned to more specific targeting of their deomographics, with shows like Cloak and Dagger and New Warriors landing on the “tween” channel Freeform.

Marvel continues to spread the love with another of its shows that’s been in the works for some time: Runaways. The show follows a group of teens who find out that their parents are supervillains,...

Yesterday Netflix announced that they will be releasing an animated series adaptation of the hit video game Castlevania later this year. As it turns out, this is indeed the animated project that Adi Shankar (Dredd) and Fred Seibert (Fairly OddParents, Adventure Time) were working on. So, it looks like the R-rated ultra-violent and dark take on the franchise is still in play.

Thanks to Shankar, we now have an official synopsis to share with you offering details on the story, and the producer also offers up some thoughts on what he's got cooking and boldly exclaims that Castlevania "will end the streak and be the western world’s first good video game adaptation." Here's the synopsis:

Inspired by the classic video game series, Castlevania is a dark medieval fantasy following the last surviving member of the disgraced Belmont clan, trying to save Eastern Europe from extinction at the hand of Vlad Dracula Tepe himself.

Marvel has had an interesting run with their TV shows. While we had our doubts about how everything would turn out when it became clear that they’d have properties spread out across separate networks and streaming services, it all seems to be coming together. Rather than horde their franchises to the same safe, Disney-owned entity, they divvied up their properties based on demographic. The more general stuff would go on ABC, the adult stuff on Netflix, and the teen stuff would go on other services, like Hulu.

Their first foray into the more teen-centric space with Marvel’s Runaways. Don’t recognize the name? No worries. The I.P. has nowhere near the recognizability of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and the like, but we’ve seen Marvel work wonders with relatively obscure characters and properties. At the end of the day, that red Marvel logo and overall execution...

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The creators of Marvel's Luke Cage discuss how they approached bringing the character to life on the small screen...

Luke Cage, Shades, Cottonmouth, or Mariah Dillard aren't the most high profile characters in the Marvel Universe, but most of us can remember a time when Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America were still considered second-stringers behind Spider-Man and the X-Men. 

Marvel's Netflix shows have been more than just mature, ambitious attempts at making the first genuine prestige superhero TV dramas, they're also about making household names of some of their lesser-known characters (and past McU gambles like Guardians Of The Galaxy have certainly proved they're more than capable of shining a spotlight on just about anyone).

We attended roundtable interviews with the cast and creative talent behind Marvel's Luke Cage at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con. Marvel TV Executive Vice President Jeph Loeb and Theo Rossi - who...

20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television are co-producing a new “X-Men” series. The network announced on Tuesday that it has made a put pilot commitment for a new Marvel action-adventure show. Matt Nix will write the script and executive produce alongside Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg and Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.

The untitled Fox Marvel Project will focus on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

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“Developing a Marvel property has been a top priority for the network – and we are so pleased with how Matt Nix has led us into this thrilling universe,” Fox Entertainment president David Madden said.

The Toast has a hilarious rant about Sebastian Stan's hair in Captain America Civil War

Variety details beginning to emerge on Lars von Trier's serial killer drama The House that Jack Built. (Sounds typically overly complicated as befits von Trier's masochistic working methods)

/Film visits Ilm to see "groundbreaking" effects work on the forthcoming Warcraft

Variety Warner Bros already planning a Harley Quinn movie for Margot Robbie. Exactly how many superhero films will we get before Marvel ever dares one?

Tracking Board Jenny Slate reuniting with her Obvious Child director for a comedy called Landline co-starring Edie Falco and John Turturro

People Sad news: James McAvoy and Anne-Marie Duff divorcing after nine years of marriage

Women and Hollywood Laura Dern and Ellen Burstyn starring together in The Tale about a middle aged woman coming to grips with sexual relations she had at 13 with adults - sounds compelling!

Guardian...

The threat of a small civil war is coming to Disney Xd’s Marvel’s Avengers: Ultron Revolution, as seen in this exclusive sneak peek.

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The episode “Saving Captain Rogers” (airing Sunday at 8:30am Et/Pt) launches an arc about Captain America (voiced by Roger Craig Smith), who, seemingly back in 1944, fights to rescue his best bud Bucky Barnes. But in truth, Cap is being controlled by Baron Zemo’s son, and as he gets lost in his fugue state is led to mistake Iron Man (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D....

Not only does Steve Orlando’s Midnighter comic star a gay man, it tells blunt, sex-positive stories about that character. The main cast of characters in the upcoming main Avengers comic All-New, All-Different Avengers has only one white dude.

While there is still a lot of work on the road to a utopia of complete social justice, there is a trend of progressivism in some of today’s superhero comics that is impossible to ignore.

“There’s certainly a long way to go, but [the comics industry] is moving in the right direction,” said Orlando via phone interview on Oct. 23.

Books like Batgirl and Cyborg from DC Comics as well as Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and Ms. Marvel down the lane at Marvel coalesce to paint a picture of superhero comics that not only includes a solid focus on minority and women characters, but also features progressive themes concerning identity, racial justice, body image and more.

After a series of short teaser trailers, the wait is finally over. Today, Netflix released the full-length trailer for the highly-anticipated series Marvel's Jessica Jones. It is dark and haunting, and unlike anything we've ever seen from Marvel Studios. Unlike the Iron Man movies, which have abandoned the idea that Tony Stark is an alcoholic, this latest chapter in the McU shows that some superheroes truly are flawed. And Human. And sometimes, they are manipulated by forces beyond their will.

In September, Netflix finally announced that its next highly-anticipated original series Marvel's Jessica Jones will premiere on November 20, 2015 at 12:01am Pt in all territories where Netflix is available.&#160That news was delivered via the show's social handle @JessicaJones.&#160Over the course of the past two months, we've walked alongside Jessica in a number of teaser trailers. These followed Krysten Ritter's title character through a typical night out as Hell's Kitchen's most in-demand P.

The time has arrived! Today, we're seeing a different street level view of Hell's Kitchen. Here is a first look into the Netflix original series Marvel's Jessica Jones. It will be the second of four epic live-action adventure series.&#160The others include Marvel's Daredevil, which launched April 10th and returns for Season 2 next spring, Marvel's Luke Cage and Marvel's Iron Fist. This is all leading up to the teaming of the main characters in The Defenders. Marvel's Jessica Jones is set to premiere only on Netflix on November 20th.

After a tragic ending to her short-lived Super Hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases in New York City. Marvel's Jessica Jones is a suspenseful, edgy look into the life of Jessica Jones, one of the most popular new Marvel characters of the last decade, as she faces demons from within and without.

"It's time the world knew her name!" Today, Netflix announced its highly-anticipated original series Marvel's Jessica Jones will premiere on November 20, 2015 at 12:01am Pt in all territories where Netflix is available.&#160The announcement was made via the show's social handle @JessicaJones.&#160Netflix has released a soulful and very colorful teaser trailer which only begins to hint at the adventure and excitement heading our way just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.

The Netflix original series, Marvel's Jessica Jones is the second of four epic live-action adventure series. It follows Marvel's Daredevil, which launched April 10th. It will be followed by Marvel's Luke Cage and Marvel's Iron Fist sometime in 2016. This is all leading up to the teaming of the main characters in Marvel's The Defenders, to premiere only on Netflix sometime in 2018. Marvel's Daredevil is returning for Season 2 in spring 2016.

Marvel's Jessica Jones is a suspenseful, edgy look into the life of Jessica Jones,...

Since Daredevil made its debut on Netflix last Friday on April 10, there has been a ton of buzz surrounding that Marvel property. That buzz and optimism bodes well for the rest of the studio's Netlix slate, because now people are looking forward to them. The next one on deck, as they prepare for a The Defenders crossover event, is Jessica Jones. That series is currently in production, and we now have our first look at some of the characters in play.

Below, you'll see Mike Colter as Luke Cage, riding a motorcycle with Jessica Jones herself, Krysten Ritter.

