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http://screenrant.com/the-avengers-script-leak-production-delay-kofi-113420/

Rumor Patrol: ‘The Avengers’ Script Leaked, Production Halted
May 2, 2011 by Kofi Outlaw

While America (and much of the world) has been captivated with events such as the Royal Wedding and the death of Osama Bin Laden, in the corners of the Internet a dastardly plot has been hatching – a plot to SPOIL The Avengers.

What sinister minds would conspire to ruin one of the great geek movie events of the last decade/century/millennium, I hear you ask? Why, Internet bloggers and movie industry spies, of course! And rumor has it that this time their evil machinations may have dealt a serious blow to a movie many of us were looking eagerly forward to.

But how true is any of this?

Well, it seems that Obsessed With Film‘s report last week that they received a leaked copy of Samuel L. Jackson’s Avengers script is accurate enough, with the website going so far as to scan a couple of pages of the script – Code-worded “‘Group Hug’ by Joss Whedon” – online. However, since that initial report surfaced, rumors have run rampant that Disney/Marvel would be halting production on The Avengers – which just started rolling cameras – while portions of the script are re-written in order to keep the movie’s plot from being completely spoiled for true fans (i.e., ones that don’t buy or read stolen scripts).

As for what plot details were featured in the stolen script – we’re not going to get into that. Feel free to track it down online for yourself, if you’re interested.

Now, at first glance one might think that news of a studio delaying production on a film to alter a compromised script wouldn’t seem all that crazy. But then, The Avengers isn’t just “a film.” Disney/Marvel’s superhero team-up is a film event - an endeavor that simultaneously aims to rewrite the way movie franchises are conceived and developed, while also pleasing a mob of fans who have invested years of their life and countless dollars on movie tickets and/or DVD/Blu-ray purchases in order to be immersed in the shared movie universe Marvel has been building. I say all that to say: shutting down production on a project this important – with a production schedule this strict and demanding – would likely only be done in the most extreme of circumstances.

According to Devin Faraci of Badass Digest, a script delay is not extreme enough to delay The Avengers from meeting their May 4, 2012 deadline. Faraci reached out to his contacts at Disney/Marvel and received the following response:

Reports are spreading online that production on The Avengers has been halted after a copy of the script leaked online. I’ve talked to a couple of sources and neither of them can confirm this and believe that the production is trundling along just fine. That could change, I suppose, but the reality is that the cost of stopping a movie like this over a script leak is so prohibitive it seems unlikely. I’m still waiting for official word from Disney. UPDATE: I just got off the phone with Disney and this was the first the publicist had heard about it.

At this point, I don’t think the studio can really afford (figuratively speaking) to delay The Avengers without suffering massive penalties – whether that would be a release date delay or the many scheduling conflicts that could arise amongst its ensemble cast of star actors. In fact, I’m willing to go so far as to bet that if portions of this film are spoiled by over-eager fan(boy)s, the studio powers will merely shrug their shoulders and mutter “Sucks for them – spoiled it for themselves.” By now they should (and probably do) know that word about movies only reaches so far: Just because the blogosphere hears all about it doesn’t mean the general public will, or even cares to. And that “general public” demographic is undoubtedly the one the studio is aiming for with this major tentpole film.

In closing: if you’re a 24/7 film fan surfing the Web, you better keep your eyes on constant SPOILER-ALERT until The Avengers is safely in theaters on May 4, 2012. It’s getting kinda hectic out here…

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http://movies.ign.com/articles/116/1166814p1.html

Gwyneth Paltrow Talks Avengers
Star hints at involvement in superhero team-up movie The Avengers and Iron Man 3.
UK, May 9, 2011
by Daniel Krupa
IGN UK

This weekend Gwyneth Paltrow confirmed, unsurprisingly, her involvement in Iron Man 3, but more interestingly hinted at a possible cameo in Joss Whedon's The Avengers, which recently began shooting.

"I'll possibly be very briefly in The Avengers," Paltrow told the BBC's Something for the Weekend, quickly adding, "Maybe, we'll see."

