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Robert Redford drops possible ‘Captain America 2′ spoiler

- May 10th, 2013

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Up until now, all we knew about Robert Redford’s role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier was that he was playing Alexander Pierce, a senior agent within S.H.I.E.L.D. Presumably it would be a small supporting role in what Marvel studio boss Kevin Feige said will be a “’70s political thriller masquerading as a big superhero movie.”

But if you assumed he was going to be playing one of the good guys, you might be wrong.

During an interview with The Straits Times (via Here Be Geeks), Redford clarified the role and his comments, if true, revealed a huge potential spoiler.

He said: “I like the idea of playing a villain. … I did that just because it’s a different thing for me to do.”

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Currently, Cap is set to battle three villains – Crossbones (Frank Grillo), Batroc the Leaper (Georges St-Pierre) and Arnim Zola (Toby Jones) – with a present-day storyline that finds best friend Bucky turned into a brainwashed assassin. If Redford turns about to be evil, that’s a whole lotta bad guys.

Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury will appear alongside Chris Evans’ Star-Spangled Avenger, with Anthony Mackie joining the superhero team as the high-flying Falcon.

If the news about Redford is true, he could be playing Red Skull and his “supporting role” could mean he’s the main bad dude around which all the other bad dudes revolve.

Of course, nothing is confirmed until Marvel says it is. But it’s fun to speculate.

In the meantime, Marvel has released two new pieces of concept art that show the Winter Assassin which look rather cool.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens in theaters on April 4, 2014.

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Lex Luthor cameo in ‘Man of Steel’?

- April 1st, 2013

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Warning: This blog post contains possible spoilers

Lex Luthor has been Superman’s ultimate foe in both the comics and Christopher Reeve’s original quadrilogy and Bryan Singer’s 2006 reboot. So it seemed a little odd that Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel was seemingly ignoring the arch villain in favour of Michael Shannon’s General Zod.

Now comes news that Luthor may have an appearance in the film after all.

In an interview with I Am Rogue last week, screenwriter David S. Goyer was pointedly asked why Lex wasn’t included in Man of Steel.

“I don’t think anyone has ever confirmed that we haven’t included him,” was his reply.

Then over the weekend, the folks at Ain’t It Cool confirmed that Luthor will be included in the film and he’s going to be played by Mackenzie Gray, who played a Luthor clone on Smallville.

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And this version of the character won’t be going for yucks. It will be, as Ain’t It Cool puts it, “an ambitious, ego driven and cold version of Luthor.”

The role won’t be a post-credits scene either. Luthor will have a “substantial” part in the film’s third act.

For his part, Gray confirmed in an interview with Maija Preddy that he does have a role in Man of Steel, but he can’t say what it is (skip to the one-minute mark to hear it from the man himself). “I’m allowed to say I’m in the movie. That’s it. But it’s going to be a fantastic movie, I just know it’s going to be really great and for Superman fans.”

Of course, this being a Chris Nolan production, no one is likely to know whether this news, or other rumours (like the one about Man of Steel referencing Justice League) are true until the film drops on June 14th.

Are you intrigued by a possible Lex appearance in Man of Steel? Let us know what you think in the comments.

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt set to play Batman in ‘Justice League’?

- November 27th, 2012
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt in a scene from The Dark Knight Rises.

 

Earlier this week, Man of Steel director Zack Synder hinted that next summer’s Superman reboot could tie in to a larger DC Comics ensemble film that will gather several heroes from the Justice League.

Now Drew McWeeny from HitFix is adding fuel to the fire with speculation that Joseph Gordon-Levitt could appear as Batman in Justice League, which is tentatively due in 2015.

Gordon-Levitt played police officer Robert Blake in final instalment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, last summer.

McWeeny quotes sources who say Gordon-Levitt “absolutely” will be appearing in Justice League as the new Batman. He even suggests the caped crusader might have a cameo in a post-credits sequence in Man of Steel. “They appear to be solidifying deals for Gordon-Levitt and, potentially, at least one other actor from the Nolan films to do… something,” he writes.

Without ruining anything, the ending of The Dark Knight Rises opened up the possibility of Gordon-Levitt’s character filling Bruce Wayne’s bat-suit in future films.

When Synder was asked by the New York Post whether Man of Steel will be the launchpad for a more ambitious superhero film set in the DC Comics’ universe, he replied: “Um, how can I answer that? I can’t really say anything to that, because that’s a big spoiler. I will say, yeah, they trust me to keep them on course.”

Sounds pretty cool, I’d say. What do you think about Gordon-Levitt playing Batman in Justice League? Is this a good direction for the series to go? Let us know in the comments.

Man of Steel will be in theatres June 14, 2013. The Dark Knight Rises will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on December 4.

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