After joking that he will finally start writing the script for The Avengers, Joss Whedon announces that today will be the first day of filming on the superhero team-up movie.

“Tomorrow we start shooting (I THINK I’m legally permitted to say that),” he wrote last night on Whedonesque. “Day one. That’s right. We’ll be shooting the pivotal death/betrayal/product placement/setting up the sequel/coming out scene, at the following address: … [Marvel Lawyers rush in, take Joss's keyboard, blowtorch a picture of his family like in Stormy Monday, drink his milkshake, leave the seat up, fluff his pillows, violently unfluff his pillows, leave]

“… Went too far. My bad. Anyhoo, it should be a fun day, followed by the eighty thousand other fun days it will take to finish this. I’ll be checking in from time to time, if there’s news or I crave attention (i.e. am awake) . None of it will be Avengers news — I have some very denty pillows to remind of that — but I may have tidbits.”

So after what seems like forever The Avengers is finally coming together. The Avengers will be filming, for the majority, in Albuquerque Studios in New Mexico as well as New York and Cleveland.

The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Renner, and Mark Ruffalo. The movie Opens on May 4th 2012.

    The results are in! Below we have the results for The Comic Book Heroes and Villains Tournament: Round of 64. Monday we will be posting the voting polls for the Round of 32! Remember to have all your friends vote to make sure your favorite hero/villain isn't eliminated.

    The DC Universe East Bracket Results:

Batman (Bruce Wayne) locked Captain Marvel up in Arkham Asylum.

Rorschach had a fish-fry and served Aquaman as the main dish.

Green Arrow used the Black Canary for target practice.

Joker laughed at Sinistro's life-less corpse.

Catwoman scratched the crap out of the Martian Manhunter.

The Flash ran circles around Doomsday.

The Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) dusted The Sandman off his shoulders.

Batman (Dick Grayson) threw Soloman Grundy back in the sewers.

     The DC Universe West Bracket Results:

Superman threw Ra's al-Ghul around like a doll.

Hawkman's club hit John Constantine in the face...hard.

Robin (Tim Drake) smacked the Blue Beetle unconscious with his tights.

Brainiac out witted Wonder Woman till she "pokemon fainted"..

Yorick Brown out-survived Starman (ironic).

Darkseid showed Batgirl the true meaning of fear.

Lex Luthor introduced Jack of Fables to the wonders of this kryptonite product line.

Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) introduced Bizarro to his "darkest hour".

    The Marvel Universe North Bracket Results:

Spider-man left Ronin in his web.

Green Goblin fed Hawkeye to the birds.

Deadpool "fourthwalled" Black Panther to death.

Daredevil used what was left of The Thing to make a beautiful new driveway.

Cyclops also attended Rorschach's fish-fry and brought "Namor Spread" for the appetizer.

Captain America (Steve Rogers) proved that his shield not only blocks magic but just straight up knocks out the magician, Dr. Strange, himself.

Moonknight went just a little "too far" on Nightcrawler..or at least what was left of him.

Thor laughed at the thought that a human, like Spider-woman, actually tried to beat him...then sent millions of volts of lightning through her body.

    The Marvel Universe South Bracket Results:

Silver Surfer sent Mephesto to Hell...literally.

Iron Fist showed Venom what the power of the dragon feels like.

Jean Grey went all "Dark Phoenix" on Luke Cage...poor guy.

Nick Fury somehow shot Dr. Doom to death...(Don't ask, I don't know how).

Magneto simply stole The Punisher's guns, telepathically, and gave him a few holes in his body.

The Hulk "got angry" when Gambit attempted to hit him with a stick.

Iron Man vaporized The Hood, then had a drink...or 12

Wolverine showed The Sentry how pretty his "nails" are. :)

Marvel has released new photos and more that can be unlocked and downloaded from a new interactive guide to “The Universe of Thor,” which you can check out below (courtesy of the movie’s U.K. site, hence the April 27 date).

Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment present the epic adventure, Thor, which spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is the mighty Thor (Chris Hemsworth), a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth by his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins) and is forced to live among humans. A beautiful, young scientist, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), has a profound effect on Thor, as she ultimately becomes his first love. It’s while here on Earth that Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Thor stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hiddleston, Jaimie Alexander, Colm Feore, Stellan Skarsgård, Kat Dennings Joshua Dallas, Tadanobu Asano, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Rene Russo, Clark Gregg and Samuel L. Jackson. Thor opens in the United States on May 6.

    Smallville returns tonight to finish up the last six episodes of the entire series. I'm gonna try and go over the episode without giving too much away because if you like surprises as much as I do you'll want to find out for yourself.

    Before Clark gets hit with a blast from the past he gets hit with a blast from himself? Yes. Tonight's episode revolved around the mirror box and the alternate universe where Clark was raised by Lionel Luthor. Some of you may be screaming "plot hole!" that's what I thought. Tune in tonight and I promise it wont be as big of a hole as you think, if there is any hole at all.

    Connor Kent has a small mention as he is sent to be raised by good ole Mama Kent. And most importantly tonight's episode brings a blast from the past! (er, kind of, technically not the past but you'll understand what I mean)

Tune in tonight at 8 pm on the CW.

