Emily Blunt, Ruth Wilson reportedly linked with Avengers 2 role.
It's been a couple of months since the last casting rumour for the Avengers sequel.
Scroll down to the end of the Daily Mail article to see the relevant blurb.
October 07 2012
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Ok just clicked the link. I think its BS. I really doubt Joss has finished a script for A2 yet and theres no way it films next year unless its during the last quarter of 2013.
[ edited by eddy on 2012-10-07 12:45 ]
eddy | October 07, 03:42 CET
I haven't seen Emily Blunt in anything action/adventure yet -- does "The Adjustment Bureau" count? Haven't seen it, and nothing else leaps to mind. So I don't know. With our own Natasha Romanoff, I already knew from "The Island" that she could be believable in an action setting, so it wasn't much of a surprise when she left Happy gawping at her while she took out a hallway of mooks in "Iron Man 2".
KingofCretins | October 07, 04:57 CET
Whoever the choice, I just hope Ms. Marvel and/or the Wasp make it in this time.
CaptainB | October 07, 05:17 CET
[ edited by gossi on 2012-10-07 14:26 ]
gossi | October 07, 05:25 CET
I think Ms. Marvel or as she's now known as,Captain Marvel would be a grat addition to the roster.
[ edited by Buffyfantic on 2012-10-07 15:20 ]
Buffyfantic | October 07, 06:19 CET
Mitholas | October 07, 06:24 CET
I'm not keen on seeing too many new characters in the next film; for one reason, I don't want to see Joss ruin his health trying to do every one of them justice. I do, however, love Carol Danvers and it would be lovely to see Captain Marvel going to work on the big screen.
While I'm not her biggest fan, I liked Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and noticed no lines being ruined by her. The first time I hear 'I don't see how that's a party' it didn't work for me but strangely, since then, I have snorted happily every time I've heard it.
Maclay | October 07, 07:06 CET
embers | October 07, 07:56 CET
First, it kills my fantasy that she would be the tentpole character for the SHIELD series. If all the Avengers, she is the one with perhaps the most complex personal life,with more ups and downs emotionally and morally than any of them. That would play out better on TV than in a movie. Though as I have posted over and over all over the Internet, the character who really needs his own TV show - and I wish del Toro had gone this direction than with the Hulk - is Daredevil. He is by far my favorite Marvel character, but mainly because of the slow roast quality of his sufferings. He goes through more emotional hell than any superhero of Marvel or DC. Many superheroes wear suffering as an adornment, but Matt Murdock's life at many times consists of nothing but the determination not to let the suffering drag him down. And saying all this just starts making me seethe about that crappy Daredevil movie. The only superhero who was more thoroughly botched was John Constantine in that terrible Keanu Reeve movie (I always though that the film might have worked with Ewan MacGregor as Constantine.)
Anyway, my second problem with Ms. Marvel is the fear that they are brining her in rather than Ant-Man/Giant Man/Yellow Jacket (I assume he'll be Giant Man in function, even if they call him Ant-Man - in the comics his name is tied to the kind of technology he is using at the time) and the Wasp. Since they were charter members of the Avengers, I'll be ticked if they bring in Ms. Marvel first.
The other two near-charter members were Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. I suspect that they are banned by contract since they are Magneto's children. I'm sure when Marvel signed the contract with 20th Century Fox, they somehow specified which mutants would be exclusive to the X-Men universe. Since Marvel has talked about making a Runaways film (and this is the film I always thought Joss would be the most perfect to direct - and maybe he still will), the contract can't be a blanket ban on mutants, since the youngest (and physically most powerful) of the Runaways is Molly Hayes, who is a mutant (for those who don't know the comic, Molly has been paired in scenes with Wolverine, which usually results in her smacking him so hard that he flies a couple of hundred feet through the air - since Molly is 12 and weighs about a hundred pounds, this is rather humiliating for Logan - but they are brilliant together, and Marvel paired the two of them in a couple of issues of the Runaways). Point is, I doubt if we'll see Magneto's kids.
I'm beginning to fear that the SHIELD series is not going to have a tentpole character or a significant superhero of any kind (though there were rumors of Captain Marvel being in the show, but I believe those have been shot down).
Njal | October 07, 08:51 CET
As for Ms. Marvel, she seems to have an incredibly complicated backstory which has always put me off from following her. That's why I really liked Joss' Astonishing X-Men, he streamlined the story and you didn't have to know about the 40 years worth of intricate plot. Maybe Joss can do the same for Ms Marvel. Make her accessible.
Simon | October 07, 09:27 CET
I just started reading the new Captain Marvel title. I'm looking forward to getting to know her.
IrrationaliTV | October 07, 09:49 CET
Then again it is reported by the Daily Mail, possibly my least favorate newspaper and not exactly well known for their factual accuracy and lack of bias.
Are they really shooting Avengers 2 next year? That seems awfully soon (not that I'm complaining but) I thought they'd leave the stand alone films some room to breath.
Kzap | October 07, 11:16 CET
Dude Meister | October 07, 11:36 CET
Given the amount of bad superhero film and tv shows in the last few years, I think fans have earned the right to be a bit concerned about what happens to their favourite characters. We've seen 20th Century Fox ruin the Fantastic Four and Daredevil and almost sink the X-Men franchise. Warner Bros bored Superman fans to death with Returns and killed off any interest in Green Lantern. Aside from Batman, they seem to have a kiss of death when it comes to their DC properties. Marvel had a very wobbly moment with Iron Man 2 and for the sake of decency I'm not even mentioning the Ghost Rider movies or The Spirit.
There's speculation that Danvers could cameo in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie first.
Simon | October 07, 14:23 CET
IrrationaliTV | October 07, 14:30 CET
erendis | October 07, 14:33 CET
Dean | October 08, 08:53 CET
Tin Ear Tom | October 08, 11:13 CET
Maclay | October 08, 11:34 CET
N27 | October 08, 13:25 CET
QingTing | October 08, 23:23 CET
N27, I don't see how Emily Blunt looks to be too much of a tomboy. Is she just not feminine enough? Was Demi Moore considered too masculine just because she did GI Jane? Some consider Angelina Jolie to be the embodiment of feminine quality, but did that mean she was too much of a woman to do Wanted, Salt, Tomb Raider, or any of the many action films she's done? If neither of those are the case, I don't see how Emily Blunt can be "too tomboyish." I also don't see how Ruth Wilson has "one look" - what look? Feminine and strong can come in a variety of ways, as Joss' work is so apt to point out.
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the ninja report | October 09, 06:52 CET