cap_ironman | 'The Avengers' are on the cover of Entertainment Weekly this week!

Entry tags:

movie discussion: avengers

'The Avengers' are on the cover of Entertainment Weekly this week!

This week's Entertainment Weekly has the first look at 'The Avengers', and the website released some new pictures to coincide with the announcement! I put the above picture above the cut because it's Steve/Tony but also because the cover itself is...not very good. A couple more pictures and the article under the cut.

This Week's Cover: 'The Avengers' -- EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK!

The whole enterprise is falling apart. Egos, tempers, uneasy alliances and bad attitudes are threatening the group, and failure would be catastrophic. Luckily, we’re talking about the actual team of superheroes in the Marvel Studios movie The Avengers, not the cast and crew. In this week’s issue, EW takes a deep dive into the May 4, 2012 movie that will finally unite Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, and Chris Evans’ Captain America — along with Mark Ruffalo’s The Incredible Hulk, Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow — on the big screen. We use the word “unite” loosely. “Just because they’re super heroes doesn’t mean they’re super friends,” says Renner.

It was a different story with the cast and crew: If anything, they got along too well. Far from home on the Albuquerque set, they had little to do except hang out together, maybe hit a Motley Cruë concert, or go dancing with writer-director Joss Whedon, who says he knew “every dance club in Albuquerque.” Whedon was actually counting on a little bit of friction, since there’s so much in the actual story. “I was like, well, if they hate each other, I guess we can use that,” he shrugs. “But they don’t.”

When he wasn’t out dancing, Whedon was obsessively rewriting dialogue. On the Iron Man movies, Downey was notorious for pushing for heat-of-the-moment script punch-ups (or as he puts it: “I dominated like a rabid, horny gorilla”). And even as part of an ensemble in Avengers, he still nudged Whedon to go a little farther in some scenes. The day EW was on set, Whedon (the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the acclaimed Astonishing X-Men comic book series) was scribbling out new pages of dialogue right before our eyes. Says the director, “There is a weird element of: they handed me one of the biggest movies of all time, and I’m making it up as I go.”

ETA: There's also a gallery of headshots up now.

ETA2: EW keeps adding stuff, there are some comments from the actors about their characters up now too!

ETA3: HQ scans of the article are up now.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

That first one. Oh my God.

The cover is hilariously horrific, but...

DEM STEVE/TONY PICS!! My Lord! They chose two of the most slashy pics! Thus, I forgive EW for their crappy cover... thing. This movie's turning out to be the most bromantic CBM yet.

I actually think the second one is more slashy, with the boys kind of gazing at each other. I'm convinced that Thor ships it.

Thor is totally writing Steve/Tony fanfic in his head. In very purple prose.

I'm convinced Don Blake spents most of his time telling Thor how obvious is that those two should just kiss already.

I really want to read the fic Thor is writing about them. I suspect it would be both hilarious and wonderful in various unintentional ways.

And Loki would totally steal it and read it aloud to embarrass all involved.

Edited 2011-09-29 23:31 (UTC)

"I never took you for a scribe, brother."
"Give it back!"
"Let us see what the Hammerer has scribbled down, hmm?"
"Loki!"
"Notes to his beloved Jane, perhaps? An account of his exploits? Ahh, I see, tales of his noble comrades!"
"Brother, please..."
"Hm. Ah. ...Hm. Ahahahaha. Oh, you are a romantic, Thunderer."

Verily.

LOL It'd probably be a real bodice ripper, the kind my grandfather loves to read.

All of Thor's stories would end two ways:

A) 1000 babies

or

B) Giant burning ship.

Why not both? (Also, I have this hilarious image of Thor reading the best trashy romance novels he can get his hands on. And Coulson being like, "Is he reading 'Heaving Bosoms on the High Seas', you know what, never mind, I don't want to know.")

We can have both! Everything ends in a birth, a death, and a wedding right. Someone told him that so now it's important.