First look at #mikecolter as @LukeCage in @marvel's @JessicaJones set!! pic.twitter.com/nngfnYFG7R

— The Defenders TV (@TheDefenders_TV) April 14, 2015

And here we have David Tennant, the one-time Doctor Who, on set as the villainous Zebediah Killgrave, aka The Purple Man, shooting a scene with Ritter.

First look at David Tennant...

Marvel has already taken its ambitious shared-universe model and expanded it from film to television (and entered the realm of streaming with Daredevil‘s Netflix debut this weekend). Now, however, they may begin experimenting with a new medium altogether: animation. According to Marvel’s Vice President of Animation Development and Production, Cort Lane, animated tie-ins to the larger McU may be on the horizon.

During Emerald City Comic-Con last weekend, Lane was asked by a fan about the possibility of seeing animated projects set in the McU. Lane’s response was a non-committal but promising statement saying that while he couldn’t announce anything, “things are in the works.”

What “things” Lane is alluding to are a complete mystery, but he did point toward Daredevil as a “proof-of-concept” for projects that tie into the larger world that Marvel has created. On one hand, it makes complete sense that the studio...

With Phase Two coming to a close later this year, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is slated to expand even more with a nine-movie Phase Three that kicks off with next year's Captain America: Civil War. Marvel Studios is also expanding its brand on the small screen, with Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel's Agent Carter and four Netflix shows that kick off with Marvel's Daredevil next week. The studio also produces a number of animated TV shows that aren't connected to the McU, but at Emerald City Comic Con last weekend, Cort Lane, Marvel's VP of Animation Development and Production, was asked if there are any plans to produce any animated content that would tie into the McU. Here's what he had to say.

"I can't announce anything, but things are in the works."

What those "things" are, we do not know, but the studio does currently have animated shows Avengers Assemble...

Chris Messina is no stranger to being in front of the camera -- he plays the curmudgable Danny Castellano on Fox’s The Mindy Project and has starred in The Newsroom, Argo, and Julie & Julia -- but for the first time, he’s stepping behind the camera. And it’s been a long time coming.

“I had wanted to direct for a while,” Messina told ETonline. “And I was kind of talking about it for a while. I was scared to do it, and I couldn’t ever find the right project.” Then came Alex of Venice.

The movie stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Smashed, The Spectacular Now) as the titular Alex, a workaholic environmental attorney who must learn to balance work life and familial duties to her ailing father and introverted son after her husband (played by Messina) unexpectedly leaves.

Here’s the exclusive debut of the movie’s poster:

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Chris Messina is no stranger to being in front of the camera -- he plays the curmudgable Danny Castellano on Fox’s The Mindy Project and has starred in The Newsroom, Argo, and Julie & Julia -- but for the first time, he’s stepping behind the camera. And it’s been a long time coming.

“I had wanted to direct for a while,” Messina told ETonline. “And I was kind of talking about it for a while. I was scared to do it, and I couldn’t ever find the right project.” Then he found Alex of Venice.

The movie stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the titular Alex, a workaholic environmental attorney who must learn to balance her work life and her familial duties to her ailing father and introverted son after her husband (played by Messina) unexpectedly leaves.

Here’s the exclusive debut of the movie’s poster:

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Universal Cable Productions (Ucp) along with Benderspink (We're the Millers, Ride Along) continue to make their mark in the ever popular sci-fi, superhero genre. Ucp and Benderspink are developing the comic book Dreadstar into a scripted series with iconic comic artist and creator Jim Starlin ("Guardians of the Galaxy", "Captain Marvel" and the "Infinity Gauntlet" Trilogy) who will serve as executive producer and writer. Ford Gilmore is also signed on to produce. The announcement was made today by Dawn Olmstead, Executive Vice President, Development at Ucp, who had this to say in a statement..

