‘Agents of SHIELD’ Season 1 — What to Look Forward To

‘Agents of SHIELD’ Season 1 — What to Look Forward To
Terri Schwartz — Zap2It

When “Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” returns from its mini-hiatus on Feb. 4, expect for the series to go “full throttle” as it airs its final nine episodes of Season 1. According to showrunners Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon, the focus of the show gets a lot tighter for the back half of the series’ first season.

Zap2it recently visited the set of “Agents of SHIELD” and spoke to the two showrunners as well as a number of the cast members about what’s in store. Here’s some teases about what’s coming up for the end of Season 1 and beyond.

I don’t care what anyone says, I love this show. And…

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‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Game Day Spot

‘Muppets Most Wanted’ Game Day Spot

“Critics across the Internet have at least seen some of the commercials for Muppets Most Wanted,”

Hahahahaha, I’m absolutely loving the marketing campaign for Muppets Most Wanted. That’s the first line for the Game Day Extended spot — said completely dead pan by the deep voiced trailer narrator. It couldn’t be more perfect for a Muppets movie! I love a good marketing campaign and I think this may actually get me into Muppets. I’ve got a couple of the movies in my Netflix queue so I can get caught up.

‘The Lego Movie’ Gets ‘Man of Steel’ Treatment

‘The Lego Movie’ Gets ‘Man of Steel’ Treatment

Well, Man of Steel may have turned out to be one of the more terrible films I’ve ever seen in my life, but it had some doggone good trailers.  So I’m not sorry that The Lego Movie has given their latest trailer the Man of Steel trailer treatment. This is completely with Hans Zimmer’s triumphant soundtrack and everything.

I can’t wait to see this movie. It opens on February 7th.

9 Clips and a Featurette from the Upcoming ‘Lego Movie’

9 Clips and a Featurette from the Upcoming ‘Lego Movie’

Man, this is the right way to market a film. Especially that featurette! I am now legitimately excited for this film. Also, let me tell you that the voice cast for this film is pretty much perfect in every way.

I played with LEGOs a LOT as a kid but I don’t think I was every this imaginative or could have conceived of something like this. This looks like a lot of fun.

The film will be out on February 7th and stars Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman, and Liam Neeson (among others).

Mark Ruffalo Says ‘Avengers 2’ is “More Awesomer”

Mark Ruffalo Says ‘Avengers 2’ is “More Awesomer”

This is from a week ago, but as I’ve already metioned, there wasn’t a lot going on over the weekend that was of interest to me. And this is one I had saved to talk about but never got around to.

Recently in an interview with MTV, Ruffalo say that Avengers 2 is “better, it’s cooler, it’s more awesomer,” It’s a little bit darker, but also really has Joss Whedon’s incredibly, witty and sly sense of humor.” There’s also apparently more for Bruce Banner to do.

Obviously I would expect Joss Whedon’s next Avengers film to be better, but I’m glad to hear that Bruce Banner may be made better use of.…

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Nintendo Considering Smart Phones

Nintendo Considering Smart Phones
Richard Padilla — MacRumors

I’ve gone through all the movie news over the weekend and there’s not a lot going on I care to talk about. And I am singularly uninterested in anything that happened at the GRAMMYs so, though it’s a stretch for me to figure out exactly how this is related to movies, I thought I would mention this thing that I’ve had in my saved items for a few days:

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stated in a press conference that the company is now considering a “new business structure” that involves smart devices, reports Bloomberg.

The news comes as Nintendo reported a third consecutive annual loss,…

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JJ Abrams: ‘Star Wars VII’ Script Done, Will Shoot on Film

JJ Abrams: ‘Star Wars VII’ Script Done, Will Shoot on Film

J.J. Abrams hit the Television Critics Association’s press tour Sunday to promote his upcoming NBC show Believe, and after his panel reporters pelted him with Star Wars: Episode VII questions. What did he say? Not much, but here’s what we got:

The script is done: “We’re working really hard and we’ve got our script and we’re in deep prep. Full steam ahead.”

What’s the length? Abrams wouldn’t go there. “I promise you it will be movie length.”

Well, whether good or bad, the script is done and we’ll know soon when it comes out in the coming eternity which way it will go.

Abrams says he…

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Jamie Alexander’s Lady Sif Will Appear on ‘Agents of SHIELD’

Jamie Alexander’s Lady Sif Will Appear on ‘Agents of SHIELD’
Marvel.com

The Lady Sif is making a trip to Midgard, and her journey will lead her straight to our favorite Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 

That’s right, True Believers, Jaimie Alexander will make a special guest appearance as Sif in an upcoming episode of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” reprising her role from Marvel’s “Thor” and “Thor: The Dark World”!

Last seen in “Thor: The Dark World”—now the third largest grossing Marvel Studios film—Sif has come to Earth with a very specific mission. Unfortunately, we can’t tell you just what brings her to our neck of the woods just yet.

Hey, that’s good news! It…

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Surprising Musical Origins of the ‘Star Trek’ Theme Song

Surprising Musical Origins of the ‘Star Trek’ Theme Song

There must be some sort of rift in the space time continuum for something like this to occur! As a big fan of Star Trek I did find this fun and fascinating, although I believe you will too whether you are or not. Actually, even though I’m a fan of Star Trek, I’m not a huge fan of Alexander Courage’s main them. But I do like the part that plays over Shatner’s monolog very much. And that’s the part in play here. Check it out.