How do you top the combined size and scale that Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and their friends brought to the table with “Marvel’s The Avengers”? According to Joss Whedon, you can’t — so rather than trying to make a “bigger” film with his upcoming “Avengers” sequel, he’s digging “deeper.” “Don’t go bigger; go deeper,” [...]

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In celebration of its Oscar nomination, ILMVisualFX has released a video breaking down the slew of effects used in Marvel’s The Avengers. The reel shows how the company built and rendered the city of New York as well as the process of animating Tony Stark’s Ironman suit and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk. In the [...]

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Sure, it featured one of the most star-studded ensembles in the history of comic book movies. And yes, it took in more box-office dollars than any other movie in 2012. But Marvel Studios’ “The Avengers” can now also boast another, less noble distinction: the most overrated film of the year. According to more than 2,600 [...]

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The Avengers are creeping close to James Cameron’s box office records after sailing past the $1.5 billion mark at the global box office. The blockbuster hit the mark over the weekend, 17 weeks after its release. It remains third all-time behind Cameron’s films Avatar and Titanic, which have both made well over $2 billion. Avatar [...]

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What’s green, 8½ feet tall and steals the show from the screen’s greatest collection of superheroes in “The Avengers”? Answer: Mark Ruffalo’s turn as the Hulk, which has fans buzzing that the angriest superhero has finally lived up to his massive screen expectations. Speaking more grunts than actual words, Hulk smashes — in every way. [...]

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  Even if you haven’t yet seen The Avengers– and if not, get out there, everyone’s doing it– you can probably guess that the movie sets the stage for Iron Man 3. That film, scheduled for May 3 next year and going into production now, will be the first Marvel movie to attempt to follow [...]

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If you saw The Avengers this weekend– and judging from the estimated $205 million take in North America alone, you probably did– you might have missed a few lines of dialogue that the audience drowned out. It’s rare to be in a movie theater when the audience laughs or cheers so loud that you miss [...]

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The Avengers didn’t just set a new box-office record. It broke the old one to Hulk-sized-smashed bits. Here’s how Hollywood scored its first-ever $200 million weekend: 1. Nick Fury’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Recruited Well: The Avengers, Disney exec Dave Hollis said Sunday, was the validation of “a carefully thought out plan six-plus years” in the making. All [...]

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With a huge opening overseas, Joss Whedon’s “The Avengers” was poised for a smashing weekend in the U.S. But no one knew just how big the Marvel film would be. Distributor Disney’s estimate of $200.3 million (even taking into account potential slight revisions when official figures hit Monday) shatters the previous opening-weekend record of $169.2 [...]

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Puny Potter. Disney’s The Avengers smashed the opening weekend record by earning $200.3 million this weekend, according to studio estimates. The prior record was held by last summer’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, which debuted to $169.2 million. But The Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, was the perfect storm: a highly [...]

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