The following is an overview of the storylines from the pages of Marvel Comics to be adapted in live-action films.
Born Again
A sequel to the Daredevil film is in development, and is expected to use the Daredevil: Born Again storyline. Director Mark Steven Johnson showed interest in returning to direct with the Born Again storyline. Michael Clarke Duncan stated strong interest in reprising his role as the Kingpin. Johnson stated that villains Mr. Fear or The Owl are strong possibilities to appear for the sequel.
The Dark Phoenix Saga
It was alluded to in the movie X2: X-Men United. A third movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, released in 2006, contains further elements from the saga.
*Famke Janssen plays Jean Grey in three movies, beginning with X-Men. During the film, Jean uses Cerebro for the first time, which causes strain on her mind and abilities. Later, she is affected by Magneto's machine which enhances the mutant gene in humans.
*In the second film, X2: X-Men United, Jean Grey's powers have been evolving since the Liberty Island incident in the first movie. As Jean Grey uses her powers, a fiery aura appears in her eyes. In the climax of the movie, she is engulfed in a fiery aura as she holds back a tsunami of water from a burst dam to save the other X-Men. In the final scene, a giant flying fiery bird can be seen reflected in the water.
*In the third X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, Jean "becomes" Phoenix. Jean is the only known . At a young age, Xavier locked some of Jean's powers away as she could not control her near-infinite abilities. This causes a split in Jean's psyche—between Jean Grey and the Phoenix (what her split-personality calls itself)—and drives her to insanity. During the movie, Jean and Phoenix battle for dominance. Jean tells Wolverine she thinks she killed Scott, although this is never confirmed. Phoenix destroys Xavier and joins Magneto. Jean/Phoenix abstains from a battle on Alcatraz until the military reinforcements show up and try to shoot her; Phoenix then gains full control and demolishes the island, ripping it and everything on it apart on the molecular level. Wolverine climbs his way to Jean's side while his flesh is peeled from his Adamantium covered bones, his healing factor being the only thing keeping him alive. He calls to Jean, but there is only the Phoenix and it does not understand his actions. Logan tells Jean that he would die for her and that he loves her. His heartfelt words pull Jean to the fore; she asks him to save her. He stabs her with his claws, killing her and ending the destruction. Jean's tombstone lies on the X-Mansion ground, besides the markers of Scott and Xavier. Although in X2: X-Men United Jean demonstrates pyrokinetic powers similar to the comic book Phoenix's, such as her fiery aura and the iconic Phoenix raptor, these powers are totally disregarded in X-Men: The Last Stand for completely different powers such as dominance on a molecular level. And despite the fact that the movie draws on the Phoenix storylines of the comics Jean is never once referred to, either by herself or by others, as the Phoenix, let alone the Dark Phoenix. The only time the word Phoenix is ever stated in the film is when Xavier informs Logan that Phoenix was an alter-ego persona Jean had in their sessions but never does he, Jean, the X-Men, or even Magneto's team of Omegas, refer to her by such a title as if it were her name, contrary to the comic book.
Demon in a Bottle
Jon Favreau, director of the 2008 Iron Man film, said: "Stark has issues with booze. That's part of who he is." Favreau said that elements of the story would be used in future Iron Man sequels: "I don't think we'll ever do the Leaving Las Vegas version, but it will be dealt with." and he created the final designs for Iron Man's armor. On the DVD of Iron Man, "Extremis and Beyond" is included as a special feature. In other featurettes, Adi Granov and Warren Ellis were interviewed on the origin, the suits, John Pillinger (the interviewer), and the suit being on a crate, not a briefcase.
The Galactus Trilogy
"The Galactus Trilogy" served as a primary inspiration for the 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Gifted
The "mutant cure" plot was base of the X-Men: The Last Stand movie plot.
God Loves, Man Kills
Several elements of the novel's plot — most notably the name of the villain, William Stryker; the fact that the X-Men team-up with Magneto, their arch-rival; the kidnapping of Professor X and some of his X-Men; and the use of Professor X to mentally kill all the mutants on earth — were used in the second X-Men film, X2.
There are also differences in the storyline, however. Some of the main differences are:
*William Stryker in the movie is a military scientist rather than a minister. The comic's Stryker was once involved in the military at one point in his life, but left that to become a preacher long before the events of the novel.
*Both versions of Stryker have a mutant child, though in the novel, the child had already died prior to the events of the novel. In the movie, his child is still alive.
*In the film, Stryker is responsible for Wolverine receiving his adamantium bones and claws; in the comic, they had never met prior to the events of the novel.
*In the novel, Stryker and his men are able to kidnap Professor X, Cyclops, and Storm. In the movie, only the first two are kidnapped.
Guardian Devil
When the look of the was being decided, director Mark Steven Johnson opted to use direct scenes from the Daredevil comics. Joe Quesada's artistic take in Guardian Devil was an influence on the film, with Johnson noting that they would "literally take out a scene from the comic book that Joe did Here's Daredevil on the cross, you know, it's that scene from 'Guardian Devil'. You just shoot that."
The Night Gwen Stacy Died
: In the film, Spider-Man's webs are often much more elastic, like a bungee cord, behaving like a shock absorber. Mary Jane Watson (assuming the "role" of Gwen Stacy) is thrown off the Queensboro Bridge by the Green Goblin. The situation is especially tricky, as the Goblin also sends a cable car loaded with passengers falling to the ground at the same time. Spider-Man manages to save both by first catching Mary Jane in his arms, and then catching hold of the car's cable, before webbing the bridge to anchor himself. Also, Spider-Man then follows the Green Goblin, aka Norman Osborn, to an abandoned building on Roosevelt Island when he then fights him (unlike in the comic where he fights the Goblin before he throws Gwen off the bridge). This fight ends in much the same way as the original, with Goblin accidentally impaling himself with his glider.
Origin
Wolverine's origin is shown in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the fourth film in the X-Men film series (which, in the beginning of the film, is based strongly on the Origin comics), along with his and Victor Creed/Sabretooth's role on the two world wars, Weapon X, Team X and turning on each other. The film adds Creed in the Origin storyline, as Howlett's brother and fellow soldier. It also directly links Thomas Logan and Wolverine when Thomas states with his dying breath that he is Wolverine's real father.
The cast of the characters from the Origins comics are:
* as John Howlett
*Alice Parkinson as Elizabeth Howlett
*Aaron Jeffery as Thomas Logan
*Troye Sivan as Young James Howlett / Wolverine
*Michael James-Olsen as Young Victor Creed (Sabretooth)
*Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine/James Howlett
==Spider-Man No More!==
"Spider-Man No More!" was used as the main inspiration for the 2004 film Spider-Man 2.
Tomb of Dracula
Blade, a character introduced in The Tomb of Dracula, has been featured in a series of three films: Blade (1998), Blade II (2002), and Blade: Trinity (2004). Other Tomb of Dracula characters, Deacon Frost and Hannibal King, have been featured in these films (Frost in Blade, King in Blade: Trinity), albeit in heavily revised forms. A reference to the Tomb of Dracula series is made in Blade: Trinity when King shows an issue of the comic to Blade.
Dracula himself does not appear in the series until Blade: Trinity, in which he goes by the name of "Drake" and features an origin and powers that differ from the comics. He is played in the film by Dominic Purcell. Given Drake's age and origin, he, more than any other vampire that followed, can harness a much greater and more dynamic range of abilities. He possesses superhuman strength, much greater than that of Blade, as well as incredible speed. Like those he sired, he is capable of leaping great distances and seems to be knowledgeable of sword fighting techniques, even rivaling Blade himself. Drake's true power, however, is derived from his origin as the first of his species. The manipulation of energies which lead to his first resurrection left Drake with two forms: human and a demonic alter ego. In this form, Drake is much stronger, resilient to all forms of damage and much taller than his human form. He also possesses very keen senses, allowing him, for example, to catch an arrow in mid-air.
