Marvel Phase 2 Concept Art

With the Marvel's Phase One box set coming out today some Phase Two concept art is revealed. As of this point I am not certain if they are included with the box set; however either way, let's show them off!

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This first one is a bit of a mystery. Speculation indicates that it is from Thor 2: The Dark World and if so, then this would be some of the first concept art that I have seen. With Iron Man 3 on the verge of coming out then it would make sense that we get to see some of the new Thor movie. In retrospect, since Thor is already filming I would believe this was for Thor IF we get some Iron Man artwork. It would only make sense. Other speculation is that this comes from Guardians of the Galaxy and that is my guess also.



Guardians of the Galaxy
I can't say enough how excited I am for this movie. This is not the first bit of concept art we are seeing for Guardians of the Galaxy but it is the first we are seeing of their ship. There isn't much to expand on here, it's a ship. Nuff' said. I do however speculate that we may see this ship in the end of Iron Man to help introduce the Guardians of the Galaxy. Maybe this is some of that Iron Man 3 concept art pushing the above art to be Thor 2 artwork.

More Guardians
This picture is very reminiscent of the Cantina scene in Star Wars: A New Hope. This picture is VERY interesting. It's interesting for a couple reasons. One, we see Rocket Raccoon, Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Star Lord, and is that Gamora in blue skin? What's even more important is we see the scene filled and even interaction with other characters which means the universe is that much larger. We now know the Cinematic Universe is filled with more than what we've seen so far.

(Special nerd note, not only does this reminiscent of the Cantina scene, Star Lord in front right is also dressed in similar, if not very much the same, out fit from concept art for Han Solo and that of Luke Skywalker, originally called Star Killer.)

Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier
At last some Captain America art and if anything, this is just pure joy for me. We see Chris Evans as Captain America squaring off with the Winter Soldier himself Bucky Barnes. This picture is somewhat telling also because Steve Rogers isn't in his which means if his attire doesn't change between this and the movie, then Winter Soldier is out to get Captain anytime anywhere. We also see sparks shooting out from the impact of Cap's shield and W. Soldiers bionic arm which means he packs a punch (no pun intended).

And just when you thought the info was gonna stop coming in I'm going to give you another morsel of goodness. Marvel studios is set to set up sharp in Pinewood - Shepperton at the end of this year and will begin filming Avengers 2 at the beginning of 2014! It's not confirmed who will be in the sequel and Marvel has already stated that not all Avengers from the first movie will make it into the second. While the landscape of the Marvel Cinematic Universe changing and only a few additions (Guardians) I can't imagine we won't see all of Marvel's finest taking it to the mad Titan Thanos.


- Nurd!