Robert Downey Jr. can aptly be credited for having kickstarted a golden age for Marvel via 2008’s Iron Man. A stepping stone for the Avengers and the plethora of superheroes and villains that have since played a major role in the MCU, the movie in itself was not shot in the most straightforward of ways.
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 2 / Walt Disney Studios
Not only did it include a range of improvised dialogues and scenes, it also included a plethora of subtext that further added to the enigma that became Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark. This, also led to a particular scene and dialog which led to an argument between the movie director, Jon Favreau, and the U.S. Department of Defense liaison that they hired, Phil Strub.
So much so that the scene eventually had to be altered, something Favreau was initially displeased with. However, the...
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 2 / Walt Disney Studios
Not only did it include a range of improvised dialogues and scenes, it also included a plethora of subtext that further added to the enigma that became Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark. This, also led to a particular scene and dialog which led to an argument between the movie director, Jon Favreau, and the U.S. Department of Defense liaison that they hired, Phil Strub.
So much so that the scene eventually had to be altered, something Favreau was initially displeased with. However, the...
- 7/1/2024
- by Rishabh Bhatnagar
- FandomWire
The CIA and the Pentagon pulled out all the stops for the creators of "Zero Dark Thirty," staging interviews with officials and a Navy Seal for an inside account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
Critics praised the movie's gritty and gripping feel but, with the film due for release in major European markets this week, controversy has erupted over claims that it justifies Us agents' use of torture on detainees.
The access granted to director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal has turned the Oscar-nominated movie into the most detailed public account that exists of the May 2011 raid on a Pakistani compound to kill Bin Laden.
Nate Jones of the National Security Archives research institute dubbed it "the closest thing to the official story behind the pursuit of bin Laden."
Bigelow has been forced to release a statement denying widespread allegations that the film set out to justify...
Critics praised the movie's gritty and gripping feel but, with the film due for release in major European markets this week, controversy has erupted over claims that it justifies Us agents' use of torture on detainees.
The access granted to director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal has turned the Oscar-nominated movie into the most detailed public account that exists of the May 2011 raid on a Pakistani compound to kill Bin Laden.
Nate Jones of the National Security Archives research institute dubbed it "the closest thing to the official story behind the pursuit of bin Laden."
Bigelow has been forced to release a statement denying widespread allegations that the film set out to justify...
- 1/22/2013
- by Agence France Presse
- Huffington Post
The Pentagon has chosen Zack Snyder's Man of Steel to debut their latest stealth fighter jet project, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. It looks like the first combat that the Jet will see will be against a Kryptonian army in Man of Steel, at least that's what I imagine will happen! It has yet to fly any real combat missions.
I don't know much about the aircraft project, but apparently it went through numerous budgetary and engineering problems during its development. According to Wired, it's the most expensive weapons program in human history... 1.5 trillion dollars. The pentagon is excited about finally being able to show it off to the world.
The Pentagon’s Hollywood liaison Phil Strub said that, "It was a target of opportunity, they liked the idea of having the most modern, the newest fighter aircraft in the background." Who wouldn't like that idea! The fighter looks freakin' awesome!
I don't know much about the aircraft project, but apparently it went through numerous budgetary and engineering problems during its development. According to Wired, it's the most expensive weapons program in human history... 1.5 trillion dollars. The pentagon is excited about finally being able to show it off to the world.
The Pentagon’s Hollywood liaison Phil Strub said that, "It was a target of opportunity, they liked the idea of having the most modern, the newest fighter aircraft in the background." Who wouldn't like that idea! The fighter looks freakin' awesome!
- 10/16/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
It turns out the CIA and Pentagon officials were just big fans of The Hurt Locker.
New documents pertaining to government and military cooperation on the Osama bin Laden takedown film Zero Dark Thirty (out Dec. 19) were posted Tuesday evening by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, but they fail to confirm the organization’s theory that director Kathryn Bigelow and producer-screenwriter Mark Boal were given special access for the sake of political gains.
In fact, media relations officials discussed the need to be fair to others who were seeking similar information about the May 2, 2011 raid — and they told each...
New documents pertaining to government and military cooperation on the Osama bin Laden takedown film Zero Dark Thirty (out Dec. 19) were posted Tuesday evening by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, but they fail to confirm the organization’s theory that director Kathryn Bigelow and producer-screenwriter Mark Boal were given special access for the sake of political gains.
In fact, media relations officials discussed the need to be fair to others who were seeking similar information about the May 2, 2011 raid — and they told each...