Weapon X
* In the X-Men film franchise, consisting of 2000's X-Men, 2003's X2: X-Men United, and 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, Wolverine is an amnesiac searching for clues to his past, which definitely includes participation in a paramilitary program that bonded adamantium to his skeleton, although the program was not named, nor was the program's country of affiliation mentioned. He also encounters Lady Deathstrike, who has been put through an identical procedure.
* X2 introduced Colonel William Stryker, a military scientist who invented the adamantium bonding process and has performed other experiments on mutants, such as developing a mind-controlling drug used on Lady Deathstrike, Magneto, Nightcrawler, and Cyclops. The Marvel Universe version of Stryker has no affiliation with Weapon X. In fact, Stryker is a reverend in the God Loves, Man Kills graphic novel upon which X2 is loosely based.
* After the success of the three X-Men films, the studio produced a spin-off film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This film explains and expands on the origins of Logan/Wolverine, including his time at the Weapon X facility. It explains that Weapon X is the tenth weapon created by the lab. Each weapon is a living mutant enhanced by technological means. Weapon X (Wolverine) is given adamantium bones to increase his durability, and razor-sharp metal claws to increase his offensive potential. Weapon XI is Deadpool, possessing powers extracted from several mutants-- a healing factor, improved speed, strength, agility, and aim, the power to communicate via computer, teleportation, and destructive eye-beams, as well as adamantium blades in his arms.
Welcome Back Frank
The series is notable for creating several characters that were later used in the 2004 film adaptation of the character: Frank Castle's neighbors (Joan the Mouse, Spacker Dave and Mister Bumpo), and two hitmen sent after him (Harry Heck and the Russian). The movie retells this storyline, with only minor alterations, such as the lack of Joan's shyness and the events happening in Tampa.
Born Again
A sequel to the Daredevil film is in development, and is expected to use the Daredevil: Born Again storyline. Director Mark Steven Johnson showed interest in returning to direct with the Born Again storyline. Michael Clarke Duncan stated strong interest in reprising his role as the Kingpin. Johnson stated that villains Mr. Fear or The Owl are strong possibilities to appear for the sequel.
The Dark Phoenix Saga
It was alluded to in the movie X2: X-Men United. A third movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, released in 2006, contains further elements from the saga.
*Famke Janssen plays Jean Grey in three movies, beginning with X-Men. During the film, Jean uses Cerebro for the first time, which causes strain on her mind and abilities. Later, she is affected by Magneto's machine which enhances the mutant gene in humans.
*In the second film, X2: X-Men United, Jean Grey's powers have been evolving since the Liberty Island incident in the first movie. As Jean Grey uses her powers, a fiery aura appears in her eyes. In the climax of the movie, she is engulfed in a fiery aura as she holds back a tsunami of water from a burst dam to save the other X-Men. In the final scene, a giant flying fiery bird can be seen reflected in the water.
*In the third X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, Jean "becomes" Phoenix. Jean is the only known . At a young age, Xavier locked some of Jean's powers away as she could not control her near-infinite abilities. This causes a split in Jean's psyche—between Jean Grey and the Phoenix (what her split-personality calls itself)—and drives her to insanity. During the movie, Jean and Phoenix battle for dominance. Jean tells Wolverine she thinks she killed Scott, although this is never confirmed. Phoenix destroys Xavier and joins Magneto. Jean/Phoenix abstains from a battle on Alcatraz until the military reinforcements show up and try to shoot her; Phoenix then gains full control and demolishes the island, ripping it and everything on it apart on the molecular level. Wolverine climbs his way to Jean's side while his flesh is peeled from his Adamantium covered bones, his healing factor being the only thing keeping him alive. He calls to Jean, but there is only the Phoenix and it does not understand his actions. Logan tells Jean that he would die for her and that he loves her. His heartfelt words pull Jean to the fore; she asks him to save her. He stabs her with his claws, killing her and ending the destruction. Jean's tombstone lies on the X-Mansion ground, besides the markers of Scott and Xavier. Although in X2: X-Men United Jean demonstrates pyrokinetic powers similar to the comic book Phoenix's, such as her fiery aura and the iconic Phoenix raptor, these powers are totally disregarded in X-Men: The Last Stand for completely different powers such as dominance on a molecular level. And despite the fact that the movie draws on the Phoenix storylines of the comics Jean is never once referred to, either by herself or by others, as the Phoenix, let alone the Dark Phoenix. The only time the word Phoenix is ever stated in the film is when Xavier informs Logan that Phoenix was an alter-ego persona Jean had in their sessions but never does he, Jean, the X-Men, or even Magneto's team of Omegas, refer to her by such a title as if it were her name, contrary to the comic book.
Demon in a Bottle
Jon Favreau, director of the 2008 Iron Man film, said: "Stark has issues with booze. That's part of who he is." Favreau said that elements of the story would be used in future Iron Man sequels: "I don't think we'll ever do the Leaving Las Vegas version, but it will be dealt with." and he created the final designs for Iron Man's armor. On the DVD of Iron Man, "Extremis and Beyond" is included as a special feature. In other featurettes, Adi Granov and Warren Ellis were interviewed on the origin, the suits, John Pillinger (the interviewer), and the suit being on a crate, not a briefcase.
The Galactus Trilogy
"The Galactus Trilogy" served as a primary inspiration for the 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
Gifted
The "mutant cure" plot was base of the X-Men: The Last Stand movie plot.
God Loves, Man Kills
Several elements of the novel's plot — most notably the name of the villain, William Stryker; the fact that the X-Men team-up with Magneto, their arch-rival; the kidnapping of Professor X and some of his X-Men; and the use of Professor X to mentally kill all the mutants on earth — were used in the second X-Men film, X2.
There are also differences in the storyline, however. Some of the main differences are:
*William Stryker in the movie is a military scientist rather than a minister. The comic's Stryker was once involved in the military at one point in his life, but left that to become a preacher long before the events of the novel.
*Both versions of Stryker have a mutant child, though in the novel, the child had already died prior to the events of the novel. In the movie, his child is still alive.
*In the film, Stryker is responsible for Wolverine receiving his adamantium bones and claws; in the comic, they had never met prior to the events of the novel.
*In the novel, Stryker and his men are able to kidnap Professor X, Cyclops, and Storm. In the movie, only the first two are kidnapped.
Guardian Devil
When the look of the was being decided, director Mark Steven Johnson opted to use direct scenes from the Daredevil comics. Joe Quesada's artistic take in Guardian Devil was an influence on the film, with Johnson noting that they would "literally take out a scene from the comic book that Joe did Here's Daredevil on the cross, you know, it's that scene from 'Guardian Devil'. You just shoot that."
The Night Gwen Stacy Died
: In the film, Spider-Man's webs are often much more elastic, like a bungee cord, behaving like a shock absorber. Mary Jane Watson (assuming the "role" of Gwen Stacy) is thrown off the Queensboro Bridge by the Green Goblin. The situation is especially tricky, as the Goblin also sends a cable car loaded with passengers falling to the ground at the same time. Spider-Man manages to save both by first catching Mary Jane in his arms, and then catching hold of the car's cable, before webbing the bridge to anchor himself. Also, Spider-Man then follows the Green Goblin, aka Norman Osborn, to an abandoned building on Roosevelt Island when he then fights him (unlike in the comic where he fights the Goblin before he throws Gwen off the bridge). This fight ends in much the same way as the original, with Goblin accidentally impaling himself with his glider.