Thor's expense reports must be the greatest of ALL TIME. Even better than Tony's and Hawkeye's combined.

I want Thor to read these books to Loki btw. I am pretty sure he would read them to Tony, who critique them and Clint, who bitches until he gets to the oral sex parts.

Oh my God. Thor in a grocery store! He would buy all the Twinkies in the world while Coulson stands by the register burying his hands in his face. And he would pick out his romance novels by the covers, like my mom's friend used to.

I want Thor to read these books to Loki btw yessssssssssss. Thor is gleefully sharing his finds with the entire world! Natasha just rolls her eyes at him and goes back to cleaning her guns. Steve turns bright red at the first bodice being ripped and makes his escape, knocking over a bunch of chairs in the process.

Does SHIELD issue black cards? Thor should get one. Of course he picks them by the covers! That's the way you do it.

Tony could steal them and bring them into the bedroom and make suggestions from them while Steve blushes!

Of course SHIELD has black cards! I bet they have the logo on them, embossed silver on black. Super classy.
Oh man, no no no, you know what happens? Thor notices that Steve is incredibly embarrassed by his public readings and figures it's just because he has no experience, so he loans Steve some of his favorite books. Hilarity and awkward old-fashioned romancing ensues. Tony gets dipped at some point and ends up enjoying it, up until Steve does it in front of Clint.

Tony uses his to buy real dolls or something. Which, I am honestly surprised he doesn't use them to model his various armors.

Tony gets dipped at some point and ends up enjoying it, up until Steve does it in front of Clint.

Awww. Every word in this sentence is perfection.

Tony uses his to buy real dolls or something. Which, I am honestly surprised he doesn't use them to model his various armors.

Hahaha! Oh, you know he does. Or stuffs them in Clint's locker. I get the feeling Tony only uses his expense account to get a reaction out of Fury/Hill/Coulson.

D'awww, thank you. I wish I could take total credit for it, I feel like I've read it somewhere before? Maybe it's the fandom hivemind at work. (Clint gives Tony constant, relentless shit about it for about a week until Natasha quietly lets it slip that Clint watches My Little Pony when he has insomnia. A truce is declared.)

So many that he knows the office manager by name, and gets them customized. [I watched the video about the company. I want her job, I would be entertained for life.]

I get the feeling Tony only uses his expense account to get a reaction out of Fury/Hill/Coulson.

This is all that happens. Maybe he buys some slutty underwear to wear for Steve too because that annoys them all and gets him laid. I like to think the red thong was paid for by the US government.

My roommate is a brony. I am constantly torn between mocking and OMG GLITTER RAINBOW UNICORNS. I think Thor would watch with Clint. This truce is with a side of Cap making his disappointed face at everyone?

I have not become entrenched in My Little Pony fandom ONLY BECAUSE I have not yet seen any of the episodes. It's only a matter of time. YAY PONIES.

Yes yes, Cap is quietly disappointed with them all. Mostly he is disappointed that Tony doesn't seem to want to be dipped anymore? And things are kind of awkward for a few days, until they have a stammering conversation while Tony's in the lab that ends up with Tony climbing Steve like a tree/ Steve realizing that he can brace Tony up against the wall really easily.

Thor and Clint definitely watch together! Thor finds a shirt with his favorite pony on it and wears it proudly, despite the looks he gets/ the fact that it's way, way too tight. Jane keeps walking into walls when she sees him.

All the episodes are on YouTube! *enable enable*

Thor's favorite pony is Rainbow Dash. She has a thunderbolt cutie mark and is in charge of the weather (well, not just her). Therefore, he buys this shirt (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=495).

Sat down and watched the first few episodes today. PONIEEEEEES.