"Jim Starlin's cosmic space opera is a great read and it's time for Vanth Dreadstar to make his television debut. Ucp and Benderspink believe this series will galvanize existing Dreadstar comic followers and ignite a new generation of fans especially with Jim at the helm."

Dreadstar is based on the classic character from the Marvel-owned...

The Internet Movie Database got the jump on Costa Ronin joining ABC's Agent Carter miniseries earlier this week, but Marvel has now confirmed the casting. The Australian actor will indeed be playing a younger Anton Vanko, whose partnership and fallout with Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) was first explored in Iron Man 2. Anyhow, expect Agent Carter to premiere on January 6, 2015. "Fans have wanted to learn more about Anton Vanko since he was first mentioned in 2010's Iron Man 2 and we're happy to deliver with Costa's terrific performance in Agent Carter," said Jeph Loeb, Marvel's Head of Television. "Marvel's Agent Carter," starring Captain America's Hayley Atwell, follows the story of Peggy Carter. It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert Ssr (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going...

The Avengers fight off a number of unmanned drone ships and try to literally "catch a plane" in a clip from Avengers Assemble's Season 2 premiere "The Arsenal", debuting Sunday, September 28 at 8:30 Am Et on Disney Xd. Fans still have to wait eight more months to see the Avengers back together on the big screen in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but in the meantime, check out this scene from the animated series, where the Avengers' aerial gunfight turns disastrous, as a passenger plane is caught in the crossfire and sent hurtling towards the Earth. With the Avengers be able to save them in time? Check out the clip below, along with a new poster, then tune in this weekend to find out what happens next.

Season 2 of Marvel's Avengers Assemble takes the Earth's Mightiest Heroes to all-new heights, as the threat of the cosmic warlord Thanos hangs over the team,...

“Twenty five years. Makes a girl think.” So said Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot, and she was rarely wrong about anything, except maybe her taste in husbands. Cinematically, an awful lot can happen in 25 years and Hollywood as we know it today, emerged from seismic developments that took place a quarter of a century ago. 1989 was a game-changer; an absolutely pivotal year in the evolution of 21st century Hollywood. Chances are, whatever you watch at the multiplex this weekend will be genetically traceable to that dark, iPad-less, internetless, Jedwardless time. For those of us who are not going gentle into the dark night of their forties, the specific date of this Big Bang was August 11th 1989. That was the day that Batman finally opened in the UK.

I had never seen a line of people actually queuing around the block, except in vintage documentaries about Star Wars, but...

Sneak Peek a new clip of footage from Marvel's latest animated feature, "Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United", available on Digital HD, On-Demand and Disney Movies Anywhere, starring Adrian Pasdar, Roger Craig and Clancy Brown:

"...'Tony Stark' teams up with 'Steve Rogers' for a new adventure, training and debating the merits of the 'Captain America' strategic approach to combat, versus the 'Iron Man' improvisational style, as the two 'Avengers' battle to keep the 'Red Skull' and his triggerman, 'Taskmaster', from unleashing an army of 'Hydra Brutes' on the world..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United"...

Get your first look at an all-new, feature length animated team-up between two of the mightiest Avengers in Marvel's Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United, available for Digital Download Tuesday, July 29! Adrian Pasdar and Roger Craig reprise their voice roles as Iron Man and Captain America, as they team up to stop Red Skull and Taskmaster from destroying the world.

But, before they can do that, these two Avengers square off in hand-to-hand combat to assess each others skills, and make an unusual bet in this new clip.

Iron Man and Captain America join forces in a new, original animated adventure, Marvel's Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United available only on Digital HD, On-Demand and Disney Movies Anywhere on July 29th. Iron Man and Captain America battle to keep the Red Skull and his triggerman, Taskmaster, from unleashing an army of Hydra Brutes on the world!

Enjoy surpassing...

While it has long been rumored, Marvel confirmed today at Comic-Con that the Guardians of the Galaxy animated series will be coming to Disney Xd later this fall. They made the announcement with a 1-minute preview featuring Rocket Raccoon and Groot involved in some explosive action.