Origin
Wolverine's origin is shown in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the fourth film in the X-Men film series (which, in the beginning of the film, is based strongly on the Origin comics), along with his and Victor Creed/Sabretooth's role on the two world wars, Weapon X, Team X and turning on each other. The film adds Creed in the Origin storyline, as Howlett's brother and fellow soldier. It also directly links Thomas Logan and Wolverine when Thomas states with his dying breath that he is Wolverine's real father.
The cast of the characters from the Origins comics are:
* as John Howlett
*Alice Parkinson as Elizabeth Howlett
*Aaron Jeffery as Thomas Logan
*Troye Sivan as Young James Howlett / Wolverine
*Michael James-Olsen as Young Victor Creed (Sabretooth)
*Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine/James Howlett
==Spider-Man No More!==
"Spider-Man No More!" was used as the main inspiration for the 2004 film Spider-Man 2.
Tomb of Dracula
Blade, a character introduced in The Tomb of Dracula, has been featured in a series of three films: Blade (1998), Blade II (2002), and Blade: Trinity (2004). Other Tomb of Dracula characters, Deacon Frost and Hannibal King, have been featured in these films (Frost in Blade, King in Blade: Trinity), albeit in heavily revised forms. A reference to the Tomb of Dracula series is made in Blade: Trinity when King shows an issue of the comic to Blade.
Dracula himself does not appear in the series until Blade: Trinity, in which he goes by the name of "Drake" and features an origin and powers that differ from the comics. He is played in the film by Dominic Purcell. Given Drake's age and origin, he, more than any other vampire that followed, can harness a much greater and more dynamic range of abilities. He possesses superhuman strength, much greater than that of Blade, as well as incredible speed. Like those he sired, he is capable of leaping great distances and seems to be knowledgeable of sword fighting techniques, even rivaling Blade himself. Drake's true power, however, is derived from his origin as the first of his species. The manipulation of energies which lead to his first resurrection left Drake with two forms: human and a demonic alter ego. In this form, Drake is much stronger, resilient to all forms of damage and much taller than his human form. He also possesses very keen senses, allowing him, for example, to catch an arrow in mid-air.
Weapon X
* In the X-Men film franchise, consisting of 2000's X-Men, 2003's X2: X-Men United, and 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand, Wolverine is an amnesiac searching for clues to his past, which definitely includes participation in a paramilitary program that bonded adamantium to his skeleton, although the program was not named, nor was the program's country of affiliation mentioned. He also encounters Lady Deathstrike, who has been put through an identical procedure.
* X2 introduced Colonel William Stryker, a military scientist who invented the adamantium bonding process and has performed other experiments on mutants, such as developing a mind-controlling drug used on Lady Deathstrike, Magneto, Nightcrawler, and Cyclops. The Marvel Universe version of Stryker has no affiliation with Weapon X. In fact, Stryker is a reverend in the God Loves, Man Kills graphic novel upon which X2 is loosely based.
* After the success of the three X-Men films, the studio produced a spin-off film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This film explains and expands on the origins of Logan/Wolverine, including his time at the Weapon X facility. It explains that Weapon X is the tenth weapon created by the lab. Each weapon is a living mutant enhanced by technological means. Weapon X (Wolverine) is given adamantium bones to increase his durability, and razor-sharp metal claws to increase his offensive potential. Weapon XI is Deadpool, possessing powers extracted from several mutants-- a healing factor, improved speed, strength, agility, and aim, the power to communicate via computer, teleportation, and destructive eye-beams, as well as adamantium blades in his arms.
Welcome Back Frank
The series is notable for creating several characters that were later used in the 2004 film adaptation of the character: Frank Castle's neighbors (Joan the Mouse, Spacker Dave and Mister Bumpo), and two hitmen sent after him (Harry Heck and the Russian). The movie retells this storyline, with only minor alterations, such as the lack of Joan's shyness and the events happening in Tampa.
The following is an overview of the various fictionalized locations depicted in films based on Marvel Comics.
Baxter Building
It appeared in the , being displayed as an art-deco apartment block, where Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) had rented the entire top floor and turned it into a laboratory/home. Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) referenced many times that he couldn't pay the bills to keep the lights running. Vancouver's Marine Building is standing in for the building in its sequel .
Daily Bugle
The Bugle is seen in most media adaptations of Spider-Man, the most prominent appearance being in the 2002 and its . In the movies, the Bugle is housed in the Flatiron Building (as it is in the Marvels miniseries by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross). One Bugle employee who appears exclusively in the films is Hoffman, who serves as comic relief and is frequently harassed by Jameson. Hoffman is played by Ted Raimi, who is the brother of Sam Raimi, the director of the Spider-Man film series. In Spider-Man 3, Eddie Brock (played by Topher Grace) is a photographer employed by the Bugle. In the comics, Eddie worked for the rival Daily Globe.
Empire State University
In the film Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker attends Columbia University and not ESU, although in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, which is set in between the first two Spider-Man movies, he, Mary Jane and Harry attend ESU. In Spider-Man 3, declares that the "Empire State Photography Department" confirms that Eddie Brock's picture of Spider-Man stealing money from a bank in black clothing is a fake.
Director Louis Leterrier wanted Bruce Banner to meet Samuel Sterns at Empire State University in The Incredible Hulk. In the finished film Sterns' place of teaching is named as Grayburn College in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database, because Columbia Pictures, who own the name as part of their rights to film Spider-Man, refused.
General locations
Blade
Blade (film)
Filming was in large part done in Los Angeles, with some scenes being shot in Death Valley.
Daredevil
20th Century Fox wanted to start filming in Canada in order to save money. This plan was contended by Mark Steven Johnson, and the film's cinematographer, Ericson Core, after they found a preferred area for shooting around downtown Los Angeles' Arcade Building. Core noted that the appeal came from the "beautiful, old brick buildings and great rooftops," which they felt was perfect for a depiction of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, in comparison to the studio's choice where the filming would be done in Montreal or Vancouver. Due to their insistence, coupled with Ben Affleck's disinterest in filming in Canada (after having filmed there for his previous film, The Sum of All Fears) they were able to overturn the studio's mind.
Ghost Rider
On February 14, 2005, Ghost Rider commenced filming in Australia at the Melbourne Docklands film studios. Director Mark Steven Johnson originally planned to film before an audience at the Telstra Dome, but instead opted to create a crowd using computer-generated imagery. The director also chose to film in the motorcycle district of Melbourne. By June 2005, principal photography had been completed for Ghost Rider, which was set for a summer 2006 release. In April 2006, the cast and crew performed last-minute reshoots in Vancouver.
Hulk
Hulk (film)
Filming began on March 18, 2002 in Arizona, and moved on April 19 to the San Francisco Bay Area. This included Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley labs, Oakland, Treasure Island military base and the sequoia forests of Porterville, before several weeks in the Utah and Californian deserts. Filming then moved to the Universal backlot in Los Angeles, using Stage 12 for the water tank scene, before finishing in the first week of August. Filming of Hulk constituted hiring 3000 local workers, generating over $10 million into the local economy.
