For many like myself in San Diego, Comic-Con is a major event that we look forward to every year. So of course when it became more than clear that Comic-Con was outgrowing the Convention Center, we became concerned that it might move to a different location.
Throughout the years Disney has grown into a behemoth of an entertainment company, and with their growth, they acquired other companies that furthered their success. One of the most recent and biggest example is Marvel. Together they propelled Marvel properties up and hit new records with the highly acclaimed movie, The Avengers. Despite such examples, it still came as a surprise that they are now acquiring Lucasfilm.
X-Men: First Class was a huge surprise to me and many others with how well it turned out. The cast of characters felt randomly chosen and thrown together despite their actual ages in the comics. Regardless, the casting was inspired, and director Matthew Vaughn brought together a well-made comic book movie that rekindled moviegoers affection for the X-Men. So it came as a shock when it was announced that Vaughn has dropped out as the director of the sequel.
Despite there being a recent remake to Conan the Barbarian, the original is receiving a sequel with the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to the role that made him big — figuratively of course — he was already a big guy. Another surprise? The film will ignore Conan the Destroyer and will serve as a direct sequel to the original movie.
As promised by Marvel, the first official trailer for Iron Man 3 is released. The Extremis armor is heavily featured — as expected — but not so expected? Stark’s monologue doesn’t sound so smug, he sounds concerned and remorseful. Then there’s the Mandarin’s monologue, full of purpose, explaining his actions towards Iron Man.
A little obsessive on Iron Man? Just a little bit. Iron Man 3 is making its presence known this week with promos fully in gear. Today an official poster was released, featuring Tony Stark in part of his Extremis armor facing towards his previous armors. Coupled with the poster is the release of the first photo of Ben Kinglsey as the Mandarin.
We live in a time where there’s a teaser for a movie trailer — but that’s perfectly fine when it’s for something like Marvel’s Iron Man 3. As always, Tony Stark is the embodiment of Robert Downey Jr. — oh wait, I got that mixed up. Anyway.