The biggest thing to hit mainstream cinema (with exception of Cameron's 'Avatar') is the seamless creation of the Marvel comic universe. First in the line up is the Hulk followed by Iron Man (inserted in its movie fold are Nick Fury and Black Widow) followed by Thor and right up after that Captain America. You roll them all up and what do you have? The Avengers. Chud.com has the scoop on this, you can read it here. Suffice to say, it is a comic geek's wet dream in real-time 3D. What more can they ask for? Maybe Captain Kirk making out with Ripley of Alien fame? They wish! Anyway, this is the line up for the Avengers:
Iron Man - Robert Downey Jr
Nick Fury - Samuel L Jackson
Black Widow - Scarlett Johannsen
Thor - Chris Hemsworth
Captain America - Chris Evans
Bruce Banner - Mark Ruffalo
Hawkeye - Jeremy Renner
Helmed by Joss Whedon of Buffy fame, and the underrated Firefly sci-fi series (which was filmed into the very excellent Serenity.
Pretty interesting casting isnt it? I personally like Ruffalo in place of Edward Norton as the green mean machine. But I am wondering if the X-Men franchise is included in this universe because it would make sense to have the whole shebang in on this alternate universe. I can just imagine the eyes of the studio owners lighting up and going "kerching"!
It looks good though - great writer/director on board with an intelligently made choice of actors. This is the big one for 2012.