The Incredible Hulk film
Filming began on July 9, 2007. Shooting primarily took place in Toronto, because mayor David Miller is a Hulk fan and promised to be very helpful to the crew when closing Yonge Street for four nights in September to shoot the Hulk and Blonsky's clash at 125th Street. Despite messing the street with explosives and overturned burning vehicles, the crew would clean-up within twenty minutes so business could continue as normal each day. The first action sequence shot was the Culver University battle, which was filmed at the University of Toronto and Morningside Park. The filmmakers built a glass wall over a walkway at the University for when the soldiers trap him inside to smoke out the Hulk. There was also shooting in the Financial District. Other Canadian locations included CFB Trenton and a glacier in Bella Coola, British Columbia. While there, the crew shot at Rocinha, Lapa, Tijuca Forest and Santa Teresa. Filming concluded in November after eighty-eight days of filming. Favreau rejected the East Coast setting of the comic books because many superhero films had already been set there. Howard Hughes was one of the inspirations for the comic book, and the filmmakers acknowledged the coincidence that they would film Iron Man creating the flying Mark III where the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" was built. with the first few weeks spent on Stark's captivity in Afghanistan. The cave where Stark is imprisoned was a 150- to 200-yard (150-200 m) long set, which had movable forks in the caverns to allow greater freedom for the film's crew. and wrapped on May 2. Exterior shots of Stark's home were digitally composited on footage of Point Dume in Malibu, while the interior was built at Playa Vista, where Favreau and Riva aimed to make Stark's home look less futuristic and more "grease monkey".
Punisher
The Punisher (1989 film)
The Punisher was filmed in Sydney, Australia.
The Punisher (2004 film)
The Punisher was filmed on location in Tampa. The Florida location was first chosen at the insistence of screenwriter Michael France, who advised Marvel and Artisan that "it would be cheap to shoot - that they'd get a lot more for their money than in New York or Chicago" as well as wanting to use "both sunny locations, and dark, industrial locations" in the screenplay.
Punisher: War Zone
Filming occurred from October 22 until December 14 in Montreal. Principal photography for Punisher: War Zone was completed on December 27.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man (film)
With Spider-Man cast, filming was set to begin the following November in New York City and on Sony soundstages. The film was set for release a year later, but when the film was postponed to be released on May 3, 2002, filming officially began on January 8, 2001 On March 6, 45-year-old construction worker Tim Holcombe was killed when a forklift modified as a construction crane crashed into a construction basket that he was in. The following court case led to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to fine Sony $58,805.
In Los Angeles, locations included the Natural History Museum (for the Columbia University lab where Peter is bitten and receives his powers), the Pacific Electricity Building (the Daily Bugle offices) and Greystone Mansion (for the interiors of Norman Osborn's home). In April, some of the Spider-Man costumes were stolen, and Sony put up a $25,000 reward, although they were never returned. Production moved to New York City for two weeks, taking in locations such as the Queensboro Bridge, the exterior of Columbia University's Low Library, the Flatiron Building, the outside of the New York Public Library, and a rooftop garden in the Rockefeller Center. Principal photography began on April 12, 2003 in New York City. The crew moved on May 13 to Los Angeles, Even Rosemary Harris took a turn, putting her stunt double out of work. In contrast, Alfred Molina joked that the stunt team would "trick" him into performing a stunt time and again. Filming then resumed on that set, having taken 15 weeks to build, occupying Sony's Stage 30. It was 60 by long, and high, and a quarter-scale miniature was also built for the finale as it collapses.
A camera system called the Spydercam was used to allow filmmakers to express more of Spider-Man's world view, at times dropping 50 stories and with shot lengths of just over 2,400 feet (in New York) or 3,200 feet (Los Angeles). For some shots the camera would shoot at six frames per second for a faster playback increasing the sense of speed. Shots using the Spydercam were pre-planned in digital versions of cities, and movement of the camera was controlled with motion control, making it highly cost-effective. The camera system was only used in the previous film for the final shot. In spring 2006, film location manager Peter Martorano brought camera crews to Cleveland, due to the Cleveland Film Commission offering production space at the city's convention center at no cost. In Cleveland, they shot the battle between Spider-Man and Sandman in the armored car. Afterwards, the team moved to Manhattan, where filming took place from May 26, 2006 until July 1, 2006.
X-Men
X-Men (film)
Filming took place from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000 in Toronto and in Hamilton, Ontario. Locations included Central Commerce Collegiate, Distillery District and Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Casa Loma, Roy Thomson Hall and Metro Hall were used for X-Mansion interiors, while Parkwood Estate was chosen for exteriors. For the train station scenes, Toronto Union Station and Hamilton GO Centre were set. Spencer Smith Park doubled for Liberty Island. A scale model was used for the Statue of Liberty.
X2
Most of the filming took place at Vancouver Film Studios, the largest soundstage in North America. Production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas adapted similar designs of John Myhre from the previous film. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner had hoped to start filming in March 2002, but production did not began until June 17, 2002 in Vancouver and ended by November. Over sixty-four sets were used in thirty-eight different locations. The film crew encountered problems when not enough snow was produced in Kananaskis, Alberta. An excessive amount of fake snow was then applied. The idea to have Jean Grey sacrifice herself at the end and to be resurrected in a third installment was highly secretive. Singer did not tell Famke Janssen until midway through filming. Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel and two stunt drivers nearly died when filming the scene in which Pyro has a dispute with police officers.
X-Men: The Last Stand
Most notably the Golden Gate Bridge sequence was originally in the middle of the film, but director Brett Ratner decided it would create a more dramatic climax if moved to the end, which was originally to take place in Washington, D.C.
X-Men: The Last Stand began shooting in August 2005 and ended in January 2006. Much of X-Men: The Last Stand was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. According to associate producer Dave Gordon, "This is the biggest production ever filmed in Canada. It used to be X2, now it's X3."
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Preliminary shooting took place at the Fox Studios Australia in Sydney, during late 2007. Principal photography began on January 18, 2008 in New Zealand. One of the filming locations that was selected was Dunedin. Controversy arose as the Queenstown Lakes District Council disputed the Department of Labour's decision to allow Fox to store explosives in the local ice skating rink. Fox moved some of the explosives to another area. The explosives were used for a shot of the exploding Hudson Farm, a scene which required four cameras. Jackman and Palermo's Woz Productions reached an agreement with the council to allow recycling specialists on set to advise the production on being environmentally friendly.
Filming continued at Fox (where most of the shooting was done) and New Orleans, Louisiana. Cockatoo Island was used for Stryker's facility; the enormous buildings there saved money on digitally expanding a set. Principal photography ended by May 23. The second unit continued filming in New Zealand until March 23, and were scheduled to continue filming for two weeks following the first unit's wrap. This included a flashback to Logan during the Normandy Landings, which was shot at Blacksmiths, New South Wales.
In January 2009, after delays due to weather and scheduling conflicts, such as Hugh Jackman's publicity commitments for Australia, production moved to Vancouver, mostly at University of British Columbia. Work there included finishing scenes with Ryan Reynolds, who had been working on two other films during principal photography.
Helicarrier
The first live-action incarnation of the Helicarrier appeared in the 1998 TV-movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Latveria
In the Fantastic Four film, Latveria is mentioned initially in reference to Victor Von Doom's past and is described as "the old country", possibly indicating his birth there. After "The End" has appeared, Von Doom's incarcerated body is shown on board a ship bound for Latveria. Also during the scene where he first dons his trademark metal mask, a plaque can be seen declaring it as a gift to Doom from the people of Latveria. In the sequel, Doom is reawakened in his castle by the Silver Surfer's passage through Latveria.
Muir Island
In the second X-Men movie, X2: X-Men United, Stryker's computer displays a desktop folder labeled "Muir Island".
In a scene of the third X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, Professor X shows a video of Moira MacTaggert on Muir Island. A scene after the credits also takes place on the island.
