This is my 2nd companion casting to my NEW AVENGERS VOLUME II fancast.
The first issue of the new HEROIC AGE AVENGERS was released JULY
1, 2010. AVENGERS #1: NEXT AVENGERS, PART 1.The series is written,
of course, by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, drawn by a legend whose the
son of a legend, JOHN ROMITA JR.!
This is the kind of line-up I've been dreaming of for THE MIGHTY
AVENGERS! Although I'd like to see MS. MARVEL transfer over here
from THE NEW AVENGERS and have HANK PYM as YELLOW
JACKET in his new red & yellow costume in here!
I'm only casting for the first 6-issue story arc.
After all the dark days of Marvel and OSBORN, and SIEGE was over, STEVE
ROGERS was made the top-cop by the President. He said that things were
going to be done his way now and with that the SUPER-HUMAN REGISTRATION
ACT was thrown out.
TONY STARK is given back AVENGER'S TOWER and he holds a large
party for all THE AVENGERS. STEVE gathers all the AVENGERS
together and asks for everyone's help in implementing his new plan.
He forms four teams for THE AVENGERS:
THE AVENGERS (The Core Group)
THE NEW AVENGERS (fights supernatural threats, led by LUKE CAGE)
THE YOUNG AVENGERS
THE SECRET AVENGERS (for all their BLACK-OPS MISSIONS, led by
STEVE ROGERS, himself.)
TONY STARK says he doesn't think he can work for STEVE as the leader
so STEVE ROGERS appoints MARIA HILL, The “CORE” AVENGERS
SUPERVISOR. THE TEAM IS: MARIA HILL, IRON-MAN, CAPTAIN
AMERICA (BUCKY BARNES), SPIDER WOMAN, SPIDER-MAN,
THOR and WOLVERINE, RED HULK joins later.
As they're discussing all the ins & outs of STEVE'S “Bright” New Age for
THE AVENGERS, a time-traveling KANG THE CONQUEROR emerges.
Without hesitation, THOR lands a blow on him and throws him off the
building. THE AVENGERS quickly go after KANG, who holds a
mysterious device. It's a machine that IRON-MAN conceived but never
got to create, a doomsday device. In fear that he will detonate it THE
AVENGERS are forced to hear him out.
KANG says that sometime in the future ULTRON will slay THE
AVENGERS and rule with an “iron” fist before THE AVENGER'S
CHILDREN eventually stop his reign – only to start their own empire
and threaten the entire universe. KANG asks THE AVENGERS to build
a time machine and travel to the future in order to stop their
successors. He vows he will no longer strive to harm them but befriend
them instead if they do this.
THE AVENGERS debate whether they should intervene and in the end
they decide to do it. Iron-man explains that they need NOH-VARR'S
(MARVEL-BOY) help if they are to travel through time successfully.
With WOLVERINE'S help the team finds NOH-VARR, who's now
going by the name, THE PROTECTOR. He joins the team and works
with them to create a device which allows them to see into multiple
possible futures. With this they quickly learn the time-stream is indeed
broken but before they can act they are attacked by WONDERMAN
who destroys the time machine. They quickly defeat him and prepare
to build another one but they are suddenly attacked by APOCAYPSE
and HIS FOUR HORSEMEN. They fight them but quickly realize
something's wrong as does APOCALYPSE but APOCALYPSE &
HIS HORSEMEN are just as suddenly gone.
THE AVENGERS decide to split into two groups, one to go forth into
the time-stream and one to handle time-related disturbances in the city.
One of these “disturbances” is DEVIL DINOSAUR and KILLRAVEN
coming through the time-stream followed by the MARTIANS who
attack the city. Thor dispatches the Martians quickly and disposes of
them and their machines while the other part of the group handles all
kinds of other time disturbances in N.Y. CITY. Thus while that team
fights the troubles in the present the others travel into the future and
the adventure rumbles on the tracks to it's final destination...
Now there are just too many AVENGERS that come and go in here so I
only put the basic main characters of this first story arc in this casting.
HEROIC AGE AVENGERS MOVIE FANCAST:
JOSH@ had OLIVIA as MARIA HILL in his “AGENTS OF SHIELD” fancast
and I think she's simply perfect for this “LEADING” role.
MARIA HILL (TEAM LEADER): OLIVIA WILDE
Quite a few people here want GARRETT HEDLUND as BUCKY BARNES-
CAPTAIN AMERICA but he's blond and I like him for another Marvel
character, HAVOC! On the other hand CHRIS PINE is naturally brown-
haired and he lost out on the STEVE ROGERS/CAP part so I say he's
downright deserving of the BUCKY BARNES' CAPTAIN AMERICA role.
CAPTAIN AMERICA (BUCKY BARNES): CHRIS PINE
He's the MIGHTY THOR for years to come and rightly so!
THOR (THOR ODINSON): CHRIS HEMSWORTH
I thought who better to take over this part after RDJ is too old for it
anymore, JOSH fits this role well!
IRONMAN (TONY STARK): JOSH BROLIN
Michelle will always be my pick for JESSICA DREW.
