Welcome back to the Point of Geeks’ monthly Media Round Up! We are halfway through the year already and July is full of options for hungry moviegoers. While it looks like there won’t be another blockbuster of the magnitude of Jurassic World, there will be a little something for everyone. Huge franchises from Mission Impossible […]
Despite a huge build up, Avengers: Age of Ultron came and went relatively unceremoniously without the fanfare that you would expect from such a huge international blockbuster. Especially since it was supposed to set the stage for the future of the Marvel cinematic universe. Part of the problem is that fans looked beyond the Age of Ultron to 2016, […]
Marvel fans worldwide are impatiently scratching the days off of their calenders, counting down to the imminent release of Avengers: Age of Ultron. The speculation over who will appear and what seeds are being laid for Captain America: Civil War has overshadowed the impending debut of another Marvel Comics’ superhero, Ant-Man. It is actually very […]
The public got its first look at Marvel’s Ant-Man this week and the reactions to it varied from mildly humored, to obsessively intrigued. While Spider-Man may be on the rocks, it is beginning to look like it will be the year of the ant. New plot details have emerged which shed light on the upcoming […]
After more than seven years of anticipation the moment is finally here. Marvel’s Ant-Man movie is real and we can prove it! While it doesn’t hold the weight of Marvel’s cosmic universe on its shoulders like Guardians of the Galaxy. And it will not be asked to open up the world of magic and spirituality, […]
The newest marketing trend in the movie biz is to release a teaser for the trailer. A commercial for the commercial of the film. It is like an advertising babushka doll. And all we really want to do is to get to the movie in the middle. The latest example of this is with Marvel’s […]
2015 is right around the corner and Marvel Studios is in a prime position to have a stellar year. Marvel is on the cusp of opening up their cinematic universe like never before. In May we will see the return of their version of the Dream Team in The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Only to get […]
In lieu of a new episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D this week, ABC aired Marvel: 75 Years, From Pulp to Pop!, a show chronicling the history and cultural influence of Marvel Comics. It was a fun retrospective look at the creators and characters who created the foundation of the company. While also serving as clever marketing thanks to the […]
It has been a long road, but Marvel’s Ant-Man is officially happening. Today the world was treated to the first still from principal photography featuring Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, aka Ant-Man. In the comics Lang is a thief who steals the Ant-Man suit from it’s creator Hank Pym, to be played by Michael Douglas, in […]
Marvel has had a rollercoaster ride with their Ant-Man project. One of the earliest Marvel films in development, the project had lost writer and director Edgar Wright in the 11th hour due to creative differences with the studio. Marvel has settled on Peyton Reed (Yes Man, Bring It On). Here is Marvel’s official announcement: When […]
Marvel continues to make news with gigantic changes to two of its upcoming features. Drew Goddard of Cabin in the Woods fame has relinquished some of his showrunning duties for the short-run Daredevil series set to appear on Netflix in 2015. The show’s first two episodes will reportedly still be directed by Goddard — and he’ll stay attached to […]
One of the first Marvel Studios films to go into pre-production, even before the release of Iron Man, was Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man. Wright tinkered with his script for up to six years before it was ready to shoot. Since that time, we have gotten a bevy of cool casting announcements that have totally overshadowed the fact […]