Roxxon Energy Corporation
The Roxxon logo and corporate headquarters appear briefly in the background of the 2008 Iron Man film during the climactic fight scene.
Stark Industries
* The 2008 film Iron Man features the company, with a logo similar to that of Lockheed Martin, and touted as developing many of the same weapons systems that Lockheed Martin is/was responsible for developing, such as the F-22 Raptor and F-16 Fighting Falcon. After Tony's father Howard died, Obadiah Stane became the CEO and later abdicated when Tony was old enough to run it. After Stark comes back from Afghanistan, he announces that he is closing the weapons division of the company. In Iron Man 2, In the absence of Obadiah Stane, would becomes the CEO of the Stark Industries.
* In The Incredible Hulk movie, Stark Industries flashes on the screen during the opening credit sequence and at the end of the movie, along with several weapon boxes. Tony Stark, CEO of Stark industries has a cameo appearance, in which he tells the General about the .
* In 2010, Stark Industries will appear again in the film Iron Man 2. As a promotion for the film, at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, Stark Industries recruiters handed out business cards with an invitation to apply for a job at Stark Industries by visiting StarkIndustriesNow.com.
X-Mansion
The X-Mansion was featured in Generation X (live action made for TV movie that came out on FOX in 1996), X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand.
Cerebro
In the films X-Men and X2: X-Men United, Cerebro is a massive device that fills a spherical room in the basement of Xavier's School. The helmet interface is similar to the version seen in the comics, although the bulk of Cerebro's machinery is contained in the surrounding walls. While in use, three-dimensional images of the minds scanned by the device appear around the user. Unlike the comics' version of Cerebro, the film version can detect both human and mutant minds with ease. The unique signature of mutant brainwaves is shown in the first film by having human mental images portrayed in black and white, while those of mutants show up in color; In X2, mutants appear in red, and humans in white.
In the first film, Cerebro is sabotaged by Mystique so that it injures Professor X, putting him into a coma. The only person seen using Cerebro effectively in the films is Xavier; Jean Grey attempted to use the device to locate Magneto in X1, but the input overwhelmed her nascent telepathic power and left her stunned, though she was successful. It is mentioned that Magneto helped Charles Xavier design Cerebro. This has not been confirmed to be true in the comics, although the Magneto of the comics can use Cerebro and has designed similar devices.
In X2: X-Men United, the device was copied and modified by William Stryker in his plot to have a brainwashed Xavier use his Cerebro-amplified powers to kill the world's mutants, and was later further modified by Magneto to kill humans. According to X2, it is difficult to pinpoint the location of mutants who have the ability to teleport and are constantly in transit, such as Nightcrawler.
Danger Room
The Danger Room was supposed to appear in the first X-Men film, but was deleted. In the second X-Men film, there is a brief scene where a room saying "Danger" can be seen. The room was to make an appearance in the film in which Wolverine would do an exercise, but after construction began on the site, the idea was quickly scrapped due to budget concerns. The Danger Room makes its first true appearance in the film X-Men: The Last Stand where the team has a training exercise against a holographic Sentinel, among other threats in the Days of Future Past storyline.
Baxter Building
It appeared in the , being displayed as an art-deco apartment block, where Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) had rented the entire top floor and turned it into a laboratory/home. Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) referenced many times that he couldn't pay the bills to keep the lights running. Vancouver's Marine Building is standing in for the building in its sequel .
Daily Bugle
The Bugle is seen in most media adaptations of Spider-Man, the most prominent appearance being in the 2002 and its . In the movies, the Bugle is housed in the Flatiron Building (as it is in the Marvels miniseries by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross). One Bugle employee who appears exclusively in the films is Hoffman, who serves as comic relief and is frequently harassed by Jameson. Hoffman is played by Ted Raimi, who is the brother of Sam Raimi, the director of the Spider-Man film series. In Spider-Man 3, Eddie Brock (played by Topher Grace) is a photographer employed by the Bugle. In the comics, Eddie worked for the rival Daily Globe.
Empire State University
In the film Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker attends Columbia University and not ESU, although in Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, which is set in between the first two Spider-Man movies, he, Mary Jane and Harry attend ESU. In Spider-Man 3, declares that the "Empire State Photography Department" confirms that Eddie Brock's picture of Spider-Man stealing money from a bank in black clothing is a fake.
Director Louis Leterrier wanted Bruce Banner to meet Samuel Sterns at Empire State University in The Incredible Hulk. In the finished film Sterns' place of teaching is named as Grayburn College in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s database, because Columbia Pictures, who own the name as part of their rights to film Spider-Man, refused.
General locations
Blade
Blade (film)
Filming was in large part done in Los Angeles, with some scenes being shot in Death Valley.
Daredevil
20th Century Fox wanted to start filming in Canada in order to save money. This plan was contended by Mark Steven Johnson, and the film's cinematographer, Ericson Core, after they found a preferred area for shooting around downtown Los Angeles' Arcade Building. Core noted that the appeal came from the "beautiful, old brick buildings and great rooftops," which they felt was perfect for a depiction of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, in comparison to the studio's choice where the filming would be done in Montreal or Vancouver. Due to their insistence, coupled with Ben Affleck's disinterest in filming in Canada (after having filmed there for his previous film, The Sum of All Fears) they were able to overturn the studio's mind.
Ghost Rider
On February 14, 2005, Ghost Rider commenced filming in Australia at the Melbourne Docklands film studios. Director Mark Steven Johnson originally planned to film before an audience at the Telstra Dome, but instead opted to create a crowd using computer-generated imagery. The director also chose to film in the motorcycle district of Melbourne. By June 2005, principal photography had been completed for Ghost Rider, which was set for a summer 2006 release. In April 2006, the cast and crew performed last-minute reshoots in Vancouver.
Hulk
Hulk (film)
Filming began on March 18, 2002 in Arizona, and moved on April 19 to the San Francisco Bay Area. This included Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley labs, Oakland, Treasure Island military base and the sequoia forests of Porterville, before several weeks in the Utah and Californian deserts. Filming then moved to the Universal backlot in Los Angeles, using Stage 12 for the water tank scene, before finishing in the first week of August. Filming of Hulk constituted hiring 3000 local workers, generating over $10 million into the local economy.
The Incredible Hulk film
Filming began on July 9, 2007. Shooting primarily took place in Toronto, because mayor David Miller is a Hulk fan and promised to be very helpful to the crew when closing Yonge Street for four nights in September to shoot the Hulk and Blonsky's clash at 125th Street. Despite messing the street with explosives and overturned burning vehicles, the crew would clean-up within twenty minutes so business could continue as normal each day. The first action sequence shot was the Culver University battle, which was filmed at the University of Toronto and Morningside Park. The filmmakers built a glass wall over a walkway at the University for when the soldiers trap him inside to smoke out the Hulk. There was also shooting in the Financial District. Other Canadian locations included CFB Trenton and a glacier in Bella Coola, British Columbia. While there, the crew shot at Rocinha, Lapa, Tijuca Forest and Santa Teresa. Filming concluded in November after eighty-eight days of filming. Favreau rejected the East Coast setting of the comic books because many superhero films had already been set there. Howard Hughes was one of the inspirations for the comic book, and the filmmakers acknowledged the coincidence that they would film Iron Man creating the flying Mark III where the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" was built. with the first few weeks spent on Stark's captivity in Afghanistan. The cave where Stark is imprisoned was a 150- to 200-yard (150-200 m) long set, which had movable forks in the caverns to allow greater freedom for the film's crew. and wrapped on May 2. Exterior shots of Stark's home were digitally composited on footage of Point Dume in Malibu, while the interior was built at Playa Vista, where Favreau and Riva aimed to make Stark's home look less futuristic and more "grease monkey".