SPIDER WOMAN (JESSICA DREW): MICHELLE RYAN
My pick here looks like it's caught on all over the place, I see KANE cast
everywhere now as the “RUNT” with the indestructible metal claws.
I may have possibly started something! COOL!
If it only would truly come to pass then Wolverine would finally be the
short “CORRECT WOLVERINE”!
WOLVERINE (JAMES “LOGAN” HOWLETT): CHRISTIAN KANE
Some people said on my NEW AVENGERS fancast that CHRISTIAN
KANE doesn't look like LOGAN/WOLVERINE. Maybe he doesn't look
like HUGH JACKMAN but he looks like LOGAN! I think people are
thinking that LOGAN looks like JACKMAN because HUGH played him.
As a matter of fact Hugh Jackman doesn't resemble LOGAN at all!
LOGAN is short and wide (5'3”), HUGH is 6'2” tall and slim,
that's not LOGAN/WOLVERINE.....“AT ALL”! KANE is short & wide and
now has guns on him like a battleship! He's so short his nickname
in school was “SHORTY” (TRUE STORY)! LOL
LOGAN: CHRISTIAN KANE
As anyone can see here I didn't do much with KANE'S picture to make
him look like LOGAN. I only added the wing-tufts at the top of his
hair!
This is my new and permanent pick for the guy who got that strange
spider-bite! His comedic timing is superb, his physicality is
super-fitting and his acting is superlative!
SPIDERMAN (PETER PARKER): JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT
I decided to go way, wa-a-ay back to my first and most ideal choice
before all the CAPTAIN AMERICA nonsense started.....Here he is, the
irreverent rebel & sarcastic dick that everybody loves about the archer
HAWKEYE, come to life, JENSEN ACKLES!
HAWKEYE (CLINT BARTON): JENSEN ACKLES
Mike fits this alien-hero, formerly called MARVEL-BOY, like a glove!
THE PROTECTOR (NOH-VARR): MIKE VOGEL
STEPHEN LANG is ideal for this incarnation of the rough & tumble
GENERAL THUNDERBOLT ROSS who is transformed into the fiery
RED HULK.
RED HULK (GENERAL THADEUS “THUNDERBOLT” ROSS: STEPHEN LANG & CGI
SUPPORTING CHARACTERS:
I picked TAHMOH for WONDERMAN a long time ago and that's who
I've gone back to. His face looks exactly like him here!
WONDERMAN (SIMON WILLIAMS): TAHMOH PENIKETT
I had ANTHONY HEAD as JARVIS in my WHEDON AVENGERS
FUNCAST but he fits so well that I've kept him as my actual choice for
the caretaker of THE AVENGERS. I hope they have an actual living,
breathing JARVIS in THE AVENGERS movie.
JARVIS (EDWIN JARVIS): ANTHONY HEAD
I once wanted MARK STRONG as DOC DOOM at MARVEL but now I
think MATS MIKKELSEN is the ideal choice. Mark Strong fits the
MASTER OF TIME much better!
KANG/IMMORTUS (NATHANIEL RICHARDS): MARK STRONG
ULTRON: CGI + PATRICK WILSON (VOICE-ALTERED)
Somehow I picture mad MAESTRO with the deep commanding voice of
JOHN RHYS DAVIES.
MAESTRO (BRUCE BANNER): CGI + JOHN RHYS DAVIES (VOICE)
HANK is in here at the beginning and I thought I would include him here
because ULTRON figures so prominently in here!
HANK PYM (YELLOW JACKET): PATRICK WILSON
JUSTIN HARTLEY just seems and looks like that Martian-Fighting
Gladiator from an alternate future, to me.
KILLRAVEN (JONATHAN RAVEN): JUSTIN HARTLEY
I saw this hilarious KILLRAVEN cartoon by the great JOE LINSNER and
thought I would just throw it in here for comic relief! LOL
MAIN VILLAINS (In The Beginning):
NEXT AVENGERS (AVENGER'S CHILDREN):
I first saw this young actor in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE
EARTH with BRENDAN FRASER and I thought to myself, man this kid
has something extra-special! He would do this part JUSTICE! FILM:
BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA.
JAMES ROGERS: JOSH HUTCHERSON
This girl is a gifted young actor and is the spitting image of THOR &
SIF'S daughter (her name is pronounced AWNA-SO-FEEA). FILM: CHARLIE
AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN.
TORUNN: ANNASOPHIA ROBB
This young man is perfect FOR THE SON OF HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD
He has great comedic timing. TV: WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE,
THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK.
FRACIS BARTON: DYLAN SPROUSE
CAMERON first showed up on my radar in X-MEN: THE LAST STAND.
He's an outstanding young actor and great for the son of HANK & JAN!
HENRY PYM JR.: CAMERON BRIGHT
He was in the film, REBOUND, with MARTIN LAWRENCE and on the TV
show, LINCOLN HEIGHTS. He has the right look for T'CHALLA &
ORORO'S son.
AZARI: OREN WILIAMS