(My kingdom for a shop of Thor wearing a Rainbow Dash shirt. My heart, forever, to the person who convinces Chris Evans to put a Fluttershy t-shirt on. ~~AHH SO GODDAMNED CUTE, BRONIES EVERYWHERE~~)

- Sex dolls
- Liquor made from snake venom
- Inflatable sheep
- Stripper poles
- Airfare and hotel in Fiji for the entire cast of "Mad Men"
- Airfare and hotel for anyone not on SHIELD staff
- Attempting to hire the cast of "Mad Men" on as SHIELD staff
- Turbine engines
- Radioactive supermetals
- Catering costs for turning Steve's shield into a nacho platter
- Cleaning costs for cleaning up Steve's shield after it was used as a nacho platter
- Costs to custom-paint a motorcycle to apologize to Steve for using his shield as a nacho platter

Agent Coulson reserves the right to add to this list at any time with no advance notice.

Edited 2011-09-30 03:05 (UTC)

This list is made of win!

Is that why Steve and Rhodey use the helmet for a salsa bowl?

- Liquor made from snake venom

There is a guy out there making alcohol out of foie gais. He wants to make savory scotch or something. I think Tony invests in that.

Adding: Not allowed on E-bay to buy things from the 1940s for Steve or working reactors from Russia. Anything from Russia.

Is that why Steve and Rhodey use the helmet for a salsa bowl?
That is a distinct possibility.
Yes, Tony is no longer allowed to buy anything from Russia or Latveria over eBay.

Anything from Russia.

Wait. Wait. This is how Tony finds Bucky for Steve.

I know what you intend here (possibly Bucky being peripherally involved in/stopping black market arms deals?) but for some reason I have this image of Bucky auctioning himself off on eBay, grainy webcam pictures and all.

They auctioned off a lot of weird shit after the Cold War.

Actually I was thinking that Tony buys some old lab junk from the Russians and it turns around Bucky's cryo chamber is in there.

Bucky auctioning himself on e-bay is a thousand times funnier. I bow to your wisdom.

I'm now picturing Bucky specifically listed in an Ebay auction (like a mail order bride advertisement or some such). I'm sure you meant more like "Tony buys a fully stocked unused lab and everything in it" and it happens to contain cryogenically stored Bucky who the Russian government forgot about after the Cold War ended.

Wow, imaging a Steve/Tony story that either ends with thousands of babies or a giant burning ship kinda just broke my brain (in a good way)

Hark and listen to love's legend
how two heroes twins in valor
Iron Man and mighty soldier
came at first to fight together

There then comes a lengthy prologue that has nothing to do with the rest of the story explaining the history of Namor and the original Human Torch, who were the first two superheroes and who later fought the Nazis together despite being polar opposites.

Eventually, after a long accounting of the heroic deeds performed by Iron Man and "the Captain," both together and separately, including a twenty-six line long description of the Captain's battle with Zemo that led to his being encased in ice for decades, we come to the passionate declaration of love.

The spoke the star spangled hero:
"Long have I loved in secret
knowing not his name or face.
Lift your helmet heart-beloved
Say your name so I may
know the word written here,"
and touched his chest
with scarlet gloved hand.
I swear I shall show my love
a thousand ways would you unveil.

And then the sex scene:

Then he shed his iron shell
naked now before his friend.
Callused hands shield-hardened
mapped the scars scored by shrapnel
stroked his body bent on pleasure
both for lover and beloved.
So the Captain kept his promise.

YOU ARE GLORIOUSSSSSSSS

*grins* You don't even want to know how much time I just spent on this when I should have been making dinner.

Gah! LJ ate my formatting. There's supposed to be a caesura in the middle, like this:

Hark and listen    to love's legend
how two heroes    twins in valor
Iron Man    and mighty soldier
came at first    to fight together

Blah blah Namor loves Jim Hammond, blah blah heroics.

Then spoke the star    spangled hero:
"Long have I    loved in secret
knowing not    his name or face.
Lift your helmet    heart-beloved
Say your name    so I may
know the word    written here,"
and touched    his chest
with scarlet    gloved hand.
I swear I shall    show my love
a thousand ways    would you unveil.