- 8/29/2012
- by Anthony Breznican
- EW - Inside Movies
Despite the fact that Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) and countless other all-too-human agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) risked their lives to help Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) and the rest of the costumed superheroes stop Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and his otherworldly army in The Avengers, the real-life U.S. Defense Department has a problem with the fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency.
Apparently, it's okay for a civilian to put on a homemade suit of armor and fly overseas to fight terrorists on their home turf — the Defense Department assisted Marvel Studios during the making of Iron Man — but a spy agency that operates on (and above) U.S. soil that doesn't answer to Washington is a big no-no. Phil Strub, the Defense Department's liaison to Hollywood, recently explained to Wired that the...
Apparently, it's okay for a civilian to put on a homemade suit of armor and fly overseas to fight terrorists on their home turf — the Defense Department assisted Marvel Studios during the making of Iron Man — but a spy agency that operates on (and above) U.S. soil that doesn't answer to Washington is a big no-no. Phil Strub, the Defense Department's liaison to Hollywood, recently explained to Wired that the...
- 5/10/2012
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
While Marvel was developing The Avengers, they were working on collaborating with the Pentagon on the use of the U.S. military in the film. Ultimately, the Pentagon decided to not support the movie because they were unclear on the relationship between the fictional Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, or S.H.I.E.L.D. organization, and the United States. I guess the Defense Department couldn't roll with a movie about a team of superheroes fighting off an alien invasion.
Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison Phil Strub revealed their confusion to Wired,
We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it. To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn’t do anything with the film.... It just got to the point...
Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison Phil Strub revealed their confusion to Wired,
We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it. To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn’t do anything with the film.... It just got to the point...
- 5/8/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Michael Bay's giant alien robot antics get a free pass with them. Peter Berg's upcoming alien invasion on water epic "Battleship" essentially serves as a two-hour recruitment commercial. But when it came to "Marvel's The Avengers", the Pentagon decided not to help out with use of their equipment and personnel.
Phil Strub, the U.S. Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison, tells Wired.com that, with the exception of some use of Humvees in the finale, co-operation with the U.S. military on "The Avengers" was halted. Why? Murky jurisdictional issues.
Namely S.H.I.E.L.D., the onscreen international peacekeeping organization of the Marvel Universe. Strub says the ambiguity of the relationship between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the U.S. government and military complex is what ultimately stopped it from happening.
"We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it.
Phil Strub, the U.S. Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison, tells Wired.com that, with the exception of some use of Humvees in the finale, co-operation with the U.S. military on "The Avengers" was halted. Why? Murky jurisdictional issues.
Namely S.H.I.E.L.D., the onscreen international peacekeeping organization of the Marvel Universe. Strub says the ambiguity of the relationship between S.H.I.E.L.D. and the U.S. government and military complex is what ultimately stopped it from happening.
"We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it.
- 5/8/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Us military is often involved with Hollywood blockbusters, like Michael Bay's "Transformers" franchise and Peter Berg's "Battleship," which even has a cameo by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus. The filmmakers get to save loads of money by using the military's resources and the military gets to promote itself to movie-goers. Everyone wins. But when it came time to shoot "The Avengers," the Department of Defense (Dod) quickly made a decision not to get involved with the project, which they called "too unrealistic." The problem wasn't the fact that the film has a God, a super-soldier, a green giant, and lots of alien invaders, but that the Dod wasn't able to figure out the connection between Nick Fury's Shield and the Us government. "We couldn't reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it," said Phil Strub, the Dod's Hollywood liaison. "To whom did Shield answer?...
- 5/8/2012
- WorstPreviews.com
This is pretty classic. Apparently Pentagon officials were consulting with Marvel Studios on Joss Whedon.s blockbuster hit The Avengers but had to quit after a while because they found the situations presented on screen to be too unrealistic, and they couldn.t resolve its conflicts. .We couldn.t reconcile the unreality of this international organization [named S.H.I.E.L.D.] and our place in it,. said Phil Strub, the Defense Department.s Hollywood liaison, according to Wired.com.s Danger Room. .To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn.t do anything. with The Avengers. Wait, doesn.t the military regularly consult with Michael Bay on the Transformers films? So the idea of a Decepticon being buried on the moon is more plausible then the comic-inspired mayhem ...
- 5/8/2012
- cinemablend.com
The Pentagon decided to stop cooperating with "Marvel's The Avengers" because the film seemed too unrealistic, Wired reports.
