1.<\/a> Just as comic books sometimes come out with multiple covers, to take advantage of the collectors who absolutely must buy each and every version, so too there are at least two different versions of X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/a><\/i> out there, each with a different \u201cEaster egg\u201d at the end that will \u201cpush the storyline forward.\u201d Fans who want to see both versions will have to pay to see the movie twice \u2014 or they could wait for YouTube, I guess. Expect to see the studio\u2019s lawyers playing whack-a-mole with that and other online video sites over the weekend. \u2014 Patrick Goldstein<\/a> (x2<\/a>), FirstShowing.net<\/a>, David Poland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n 2.<\/a> But what does this reference to \u201cpushing the storyline forward\u201d mean? Will Wolverine<\/i> lay the groundwork for X-Men: First Class<\/a><\/i>? We already know that Wolverine<\/i> features new actor Tim Pocock as a younger version of Cyclops, the laser-eyed character who was played by James Marsden in the original trilogy<\/a> \u2014 and in a recent interview, producer Lauren Shuler Donner said young Cyclops would be featured in First Class<\/i>, along with young Jean Grey and young Beast: \u201cIt is the first class of Xavier\u2019s school, way back when . . . hopefully First Class will become its own franchise and we can follow them as they grow up.\u201d \u2014 Comics Continuum<\/a><\/p>\n 3.<\/a> Or will it lay the groundwork for a movie devoted to Deadpool<\/a>? Ryan Reynolds, the actor who plays Deadpool in the current film, says he would be very interested in doing a spin-off movie based on that character, but he says he would want it to be much, much more faithful to the original comic-book character than the current movie is. \u2014 MTV Movie News<\/a>, MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n 4.<\/a> Or will it lay the groundwork for yet another Wolverine<\/i> movie? Hugh Jackman admits that he has been \u201ctalking to writers\u201d about doing such a film. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a> (x2<\/a>)<\/p>\n 5.<\/a> And let\u2019s not forget that Magneto<\/a><\/i> prequel, which producer Lauren Shuler Donner says is also waiting in the wings, depending on how well the Wolverine<\/i> prequel does at the box office. \u2014 Sci Fi Wire<\/a><\/p>\n 6.<\/a> In other Marvel-related news, Sony Pictures chiefs Amy Pascal and Michael Lynton say they are open to the possibility of making Spider-Man 4<\/a><\/i> in 3-D. Meanwhile, director Sam Raimi says Spider-Man 3<\/a><\/i> (2007) wasn\u2019t as good as the first two films because he didn\u2019t have as much creative control on that film as he did on its predecessors. He says the script for the new film is due this summer, and he hopes to meet with Kirsten Dunst soon to convince her to play Mary Jane Watson again. The film is currently scheduled to hit theatres on May 6, 2011. \u2014 Forbes<\/a><\/i>, Screen Rant<\/a>, Sci Fi Wire<\/a> (x2<\/a>), IGN.com<\/a>, MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n 7.<\/a> Meanwhile, Sony is developing a movie devoted to the supervillain Venom. Zombieland<\/i> co-writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese won\u2019t say whether their film takes the Spider-Man 3<\/i> version of the character into account, but they do say that they have already turned in the first draft of their script. \u2014 Sci Fi Wire<\/a>, ComingSoon.net<\/a>, MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n 8.<\/a> Casting is under way for Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark<\/a><\/i>, the stage musical directed by Julie Taymor and co-written by Bono and The Edge. \u2014 MTV Movie News<\/a>, MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n 9.<\/a> The cameras have been rolling on Iron Man 2<\/a><\/i> for a few weeks now, and director Jon Favreau has been Twittering<\/a> the production every step of the way. Story details are still sketchy, but Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that this movie will not<\/i> be based on the \u2018Demon in a Bottle\u2019 storyline \u2014 though that storyline may come up in one of the subsequent sequels \u2014 and he says the story will basically be about \u201chow a dysfunctional family saves life on Earth as we know it.\u201d The story may also involve a love triangle between Tony Stark, Pepper Potts and the new character Black Widow, who will be played by Scarlett Johansson. Other returning actors include Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Clark Gregg as SHIELD agent Phil Coulson. New actors include: Don Cheadle<\/a> as James Rhodes (replacing the original film\u2019s Terrence Howard<\/a>); Mickey Rourke<\/a> as the Russian villain Whiplash; Sam Rockwell<\/a> as Justin Hammer; comedian Garry Shandling as a U.S. senator; and Kate Mara in an as-yet-unspecified role. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a> (x2<\/a>, x3<\/a>, x4<\/a>), Collider.com<\/a>, Nikki Finke<\/a> (x2<\/a>), Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, Sci Fi Wire<\/a>, Variety<\/a><\/i>, IESB.net<\/a>, Jeffrey Wells<\/a>, USA Today<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n 10.<\/a> Meanwhile, Faran Tahir, who played the villain Raza in the original Iron Man<\/i>, speculates that there might be a part for him in Iron Man 3<\/i>, depending on what Favreau and his writers do with the villainous person or persons known as \u201cthe Mandarin\u201d. \u2014 Sci Fi Wire<\/a>, MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n 11.<\/a> Kenneth Branagh is still working on his Thor<\/a><\/i> movie and is \u201cthinking ahead\u201d to how his tale of the Nordic god might connect to the more tech-based storylines of Iron Man<\/i> and the other Avengers<\/a><\/i> characters. Casting rumours have come and gone with regard to who might play Thor himself, but one of the more persistent rumours is that Branagh might want Josh Hartnett to play the villainous god Loki. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a> (x2<\/a>, x3<\/a>), IESB.net<\/a><\/p>\n 12.<\/a> Speaking of The Avengers<\/i>, Marvel Studios has delayed the release of that film to May 2012, to give the intervening films a little more breathing room. And if Marvel sticks to the current schedule, then its properties will probably end up owning the first weekend in May for six years straight: Spider-Man 3<\/i> in 2007, Iron Man<\/i> in 2008, X-Men Origins: Wolverine<\/i> in 2009, Iron Man 2<\/i> in 2010, Spider-Man 4<\/i> in 2011 and The Avengers<\/i> in 2012. \u2014 ComingSoon.net<\/a>, Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/i>, Variety<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n 13.<\/a> And now for something completely different: Vin Diesel says he is interested in playing Doctor Doom or possibly even Namor the Sub-Mariner. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n 14.<\/a> Marvel Entertainment is developing a \u201cwriters group\u201d that will consist of roughly half-a-dozen writers whose job it will be to convert some of the company\u2019s lesser-known comic books into movie scripts. The group will reportedly focus on characters like \u201cBlack Panther, Cable, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Nighthawk and Vision.\u201d \u2014 Variety<\/a><\/i>, Nikki Finke<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1. Just as comic books sometimes come out with multiple covers, to take advantage of the collectors who absolutely must buy each and every version, so too there are at least two different versions of X-Men Origins: Wolverine out there, each with a different \u201cEaster egg\u201d at the end that will \u201cpush the storyline forward.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n