The news was announced to coincide with next weekend's premier of the big screen event Guardians of the Galaxy, with the animated series carrying the same tone and style as its movie counterpart.

Not much information was released about the series itself, with Marvel TV chief Jeph Loeb stating,

"Enjoy the cartoons, that's what you are supposed to do on a Saturday morning."

Avengers Assemble also announced it's second season with first look footage, and Ultimate Spider-Man debuted its full Web Warriors special, which premieres on Disney Xd this September.

There was also footage shown from the second season of Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.,...

While the Avengers won’t return as a unit until next summer’s Age of Ultron, Marvel has had fun pairing them up in the animated world. Last year, Iron Man and Hulk reluctantly joined forces for the first Heroes United movie; this time, Tony Stark welcomes Captain America to the fray as they battle Red Skull and his Hydra henchman, Taskmasker.

As demonstrated in The Avengers, Steve Rogers and Tony aren’t exactly always on the same page. Their drastically different personalities often mean they get on each other’s nerves. In this clip from Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United,...

ABC has formerly announced its approval for a second season of episodes for Marvel’s Agents of Shield. Also, the network has given the go-ahead for production to begin on the Agent Carter TV series.

The word that Agents of Shield fans have been waiting for has come…the spy/adventure series has been officially renewed for a second year. Despite a significant drop in rating since its impressive debut last fall, the series is still pulling in respectable ratings, averaging 10.74 million viewers and a 4.1 rating among adults 18-49 in Live+7 DVR figures. Many fans say that the show is just finding its feet after a slow start, as a result of events in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. So the second season should begin with some momentum.

But that isn’t the only Marvel series that ABC has approved for next fall. The proposed Agent Carter series has gotten the green-light,...

Well, Well, here we are. Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the number one movie in America and the shockwave it’s third act sends through the unified universe is affecting Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC. It’s unprecedented for something to happen at this level, though it has been previously discussed, specifically when Ron Howard was pitching his grand Dark Tower adaptation as three movies with TV series in-between to fill in the narrative gaps provided by flashback.

While Captain America: The Winter Soldier is a fine film, the most interesting parts of it, culturally, are it’s place in the world’s biggest megafranchise. Yes, poor Harry Potter was dethroned by Captain America, poor Potter who kicked the sh*t out of James Bond and vaulted over Star Wars.

Marvel Cinematic Universe (9) – $2,463.3 billion

Harry Potter (8) – $2,390.1 billion

Star Wars (7) – $1,918.0 billion

James Bond (24) – $1,912.8 billion

Batman (8) $1,897.8 billion

It’s unprecedented how...

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. could use an annoying recurring character that can turn up every now and then to stir up trouble. I’m sure there are many characters the series could choose from, what with the Marvel comic book universe being filled to the very edges of the panels with jerks trying to mess up the superheroes. For such a character, Marvel looked inward at who they already had on the payroll. They came back out having given the gig to Adrian Pasdar, an actor with plenty of experience with the world of superheroes. And you’ll never guess whom he is playing.

Pasdar first got my attention when he played Nathan Petrelli, a man who could fly and was constantly walking the line between being a hero or a villain, on NBC’s Heroes. These days you can hear him voicing Iron Man on Marvel’s Avengers Assemble.

Adrian Pasdar has given voice to animated Marvel heroes like Hawkeye and Iron Man before on Marvel’s Avengers Assemble and The Ultimate Spider-Man, but now he’s going to see what its like on the other side of the coin as the actor is set to join the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. where he will play General Glenn Talbot, a character he describes as a “sanctimonious jerk.”

Pasdar, who previously played Nathan Petrelli on Heroes, is the latest notable guest star to appear on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., following Bill Paxton’s extended stint as John Garrett and Jaimie Alexander’s appearance as Lady Sif last night, but while we don’t know what impact Talbot will have on the show ...

