Howard the duck was hatched on duckworld, a planet in another universe, where intelligent life evolved from waterfowl. List of films based on marvel comics publications wikipedia. Tim robbins fondly remembers howard the duck as first. Now frees from his duck body howards soul passed into the afterlife, and howard had a conversation with god about the meaning of life. How howard the duck crashed guardians of the galaxys opening. Jul 16, 2017 the other day, i did a list about characters in the marvel universe who have slept with marvel monsters, and naturally, howard the duck and beverley switzer were on the list, as they are one of the most famous odd couples in the marvel universe, her being a human and him being, well, you know, a duck.
It was one of the first theatrical films based on a marvel comics character. Duckworld resembles mankinds earth in an astounding number of ways, including the fact that ducks speak english. Howard the duck getting his own tv series with kevin smith as. It counts among its characters such wellknown superheroes as spiderman, iron man, hulk, thor, captain america, black panther, doctor strange, antman, wolverine, daredevil and deadpool, and such teams as the avengers, the xmen, the fantastic four, and the. Howard the duck was an alien that resembles a duck, drinking on knowhere and. Marvels early movie history 1944 to 1990 geektyrant. Endgame, honest trailers tackles howard the duck, marvel s infamous debut feature film. Things you didnt know about howard the duck screenrant. Howard the duck is hardly the bestloved movie based on a marvel comics character, but it was the first, and star tim robbins still thinks theres something lovable about it. Blade was the first marvel superhero film produced with the intention of honoring the comic. It was the first marvel movie in 1944, captain america had starred in a series of short black and white films. Seemingly lacking in plot and direction, the film is essentially a mishmash of a duck outofwater story and an alien.
Even though marvel studios is the king of comic book movies now, the howard the duck honest trailer shows how bad the first marvel movie. Its hard to believe that the wisecracking, inappropriate howard the duck was considered to be the most viable marvel comics character to get the big screen treatment first. The character was created by writer steve gerber and artist val mayerik. Feb 28, 2018 howard the duck adapted the marvel comic of the same name, a cult favorite among readers since being introduced in the 1970s by writer steve gerber and artist val mayerik. Tim robbins is going up to bat for howard the duck and believes the movie is very important to the marvel cinematic universe. Marvel attempted a spinoff with a shortlived howard the duck newspaper. Feb 17, 2019 despite going against the grain, this beaked antihero starred in the very first marvel feature film. Our most loved pairings and groups just in time for valentines day. From george lucas comes the atrociously awful comic book film howard the duck. Marvel made a three issue comic based on the movie called howard the duck. How crazy is it that howard the duck was the first featurelength film based on a marvel character. Although several tv adaptations of marvel characters had aired during the preceding 21 years, this was the first theatrically released feature film, coming after.
Mar 11, 2016 with characters like spiderman, the avengers, and the xmen as a part of the catalog, its surprising that howard the duck marked the first time a marvel comic book character made the leap from. Based on the marvel comic book of the same name, the film was produced by gloria katz and written by huyck and katz, with george lucas as executive producer. Modern marvel movies might have cultural relevancy, big fight scenes and witty one. Feb 21, 2018 howard the duck was happily bedding women from an entirely different species halfway through his first film. We take a look back at how universal promoted one of the first marvel.
Howard the duck was happily bedding women from an entirely different species halfway through his first film. Howard the duck was james gunns favorite character during his childhood, and he has hated the film since its release. Is howard the duck one of the marvel movies coming in 2020. Jun 12, 2018 howard the duck was released in 1986 and was actually the first feature film ever released based on a marvel comics character.
Features the weird marketing of the howard the duck movie. Howard the duck a version of howard who wields mjolnir and possesses the power of thor. The film saw howard transported away from his home planet of duck. Lea thompson is pitching a howard the duck movie to marvel. It starred lea thompson, jeffrey jones, tim robbins and chip zien as the voice of howard. Howard the duck marvel cinematic universe wiki fandom. Sure, marvel rules the cinematic universe now, but the first attempt to bring a marvel comics character to the big screen was anything but a smash.
Howard the duck is notable as being one of the few characters to be used by both marvel and lucasfilm prior to both companies being bought by disney. Howard the duck is a 1986 american science fiction comedy film directed by willard huyck and starring lea thompson, jeffrey jones, and tim robbins. Besides howard who was portrayed by an assortment of stunt actors in duck suits, the only character borrowed from the comic book was beverly. Tim robbins fondly remembers howard the duck as first marvel.
