Marvel Ungkap Sekuel ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, Thanos, dan Karakter ‘Ant-Man’

Panel Marvel Studios di Hall H, San Diego Comic-Con 2014 tidak diragukan lagi menjadi salah satu yang ditunggu-tunggu oleh para penggemar film superhero. Dalam presentasi yang dimoderatori oleh Chris Hardwick, Kevin Feige hadir bersama dengan jajaran aktor dan kru dari Ant-Man dan Avengers: Age of Ultron, dua film Marvel Studios yang akan rilis tahun depan.

Presentasi Ant-Man mengambil panggung terlebih dahulu dengan Peyton Reed, sutradara baru yang menggantikan Edgar Wright, ditemani oleh jajaran pemain utamanya. Terlihat hadir di San Diego adalah dua Ant-Man beda generasi yaitu Paul Rudd sebagai Scott Lang dan Michael Douglas sebagai Hank Pym. Evangeline Lilly yang selama ini menyangkal keterlibatannya dalam film, diumumkan sebagai Hope van Dyne, putri dari Hank Pym. Sementara Corey Stoll diperkenalkan sebagai Darren Cross, sang musuh, yang nantinya akan menggunakan nama Yellowjacket.

Film Ant-Man memang diselubungi banyak masalah sejak awal pembuatannya. Saya sendiri masih pesimis dengannya, apalagi di panel, Evangeline Lilly mengatakan dirinya belum mendapatkan dan membaca naskah. Banyak perubahan dari komik sendiri juga cukup mengkhawatirkan.

Walau baru akan memulai proses syuting 18 Agustus mendatang, Marvel memainkan sebuah test VFX untuk para audiens, sekaligus menutup sesi presentasi Ant-Man. Berikut adalah deskripsi /Film tentang cuplikan tersebut.

The clip opens on a science lab. In contrast to the super-sleek ones we’ve seen at, say, Wayne Enterprises or Stark Industries, this one looks older and smaller, almost homey. The camera moves around the room, showing various flasks and vials, a jar with moving ants inside, and Ant-Man’s famous helmet.

Meanwhile, we hear Scott Lang and Hank Pym’s voices over the scene. Lang sounds hesitant: “Dr. Pym, you seem nice, but…” Eventually, he gets to the point: “I’m not a superhero.”

Pym makes it clear he doesn’t hold superheroes in high esteem to begin with. “You’re not an egomaniac,” he agrees. “Superheroes, what a goddamn joke.” Pym continues confidently over Lang’s protests. “I think someone already shrunk your balls,” he says. “It’s a small job.”

The video then cuts to a city at night, with flashing lights and tall buildings in the background. We see a tiny figure in the Ant-Man suit, running across a rooftop. It’s Scott, and we can hear him speaking to Hank remotely. It sounds like Scott is on his first adventure, and Hank is instructing him in what to do.

A flying insect flies toward Scott and he tries to get on, but the damn thing won’t budge. Hank tells Scott to just jump, so Scott launches himself off the building… and he’s immediately caught by a flying ant. Scott rides it through a vent, as other insects follow. “Okay. I got this,” Scott says.

Lanjut dari Ant-Man, para anggota Avengers mengisi panggung. Meski Scarlett Johansson harus absen karena melahirkan dan sang sutradara, Joss Whedon, juga tidak bisa hadir karena baru menjalani operasi, penonton dihibur dengan kedatangan para anggota baru seperti Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Paul Bettany (Vision), dan juga James Spader yang akan menjadi karakter titular, Ultron.

Ditampilkan juga cuplikan dari film yang belum pernah dirilis ke internet. Berikut adalah deskripsinya dari /Film:

We start on a city scape and the whole team is assembled in Avengers tower. They’re all hanging out. Drinking beer, joking, and Hawkeye tells Thor the whole no-one-can-grab-the hammer thing is “a circus side show.” He disagrees and Stark tries to pick it up. “If I lift it do I get to rule Asgard?” he asks. Yes, Thor says. He fails on a first attempt. “I’ll be right back.” He puts on the Iron Man glove. No dice. He and Rhodie try, both in their Iron Man gloves. Nope. Hawkeye fails. Banner tries and really exerts himself. Everyone gives him a look. Next up is Cap and he budges it which really gets Thor worried. However, having all failed Thor says he has a simple theory “You’re all not worthy.” Just then a huge screeching sound. “You’re all not worthy.” Enter a brutally broken, almost zombie like metal being. It’s Ultron. “How could you be worthy? You are all killers. You want to protect the world but you don’t want it to change. There’s only one path to peace… your extinction.” Just then a bunch of other robots fly in and we get the Marvel Studios logo.

Ultron continues in voice over with a bunch of other images. “I had a vision … the whole world screaming for mercy.” People running away, escaping. “Everyone tangled in strings.” Banner all sickly looking on a place. “Strinnnngs.” Massive battle scenes, Hawkeye and others helping people evacuate. Banner in the snow, then a random hospital, Scarlet Witch on a bus, Thor smashing a tank. Then Tony Stark “It’s the end,” he says. “The end of the path I started us on.” Widow adds, “Nothing lasts forever.” We then see a screaming Hulk and the massive Hulk Buster armor. Black Widow on the Harley Davidson, Quicksilver running around, Andy Serkis as a human (!?!), more explosions, Iron Man flying by what looks like a prison and shooting some soldiers. Hulk throws a car at the Hulkbuster and then punches him through it. A quick shot of Widow and Hulk almost touching hands.

The whole time, a song has been playing about strings. It’s very eerie and morbid. Finally, we get a fully realized, metallic, 8 foot Ultron. Referencing his statement “There are no strings on me” as his clenching fist turns into the circle around the “A” of “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” The title card.

Then, after that, we see Cap’s shild broken, Tony Stark looking down at it, the camera pulls back and we literally see every member of the team laying on the ground in tatters on what may or not be Thanos’ tomb. They look dead.

Menutup sesi Avengers: Age of Ultron, Josh Brolin naik ke atas panggung untuk diperkenalkan sebagai Thanos sambil mengenak Infinity Gauntlet. Ya, meski beritanya sudah beredar sejak lama, ini adalah pertama kalinya Marvel mengumumkan keterlibatan sang aktor secara resmi.

Seusai para aktor meninggalkan panggung, Kevin Feige melakukan conference call dengan James Gunn dan Chris Pratt, sutradara dan aktor dari Guardians of the Galaxy, dari Inggris. Kebetulan, mereka baru saja mengadakan premiere filmnya di sana kemarin. Meski singkat, Gunn dan Pratt mengumumkan secara resmi sekuel Guardians of the Galaxy yang akan rilis 28 Juli 2017.

Beberapa penggemar cukup kecewa dengan minimnya kejutan yang ditawarkan oleh Marvel. Pengumuman film terbarunya pun praktis hanya satu, meski tempo hari baru saja mengunci 5 tanggal rilis hingga 2019.