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Marvel Studios continued its box office success in theaters this year, with Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World having accumulated over $1.8 billion worldwide between them (despite an observable division in fans’ opinions of the films). Yet the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television series hasn’t become an equally massive ratings success. Of course, as much as we harangue the S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show, it’s worth remembering back to two years ago – before Joss Whedon’s The Avengers made all these “Phase 2″ ventures possible – to realize just how much Marvel’s shared universe experiment has evolved since then.

Jeph Loeb, the Head of Marvel’s TV division, recently indicated that more Marvel comic ...

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Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United, now out on Blu-ray combo pack, is one of the greatest heroic team-ups in the universe. With The Hulk’s brute strength and Tony Stark’s high-tech intellect, the two come together to create a powerful duo necessary to face off against one of the most dangerous enemies – a seemingly invincible, energy devouring monster known as Zzzax. Featuring the voice talent of Adrian Pasdar and Fred Tatasciore, the story is packed with explosive action and loaded with bonus features. During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actor Adrian Pasdar talked about how his involvement with the TV show Heroes helped him land the gig voicing Tony Stark/Iron Man, how much it adds to their performances to be able to record their voice work together, the different approach to bringing the character to life in animated form versus the live-action movies, and how much...

In anticipation of the December 3rd release of Marvel’s Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United on Blu-ray Combo Pack, Disney has released a slide show of images to tease the titanic team-up.

In Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United, Iron Man and Hulk team up to save the Earth from its greatest threat yet! Featuring the voices of Adrian Pasdar (Heroes, Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man) as Iron Man and Fred Tatasciore (Marvel’s Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man) as Hulk.

Synopsis: In this action-packed teamup, the Invincible Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk come together to save the Earth from its greatest threat yet. When two Hydra scientists try to supercharge a Stark Arc Reactor with Hulk’s Gamma Energy, they unleash a being of pure electricity called the Zzzax, and he’s hungry for destruction. Together, Iron Man and Hulk are the only force that...

Here's a new set of photos from Marvel's upcoming animated film, Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United. As you'll see, some of them feature Hulk wearing his own armor. Last week the studio released the first action-packed clip from the film, which you can watch here. I haven't been impressed with anything that I've seen from this so far, and according to a lot of the comments I've seen, it doesn't look like the fans are too happy with the movie either. 

In this all-new, action-packed story, Iron Man and Hulk face off against Zzzax as well as a pack of Wendigos and the deadly Abomination. Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) voices Iron Man and Fred ­Tatasciore (Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.) will provide the voice for Banner and the Hulk. Dee Bradley Baker (Klaus the fish from American Dad!) will do the voice of Zzzax. 

Marvel's Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United...

Following the first clip that debuted last week from Marvel Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United, Marvel Studios has released seven new photos featuring these superheroes in action. Adrian Pasdar lends his voice to Tony Stark/Iron Man, while Fred Tatasciore voices Bruce Banner/Hulk, as they team up to defeat the electrical villain Zzzax (Dee Bradley Baker). This continuation of the Marvel's The Avengers initiative debuts on Blu-ray and DVD December 3.

The Invincible Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk have joined forces to save the Earth from its greatest threat yet. When two Hydra scientists try to supercharge a Stark Arc Reactor with Hulk's Gamma Energy, they unleash a being of pure electricity called Zzzax, and he's hungry for destruction. Together, Iron Man and Hulk are the only force that stands in the way of the Zzzax's planetary blackout. But first the super heroic duo will have to get through snarling Wendigos,...

Entertainment Geekly is a weekly column that examines contemporary pop culture through a geek lens and simultaneously examines contemporary geek culture through a pop lens. So many lenses!

1. The last few years has seen a rash of columns about the end of Golden Age of Television. It might at this point be more accurate to declare the end of the Television Age of Television. In the last nine months, the Netflix programming experiment produced a prestige drama with a powerful fanbase; a buzzy comedy which became a love-it-or-be-skeptical-about-it talking point; and a genuinely original (and aggressively uncommercial) series that earned accolades,...