Punisher
The Punisher (1989 film)
The Punisher was filmed in Sydney, Australia.
The Punisher (2004 film)
The Punisher was filmed on location in Tampa. The Florida location was first chosen at the insistence of screenwriter Michael France, who advised Marvel and Artisan that "it would be cheap to shoot - that they'd get a lot more for their money than in New York or Chicago" as well as wanting to use "both sunny locations, and dark, industrial locations" in the screenplay.
Punisher: War Zone
Filming occurred from October 22 until December 14 in Montreal. Principal photography for Punisher: War Zone was completed on December 27.
Spider-Man
Spider-Man (film)
With Spider-Man cast, filming was set to begin the following November in New York City and on Sony soundstages. The film was set for release a year later, but when the film was postponed to be released on May 3, 2002, filming officially began on January 8, 2001 On March 6, 45-year-old construction worker Tim Holcombe was killed when a forklift modified as a construction crane crashed into a construction basket that he was in. The following court case led to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to fine Sony $58,805.
In Los Angeles, locations included the Natural History Museum (for the Columbia University lab where Peter is bitten and receives his powers), the Pacific Electricity Building (the Daily Bugle offices) and Greystone Mansion (for the interiors of Norman Osborn's home). In April, some of the Spider-Man costumes were stolen, and Sony put up a $25,000 reward, although they were never returned. Production moved to New York City for two weeks, taking in locations such as the Queensboro Bridge, the exterior of Columbia University's Low Library, the Flatiron Building, the outside of the New York Public Library, and a rooftop garden in the Rockefeller Center. Principal photography began on April 12, 2003 in New York City. The crew moved on May 13 to Los Angeles, Even Rosemary Harris took a turn, putting her stunt double out of work. In contrast, Alfred Molina joked that the stunt team would "trick" him into performing a stunt time and again. Filming then resumed on that set, having taken 15 weeks to build, occupying Sony's Stage 30. It was 60 by long, and high, and a quarter-scale miniature was also built for the finale as it collapses.
A camera system called the Spydercam was used to allow filmmakers to express more of Spider-Man's world view, at times dropping 50 stories and with shot lengths of just over 2,400 feet (in New York) or 3,200 feet (Los Angeles). For some shots the camera would shoot at six frames per second for a faster playback increasing the sense of speed. Shots using the Spydercam were pre-planned in digital versions of cities, and movement of the camera was controlled with motion control, making it highly cost-effective. The camera system was only used in the previous film for the final shot. In spring 2006, film location manager Peter Martorano brought camera crews to Cleveland, due to the Cleveland Film Commission offering production space at the city's convention center at no cost. In Cleveland, they shot the battle between Spider-Man and Sandman in the armored car. Afterwards, the team moved to Manhattan, where filming took place from May 26, 2006 until July 1, 2006.
X-Men
X-Men (film)
Filming took place from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000 in Toronto and in Hamilton, Ontario. Locations included Central Commerce Collegiate, Distillery District and Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Casa Loma, Roy Thomson Hall and Metro Hall were used for X-Mansion interiors, while Parkwood Estate was chosen for exteriors. For the train station scenes, Toronto Union Station and Hamilton GO Centre were set. Spencer Smith Park doubled for Liberty Island. A scale model was used for the Statue of Liberty.
X2
Most of the filming took place at Vancouver Film Studios, the largest soundstage in North America. Production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas adapted similar designs of John Myhre from the previous film. Producer Lauren Shuler Donner had hoped to start filming in March 2002, but production did not began until June 17, 2002 in Vancouver and ended by November. Over sixty-four sets were used in thirty-eight different locations. The film crew encountered problems when not enough snow was produced in Kananaskis, Alberta. An excessive amount of fake snow was then applied. The idea to have Jean Grey sacrifice herself at the end and to be resurrected in a third installment was highly secretive. Singer did not tell Famke Janssen until midway through filming. Cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel and two stunt drivers nearly died when filming the scene in which Pyro has a dispute with police officers.
X-Men: The Last Stand
Most notably the Golden Gate Bridge sequence was originally in the middle of the film, but director Brett Ratner decided it would create a more dramatic climax if moved to the end, which was originally to take place in Washington, D.C.
X-Men: The Last Stand began shooting in August 2005 and ended in January 2006. Much of X-Men: The Last Stand was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. According to associate producer Dave Gordon, "This is the biggest production ever filmed in Canada. It used to be X2, now it's X3."
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Preliminary shooting took place at the Fox Studios Australia in Sydney, during late 2007. Principal photography began on January 18, 2008 in New Zealand. One of the filming locations that was selected was Dunedin. Controversy arose as the Queenstown Lakes District Council disputed the Department of Labour's decision to allow Fox to store explosives in the local ice skating rink. Fox moved some of the explosives to another area. The explosives were used for a shot of the exploding Hudson Farm, a scene which required four cameras. Jackman and Palermo's Woz Productions reached an agreement with the council to allow recycling specialists on set to advise the production on being environmentally friendly.
Filming continued at Fox (where most of the shooting was done) and New Orleans, Louisiana. Cockatoo Island was used for Stryker's facility; the enormous buildings there saved money on digitally expanding a set. Principal photography ended by May 23. The second unit continued filming in New Zealand until March 23, and were scheduled to continue filming for two weeks following the first unit's wrap. This included a flashback to Logan during the Normandy Landings, which was shot at Blacksmiths, New South Wales.
In January 2009, after delays due to weather and scheduling conflicts, such as Hugh Jackman's publicity commitments for Australia, production moved to Vancouver, mostly at University of British Columbia. Work there included finishing scenes with Ryan Reynolds, who had been working on two other films during principal photography.
Helicarrier
The first live-action incarnation of the Helicarrier appeared in the 1998 TV-movie Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Latveria
In the Fantastic Four film, Latveria is mentioned initially in reference to Victor Von Doom's past and is described as "the old country", possibly indicating his birth there. After "The End" has appeared, Von Doom's incarcerated body is shown on board a ship bound for Latveria. Also during the scene where he first dons his trademark metal mask, a plaque can be seen declaring it as a gift to Doom from the people of Latveria. In the sequel, Doom is reawakened in his castle by the Silver Surfer's passage through Latveria.
Muir Island
In the second X-Men movie, X2: X-Men United, Stryker's computer displays a desktop folder labeled "Muir Island".
In a scene of the third X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand, Professor X shows a video of Moira MacTaggert on Muir Island. A scene after the credits also takes place on the island.
Roxxon Energy Corporation
The Roxxon logo and corporate headquarters appear briefly in the background of the 2008 Iron Man film during the climactic fight scene.
Stark Industries
* The 2008 film Iron Man features the company, with a logo similar to that of Lockheed Martin, and touted as developing many of the same weapons systems that Lockheed Martin is/was responsible for developing, such as the F-22 Raptor and F-16 Fighting Falcon. After Tony's father Howard died, Obadiah Stane became the CEO and later abdicated when Tony was old enough to run it. After Stark comes back from Afghanistan, he announces that he is closing the weapons division of the company. In Iron Man 2, In the absence of Obadiah Stane, would becomes the CEO of the Stark Industries.
* In The Incredible Hulk movie, Stark Industries flashes on the screen during the opening credit sequence and at the end of the movie, along with several weapon boxes. Tony Stark, CEO of Stark industries has a cameo appearance, in which he tells the General about the .
* In 2010, Stark Industries will appear again in the film Iron Man 2. As a promotion for the film, at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, Stark Industries recruiters handed out business cards with an invitation to apply for a job at Stark Industries by visiting StarkIndustriesNow.com.
