Marvel Cinematic Universe at SDCC 2013
Loki appeared live and in the flesh!
The Marvel Cinematic Universe panel at this year's SDCC is the panel at which Loki made his now famous appearance. Tom Hiddleston has been such an epic gentleman and fandom supporter since taking on his role as Loki. His legendary enthusiasm continues as he took over the panel in full costume to introduce a preview of Thor: The Dark World. A portion of the panel featuring Loki's appearance is totally worth watching and you can view it here. The panel featured two groups, one for the next Captain America film, followed by the second group for the Gaurdians of the Galaxy film.
The cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier from the first half of the panel.
Following Loki's epic takeover of the panel, the cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier took the stage. They quickly covered questions aimed at each actor about their character in the movie. We learned that The Falcon will be "handin' out biznizz for two hours!!". The Winter Soldier is a surprise to The Captain; which is what's important rather than him being a surprise to us, the audience. We learned that Black Widow plays an integral role in the movie; she and the captain are partners and share a shorthand (communication) between them. Maria Hill works to keep everyone in check and to help them find their way in this new world where aliens and superheroes have been revealed.
Anthony Mackie who plays The Falcon
Scarlett Johansson who plays Black Widow
Scarlett Johansson informs us that the movie will be gritty with lots of fighting! (YES!!) We also learned that Robert Redford was the choice for Alexander Pierce because the movie has a "70's thriller tone" and he helps to deliver that.
The cast seemed genuinely enthusiastic about this movie and that it's going to be action filled!
They've got about one more week left of filming to go. The movie is set to be released on April 4th in 2014.
Gaurdians of The Galaxy SDCC 2013
The cast of Guardians of The Galaxy from the second half of the panel.
Just like with the first group, questions for this half of the panel were about the characters in the movie. This movie has only just started filming and so the answers weren't in-depth, but BOY did they do enough to get me really excited about this movie!! The cast also flew in from filming in London just to come do this SDCC panel and then were flying straight back the same day. That is INTENSE. I know they must be flying first class, but that is still intense. Kudos to the studios and to the actors for the effort.
Star-Lord, played by Chris Pratt, is a guy from space who was a bit of a jerk until he teams up with the Guardians and finds a higher purpose. Gamora, played by Zoe Zaldana, is basically an assassin from space and the deadliest woman in the universe. All we got about Drax the Destroyer, played by Dave Bautista, is the he's going to freak people out. Corath, played by Djmon Hounsou, is a humanoid and a great ally of Ronan and Thanos. We didn't learn too much about Nebula, played by Karen Gillen, other than that she is bald and Karen revealed that she, too, was now completely bald and removed her wig.
Zoe Zaldana
While we didn't learn anything about his character, we did see that Micheal Rooker, who played Merle Dixon in The Walking Dead, is going to be in this movie. Another big name, but new to this type of movie, is Benicio Del Toro. I'm really interested to find out more about who he is in next year's panel at Comic Con. I'd be surprised if they didn't have one as it would be JUST before the release of the movie which will be in August 2014; that'd be a perfect time to promote the film.
I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I wasn't especially keen for these two movies. I couldn't even tell you why I was "meh" about them. However, after seeing the panel for them, I can't wait for these two movies now!!! I'm officially VERY KEEN and excited for them!
Bangorang,
Heather
