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At Comic Con, Captain America director Joe Johnston mentioned that Hugo Weaving’s character The Red Skull is working with HYDRA as well as with the Nazis, which fits in with the established Marvel Universe history. And during an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Johnston displayed his phone, which is adorned with the HYDRA logo. The logo looks almost exactly like the one from the comics, but my understanding is that this one is specific to the film. (continue reading...)

Praise the internet gods, the full Comic-Con trailer for Kenneth Branagh‘s Thor has made its way online. The superhero blockbuster stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Kat Dennings, Anthony Hopkins, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hiddleston and Ray Stevenson. You can check out the 5 minute video below in the best quality that’s been released.

UPDATE: Video on our server removed at the request. You may try your luck here.

Plot: Marvel Studios expands its film universe with a new type of superhero: THOR. This epic adventure spans the Marvel Universe; from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth. Kenneth Branagh directs this fantasy epic which stars Australian actor Chris Hemsworth as the ancient Norse god, Tom Hiddleston as his evil brother Loki, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, a young woman who befriends Thor on Earth, and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Thor’s father and king of Asgard. Expect to see agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., previously seen in ”Iron Man,” to make an appearance, further forshadowing the coming of The Avengers!

Thor hits theaters May 6th, 2011.

Captain America’s shield was on display at Marvel’s Comic-Con booth in SDCC. This is the ACTUAL shield from the “Captain America: The First Avenger” movie and was flown in directly from London where the movie is currently being filmed.

The footage begins with the title card “Norway, May 1942″ we see told older men in a stone castle-like interior. The walls are shaking, dust and dirt falling. The wall implodes inward as a Nazi soldiers come rushing in, and examine a crypt in the center of the room. And then Johann Shmidt (Hugo Weaving pre Red Skull) makes his entrance from the huge hole in the wall. He orders the surviving old man to hand over “The Tesseract.” The man tells Shmidt that what he is looking for is just a legend. Shmidt responds, “then why go through so much work to conceal it?” The crypt is opened, and inside is the bones of a crusader holding a misty crystal white cube. Shmidt picks it up, and says “The Tesseract was the prize of Odin’s collection.” But he isn’t fooled. He throws it down on the ground, smashing it to bits. This is not what he was looking for.

He then turns his attention to the wall, which contains a large wood caving of Yggdrasil, the Norse Tree of Life. In the wall he finds a hidden compartment. Hell pulls it out and opens it. Blue glow fills his face. Shmidt says to the man “You haven’t seen this yet, have you?” The man responds, “It’s not for the eyes of ordinary men.”

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OTRC caught up with director Joss Whedon (Serenity) at the San Diego Comic-Con to talk about the team that is being put together for Marvel’s “The Avengers” movie.

“I’m writing and directing it,” he said. “There will be some avenging that takes place during the film and that’s about all I can tell you. I think it’s well-known that Jeremy Renner (The Hurt Locker) is joining us as Hawkeye, which is so exciting for me and the rest of the cast.”
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Marvel Studios has unveiled the helmets of Loki, Odin and Thor from the anticipated comic book adaptation Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh.

The helmets were in a display case at the Marvel Booth at Comic-Con that has been covered up until just now! These are the actual helmets worn by Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston and Sir Anthony Hopkins in the May 6, 2011 release.

Source: Marvel

HitFlix is reporting that according to Marvel sources, the company has decided that they are going to cast “an unknown” to play Bruce Banner and The Hulk in the film.

This means that Edward Norton will not be reprising his role as Bruce Banner and The Hulk. Norton was known at one time to be excited to replay the role and wanted to play the role in the upcoming ‘Avengers’ movie, which is being directed by Joss Whedon. At this time and moment, nothing is being said if this was all Marvels decision or Whedon had some say in the matter but we should hear more if anything is announced at SDCC in two weeks.

Maybe they’ll get Eric Bana to reprise the role of Bruce Banner.

Marvel’s ‘Thor’ is coming to the big screen next summer, and ET’s own Kevin Frazier is exclusively with the hammer-wielding Norse god himself, Chris Hemsworth! Plus we get our first look at Anthony Hopkins as Odin and Idris Elba as Heimdall!

“I’m the best at what I do and what I do ain’t very nice” says Wolverine at almost every opportunity. While unclear on what he actually does, this mission statement is abundantly clear that Wolverine is the best at it, whatever it might be. Since being a superhero should probably be considered “very nice” — I mean, it involves beating bad guys but also rescuing people, thwarting evil, et cetera — we can technically rule that out.

Many Marvel heroes aren’t just defined by their superhero status or their powers; they’ve also got other interests and aspects of their personality that define them far more than their costumes. For instance, Nightcrawler is a teleporting mutant and member of the X-Men, but he is also a priest. Maybe. Actually, that’s kind of a confusing subject. But the point is, many of the Marvel superheroes have jobs outside of their duties as superhumans — some of whom are good at them, some of whom aren’t. So this list is a look at who you might want to hire and who you should stay away from if you suddenly ended up running a temp agency in the Marvel Universe.

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To make up for the Batman vs. Vader photo…. but c’mon, seriously?! Courtesy of Darren Rawlings, who just happens to from Toronto.

Bonus vs. Modok, vs. Sentinel, vs. Tony Stark