The Avengers Newest Video Airs During Super Bowl 46

For all you Avengers fans, Marvel Studios has released another Avengers video which should whet the appetite of those anxiously awaiting the May 4, 2012 release date for the movie which is directed by Joss Whedon. So, enough of my blathering, here's the latest look at the forthcoming superhero movie.

Not too much as far as "character development" but that's not why we flock to these flicks right? We want to see the superheroes kick some butt and take down names. Of course there are some of the expected movie stars shown, such as Robert Downey, Jr. as Sherlock Hol... er, I mean, Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth reprising his recent role of Thor, the scrumptious Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Chris Evans fresh from his Captain America film. Also, a little of Mark Ruffalo (how tall is this guy? He makes Downey Jr look tall) but thankfully we see a little more of the Hulk in this one. Plus Mr Samuel L. Jackson shows up for the fight too as Nick Fury

The evil dude is of course Loki played by Tom Hiddleston. Gotta love the dialog between Tony Stark (Downey Jr) & Loki (Hiddleston), "I've got an army", and "Well, we've got a Hulk." Does Loki and others from the norse legends periodically stop by for drinks with billionaires? At least we see some of Hulk bouncing around and taking out a couple of the bad guys on their space scooters. Expect more and more trailer releases and movie stills the closer we get to May 4th - that's what? Only three months away?

Noomi Rapace Opposite Downey Jr In Next Sherlock Holmes Movie

It looks like Swedish actress Noomi Rapace will be the female lead opposite Robert Downey Jr in the next Sherlock Holmes movie scheduled for a December 2011 release. Rapace was in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy with all three films released in 2009.

I don't know if this means there will be no Rachel McAdams returning as Irene Adler. I sure hope McAdams is back because I really enjoy seeing her on the screen in just about anything she's done. As far as Rapace goes, I don't believe she's done any acting in English, but of course that doesn't mean she doesn't have the acting chops to play against Downey Jr, who's no slouch himself in the acting dept. She just finished a film called Beyond and has another due this year: Clean Out as well as another scheduled for 2011 called The Nazi Officer's Wife.

I am unfamiliar with her work, but she is pretty, if you get past the severe punkish-goth look. She does appear that with a different look like she has in the left picture she will do well for the time period the film will be set.

And Guy Ritchie will be helming the sequel as well. The original did pretty good at the box office, bringing around $523 million in worldwide gross.