Then he shed his    iron shell
naked now    before his friend.
Callused hands    shield-hardened
mapped the scars    scored by shrapnel
stroked his body    bent on pleasure
both for lover    and beloved.
So the Captain    kept his promise.

So. Much. Win.

That's amazing. I really, really want it to be canon.

I want to read the whole thing so badly!

*grins* If the poetry form wasn't so insanely hard to write that it makes sonnets seem easy, I might do more, but it's really, really hard (two stressed beats on each side of the caesura, and at least two of those stressed beats are supposed to have the same beginning consonant, preferably the last one in the first half of the line and the first one in the second half, except I cheated all over the place. "With scarlet gloved hand" drives me nuts every time I look at it because it doesn't scan or have any alliteration but I couldn't think of anything alternative that did).

Well then, I will thank you for writing as much as you did! It made my night ;-)

I've enjoyed the challenges of writing poetry in strict forms for classes, but I've never had the patience to apply them when writing for my own pleasure. I guess this must be true of a lot of people, as I've seen very few Steve/Tony sonnets. Or haikus. Or limericks.

I wrote a couple Remus/Sirius sonnets back when I was in HP fandom, but that was when I was a college student who also wrote songfics and made songmixes for my OTP with lots of Evanescence on them and had a webpage with red text on a black background, so I suspect they may not be very good sonnets.

I ALREADY THOUGHT YOU WERE AMAZING BUT YOU JUST CAPPED IT.

This is absolutely beautiful *sniffle*

Also, I can totally imagine movie!Thor declaiming it.

You are awesome!

oh my god this just made my day/life.

You've just made me want to read Thor shipping Steve/Tony. WTF is wrong with me?

You're not alone. I want to read Thor's epic purple prose fanfic, too!

I see someone has written something above - totally checking that out. And I'll blatantly watch the film and snigger if Thor even looks at Steve and Tony now. FML.

I know! Now, whenever I see things like this:

I will think of this:

There is no need to judge yourself here. You're among friends!

LOL, I'll judge myself a little bit. But not it a bad way.

WTF is wrong with me?

All the right things?

LOL, thanks, it made me feel accepted in my madness. ha ha.

What I'm mainly getting from that first pic is that Tony is totally ogling Steve while trying very hard to look as if he's not.

From the proportion of their heads, I think the photographer is playing with the perspective in the first picture. Tony stands a lot closer to the camera than Steve so they're not quite next to each other.

I think it's so RDJ doesn't look so short.

Damn, Evans. You fill out that uniform nicely.

The second picture is epic tbh.

I gotta hand it to Marvel, they're waaaay ahead of DC when it comes to live-action movies. I've seen the Big Three's movies and loved them all, and am really looking forward to The Avengers.

And the slashy looks are SO much fun (threesome with Thor?)! ;)

And I loooove the look Joss's giving them :D

Ahahaha yes.

Good Jobbbbb!!!!!!!!!

lol SAVED

WIN

You are a queen and a goddess.

(brb, spitting soda everywhere. Oh my GOD.)

Ahah, I was thinking exactly the same. XD
I'm going to tweet this.
*love*

“[Chris] Evans raises another question as the cameras are about to roll. ‘Wait, how do I check for a pulse?’ he asks, realizing that Iron Man’s armor makes it impossible. [Joss] Whedon’s face furrows as he thinks. Right. ‘Press his chest, lean down, and feel for his breath,’ the director says.”
--from the new Entertainment Weekly article

ahhhhh

Oh God, if there's actual Steve/Tony hurt/comfort in the movie, I'm going to explode!

I will die of joy right there in the theater. In fact, I think I already died of joy just reading that except.

(it completely makes up for the Marvel reboot rumors)

Curse me for not living anywhere that puts out new magazines on Thursdays! I want to read the rest of this so bad!

I'll be over here dying of glee. Dying of glee gais.

