Yesterday and today word has broke on 3 different upcoming
Marvel projects. The projects being "
X-Men: First Class," "
Captain America: The First Avenger" and "
The Avengers." Each of these titles have tremendous excitement around them and these new developments only add to the excitement of production. Checkout the full breakdown after the jump...
I'll start with the scoop that is the furthest off.
The Playlist is claiming that earlier
rumors were true and
The Hurt Locker actor
Jeremy Renner will play
Hawkeye in the upcoming '
Avengers' movie slated for
2012. Renner has been circling the project since early 2009 and turned down a few projects in order to squeeze the Marvel team-up flick into his busy schedule. Hawkeye will be the first Avenger to not have his own movie beforehand and quite frankly will most likely be a very small character in the grand scheme of the movie. My initial thought is we might even see Hawkeye and
Black Widow develop a mini romance as they've done previously in the comics.
A side thought: If
Marvel is willing to introduce
Hawkeye without a major motion picture first, could we see the same treatment with
Ant Man? I still think
Nathan Fillion would be the perfect Hank or Henry Pym (whichever they're calling him this time) a.k.a. Ant Man. You listening Marvel and Edgar Wright? Nathan Fillion. Get. It. Done!
On to the next scoop. It seems that
Marvel has found their
Dum Dum Dugan. Actor
Neal McDonough who is most reckgonizable from his character 1st Lt. Lynn 'Buck' Compton in HBO's
Band of Brothers will play the member of Howling Commandos. Dum Dum Dugan is one of the elite members of
S.H.I.E.L.D. and is a excellent marksman. McDonough seems like a strong fit without having to spend too much money, not to mention he's shown his military prowess before in a variety of roles.
The final Marvel casting scoop comes from the X-Men universe and
20th Century Fox. Director
Matthew Vaughn clearly became very comfortable with his
Kick-Ass lead
Aaron Johnson, because the 20-something is rumored to be circling "
X-Men: First Class." There is however, no confirmation on who exactly Johnson would play, but insiders are betting its
Scott Summers a.k.a.
Cyclops. I really liked
Aaron Johnson in
Kick-Ass, but I'm not so sure I like him as Scott Summers. I keep hearing that overtly squeaking voice trying to lead the X-Men and well, its just not working for me.
A side thought: If Marvel is willing to introduce Hawkeye without a major motion picture first, could we see the same treatment with Ant Man? I still think Nathan Fillion would be the perfect Hank or Henry Pym (whichever they're calling him this time) a.k.a. Ant Man. You listening Marvel and Edgar Wright? Nathan Fillion. Get. It. Done!
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