Joss Whedon Reveals that the Wasp Almost Appeared in The Avengers

In a recent screening of The Avengers at the Director's Guild of America Headquarters in LA, director Joss Whedon has admitted that Janet Van Dyne aka The Wasp almost appeared in the Avengers:

"There was a little bit of time when we thought we might not actually get Scarlett [Johansson]," he said, adding that the solution was to including Wasp instead.

"There was a very Wasp-y draft that I wrote - but it was way too Wasp-y. Because I was like, ‘She adorable! I’m just going to write her!’"

Whedon also admitted that he wanted another villain to appear beside Loki, but the studio managed to shoot him down. Whedon declined to reveal which villain he had in mind, in order to prevent conflicts if the villain appears in another Marvel movie.

Possible Plot Details for Justice League Movie

Everything on the Internet should be taken with a grain of salt, but Latino Review's record has been pretty good when it comes to leaks and spoilers, so caveat emptor (or something like that, I know you're not exactly buying anything):

According to Latino Review, Will Beal will be dapting he script from three issues of the comic book, specifically issues183 - 185, which were released back in 1980. Comic book readers who still have a copy of said issues, or still remember them, will know that it's about Darkseid devising a fiendish plot to destroy earth, so that he can move Apokalips to its place.

Source: http://latino-review.com/2012/12/13/exclusive-comic-book-storyline-justice-league-movie/

New Man of Steel Official Trailer

Hot on the heels of the official poster that shows Superman being led away in handcuffs, Warner Bros has released the 2nd official trailer for the upcoming Superman movie reboot, Man of Steel. This one is still trying to be all dramatic and ambiguous and stuff, much like the first one, but it shows off more stuff, including a glimpses of Big Blue in his costume:

Bleach Manga on a Break Due to Kubo Tite's Illness

Two things have been left hanging in the last few chapters of famous shonen manga Bleach: the identity of Urahara Kisuke's savior and Kenpachi Zaraki about to do something badass (or about to be punked since he's facing one of the sternritters along with the big bad, Buckbeard). Unfortunately, we're going to have to wait a couple of weeks more before we get to find out, chief of the reason being Bleach's absense from the 36-37 double issue of Shonen Jump.

The reason for the absence is the author going on a sick leave. Tite Kubo's poor health is common knowledge in the industry, but it seems that it's getting to the point where the schedule of the manga is being affected.

In the meantime, the one shot "My Mom is a Spy" will be replacing Bleach in Shonen Jump. The manga is expected to return on August 20.

Kick-Ass 2 Finally Gets Off The Ground This Year

...at least, that's what it looks like based on a recent Deadline.com report, in which it is revealed that Universal is currently in talks to start production of the film as soon as possible.

The original Kick-Ass movie was the big screen adaptation of Mark Millar's best selling comic book, which is a tongue in cheek deconstruction of cape and spandex superheroics, as Dave Lizeweski tries to don a superhero costume and patrol the streets at night, despite not having any actual powers or even martial arts knowledge to speak of.

There's no word on whether the Kick-Ass movie sequel will still be based on the comic book sequel (which completed its 7 issue run earlier this year), but previous stars Aaron Johnson, Chloe Moretz, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse are already confirmed to return.