There’s a classic motif in film that has a magazine rack or an outside newsstand being covered with publications all bearing the same person on their covers. Marvel has even employed the mechanism in Iron Man, as it’s a nice concise (though lazy) way of suggesting BUZZ and CULTURAL IMPACT. It’s a thing that never happens in real life (unless a political figure dies or gets historically elected), but The Avengers may actually kind of manage it as Empire is gracing their mag with five different Avengers variants that will hit stands on Thursday. Four are dedicated character covers that look pretty classy and certainly show EW how its done, but the fifth is a floating head composite (that is still a little better than what EW has done).
Inside the rag you’ll also find a few new (utterly inconsequential) stills from the film, which is due for another trailer (hopefully with some more scope and completed effects to it) and hits theaters on May 4th.
I’m curious what Marvel fans will be hoping to see in the next trailer? There seems to be a pretty serious effort to keep the villains secret on the part of the cast and crew, though that cat has long been out of the bag. So while you may not see many over-sized digital chins, are you hoping for more looks at Loki being villainous? More Stark snarking? Perhaps some action that doesn’t involve a single city block and cars flipping? Let out your wildest hopes and dreams for our next look at the Avengers crew in the comments below.
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Wow, the Hulk gets dropped in favour of Black Widow? Buuuuuuuuurn…
No mention of the rumor that the new Spiderman might pop up in this?
I haven’t heard that rumor before, but it’s certainly not happening. The whole point of the Spidey reboot is to keep the rights to the character in Sony’s portfolio, and for Sony to allow an appearance in another studio’s film would weaken their claim to him.
Not if there was a new promotional agreement with stipulations.
The rumor comes from Jenny Agutter’s comment that she saw trailers on the set for various super-heroes, and she specifically named “Spider-Man.” So, likely nothing more than an honest mistake on her part.
And while you’re certainly right that it’s implausible, the possibility, however remote, that Sony and Marvel might have come to some kind of agreement for a crossover (maybe a future co-production between the studios), with an uncredited Spider-Man cameo to tease it, is intriguing, if unlikely.
It makes more money for both even it it remains only a rumour.
Exactly! You guys aren’t thinking laterally. If anything, its more likely now that there is a reboot. Sony would have to be completely and utterly incompetent not to work out something with Marvel for this. Still, I do realize its a long shot.
Wow. A promotional image of Black Widow that isn’t an ass shot. I’m impressed.
even her arse is boring.
Only if you are a fudge packer.
No John Steed or Emma Peel? Lame.
I humbly offer Ms. Johansson my mad rhinoplastic skillz.
They’re idiots if they don’t use the Spidey reboot as an opportunity to make a deal and integrate him into the Marvel Movieverse. But, then again, the fact they’re rebooting a successful franchise from the ground up in less than a decade shows that they are idiots.
So, who’s to say?
Who are ‘they’ in your comment?
The film rights to Spider-Man and The Avengers characters are owned by different studios. So Marvel has very limited options to involve Spider-Man in The Avengers, as the comments above have already noted.