It's surprising that the government did not participate in the film, as the military has a long history of working with studios on action movies. In fact, the Pentagon loaned some F-22s to Marvel for Robert Downey Jr. to go toe-to-toe with in "Iron Man." It also gave a whole host of military vehicles (including ships and helicopters) to Paramount for "Transformers."
Why so little love for the film that would go on to have the best-stelling opening weekend of all time, then? The Defense Department's Hollywood liaison (that's a real position) said the government was concerned about the vague authority of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Samuel L. Jackson-led international peacekeeping / spy-ish organization (please don't write us letters!) that brings together the Avengers to do Avenger-y things.
"We couldn’t reconcile the...
It's surprising that the government did not participate in the film, as the military has a long history of working with studios on action movies. In fact, the Pentagon loaned some F-22s to Marvel for Robert Downey Jr. to go toe-to-toe with in "Iron Man." It also gave a whole host of military vehicles (including ships and helicopters) to Paramount for "Transformers."
Why so little love for the film that would go on to have the best-stelling opening weekend of all time, then? The Defense Department's Hollywood liaison (that's a real position) said the government was concerned about the vague authority of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Samuel L. Jackson-led international peacekeeping / spy-ish organization (please don't write us letters!) that brings together the Avengers to do Avenger-y things.
"We couldn’t reconcile the...
- 5/8/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
While the World Security Council feature in Marvel's The Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s relationship with the United States government isn't touched upon and is seemingly left intentionally murky. As it turns out, this was a major problem for the organisation which usually works with the makers of films such as Joss Whedon's superhero esemble. "We couldn’t reconcile the unreality of this international organization and our place in it," Phil Strub, the Defense Department’s Hollywood liaison, told Wired. "To whom did S.H.I.E.L.D. answer? Did we work for S.H.I.E.L.D.? We hit that roadblock and decided we couldn’t do anything with the film." Despite the fact that The Avengers features military aircraft on the Helicarrier and during key scenes in the film, these were in fact digitally inserted and not provided by the Us military...
- 5/7/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
A crack team of highly skilled warriors, outfitted with the most advanced weapons of the world’s most powerful military force, storms an enemy compound, firing round after round of ammunition through concrete walls and the skulls of their terrorist adversaries.
The good guys have yet to suffer a single casualty until, suddenly, one of its leaders takes a rocket to the chest. The audience cringes, but the bang never comes -- the rocket clangs to the ground, unexploded, and the battle rages on.
The upcoming film "Act of Valor" is replete with that kind of action, but there are a few things it doesn't have: There are no corrupt officers, no damaged heroes, no queasy doubts about the value of the mission or the virtue of the cause.
That's because "Act of Valor" was born not in Hollywood, but in the Pentagon. It was commissioned by the Navy's Special...
The good guys have yet to suffer a single casualty until, suddenly, one of its leaders takes a rocket to the chest. The audience cringes, but the bang never comes -- the rocket clangs to the ground, unexploded, and the battle rages on.
The upcoming film "Act of Valor" is replete with that kind of action, but there are a few things it doesn't have: There are no corrupt officers, no damaged heroes, no queasy doubts about the value of the mission or the virtue of the cause.
That's because "Act of Valor" was born not in Hollywood, but in the Pentagon. It was commissioned by the Navy's Special...
- 2/17/2012
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
White House has responded to claims from Peter King, a Republican congressman who sent a letter to CIA and the Department of Defense on Tuesday, August 8. In the letter, he asked for an investigation into whether the Obama administration has leaked confidential information to director Kathryn Bigelow and Sony Pictures about the hunt for Osama bin Laden which could be used for their upcoming movie.
"The claims are ridiculous," Jay Carney, a spokesman from White House said in a statement. "We do not discuss classified information. And I would hope that as we face the continued threat from terrorism, the House Committee on Homeland Security would have more important topics to discuss than a movie."
Carney told reporters that the information given to the filmmakers "has been focused on the president's role. There is no difference in the information that we've given to anybody who's working on this topic from...
"The claims are ridiculous," Jay Carney, a spokesman from White House said in a statement. "We do not discuss classified information. And I would hope that as we face the continued threat from terrorism, the House Committee on Homeland Security would have more important topics to discuss than a movie."
Carney told reporters that the information given to the filmmakers "has been focused on the president's role. There is no difference in the information that we've given to anybody who's working on this topic from...
- 8/11/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
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