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

[littlepunkryo.livejournal.com]

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.

Comments

[bitchinminority.livejournal.com]

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.

[kahn.livejournal.com]

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).

[bitchinminority.livejournal.com]

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

[littlepunkryo.livejournal.com]

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

[bitchinminority.livejournal.com]

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

[kahn.livejournal.com]

Or you could just read it there, instead. XD

[bitchinminority.livejournal.com]

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