Marvel-ous Sega, Wright Gone Wrong?

Marvel and Sega have inked deals for videogame spin-offs of several upcoming Marvel movies. The games will be released day-and-date with the films.

The deal now includes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Thor. Should the greenlight never come for the Captain or the Norse God, the games will, apparently, still go ahead.

Rights to Avengers, Nick Fury and Ant Man films haven't been inked yet - which suggests Thor and Captain America are higher priority movies for Marvel right now. I fear we may never get to see Edgar Wright's Ant Man movie, this perhaps stokes the flames of that fear.

Will Wright's next film be his reteaming with Pegg and Frost? Will it be Scott Pilgrim? Them? Something completely different? Perhaps the box office for Hot Fuzz in the US this weekend will decide.

Captain America Dead... But For How Long?

Captain America is about to die in the pages of his very own comic book, killed by a sniper. But is he really dead?

Who cares. Dead or not, they'll bring him back. But when? Well, according to the solicitation notes for the title, he'll be stone cold for a year. I spotted that on The Beat and it made me laugh out loud.

Maybe this will generate enough interest in the character that the upcoming film will play to Spider-Man sized crowds rather than, say, Elektra scented empty rooms.