I'm just gonna start by saying it: I love Peter Jackson. While The Hobbit is literally filming "right now" (seriously as I'm typing and as you're reading they are filming) Peter Jackson gives us constant glimpses of the process of making The Hobbit. Jackson will be posting video blogs constantly throughout the 2-film project on his facebook page, we will be posting each blog as well. And we have the first of many blogs below.

Jackson gives us amazing looks at the set of Bag End, Small insights to Rivendell, and the set of the Misty Mountain Caves. He brings us in for a close look at the costume designing for the Dwarfs and gives us a quick peak of a variety of weapons. We also get to see the cast, like Martin Freeman (Bilbo), Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Andy Serkis (Gollum) as they prepare for the first day of filming. And the ending makes me leap for joy as Freeman gives us a taste of whats to come, with a Bilbo Baggins voice-over. For just the first blog, I am already dying to see this movie. Those 10 minutes just make me want more! I Want More!!!

The Hobbit comes to theaters November 2012 and stars Cate Blanchett, Saoirse Ronan, Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee and Andy Serkis. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes has been hyped up for the last month of so after being announced that you movie will be releases months earlier than originally intended as well as the 5-second glimpse of the intellectual, mass-murdering monkey. Now today will stir the buzz even more.

The release of the first official trailer will leave some in aw at it's greatness. They will be talking of this being the amazing story of new and great things for the Apes franchise. I am hesitant to say I don't think I'm one of those people.

I haven't lost faith quite yet, but so far I'm not too impressed. While the quick scene of the terrorizing ape standing in a couple's bedroom staring at them, gave me chills, the rest of the trailer just made me think I was watching a sequel movie called I, Ape. Seriously all I could think was that I was watching a remake of I, Robot where the robots were wearing monkey suits. but I am not giving up hope yet. I will give it more time before I completely cast my vote.

But I will tell you that I'm still excited to see Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) fighting off super-intelligent apes as his first A-list movie after the Harry Potter series. So for the sake of Malfoy lets have those fingers crossed that WETA Digital is just monkeying around and that they didn't want the amazing perfection of their apes be released yet.

     At Last!!! The fan-favorite Green Lantern Drill Sergeant, Kilowog, is finally in negotiations to be voiced by none other than Daredevil's Kingpin himself, Michael Clarke Duncan.

    The Academy Award nominee is know well by comic fans for his roles in Daredevil, Sin City, Spider-Man: The Animated Series, and for all you "Poozers" out there, Duncan's most prestigious role, John Coffey of The Green Mile.

    Green Lantern stars Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Angela Bassett, Temuera Morrison, Jay O. Sanders, Taika Waititi and Jon Tenney. It opens in 3D and 2D on June 17. The second trailer is expected to debut on May 6 with Marvel’s Thor.

Leave it to Marvel come create quite possibly the most original version of Charles Dickens' famous tale, A Christmas Carol...by adding zombies. I don't have a doubt in my mind that this will be big and I don't know about you but I will be in line at the local comic book store the day it comes out.


MARVEL ZOMBIES CHRISTMAS CAROL #1 (of 5)
Written by JIM McCANN
Pencils by DAVID BALDEON
Cover by MICHAEL KALUTA
Gather your family close, board up the doors, and heed well the tale of Ebeneezer Scrooge- a man for whom no fire could warm, whose cold heart pumped ice through his veins, and whose lips uttered a firm BAH! to any sort of happiness.  Learn from his experience as he is visited by the undead corpse of his old friend Jacob Marley on Christmas Eve, and join him on his journey to Christmases past aided by another corpse intent on showing Scrooge the origin of the Hungry Death that is consuming the land.  God help us, every one!
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Our gracious friends, Screen Gems have released a second trailer for Priest.

The fast-paced, ravishing visual effects, and superbly written movie is an adaptation of the popular supernatural/gun fu Western manhwa (Korean comic) by Hyung Min-woo.

This Screen Gems thriller is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi ride, set in an alternate world – one ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires. The story revolves around a legendary Warrior Priest from the last Vampire War who now lives in obscurity among the other downtrodden human inhabitants in walled-in dystopian cities ruled by the Church. When his niece is abducted by a murderous pack of vampires, Priest breaks his sacred vows to venture out on a quest to find her before they turn her into one of them. He is joined on his crusade by his niece’s boyfriend, a trigger-fingered young wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess who possesses otherworldly fighting skills.

Directed by Scott Charles Stewart and written by Cory Goodman along with Min-Woo Hyung from the graphic novel series “Priest,”

Priest stars Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Brad Dourif, Stephen Moyer and Christopher Plummer.

Priest opens in 3D on May 13.

    Only days away from the teaser trailer, Fox gives us a 5 second peak of the recently retitled movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The "blink of an eye" trailer shows us a quick glance what the apes will look like at the power of WETA Digital's hands.

    Just keep in mind WETA Digital is the same company that won an Oscar for their amazing visual effects in Avatar. I think it's easy to say Tim Burton will have nothing on the Rise of This Planet of Apes.

    Directed by Rupert Wyatt, the prequel/reboot stars James Franco as Will, a scientist who, while testing a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, causes the rapid evolution of an ape test subject named Caesar (Andy Serkis). Andy Serkis, the same who amazingly played the role of Smeagle/Gollum in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy.

     The film, which also stars Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tom Felton, Tyler Labine and Brian Cox, opens on Aug. 5. Look for the first trailer to hit on Friday.