~~Now if we could only get movie-verse Red Zone.~~

If it isn't written by then, after the movie comes out, I suspect there will be one - in days, if not hours.

really? REALLY?! *tigger bounces*

Gods I love you Joss. (This is me wondering if Iron Man's helmet is off... and if Steve knows the codes to open it yet too... )

Very subtle, Joss, very subtle -winks-

My friend rang me to read that down the phone to me earlier. I sort of died a little inside and then didn't know what to do with myself.

FUCK YES, THIS FILM.

“In the sequence they’re about to shoot, Iron Man has just suffered serious ass-kicking, and Thor and Captain America are coming to his rescue. When Thor rips Tony Stark’s helmet free, the unconscious billionaire was suppose to wake suddenly, catch his breath, and ask, “What’s next?” Downey felt there should be more. Whedon agreed and put pen to paper, which resulted not just in a new series of exchanges between the three heroes, but a few alternates for Downey to say, giving the editors some options when it’s time to assemble the movie. One choice line from the bunch: “What happened?” Stark groans, coming back to consciousness as Captain America and Thor loom over him. “Please tell me nobody tried to kiss me.”

— Entertainment Weekly

There's Tony Stark/Jack Harkness fic around isn't there? I totally remember seeing some at one point.

I've definitely seen it too, I just can't remember who wrote it. The idea of Tony/Jack is...very appealing. They'd have all kinds of fun together ;)

oh yeah... that will work too. ^_^

BECAUSE TONY WANTS TO BE AWAKE FOR THAT. STEVE.

EEEEEEEEEE. EEEEEEEEEEEEE. EEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

(flails)

I love that the cast is getting along. Happy casts make happy movies. Also liking what I hear about ScarJo demanding more action. And, of course, that second picture is so adorable homg.

(hyperventilates)

Is it May yet?!

STEVE AND TONY IN THE SAME ROOM! LOOKING AT EACH OTHER! HEARTS IN MY EYES!!!!!

I mean, the cover is still terrible but the rest of the pictures are glorious ♥

Nearly everything about this movie has made me happy so far. About the only faint shadows are the set shots of Cap's full uniform have not looked great -- the cowl still doesn't work -- and I'm slightly apprehensive about Whedon getting such a free hand with the script. Hopefully we'll get good Whedon with snappy dialogue and great group bonding and not bad Whedon with the cheap-ass tragedy.

I feel like my flailing keeps being interrupted by laughing at Mark Ruffalo's face on the cover. I mean...WTH is he doing Blue Steel for?

I actually had to go back and look at the cover again to see what you were talking about. OMG what kind of expression is that?

Edited 2011-09-29 20:51 (UTC)

bahahahahaHAAAAAAAAA. That is precisely correct.

Oh god, it is the Blue Steel look. I knew I'd seen that weird expression before.

I initially forgot he was in the film at all and asked who that was on the cover.

Now I'm kind of thinking that Ruffalo has realised that no one at all is going to pay the least attention him, and is kind of going all RPatz in Twilight about it.

I can't wait! EW is the only magazine I actually read from cover to cover. Maybe they'll have a better cover closer to the time the movie comes out.

(deleted comment)

This write-up makes me feel 17000 times better about life.

IAWTC times a MILLION.

This post is amazing.

I have had an absolute shitpile of a day (don't ask, it's too stupid to explain), but these images- and the knowledge that my EW will be in my hot little hands tomorrow- makes things better. So does seeing everyone's excited reactions. You are my superheroes today, wonderful denizens of the Interwebs.

HI! I am sorry you had a horrible day. <3 <3 <3 Endless parade of glitter.

Thank you dahling. ::hugs:: Also guess what?? I went downstairs and the magazine was in my mailbox!!! It was GREAT. I am super-excited for the film, omg. And the opening spread is that huge picture of Steve and Tony together. GLITTER EVERYWHERE.

Yay! That is good news. I am also SUPER EXCITED for the movie. I want a glitter cap shield. I wonder if I can make one or if that would be too ridiculous.

