After
days and hours of waiting in line for the Marvel Comic-Con panel,
fans were greeted to a montage of the entire MCU, including Thanos,
an the Guardians.
Chris
Hardwick came out to moderate, and Marvel Studios President Kevin
Feige followed. The two had a quick chat about the release of
Guardians of the Galaxy, and how this year we had a sequel, and brand
new property, said Feige, who then added that "In 2015, we are
doing something similar, Avengers:
Age of Ultron
is coming out, and then we have Ant-Man
finally
coming out."
Ant-Man
director Peyton Reed came out to a pretty indifferent reception from
fans, but then Feige introduced two of the newcomers to SDCC, "Both
of these Ant-Men... Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas!" He also
introduced Corey Stoll, who is playing Darren Cross, aka Yellowjacket
and Evangeline Lilly, who will be playing Hank Pym's daughter, Hope
Van Dyne.
"I'm
popping my comic-con cherry," said Paul Rudd. "It's a
mindbender. I'm so honored to be a part of it. It's really thrilling.
I've been doing this (acting) as a job for awhile, but this is a
whole other thing!", he said about being in the MCU.
Hardwick,
then turned to Michael Douglas and said, "Mr. Michael Douglas, I
can't believe I'm saying this but we're popping your cherry as
well...", to which the actor replied "I've popped enough
cherries...". Douglas then went on to say "I have looked at
Marvel's movies from afar with tremendous envy," the actor said
about joining the MCU. "It's a wonderful story, being surrounded
by these guys, Peyton, Paul, Evangeline, Corey, it's amazing."
Douglas
also revealed that the story is "of a heist, with Hank's
partner, Corey, trying to take their company into an evil direction,
and it's up to his new mentee in Paul to take over and save the day."
After
a lot of speculation, Evangeline Lilly is finally confirmed in the
movie.
"Very
glad to formally announce that I'm in this movie. I'm playing Hope,
Hank Pym's daughter, but I don't even have a script yet, so I can't
tell you anymore about it!"
As for Corey Stoll's Darren Cross, aka Yellowjacket, he is the former protegé of Hank Pym. "He does at some point obtain some Pym particles and give Ant-Man a run for his money, and he puts on the Yellowjacket suit and wreaks havoc."
Ant-Man
hasn't start shoting so there wasn't anything to show, with the
exception of visual effects tests.
"Look Dr. Pym, you're very nice, but I'm no Superhero." "Superheroes What a god damn joke," Hank replies. "Don't worry, Scott, it's asmall job." A shrunken Ant-Man runs along a roof, and jumps off onto the back of a flying ant. "Okay, yeah, I got this!"
The
Ant-Man portion of the panel ended, and Feige announced that one of
the stars of the Marvel MCU, writer/director Joss Whedon was in
London recovering from knee surgery, but the entire cast of Avengers:
Age of Ultron entered the room. Robert Downey Jr. came out with
flowers, dancing, and threw them into the crowd. Then Jeremy Renner,
Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Cobie Smulders, Chris Evans, Samuel L.
Jackson, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Paul Bettany, James Spader, and
Elizabeth Olsen, joined him on stage.
"This
is the largest bench of talent I've ever been a part of, and we have
a great film coming up for you next year," said RDJ. "I
become a little less significant every time, because they're all just
so damn good."
"It's always thrilling (coming to Comic-Con). It's always a brand-new amazing thing. I'm very honored,” said Renner.
Hemsworth
was asked if there was anything new he would like to do with Thor, to
which the actor replied, "Turn him into a woman! I don't want to
speak to early but I think it could be my Oscar." Huge laughs
from the crowd.
Smulders
said she "hoped" that Maria Hill would be around, but
didn't expect it. "Joss brought me into this world and it's been
fun. I just keep going, in the films, on TV, I'm so grateful."
Jackson
said he's gotten used to wearing the eye patch. "I've got that
down pat now, Kevin, you can cancel the insurance."
"Comic-Con
is totally amazing. I've been coming here since Episode I for Star
Wars. It validates me - everytime I come here, I feel the love and it
makes me want to make movies the rest of the year. We make movies
because we want to entertain you guys, and I make movies because I
want to see myself in them!" said Jackson.
Evans
then said, "Hemsworth IS Thor, he's huge, it's hard to keep up"
when asked about their muscles. "I think Cap is getting there,
he's up to speed, but he's still looking for a place to belong. He's
spent so much time as a servant, a soldier, this chain of command."
Taylor-Johnson
said it's "pretty overwhelming and surreal" being the new
guy. "It's incredible, being part of this gang, and the great
actors. In The Avengers, the characters have such a dynamic in the
group. Everyone sort of stands out. They bounce off each other and
there's a journey, happy and sad moments. I've thoroughly enjoyed all
the Marvel movies and I'm so excited to be part of this one."
Bettany
then joked, "I used to turn up to a dark room for 45 minutes and
get a bag of cash. Now I have to work."
"It's
the most exciting thing that has ever happened to my children. So
that's pretty cool. I've had to keep this secret for a year and a
half, and so have my kids, which is pretty impressive!"
Spader
talked Ultron, "I always thought my whole life that it could
never get weird or crazy enough for me. This place may be the
weirdest, craziest place I've ever been. It's because of all you
guys, and I thank you for that because it's really fantastically
crazy!"
"I
play an 8-foot robot in this movie. I've always played humans up
until now. It was - shooting this film was as startling and
surprising and challenging and exciting as coming here for the first
time! Doing this film, everything was so entirely new, the process of
making it, playing this character, all of the people, the world I was
entering. Even just the part of the movie business that these films
inhabit was new to me. It's
just unimaginably exciting."
Olsen
said, "This is quite a list of people to be following right
now.”
"It's
been awesome. I was really intimidated by all the people I was going
to work with, and they've all been incredibly welcoming. It's fun to
bring new elements to the game, there's Magic, Muta...ted people. It
adds something epic to the fights, we get to do something different.
Where Marvel's going with all their other films as well it feels like
just the beginning."
Scarlett
Johansson couldn't be present because of the pregnancy, but asked
Feige if he could roll on a video – TIME FOR A FIRST LOOK.
The
team is sitting around, hanging out, having drinks, and Tony starts
tring to left Mjolnir. Iron Patriot joins in. Banner tries. Cap pulls
on it - and it MOVES!. Black Widow doesn't bother. "You're all
not Worthy," Thor jokes to them. "How could you be worthy?
You're all killers. You want to protect the world but you don't want
it to change," Ultron says, "There's only one way to
protect the world - your extinction."
A
montage clip rolled next (Ultron is clearly made up of old Iron Man
armors now). Banner lost alone in wilderness. New Iron Man armor.
Scarlet Witch going nuts. HULKBUSTER ARMOR. Quicksilver running. Hulk
and Hulkbuster Iron Man fighting. Black Widow calming Hulk down. Now
full on strong metal Ultron. "Oh look - no strings on me."
Cap's
shield broken, everyone laying seamingly dead or defeated - and only
Tony Stark looking at the carnage. The entire room is on their feet
screaming and cheering, just madness in here.
The
montage ended and RDJ said he didn't knew how you top Ultron
villain-wise, and than Josh Brolin walks in wearing Thanos' Infinity
Gauntlet!
A
satallite feed from London of James Gunn and Star-Lord filled the
screen, and the director said he would like to announce Guardians of
the Galaxy 2, but they weren't greenlit yet, OH WAIT! July28, 2017
BOOMM!
And
that's that.
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