The Avengers is already crowded with supporting characters - Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye, Cobie Smulders's Maria Hill, and of course, Clark Gregg's ubiquitous Agent Coulson - but the inclusion of Paltrow's Pepper Potts, when considered, makes a lot of sense. In Iron Man 2, Potts was promoted from Tony Stark's long-suffering secretary to the acting CEO of Stark Industries. Who better to liaise with Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. on how best to handle Robert Downey, Jr.'s incorrigible Stark?

[e_galston]

well it makes sense, but i don't see it being anything more than a scene or two tops

[mrorangesoda]

She and Betty Ross and Jane Foster should have a scene together.

[e_galston]

She and Betty Ross and Jane Foster should have a scene together.

Jane Foster is confirmed to NOT be in the movie. Natalie Portman said her contract doesn't include Avengers.

[ReturnoftheMack]

Its amazing how they found the one way to make me not see an Avengers movies.

What's the one way?

Whedon?

[mrorangesoda]

Jane Foster is confirmed to NOT be in the movie. Natalie Portman said her contract doesn't include Avengers.

It wasn't a serious suggestion.

[sdsichero]

This might be difficult to pull off...

http://movies.ign.com/articles/117/1171228p1.html

The Avengers' New Villain
Guess who is said to be throwing down the Gauntlet?
May 27, 2011
by Jim Vejvoda

Rumor has it that Tom Hiddleston's Loki won't be the only villain that The Avengers face in their big screen adventure.

Now, we knew that Thor's a-hole brother was one of the baddies in the film. Then there were rumors recently that he'd be getting some assistance in his dastardly plans for Earth from the alien Skrulls.

Now the same outlet behind the Skrull story, Latino Review, claims that there will be yet another Marvel villain in The Avengers.

SPOILER WARNING!

Still here? OK.

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Still here? OK.

Guess who is said to be throwing down the Gauntlet against Earth's Mightiest Heroes? Hint: His jewelry showed up at San Diego Comic-Con last year. ]His jewelry showed up at San Diego Comic-Con last year[/url].

That's right. Thanos, owner of the Infinity Gauntlet, one of the Marvel Universe's most powerful weapons (the prop, which appeared in Thor, was displayed at the Marvel booth at last summer's SDCC). Here's what we reported at that time: "IGN had an exclusive conversation with one of the individuals responsible for creating the Gauntlet, and they told us that it is a key item in Odin's collection, just like the Cosmic Cube is, the one we saw Red Skull searching for in footage from Thor. Our source also hinted that maybe, just maybe, the Gauntlet will be featured in Joss Whedon's Avengers movie. And no, that doesn't mean that Thanos is the villain (or is he?)"

Well, now Latino Review reports that Thanos is indeed in the Avengers movie. No word yet on who portrays/voices him.

If you don't know what the Infinity Gauntlet is, our own Scott Collura reminds us: "The IG is one of the most powerful artifacts in the Marvel U; a golden glove forged with six gems that ensure its wearer ultimate and universal power - as long as the glove has all six gems with it. The gems control a variety of things, such as time and space. Whomever wields the Gauntlet and the six gems can also fulfill wishes. Its power base has ties to the aforementioned Cosmic Cube, in how the cube can manipulate reality."

[LobsterJ]

What's the one way?

Whedon?

Yep. Though I guess having Bendis write it would have done it as well.

[bkthomson]

This might be difficult to pull off...

http://movies.ign.com/articles/117/1171228p1.html

Sounds pretty crowded now.

[sdsichero]

Sounds pretty crowded now.

Bring on... The Annihilators!!!

[Arion]

She and Betty Ross and Jane Foster should have a scene together.

Stop suggesting girl on girl action .

[Chris]

Lokie is confirmed to be in this

Who's that?

[sdsichero]

Who's that?

Loki's love child with cookie monster

[ReturnoftheMack]

Thanos will either only be a cameo or they will make him a Skrull leader and change his origin.

But having the Skrulls in the movie isn't that big a deal. They are shapechangers so they will just be humans in a lot of their scenes I imagine.