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Every year, without fail, summer blockbusters invade the movie theaters, marching their big-budget, post-produced glamour through America.

As if a sequel to Zack Snyder's Man of Steel was ever in doubt, the blockbuster's performance over the weekend solidified Warner Bros.

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Despite the fact that we're still two years away from The Avengers 2's official release, seeing as how The Avengers was one of the most successful films of all time, wella there's a lot of endless speculation going on about the plot, about the cast, about the characters, etc.

For all the Tom Hiddleston fans who need another Loki fix, you're going to have to make due with Thor: The Dark World , because the baddie won't be making a return in The Avengers 2 .

A director of box-office smashes like The Avengers, and sci-fi TV series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns out to be a closet Shakespeare fan.

In the course of about a month, director Joss Whedon went from spending quality time with Hollywood power players such as Captain America, The Hulk and Iron Man to hanging with that superhero of sonnets, William Shakespeare.

Josh Whedon's " Much Ado About Nothing" features many actors from what we could call Tribe Whedon.

Joss Whedon has been making the press rounds for another film with a dazzling array of super-talent, his adaptation of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing .

Joss Whedon has insisted he is not feeling any pressure for his Avengers sequel, following the success of Avengers Assemble.

Joss Whedon's California-set Much Ado, filmed in black and white over 12 days, is a charming and witty triumph There was a great fear in the 1960s and 70s that various respected directors who'd moved into making epics and blockbusters would be unable to return, even occasionally, to more modest productions.

UPDATE: Our own Eric Eisenberg has chimed in to point out an interesting wrinkle, which is that Deadline refers to the character as Ronan Dey... who doesn't exist.

Joss Whedon recently sat in on the Empire Magazine Podcast and briefly discussed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. while elaborating a bit more on The Avengers 2 and the two confirmed new additions.

Marvel Studios has recently secured two release dates for unannounced film projects.

The legion of Tom Hiddleston fans around the world will probably be a little bummed out at the news that the War Horse actor will not be returning in the sequel to 2012's The Avengers.

"Much Ado About Nothing", directed, adapted and produced by Joss Whedon was released last week to the tune of an 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Much Ado About Nothing is an eminently appealing modern-dress adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy of romantic errors, knocked out in 12 days during downtime on Whedon's 2012 monster Marvel's The Avengers.

ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" goes to 1 night a week as the network aims to attract younger viewers.

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Robert Downey Jr. came to save the day for one crestfallen kid - even if he didn't get to do it as Iron Man.