Marvel’s cinematic Avengers will be joined on the smaller screen by The Defenders, the culmination of four series just commissioned by Netflix. Luke Cage, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Iron Fist were announced this by Variety morning as each receiving thirteen episode commitments. The linking device is that all four series will be set in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen, which, in the comics, has been Daredevil’s base of operations dating back to the 1970s.

This rumored set of series was revealed without naming producers, writers, showrunners or casting but would be expected to debut some time in 2014. The announcement did not acknowledge if this quartet of series will be set in the same reality as the film series. If so, it would also connect these shows to ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Netflix has received great attention thanks to their original series, a move now being...

Marvel has released the first action-packed clip from Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United. It gives us a fun sequence with the two superheroes beating the hell out of each other. I'm not really a big fan of the CG animation in the film, but that doesn't mean it will be a bad movie. I'll give it a shot, though! 

In this all-new, action-packed story, Iron Man and Hulk face off against Zzzax as well as a pack of Wendigos and the deadly Abomination. Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) voices Iron Man and Fred ­Tatasciore (Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.) will provide the voice for Banner and the Hulk. Dee Bradley Baker (Klaus the fish from American Dad!) will do the voice of Zzzax. 

Marvel's Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 3rd. Check out the clip and let us know if you'll be checking this one out.

Two of Marvel's Mightiest warriors collide in the first clip for Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United, an all-new animated feature that arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on December 3. Watch as Bruce Banner's angry ID takes out his frustrations on Tony Stark in this continuation of Marvel's The Avengers.

The Invincible Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk have joined forces to save the Earth from its greatest threat yet. When two Hydra scientists try to supercharge a Stark Arc Reactor with Hulk's Gamma Energy, they unleash a being of pure electricity called Zzzaxm, and he's hungry for destruction. Together, Iron Man and Hulk are the only force that stands in the way of the Zzzax's planetary blackout. But first the super heroic duo will have to get through snarling Wendigos, deadly robots and the scaly powerhouse, Abomination. Can two of Marvel's mightiest heroes find a way to work together without smashing...

Ahead of the release of the "Lego Marvel Super Heroes" game this month, a five-episode web series entitled "Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload" has gone online.

Lego versions of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, Black Widow, Wolverine, Loki, Captain America, The Hulk, Abomination, The Mandarin and more star in all five episodes which add up to 22 minutes in total.

The series can be watched on Disney.com, Disney's YouTube Channel, on Roku media streamers, and on Xbox TV apps. A cut together single episode version is also on Netflix. For those happy to watch it on computer, you can watch it all below:

Executive producer Cort Lane tells MTV that the web series took about a year to make from writing to animation, voice recording, and scoring. Could the special end up on Disney Channel or Disney Xd? Lane hopes so.

The web series is a combination of assets from the video games,...

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is about to drop the hammer — Thor’s hammer.

The ABC drama, which takes place in the same universe as feature films such as The Avengers, Iron Man and Captain America, will air a November episode that picks up where the upcoming movie Thor: The Dark World leaves off.

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Dark World, the sequel to 2011′s Thor, will bow in theaters Nov. 8. Less than two weeks later, in the Nov. 19 episode of S.H.I.E.L.D., EW.com reports, Couslon & Co. will deal...

Catch new clips from Marvel's The Avengers Assemble: Assembly Required which hits DVD via Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on October 8th. The film features the voice talents of Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) as Iron Man, Roger Craig Smith (Wreck-It-Ralph) as Captain America, Fred Tatasciore (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) as Hulk, Travis Willingham (Shelf-Life) as Thor, Troy Baker (Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man) as Hawkeye, Bumper Robinson (The Game) as The Falcon, Laura Bailey (The Super Hero Squad Show) as Black Widow. Experience new adventures and more heroic action from the company that brought you the biggest Super Hero movie of all time, Marvel's The Avengers. Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow and the newest recruit Falcon, battle threats no single hero could vanquish in Marvel's spectacular 2-part event, Marvel's Avengers Assemble.

