Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! Opens May 27 Beginning Summer of Heroes

It's the Summer of Heroes this year at Disney California Adventure. Today, the opening date of Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! will open May 27 this year at the park kicking off the summer that will themed to your favorite Marvel super heroes in addition to the Guardians of the Galaxy. The Summer of Heroes will run through September 10. 

Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT! will blast guests right into the storyline of helping Rocket Raccoon bust out his pals from Collector's Fortress. Each ride will be a randomized experience that is complete with all new visual, audio effects, and music inspired from the film's soundtracks. 

There also will be some brand new Marvel experiences that guests will be able to experience during the Summer of Heroes and year-round even after the summer ends:

• Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Dance Off! – Don’t be surprised if you run into the Guardians of the Galaxy on their way to the Milano, with Star-Lord firing up his old-school boom box to get the party started. Gamora may prefer to stand back and observe, but everyone else is bound to get in the groove and show off their moves during this awesome rock ‘n’ roll bash!
• Super Hero Encounters – For the first time, citizens of Earth will come face-to-face with Groot, one of the Guardians of the Galaxy! You can also step up to meet the First Avenger, Captain America, along with everyone’s favorite web slinger, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

And for a limited time, step up to the challenge with new adventures during Summer of Heroes:

• Avengers Training Initiative – Black Widow and Hawkeye assemble young recruits for a series of tests to see if they have what it takes to join the ranks of the Avengers.
• Heroic Encounter: Black Widow – Black Widow will arrive on the scene several times throughout the day in an armored Avengers vehicle for her heroic encounter with park guests.
• Grab a Piece (or Bite) of the Action – All that heroism making you hungry? Want a token as proof of your adventures when you get home? Special themed merchandise and food will be available throughout Hollywood Land.

That's not all as this summer over at Disneyland, guests will see the reopening of Disneyland Railroad and Rivers of America attractions that no official reopening date has been announced. Also, later in the Summer, Fantasmic! will make its return to the park. 

Disney Reportedly Casts Young Han Solo; Black Widow Standalone Film in the Works

Disney Reportedly Casts Young Han Solo:

Disney and Lucasfilm may have created a little outrage with fans with who they picked for their untitled "Young Han Solo" standalone film as young Han Solo. The film which is due out in 2018 and now directors Phil Lord Chris Miller seem to have found their young Solo in Alden Ehrenreich ("Hail Caesar!"). Ehrenreich is final negotiations to don the famous vest and pick up that blaster that Harrison Ford brought to the role.

The film which centers around Solo in his younger days in the galaxy far, far away and will even tell how Solo met with our favorite Wookie, Chewbacca. Although not official as it hasn't officially been announced by Disney or by Ehrenreich's representation in CAA.

Ehrenreich won over the directors over two others who were on the final shortlist such as Kingsman actor Taron Egerton and Transformers: Age of Extinction's Jack Reynor. In earlier rounds that seem to have been eliminated from the shortlist were Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, and Brooklyn breakout star Emory Cohen.

Lord and Miller will co-direct the film with the script being written by father-son duo in Lawrence and Jon Kasdan. The film once again hits theaters in 2018.

Black Widow Standalone Film Reportedly in the Works:

Marvel President Kevin Feige confirmed in an interview with Deadline.com that Marvel is reportedly working on a Black Widow standalone film. The interview which highlights the release of "Captain America: Civil War" today among many other things. Two questions stuck out however as what superhero would be next to get a standalone film. Here is what he said when asked:

DEADLINE: You’ve got a bunch of characters in this movie from Falcon and War Machine and Black Widow and Hawkeye, who have so far guest starred in movies with another characters title above the fold. Is there one destined to get a solo movie down the line?FEIGE: We’ve announced the next nine movies, ten counting Civil War, through the end of 2019. Where we go beyond that are ongoing discussions that we’ll focus on in the next few years because we have a lot to do before then. Of the characters that you’ve just mentioned I would say certainly the one creatively and emotionally that we are most committing to doing is black widow.
DEADLINE: Why?FEIGE: We think she’s an amazing character. We think Scarlett Johansson’s portrayal of her is amazing. She’s a lead Avenger and has amazing stories in her own right to tell that we think would be fun to turn into a standalone franchise.

It's clear that we will eventually get to see the lead female Avenger get her own film and the only question remains is when we will get it.

Several 'Force Awakens' Clips Released; Marvel Releases Several Images from "Captain America: Civil War"

Several 'Force Awakens' Clips Released:

We are just 10 days away from a film that is one of most anticipated films ever, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." Several different clips have been released over the last few days. This clip was released by Verizon. Including new dialogue between Rey and Han that seems to be a bit humorous even with what seems to be an impending battle coming on. 

The next clip was shown on Disney XD during a behind the scenes look into 'The Force Awakens.' This clip we get a look at the past of Han, Luke, and Leia. We then see several different scenes including a new costume that we haven's seen for Rey, Leia's costume, and a more detailed look of Lupita Nyong'o as Maz Kanata. Here is the behind the scenes clip:



The last featurette debuted during a Comic Con experience in Brazil on Saturday. This takes a behind the scenes look at the 'Force Awakens' and at the legacy of the saga with the cast and crew.


"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" hits theaters on December 18 in 10 days.

Marvel Releases Several Images from "Captain America: Civil War":

Just a few weeks ago we got our first look into "Captain America: Civil War" as the first trailer released. Today, Marvel.com released several images from the film that hits theaters May 6, 2016. We see Captain America (Chris Evans) stretched to his limits in one of the photos. Another photo shows Captain and Iron-Man (Robert Downey Jr.) in what appears to be a somewhat civil conversation. All rights of the photos go to Marvel.com. Here are the new images that were released: