Cannes Film Festival 2013

10 questions we have after watching the new 'Avengers' trailer

Can Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk or Black Widow answer them?

Will Black Widow actually speak and does it matter?
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Will Black Widow actually speak and does it matter?

Nothing like having four-time Golden Globe-nominated actress to play one of the sexiest heroines in the Marvel Universe only to give her nothing to say.  Scarlett Johnasson is already playing Natasha Romanoff in an easy American accent (unlike the character's native Russian tongue), but we're worried she won't have much to say without her fists.  With Colbie Smulders rumored to steal the show as Nick Fury's second in command, Maria Hill, what role does she even have as a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

Watch the trailer here.

Photo Credit: Marvel Studios

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    TheD

    "Italy"? Are you guys ####ing kidding me?

    October 11, 2011 at 4:58PM EST Reply to Comment
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    me

    "Polezi", good grief. Learn to read and get a grip on foreign languages.

    October 11, 2011 at 5:01PM EST Reply to Comment
    • Hey, people. We fixed! Relax. The point is it's not a good New Mexico/Cleveland for Switzerland/Austria/Germany!

      October 11, 2011 at 5:26PM EST
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    Dedire

    It says "Polizei" and that's German, not Italian. Just saying..

    October 11, 2011 at 5:04PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Nikita

    It's obviously a scene that takes place in Germany. Polizei is German for police and the sign on bus to the left seems to say Bahnhof (which means train station in German).

    October 11, 2011 at 5:05PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Nighthawk

    It even has the end of the word Bahnhof on the bus!

    October 11, 2011 at 5:06PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Nighthawk

    And the arrow with the word Italy pointing to what exactly?

    October 11, 2011 at 5:07PM EST Reply to Comment
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    McG

    It's "Polizei" on the car and "Bahnhof" on the bus, clearly supposed to be a german speaking country. With Germany having different looking police cars, its probably Austria.

    October 11, 2011 at 5:09PM EST Reply to Comment
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      McG Correction, looks a lot like a swiss police car.

      October 11, 2011 at 5:19PM EST
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    Jaguar007

    My question about the Avengers trailer, where is John Steed and Emma Peel???

    October 11, 2011 at 5:13PM EST Reply to Comment


  • Yikes! Looks like a hot mess, really. And I preferred Loki/Gabriel from Supernatural.

    October 11, 2011 at 5:45PM EST Reply to Comment
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    buddha747

    Thanos & The Skrulls have been leaked as the additional bad guys.

    October 11, 2011 at 6:02PM EST Reply to Comment
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    jurassica

    The better question is, what movie would want to put a half-finished building in its NYC skyline?

    October 11, 2011 at 9:22PM EST Reply to Comment
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    geha714

    I, for one, can say that the production dropped the ball because that's not the way police cars look in Germany or the buses they use (I was there recently).
    For a 220 million budget, a little more accuracy won't hurt. Try harder, Marvel.

    October 11, 2011 at 10:37PM EST Reply to Comment
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      matt Reply to comment...they are swiss cars and buses just cause it is written in german doesnt make it in germany

      March 4, 2012 at 6:23AM EST
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    blue_flames

    LOL

    Yes, because the shape of the taxi/bus is wrong that's tainted the whole film for me ...

    Anyway, looking forward to this, I see a Marvel Cinematic Universe marathon in my not to distant future :D

    And - Karma points for Buddha747 for dropping that spoiler there ...

    October 11, 2011 at 10:49PM EST Reply to Comment
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      alex d I don`t know about you, but it could, when I watched x men first class and magneto goes to argentina, he goes to a mountainside village, but they say it`s villa gessel wich is a beach town. I live in argentina, so when that happend everyone laughed, and the movie was ruined

      October 12, 2011 at 9:39PM EST
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    Mr Rekshun

    My question from this trailer is.... what is the nefarious weapon that causes all those cars to explode, but nothing else. Will the Avengers be facing off against an enemy with car 'sploding powers?

    October 12, 2011 at 12:06AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Johanna

    Wohoo!! Scarlett Johansson looks like a strong, empowered and sexy Black Widow. I love how she leaps up onto some henchman's shoulders with her legs wrapped around his face, thrusting him down against the ground. Hahah.. freakin’ fantastic, can’t wait! Man! I feel like a woman!

    October 12, 2011 at 6:07AM EST Reply to Comment
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    GSC

    Note also that the bus says (or seems to say) Bahnhof, i.e., train station in German.

    October 12, 2011 at 3:23PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Johanna

    With the Black Widow sporting a Peel-style black catsuit, is it too much to hope that Hawkeye will don a Steed-style bowler hat at some point in the proceedings? That would be the ultimate in-joke.

    October 12, 2011 at 3:37PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Johanna

    With the Black Widow wearing a Peel-style cat suit, is it too much to hope that Hawkeye will don a Steed-style bowler at some point in the proceedings? That would be very, very meta.

    October 12, 2011 at 3:39PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Serephin

    I've been waiting for someone to comment on the chunk missing from Cap's shield at 1:07. Someone gave it a righteous thumping.

    October 12, 2011 at 5:25PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Rodion

    As this is a Joss Whedon film, i have a feeling Black Widow will have more to say than any of the male characters.

    October 12, 2011 at 8:00PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Leon

    You have two different views of downtown in those pics, one from the Hudson and another from the Bay facing Battery Park. That is why you can't see One World Trade. You are confusing two similar looking buildings as markers but they are about a mile apart.

    October 13, 2011 at 3:49AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Rob

    Those are two different views/buildings smartypants. On the left, you are looking at at the souther tip looking west (to Battery Park City). The building with the arrow on the left is the new Goldman Sachs HQ. The shot from the trailer is the southern tip of Manhattan, looking east. The arrow on the left this time is pointing to 17 State Street (looks like the "?" arrow is pointing above the Staten Island Ferry. The road all the way on the left with all the lights is the West Side Highway, and if you look closely just to the right of that, looks like you can make out the under construction Freedom Tower (not sure, since its dark). By your logic, they also made the entire World Financial Center (all those buildings with different shaped green tops) disappear.

    October 13, 2011 at 11:21AM EST Reply to Comment
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    Barry

    11. Is Scarlett Johansson naked under that costume or wearing a skimpy bra & g-string?

    October 13, 2011 at 12:12PM EST Reply to Comment
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    n

    This was filmed in cleveland, its a german beer garden setup outside of a gala which loki hen destroys.

    October 15, 2011 at 9:21PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Loki

    I'm thinking maybe Thor might be protecting Loki from the Avengers because he might not know he's all bad yet, ya know what I mean?

    January 12, 2012 at 9:36PM EST Reply to Comment
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    thor

    number 8 is obviously a s.h.ie.ld simulation...

    people are so dumb, not to see that.

    January 20, 2012 at 11:17PM EST Reply to Comment