Agent Althea Rice/Melinda May has been cast

The character previously known as Althea Rice has been cast. The character has gotten a new name, tho. Ming-Na Wen will play S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Melinda May aka 'The Calvary" in the new S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show, that will be broadcast by ABC.

After the casting of Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson, is Ming-Na Wen the second actor that has been cast for this upcoming TV show by Joss Whedon.

Melinda May is a hard core soldier, who will have expert weapon skills. She is also an excellent pilot. Her past experiences have damaged her and makes her a very quiet person.

Ming-Na Wen is mostly known for her role in ER, but she had parts in Eureka, SGU Stargate Universe, Two And A Half Men and Vanished too. You could also know her voice from Mulan or from Detective Yin from The Batman.

Joss Whedon will write the pilot, together with his brother Jedd, and the finance of Jedd Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen. Jeph Loeb will join Jedd Whedon and Tancharoen in being the executive producer of the show.

Iron Man 3: Official Trailer

As we promised yesterday, the full official trailer for Iron Man 3 is released. Watch it here:




Check also our previous posts about Iron Man 3, for teasers, stills, a poster and plot details.

Iron Man 3: Stills, poster and more plot details are released

After the two teasers we already could bring you yesterday and today, we have more Iron Man 3 news for you today.

Marvel's President of Production, Kevin Feige, released plot detail, episode stills and a teaser poster for the movie that will hit cinema's next year May. Take a look at them here:

Tony Stark is partially suited up in his 'dressing room'

 In the previous Iron Man and Avengers movie, Tony Stark wore seven different suits. But Stark is developing the suit further and further and this suit will be the most advanced version we have seen until now. Also the way Stark gets his suit on, will be more advanced than it was.

 Here you can see the new Iron Man suit, that Tony Stark has developed, and his new gadgets.

Here we can see Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) holding one of Iron Man's masks, after Tony Stark's mansion was blown up by the Mandarin.

During the three movies with Iron Man that are already released (Iron Man 1, Iron Man 2 and The Avengers) we saw Pepper Potts and Tony Stark growing in their relationship. In Iron Man 3 their relationship will be filled with a lot of trial and retribution. Potts will get a big part in the new movie.

Further Kevin Feige let know that the goal of Iron Man 3 is to show that one superhero is at least equally interesting as a whole team of Avengers.

Make sure to check our site tomorrow for the first full Iron Man 3 trailer.

Iron Man: New teaser released

Yesterday we already brought you the first Iron Man 3 teaser, that was seventeen seconds long. Today a new teaser was released. This time even shorter.

In this new trailer we see the very first footage of Guy Pierce, who will be playing Aldrich Killian, a villainous geneticist who works with nanotechnology.




For who isn't know with the story of Aldrich Killian in the Marvel universe, take a look at this page about him.

Tomorrow we can expect a full trailer of Iron Man 3!

We can't wait to see it. Are you excited too?

Iron Man 3: Teaser released

After receiving enough likes on Facebook to recharge Iron Man's reactor, Marvel released today a teaser for Iron Man 3. Take a look at it here:




Are you already excited for the third Iron Man movie?

Iron Man 3: Synopsis revealed

Today Marvel released the synopsis of the third Iron Man movie, that will hit theaters May 3rd next year. Read it here:

Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3 pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Coulson is alive: Clip from NYCC '12

We found a video online from the NYCC '12 where is announced that Agent Phil Coulson lives. Clark Gregg will reprise his role in the upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show.


Where you shouting too as the fans on the clip, when you heard that Coulson lives?

Clark Gregg will come back as Agent Coulson on S.H.I.E.L.D.

On the NYCC 2012, it was announced by Jeph Loeb that Clark Gregg will reprise his role as Agent Phil Coulson in the upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show.

Read here the press release (including an interview with Clark Gregg by Marvel:

NYCC 2012: Coulson Lives in Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D.

UPDATED! Clark Gregg set to reprise role of Agent Coulson in ‘Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.’ TV pilot!

Posted Oct 13, 2012 1:41 pm

Updated Oct 15, 2012 1:47 pm

UPDATED 10/13 9:10 p.m. ET with a special video interview Clark Gregg! Watch it right here on Marvel.com and scroll beneath it for the original story.

Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson in "Marvel's The Avengers"

ORIGINAL STORY: At today’s Marvel Television Presents panel at New York Comic Con, Head of TV Jeph Loeb announced that Clark Gregg would reprise his role as Agent Phil Coulson in the live-action pilot “Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.” Gregg previously played Coulson in “Iron Man,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor” and “Marvel’s The Avengers,” as well as Marvel One-Shots “The Consultant” and “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer.”

The actor made a surprise appearance at the panel to talk about his role as Principal Coulson on “Ultimate Spider-Man” before playing a special video from “Marvel’s The Avengers” Director Joss Whedon and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige, announcing Gregg’s return to the role of Agent Coulson in the upcoming pilot. Whedon will also co-write the pilot to “Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.” with Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.

“Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.” will be Executive Produced by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, Jeffrey Bell and Jeph Loeb.

Are you just as happy as we are, to see Agent Coulson back? 

Ant-Man movie gets a release date

For a while already we know that Marvel will bring Ant-Man to the big screen too. Now we know when.

November 6, 2015

It is sounds like it is far, far away, but note the date already in your agenda. Disney revealed this date today in a press release.

As already know Edgar Wright will direct this movie. Further details about the storyline, casting or if this movie will have to do anything with The Avengers movie or the S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show are not know. But we do expect that the upcoming Marvel movies will give some information about this movie. Rumors go around already that there will be a post-credit scene about Ant-Man in Iron Man 3.

Disney also revealed that Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World will have a 2D and a 3D release.

S.H.I.E.L.D. character revealed

We already know our beloved Agent Coulson will be staring in the new Joss Whedon TV show, but who will be the other character that will be staring.

It is not know yet who the character will be played by, but the casting calls are known:

SKYE | This late-20s woman sounds like a dream: fun, smart, caring and confident – with an ability to get the upper hand by using her wit and charm.

AGENT GRANT WARD | Quite the physical specimen and “cool under fire,” he sometimes botches interpersonal relations. He’s a quiet one with a bit of a temper, but he’s the kind of guy that grows on you.

AGENT ALTHEA RICE | Also known as “The Calvary,” this hard-core soldier has crazy skills when it comes to weapons and being a pilot. But her experiences have left her very quiet and a little damaged.

AGENT LEO FITZ and AGENT JEMMA SIMMONS | These two came through training together and still choose to spend most of their time in each other’s company. Their sibling-like relationship is reinforced by their shared nerd tendencies – she deals with biology and chemistry, he’s a whiz at the technical side of weaponry.

It is interesting that Skye doesn't have the title of Agent. So we assume, she won't be working as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., but more as a consultant.

Further it seems that none of these characters will have superpowers.

Who do you think should be cast for these parts?

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Gina Torres and Amy Acker unlikely to join S.H.I.E.L.D.

We hoped to see one of out favorite actresses back from Firefly in the upcoming S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show, but it seems like Gina Torres won't join the cast, as we know from TVLine that she will join the new NBC series Hannibal:

Hannibal Exclusive: Gina Torres Is Jack's Wife! Get More: 

Gina Torres is joining NBC’s contemporary Hannibal Lecter series as the wife of Laurence Fishburne’s G-Man Jack Crawford, TVLine has learned exclusively. 

Like Hannibal‘s Caroline Dhavernas, Molly Shannon, Chelan Simons and Ellen Greene, Torres — who will juggle the recurring gig with her full-time job on USA Network’s Suits — previously worked with Hannibal exec producer Bryan Fuller: She played beautiful grifter Lila Robinson in Fuller’s Pushing Daisies. The actress also has a connection to onscreen spouse Fishburne — she’s married to him! 

Hannibal, which is based on characters from Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon, centers on the budding relationship between FBI agent Will Graham (played by Hugh Dancy) and his mentor Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) – who are re-introduced at the beginning of their budding relationship. It’s slated to bow at midseason.

Also Amy Acker already let us know trough Spinoff Online she probably won't join the cast.

"I don't think I'll be involved in S.H.I.E.L.D. but I'm very excited about S.H.I.E.L.D." she said. "I think it's going to be a great show."

That said, she definitely wants to work with Whedon again. In addition to Much Ado, she hoped that he keeps having parts for her in his projects.

"I just did Much Ado About Nothing with Joss, so we have that," she said. "It's very exciting, that will be coming out in the spring. I hope I get the chance to work with him again. He's obviously a very important part of my life and my career. It's a lucky person to get to say what they write, and it's always really good."

Did you hope one of there actresses would join the cast?