Not only should you make one, it should have a hidden speaker in it, so you can blast out rad tunes while you dance. ::makes beatboxing noises with mouth::

Besides a bromance between Iron Man and Captain America, I hope they keep the I-love-him-but-I-hate-him relationship that Loki has with Thor.

No one where I live has this! Curse you B&N, why do NONE of your stores have any idea when they're getting in the new issue!

*right-click, saves on adorableness*

Dear universe: if you are kind, let Target have EW when I go to get Avengers-related action figures tomorrow? :D

*/I MEAN WHAT ~~I must own this~~*

Do you think someone will upload scans? I live in the UK and am being deprived of all this lovely goodness. However, I did see a Captain America advent calender today... which I didn't buy solely because I don't know ANYONE young enough to still have one.

PSHH. Buy it for yourself! I'm 30 and I still have fun with those. :-D Also, if you feel comfortable PMing me your address, I'll see if I can pick you up an extra copy (they're not out in my area, yet, so it'll have to be next week).

Edited 2011-09-30 13:18 (UTC)

Well, I'm deeply considering it to be honest. TBH the only reason I didn't was because my nan was with me and she already treats me like I'm about 10, don't need to give her another reason to do it (bless her :P)

I've read it on the scans now, but thank you so much for the offer :D

Someone actually did scan the the whole thing (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=47365&t=HQ_Scans_From_iThe_Avengersi_EW_Feature_Kevin_Feige_Says_No_Other_Heroes_Will_Cameo) last night :D

God bless them. I don't think I've ever been this excited for a film...

Or you could just read it there, instead. XD

LOL, just found it. I went to the cinema (to see What's Your Number) came back and had a mooch and found it on here. Happy times were had by me :d

... I can't believe I was so distracted by Thor's amusingly sassy hipshot pose in the second picture that I initially missed Steve and Tony eyefucking in the foreground. All they need are coffee cups and domestic chatter about ~~the children~~ running the team to be a live-action version of the one What-If scene.

Also, there's going to be Tony getting beaten to hell and Steve tenderly leaning over him to check if he's alive by putting his face next to his? *dies* Every new piece of information that comes out about this movie just makes me more excited.

I feel that Clint's movie costume isn't purple enough, but the actual Hawkeye costume is probably too pointy-masked and skirt-having and bright purple for the big screen. Also, he and Natasha are in a promo photo together! I choose to interpret this as meaning that they're going to be an item.

(edited to close html tag)

Edited 2011-09-30 00:24 (UTC)

Filmability be damned. That costume should be more purple!

Based on what we've seen of them so far, movieverse Natasha/Clint would be amazing.

I want a Hawkeye & Black Widow movie which is a hilarious buddy cop odd-couple thing.

Does anyone else notice that RDJ is holding his sunglasses while talking to Chris Evans? The thing about RDJ is that his eyes are very expressive so people can read what he thinks by looking at his eyes. So that's why during his interviews/public showings, he wears glasses so people can't tell how much he hates being there.

I didn't know that about RDJ. I always wondered why he wears sunglasses during interviews/on red carpets/around paps!

Interesting. That does make sense- I remember being told when I was young that it was impolite to have sunglasses on when talking to someone, because they wouldn't be able to tell if you were looking at them. I try to take them off in conversation for that reason.
I'd also imagine that being on a red carpet has to be incredibly disorienting. Flashbulbs! People shouting at you! Glasses make sense, if only to keep oneself from squinting/ flinching. Plus you look awesome.

totally awesome! and captain america and ironman get along every time! love it
=D

Um. What's with the Bruce Banner duckface? Talk about the most unflattering picture ever.

But the squee from all the S/T love in these pics makes up for it. :-)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

'The Avengers' are on the cover of Entertainment Weekly this week!

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

Re: Things Tony Is Not Allowed To Put On His Expense Report

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

Another excerpt from tumblr

Re: Another excerpt from tumblr

Re: Another excerpt from tumblr