The Avengers: Awesome New Promotional Art

The Daily Zombie's Year Three kicks off with another batch of awesome promotional art from one of the most anticipated films of 2012, Marvel Studio's The Avengers.



Another month bring us yet another batch of cool promotional art from Marvel Studio's The Avengers.



Just last Saturday, we have showcased the unveiling of a new promotional art piece for "The Road to The Avengers", an upcoming collection of comics set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity. For this new batch of promotional art that have just shown up online earlier today via Russian movie website, Spidermedia.ru we witness some pretty awesome hi-res images of the CG art of Joss Whedon’s The Avengers.



While they are rather close to the original source material's comic book roots (with the collective Avengers in typical "Avengers Assemble" pose), we can confirmed from the promotional images that Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye is pretty much getting the Ultimate Hawkeye treatment with the shades and all while the cinematic Iron Man has seemingly reverted to his Mark IV armor (or a rumored Mark VII) with the circle-shaped chestplate protecting the arc reactor.



Hit the jump to check out these cool promotional art (click to view in hi-res).







Directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston and Cobie Smulders. The film is currently scheduled to be released in 3D on May 4th, 2012.



Source: Spidermedia.ru via Collider

Meet the Adorable New Challengers from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3

Got a problem with Capcom's Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3? Maybe these adorable rendition of the new challengers coming our way will change your mind.



From Tom Kennedy and the folks from We Are Robotic, check out these incredibly adorable rendition of the new challengers from Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, the upcoming updated version over Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.







Source: Facebook

Meet the X-Pigs

Meet the porky children of the atoms.



What if the merry mutants of the Marvel Universe goes the way of Peter Porker, the Amazing Spider-Ham? All it takes is for Scarlet Witch to say something other than "No more mutants"... Maybe something like "all muties are swines"...



Conjured by Ian Andersen of Citric Comics, hit the jump to check out the uncanny X-pigs in action...













Source: The Bird and the Bat via Comics Alliance

WATCH this Insanely Funny X-Men: First Class Deleted Scene

Need further proof of the swinging depravity of James McAvoy's rendition of Professor X in the excellent X-Men: First Class? Well, here it is, and the joke is squarely on Michael Fassbender's Magneto.



Remember the scene in Matthew Vaughn's excellent X-Men: First Class where James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, in their roles of Charles Xavier (Professor X), and Erik Lensherr (Magneto), respectively, visited the stripper bar in an effort to recruit Zoë Kravitz's Angel Salvadore? We are certain you do remember Magneto having a brief display of his magnetic powers by levitating a champagne bucket to convince Angel to display her powers. But do you recall Xavier doing anything since the two chums did specifically indicated that they will show her their powers in return for her to show her's?



Well, turned out there was indeed an unbelievable display of Xavier's amazing psychic ability, but it was eventually deleted for obvious reasons. Thankfully, we can now witness what was left on the cutting room floor thanks to Entertainment Weekly, who have unveiled the deleted scene, which will be collected in the upcoming "X-Men: First Class" DVD and Blu-ray set to be released on September 9th.



Hit the jump to check out the gut-busting scene (Head over to Entertainment Weekly to watch a longer version).







"You have never look more beautiful, Darling".

The Avengers: New Promotional Art

The cinematic Avengers assembled for a group shot to kick off "The Road to The Avengers".



No, we are showing you spoiler images or video clips from the shooting of Joss Whedon's much-anticipated superhero epic film, The Avengers, in Cleveland, Ohio. We hate spoilers, you see.



Courtesy of Bleeding Cool, Marvel has unveiled a new promotional art piece for "The Road to The Avengers", an upcoming collection of comics set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe continuity. Accordingly, the titles of these limited series are:



I Am Iron Man

Iron Man Security Measures

Iron Man 2: Public Identity

Iron Man 2: Agents Of SHIELD

Captain America: First Vengeance



Directed by Joss Whedon, The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston and Cobie Smulders. The film is currently scheduled to be released in 3D on May 4th, 2012.

Phil Noto's 1965 Tribute to the Fantastic Four

Comic book artist Phil Noto pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Fantastic Four.



Paying tribute to the 50th anniversary of Marvel's First Family, Fantastic Four, artist Phil Noto created this cool retro shot depicting Sue and Reed Richards, along with Ben Grimm in an earlier time of their superhero career at a dinner hosted by Robert F. Kennedy in 1965 (according to the caption).



In honor of the Fantastic Four’s 50th Anniversary- Sue, Reed and Ben

Joe Quesada's 50th Anniversary Fantastic Four Illustration: The Making Of

In November 1961, Fantastic Four #1 was published, changing the face of the superhero comics forever. On the 50th anniversary of Marvel's First Family, Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment, Joe Quesada, roll out a massive illustration to commemorate the event.



While many comic readers often overlooked the fact that Joe Quesada was first and foremost an artist over the other more high profile roles he usually took on (the former Editor-in-Chief for Marvel for over a decade and Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment now), Quesada regularly bring out his pencils and pens for a special illustration for Marvel.



With Marvel celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fantastic Four, Marvel editor Tom Breevort has tasked Quesada for a special assignment to commemorate the event. Utilizing digital tools like Sketchbook Pro and Photoshop as well as social media ones like Twitter, Quesada documented the creation of the special illustration to his fans in a chronological record of the entire process. Courtesy of Comics Alliance whom assembled the entire process, check out the complete process of the piece right after the jump (do head over to Comics Alliance for a more comprehensive account of the process with Quesada's commentary via his Twitter account).



And here we go...

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance - First Trailer & Poster

"Penance Stare" into the first trailer of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance!



Courtesy of Empire, we have earlier had our first look at co-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, the all-new. all-different sequel to the atrocious 2007 live-action adaptation directed by Mark Steven Johnson.



Now you can a better look at Johnny Whitworth's Blackout, Ciarán Hinds's Devil, and more interestingly, Christopher Lambert’s monk character with the release of the first trailer from the film. Hit the jump to check out the trailer (Head over to Apple to see the trailer in HD), complete with an intro from the dynamic directing duo behind Crank and its sequel.







While the trailer started with some kind of a stereotypical tragic hero-style, it does thankfully get better gradually, building to a climax ending with good ol' flaming skull himself pissing hellfire.



Here’s the official synopsis:



Nicolas Cage returns as Johnny Blaze in Columbia Pictures’ and Hyde Park Entertainment’s Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. In the successor to the worldwide hit Ghost Rider, Johnny – still struggling with his curse as the devil’s bounty hunter – is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy (Fergus Riordan) from the devil (Ciaran Hinds). At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy – and possibly rid himself of his curse forever. Directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Screenplay by Scott M. Gimple & Seth Hoffman and David S. Goyer. Story by David S. Goyer. Based on the Marvel Comic. Produced by Steven Paul, Ashok Amritraj, Michael De Luca, Avi Arad, and Ari Arad.



Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is currently scheduled to open in 3D on February 17th, 2012.



Here's the first poster from the film.



And here are some of the screen capture images from the awesome trailer.