We all know Marvel rule the superhero box office at the moment – this year Iron Man 3 did really well and Thor 2 looks like it’ll be another hit for the studio, while their TV series, Agents of Shield, had a huge number of viewers tuning in when the pilot episode aired recently. And while Marvel are also the biggest comics publisher in the world, the difference between Marvel comics readers and Marvel movie/TV viewers is sizeable to say the least. So how to nab some of the fans of the movies and get them into their printed product, who don’t want to mess around with the monthly single issues? Marvel Original Graphic Novels seem to be the answer – self-contained, book-length stories that are written for this format rather than monthly issues, that don’t require an extensive knowledge of comics continuity and star the familiar movie characters.

Here we go again guys: another Marvel Event. Ready? Let’s go – Readers Assemble!

Not willing to let the dust settle from their last “epic” Event, Age of Ultron, which ended just a few weeks ago, Marvel have kicked off their latest end-of-the-world, cosmos-spanning, life-or-death-stakes Event, Infinity, starring everybody’s favourite after-credits cameo, Thanos. Avengers and New Avengers scribe Jonathan Hickman is leading the charge this time around, his first Event title in the driver’s seat, and, though I’m wary of Marvel Events, Infinity isn’t bad. Well, it’s more complex than that – but then this is a Jonathan Hickman comic!

First off, I’m pleased to say Hickman does a fine job of setting the Event up in this first, bumper-sized issue. We know who the heroes and villains are, we know the stakes, we know the story, it’s all nicely established by Hickman through a series of mini-chapters.

Sneak Peek the 46-minute, two-part series pilot episode of Disney Xd's "Avengers Assemble", available October 8, 2013, under the title "Avengers Assemble: Assembly Required":

"...'Iron Man', 'Hulk', 'Thor', 'Captain America', 'Hawkeye', 'Black Widow' and the newest recruit 'Falcon', battle threats no single hero could vanquish in Marvel's spectacular 2-part animated event, 'Marvel's Avengers Assemble'.

"Can the world's most powerful team of Super Heroes put aside their differences and learn to live together under one roof long enough to save the world from ultimate destruction? The answer will be revealed when the 'Red Skull' and 'M.O.D.O.K.' wage war on 'The Avengers'..."

Voice cast includes Adrian Pasdar as 'Iron Man', Roger Craig Smith as 'Captain America', Fred Tatasciore as 'Hulk', Travis Willingham as 'Thor', Troy Baker as 'Hawkeye', Bumper Robinson as 'The Falcon'...

The 46-minute pilot episode of Marvel's Avengers Assemble is set to arrive on DVD on October 8 in a package dubbed "Assembly Required." Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow and the newest recruit Falcon, battle threats no single hero could vanquish in Marvel's spectacular 2-part animated event, Marvel's Avengers Assemble. Can the world's most powerful team of Super Heroes put aside their differences and learn to live together under one roof long enough to save the world from ultimate destruction? The answer will be revealed when the Red Skull and M.O.D.O.K. wage war on The Avengers. Bring home all the thrills and non-stop action, complete with never-before-seen* footage and bonus features. Starring the talented voice cast of Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) as Iron Man, Roger Craig Smith (Wreck-It-Ralph) as Captain America, Fred Tatasciore (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness) as Hulk, Travis Willingham (Shelf-Life) as Thor,...

Disney Xd has renewed Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man for a third season. The animated show follows the adventures ofthe web-crawler and four other teen heroes after they've joined S.H.I.E.L.D.'s exclusive training program.

Here are the details:

A Third Season of Disney Xd's #1 Animated Series "Marvel's Ultimate Spider-man" Spins Onto Marvel Universe On Disney Xd

Disney Xd orders a third season of its #1 animated series "Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man," it was announced today by David Levine, Vice President and General Manager, Disney Xd Worldwide, and Jeph Loeb, Executive Vice President and Head of Marvel Television. The series follows the thrilling adventures of Spider-Man and four other teen heroes who join S.H.I.E.L.D.'s exclusive training program to become the ultimate super heroes.

In season three of the smash hit, Spidey joins Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Hulk when he answers the...