X-Mansion
The X-Mansion was featured in Generation X (live action made for TV movie that came out on FOX in 1996), X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The Last Stand.
Cerebro
In the films X-Men and X2: X-Men United, Cerebro is a massive device that fills a spherical room in the basement of Xavier's School. The helmet interface is similar to the version seen in the comics, although the bulk of Cerebro's machinery is contained in the surrounding walls. While in use, three-dimensional images of the minds scanned by the device appear around the user. Unlike the comics' version of Cerebro, the film version can detect both human and mutant minds with ease. The unique signature of mutant brainwaves is shown in the first film by having human mental images portrayed in black and white, while those of mutants show up in color; In X2, mutants appear in red, and humans in white.
In the first film, Cerebro is sabotaged by Mystique so that it injures Professor X, putting him into a coma. The only person seen using Cerebro effectively in the films is Xavier; Jean Grey attempted to use the device to locate Magneto in X1, but the input overwhelmed her nascent telepathic power and left her stunned, though she was successful. It is mentioned that Magneto helped Charles Xavier design Cerebro. This has not been confirmed to be true in the comics, although the Magneto of the comics can use Cerebro and has designed similar devices.
In X2: X-Men United, the device was copied and modified by William Stryker in his plot to have a brainwashed Xavier use his Cerebro-amplified powers to kill the world's mutants, and was later further modified by Magneto to kill humans. According to X2, it is difficult to pinpoint the location of mutants who have the ability to teleport and are constantly in transit, such as Nightcrawler.
Danger Room
The Danger Room was supposed to appear in the first X-Men film, but was deleted. In the second X-Men film, there is a brief scene where a room saying "Danger" can be seen. The room was to make an appearance in the film in which Wolverine would do an exercise, but after construction began on the site, the idea was quickly scrapped due to budget concerns. The Danger Room makes its first true appearance in the film X-Men: The Last Stand where the team has a training exercise against a holographic Sentinel, among other threats in the Days of Future Past storyline.
A Hero Falls is a rock band from Livingston County, MI. Formed officially in 2009 by lifelong friends and family members with a passion for music; the group is finding their place in the music scene.
A Hero Falls creates an epic sound using a blend of male and female vocals, dual lead guitars, and catchy bass lines. Their occasional breakdowns and screams provide the perfect contrast to a straight-laced appearance and acoustic melodies. AHF draws inspiration from bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Paramore, and A Day To Remember.
The group has completed their first ten-song demo/album entitled Volume One, and is hard at work on the follow up. Look forward to hearing more from A Hero Falls.
Band history
While attending school in Fowlerville, MI. April Glynn and her brother Kenny entered their band into the FHS Talent Show where they met Ryan Concienne. Eventually, they formed a new band that included the Glynn's cousin Jake Deaven and lifelong friend Daniel Collins. After a few years of playing shows as a cover band, The group decided to take their endeavor seriously.
In January of 2009, AHF recorded their first demo ""A Hero Falls EP"" at Elm Street Recording in Lansing, MI.
During 2009, A Hero Falls played a steady schedule of shows that included Bled Fest 2009, and winning the Mid-Michigan Battle of the Bands.
In January 2010, exactly one year after their first demo, AHF released the full album/demo, Volume One.
The song Ashes, off of Volume One, is featured in the documentary The 77:7 Project. Kafabee Studios will be submitting the film to the Sundance Film Festival and the Salt Lake City Film Festival this year.
The band is currently scheduled to play at the 2010 Bled Fest this may.
Band members
*April Glynn - Vocals
*Daniel Collins - Vocals and drums
*Jake Deaven - Bass
*Kenny Glynn - Guitar
*Ryan Concienne - Guitar
Discography
Albums
*Volume One - self-released (January 2010)
Demos
*A Hero Falls EP - self-released (January 2009)
A Hero Falls creates an epic sound using a blend of male and female vocals, dual lead guitars, and catchy bass lines. Their occasional breakdowns and screams provide the perfect contrast to a straight-laced appearance and acoustic melodies. AHF draws inspiration from bands like Avenged Sevenfold, Paramore, and A Day To Remember.
The group has completed their first ten-song demo/album entitled Volume One, and is hard at work on the follow up. Look forward to hearing more from A Hero Falls.
Band history
While attending school in Fowlerville, MI. April Glynn and her brother Kenny entered their band into the FHS Talent Show where they met Ryan Concienne. Eventually, they formed a new band that included the Glynn's cousin Jake Deaven and lifelong friend Daniel Collins. After a few years of playing shows as a cover band, The group decided to take their endeavor seriously.
In January of 2009, AHF recorded their first demo ""A Hero Falls EP"" at Elm Street Recording in Lansing, MI.
During 2009, A Hero Falls played a steady schedule of shows that included Bled Fest 2009, and winning the Mid-Michigan Battle of the Bands.
In January 2010, exactly one year after their first demo, AHF released the full album/demo, Volume One.
The song Ashes, off of Volume One, is featured in the documentary The 77:7 Project. Kafabee Studios will be submitting the film to the Sundance Film Festival and the Salt Lake City Film Festival this year.
The band is currently scheduled to play at the 2010 Bled Fest this may.
Band members
*April Glynn - Vocals
*Daniel Collins - Vocals and drums
*Jake Deaven - Bass
*Kenny Glynn - Guitar
*Ryan Concienne - Guitar
Discography
Albums
*Volume One - self-released (January 2010)
Demos
*A Hero Falls EP - self-released (January 2009)
This article is about the Royal Male Consorts in Portugal, which includes both the Princes Consort and the Kings Consort.
According to the Portuguese tradition the title granted to the consort of a reigning Queen was Prince Consort and only after the birth of an heir, his title was upgraded to King Consort.
A particularity in Portugal is that the Kings consort have a reigning name and they are numbered, as shown by the examples of Peter III (Queen Maria I husband) and Ferdinand II (Queen Maria II husband).
In this list of Portuguese reigning Queens it is included not only the two female monarchs who irrefutably were Heads of the Monarchy, queen Maria I and queen Maria II, as well as disputed monarchs such as Teresa of León (a de facto queen) and Beatrice of Portugal (a de jure queen).
Irrefutable Reigning Queens of Portugal and their consorts
Queen Maria I consort (18th century)
Peter of Braganza (1717-1786) was the second son of king John V of Portugal. He was Infante of Portugal and Lord of the House of Infantado.
Once his older brother, King Joseph I, only had female offspring, Peter married his oldest niece, Maria Francisca, Princess of Brazil, in 1760. The Branganza continuity was assured avoiding the inconvenience of a foreigner consort.
When King Joseph I died in 1777, Maria Francisca was proclaimed Queen of Portugal as Maria I and her consort and uncle, was proclaimed king Consort as Peter III, once their first child, Joseph of Braganza, was already born in 1761.
It is known the Marquis of Pombal project to avoid that princess Maria Francisca would succeed his father in the throne. King all mighty minister would have preferred as monarch Maria's older son (Joseph, Prince of Beira, once Maria and the Queen mother were totally against Pombal's politics and they never forgave him for the ruthlessness he displayed against the nobility. But the plan failed and upon Maria and Peter accession to the throne, the new Queen loathed Pombal.
Queen Maria II consorts (19th century)
*Auguste de Beauharnais (1810-1835)
When Emperor Pedro I of Brazil decided to remarried, following his first wife death, the chosen bride was Amélia of Leuchtenberg, daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais. The bride was escorted to South America by his older brother, Auguste, who was created by his new brother-in-law, Duke of Santa Cruz (on 5 November 1829).
