Nerd Up!

Marvel Studios has released its Super Bowl commercial for “The Avengers.” Sporting new footage from the movie, the hi-def spot features Captain America, Iron Man, Thor and the Hulk in action before finishing with a shot of the entire team, fully assembled and battl ready. The last 10 seconds of it gives me the chills. Easily some of the best images we’ve seen fromt the movie so far.

Additionally, Marvel has released a second, extended version of the trailer with even more previously unseen footage, including new clips of Hawkeye and the Black Widow along with the first speaking appearance of Loki on screen as Thor’s half-brother confronts Tony Stark to threaten the Avengers with his army, only to have Stark reply, “We have a Hulk.”

Marvel’s “The Avengers” is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.

“Marvel’s The Avengers,” is presented by Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures. The film is being produced by Marvel Studios’ President, Kevin Feige, and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Jon Favreau, Patricia Whitcher and Louis D’Esposito. Marvel Studios’ Jeremy Latcham and Victoria Alonso will co-produce. The film will be released May 4, 2012.

With the Super Bowl around the corner, all the studios are putting there best foot forward when it comes to TV Spots. With over a billion viewers, this is make or break for a movie. We can expect to see commercials for the Avengers (Teaser released earlier this week), Amazing Spider-Man and GI Joe Retaliation! Thankfully, the GI Joe spot was released earlier, and all I gotta say is “Goddamn! That shit looks amazing!” I really did say that!

This is what I like:

• Bullets Vs. Darts
• Cobra Commander’s Mask looks pretty cool!
• Fire Fly will be rocking a ski mask!
• The Cobra Vipers look like the OG cartoon

With US ToyFair just a week away, Hasbro has released press images for the up coming GI Joe: Retaliation Toy Like. For a better look at some of the characters, hit the jump.

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First off, the packaging is amazing! I would totally get the Storm Shadow and Corbra Commander, I don’t think I would even wear them. Good character selection, I wouldn’t mind seeing a Snake Eyes or FireFly Dunk,  but with my luck,  I’d probably end up with Ship Wreck Huaraches.

Cobra la-la-la-la …. Hail Hydra

Snagged from SneakerManiac

Wide Right, Wide Right

LOS ANGELES – It’s one of the most shrouded summer movie mysteries: What will villain Cobra Commander look like in “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”?

Joseph Gordon-Levitt , who stars as the masked baddie in the film, isn’t giving away any details. But the 28-year-old actor says the character’s look was the main reason he signed on for the role.

Gordon-Levitt says his reaction to the drawings and designs for the character was: “Oh wow, I get to be that guy? Fantastic. Sign me up. Please. Thank you.”

“G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra,” based on the popular toy line, will be in theaters Aug. 7.

They should have got John Lithgow to be Zartan, or at least this dude. Please, Thank you

Hijacked from AP

Conspicuously missing from the displays in Hasbro’s Toy Fair showroom and never shown with his mask on in the trailer, Ebay and an overseas seller provides us with the first look of movie Destro with his mask on from the upcoming film GI JOE: The Rise of Cobra. Destro is played by former Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston.

Jacked from Action Figure Insider