Five years later, in December 1834, Auguste became Pedro I's step son, when he was chosen to marry the Emperor's older daughter, the queen Maria II of Portugal. Auguste and Maria II were married by proxy in Munich on 1 December 1834 and later in person in a ceremony in Lisbon, on 26 January 1835, when Auguste officially became the Prince Consort. However Auguste died only two months later, childless, and he never became King Consort.
*Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1816-1885)
On 1 January 1836, Queen Maria II married Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to whom it was granted the title of Prince Consort. Ferdinand became King Fernando II, on 16 September 1837, upon the birth of their first child (the future Peter V of Portugal), an heir to the throne.
According to the Portuguese laws, the husband of a queen regnant could only be titled king after the birth of any child from that marriage (that was the reason the Queen's first husband, Auguste de Beauharnais, did not have that title).
Ferdinand II reign came to end with the death of his wife, in 1853, but he was regent for his son Peter V (who was only 16 years old) until 1855.
In 1869, 16 years after queen Maria II decease, Ferdinand married morganatically Elise Hensler, a Swiss-German opera singer who was made Countess d'Edla (a Saxe-Coburg title granted by Ernest II in order she could married the former king).
Disputed Reigning Queens of Portugal and their consorts
Queen Beatrice consort (14th century)
When King Ferdinand I of Portugal die in 22 October 1383, his queen dowager, Leonor Telles de Menezes, assumed the regency of the kingdom and, according to the Treaty of Salvaterra, she proclaimed their only daughter, Beatrice, as Queen of Portugal. On 17 May 1383, Beatrice was married to king John I of Castile and, following King Ferdinand's death 5 months later, he became a de jure royal consort.
However the couple's authority was highly challenged, leading to a period of war and politically undefined known as the 1383-1385 Crisis, and nor Beatrice was a de facto Queen, neither John of Castile was a de facto royal Consort.
However, it should be referred that, as queen of Portugal, Beatrice minted her own currency in Santarém: some Real coins with her own image and, in the reverse, the coat of arms of Portugal and of Castile.
According to "Crónica de el-rei D. João I" (Chronicle of King John I), by Fernão Lopes, as soon as the king of Castile heard about the death of his father-in-law, Ferdinand I of Portugal, he included the Portuguese coat of arms in his personal flag, putting it under the coat or arms of Castile and Leon (see this flag on the right).
Tradition says that when the procession, leaded by the Archbishop of Toledo, left the Cathedral with the new flag, a stormy wind just rip apart the flag in two, separating the signs of the two kingdoms. Immediately, people said that it was God's will that Portugal colours could never be under those of Castile .
The royal couple's claim to the Portuguese throne was definitely abandoned following their defeated at the battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385. Beatrice became a widow in 1390 and she died in 1408 in Madrigal, Castile.
According to the Portuguese tradition the title granted to the consort of a reigning Queen was Prince Consort and only after the birth of an heir, his title was upgraded to King Consort.
A particularity in Portugal is that the Kings consort have a reigning name and they are numbered, as shown by the examples of Peter III (Queen Maria I husband) and Ferdinand II (Queen Maria II husband).
In this list of Portuguese reigning Queens it is included not only the two female monarchs who irrefutably were Heads of the Monarchy, queen Maria I and queen Maria II, as well as disputed monarchs such as Teresa of León (a de facto queen) and Beatrice of Portugal (a de jure queen).
Irrefutable Reigning Queens of Portugal and their consorts
Queen Maria I consort (18th century)
Peter of Braganza (1717-1786) was the second son of king John V of Portugal. He was Infante of Portugal and Lord of the House of Infantado.
Once his older brother, King Joseph I, only had female offspring, Peter married his oldest niece, Maria Francisca, Princess of Brazil, in 1760. The Branganza continuity was assured avoiding the inconvenience of a foreigner consort.
When King Joseph I died in 1777, Maria Francisca was proclaimed Queen of Portugal as Maria I and her consort and uncle, was proclaimed king Consort as Peter III, once their first child, Joseph of Braganza, was already born in 1761.
It is known the Marquis of Pombal project to avoid that princess Maria Francisca would succeed his father in the throne. King all mighty minister would have preferred as monarch Maria's older son (Joseph, Prince of Beira, once Maria and the Queen mother were totally against Pombal's politics and they never forgave him for the ruthlessness he displayed against the nobility. But the plan failed and upon Maria and Peter accession to the throne, the new Queen loathed Pombal.
Queen Maria II consorts (19th century)
*Auguste de Beauharnais (1810-1835)
When Emperor Pedro I of Brazil decided to remarried, following his first wife death, the chosen bride was Amélia of Leuchtenberg, daughter of Eugène de Beauharnais. The bride was escorted to South America by his older brother, Auguste, who was created by his new brother-in-law, Duke of Santa Cruz (on 5 November 1829).
Five years later, in December 1834, Auguste became Pedro I's step son, when he was chosen to marry the Emperor's older daughter, the queen Maria II of Portugal. Auguste and Maria II were married by proxy in Munich on 1 December 1834 and later in person in a ceremony in Lisbon, on 26 January 1835, when Auguste officially became the Prince Consort. However Auguste died only two months later, childless, and he never became King Consort.
*Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1816-1885)
On 1 January 1836, Queen Maria II married Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to whom it was granted the title of Prince Consort. Ferdinand became King Fernando II, on 16 September 1837, upon the birth of their first child (the future Peter V of Portugal), an heir to the throne.
According to the Portuguese laws, the husband of a queen regnant could only be titled king after the birth of any child from that marriage (that was the reason the Queen's first husband, Auguste de Beauharnais, did not have that title).
Ferdinand II reign came to end with the death of his wife, in 1853, but he was regent for his son Peter V (who was only 16 years old) until 1855.
In 1869, 16 years after queen Maria II decease, Ferdinand married morganatically Elise Hensler, a Swiss-German opera singer who was made Countess d'Edla (a Saxe-Coburg title granted by Ernest II in order she could married the former king).
Disputed Reigning Queens of Portugal and their consorts
Queen Beatrice consort (14th century)
When King Ferdinand I of Portugal die in 22 October 1383, his queen dowager, Leonor Telles de Menezes, assumed the regency of the kingdom and, according to the Treaty of Salvaterra, she proclaimed their only daughter, Beatrice, as Queen of Portugal. On 17 May 1383, Beatrice was married to king John I of Castile and, following King Ferdinand's death 5 months later, he became a de jure royal consort.
However the couple's authority was highly challenged, leading to a period of war and politically undefined known as the 1383-1385 Crisis, and nor Beatrice was a de facto Queen, neither John of Castile was a de facto royal Consort.
However, it should be referred that, as queen of Portugal, Beatrice minted her own currency in Santarém: some Real coins with her own image and, in the reverse, the coat of arms of Portugal and of Castile.
According to "Crónica de el-rei D. João I" (Chronicle of King John I), by Fernão Lopes, as soon as the king of Castile heard about the death of his father-in-law, Ferdinand I of Portugal, he included the Portuguese coat of arms in his personal flag, putting it under the coat or arms of Castile and Leon (see this flag on the right).
Tradition says that when the procession, leaded by the Archbishop of Toledo, left the Cathedral with the new flag, a stormy wind just rip apart the flag in two, separating the signs of the two kingdoms. Immediately, people said that it was God's will that Portugal colours could never be under those of Castile .
The royal couple's claim to the Portuguese throne was definitely abandoned following their defeated at the battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385. Beatrice became a widow in 1390 and she died in 1408 in Madrigal, Castile.