The first marvel comics movie was truly fowl april 26, 2019 marvel studios may be the king of comic book movies right now, but when the first marvel comics title hit the big screen back in 1986, it was anything but good. With characters like spiderman, the avengers, and the xmen as a part of the catalog, its surprising that howard the duck marked the first time a marvel comic. Oct 12, 2019 howard the duck is hardly the bestloved movie based on a marvel comics character, but it was the first, and star tim robbins still thinks theres something lovable about it. But the movie which first was to be shot as an animation film was shot as a live action film, turned out to be a terrible failure and was termed as a catastrophe. Howard the duck 1986 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Howard destroyed deuteronomy by using the cigar from the saint of therapists, but a puff on that same cigar instantly disintegrated howard. Disney later threatened marvel with legal action, saying howard the duck s satirical design looked a lot like the mouse houses famous duck, donald. Universal via movieclips howard was a controversial marvel comic character introduced in 1973. A new breed of hero in europe is a 1986 liveaction film produced by lucasfilm and universal pictures, directed by willard huyck from a script by huyck and his wife gloria katz. With lea thompson, jeffrey jones, tim robbins, ed gale. It was one of the first theatrical films based on a marvel comics character after the loosely adapted 1940s captain america serials, and red sonja.
Of all the characters in the marvel universe, howard the duck may be the unlikeliest candidate for a comeback. Honest trailers revisits marvels first movie, howard the duck cbr. A look back at the first major motion picture featuring a marvel comics character, who just happened to be a talking duck. The movie is often tossed to the side and forgotten about, but it is a cult. Even though marvel studios is the king of comic book movies now, the howard the duck honest trailer shows how bad the first marvel movie really was. Howard the duck is one of the strangest comic book characters ever published by marvel comics, best known today because of its movie adaptation, believed by many to be one of the worst films ever made. In this scifi comedy from executive producer george lucas, howard the duck is an extraterrestrial fowl who is accidentally beamed to earth by physicist dr. Seemingly lacking in plot and direction, the film is essentially a mishmash of a duckoutofwater story and an alien. Universal released a liveaction howard the duck movie in 1986.
Howard the duck was released in 1986 and was actually the first feature film ever released based on a marvel comics character. Marvel movies marvel cinematic universe mcu marvel. This film is lowestrated marvel movie on rotten tomatoes, at 15%. Marvel revives notorious flop howard the duck for tv bbc. The highlyanticipated blockbuster arrives in theaters on may 1. Journey into the cosmic depths of the mighty marvel cinematic universe. The first marvel movie was howard the duck, which was released in 1986. According to the marvel wikia, howard the duck premiered exactly 28 years before his appearance in guardians of the galaxy. Tim robbins defends howard the duck, calls it first. How howard the duck crashed guardians of the galaxys. He was the son of a ronald and henrietta, a working class catholic couple living in new stork.
If you recall, howard the duck has been in the marvel cinematic universe since his appearance voiced by seth green in the postcredits of guardians of the galaxy in 2014. Even though marvel announced three new mystery movies for 2020, all part of phase 4, dont expect one of them to be a howard the duck reboot. The movie starred lea thomspson, and im surprised that she ever worked in hollywood again after the movie was released. Marvel comics is a publisher of american comic books and related media. But no fulllength films had been based on a marvel character until howard the duck. Jun 16, 2011 in this scifi comedy from executive producer george lucas, howard the duck is an extraterrestrial fowl who is accidentally beamed to earth by physicist dr. Howard the roboduck a japanesestyle giant mecha piloted by an alternate version of beverly switzler. Oct 12, 2019 is howard the duck the first marvel cinematic universe project. Theres no word on whether well be getting a new howard movie, but the first onscreen adaptation of howard the duck came. The satirical character, born in an allduck universe and trapped in. It was inspired by the marvel comics characters howard the duck and beverly switzler. Feb 15, 2018 the first marvel movie superhero was black.
Howard the duck 910 movie clip the dark overlord 1986. Howard the duck earth791021 marvel database fandom. Seth green was uncredited for his appearance in guardians of the galaxy. The marvel studios film honored at the screen actors guild awards for outstanding action performance. The 1986 film howard the duck was technically the first entry in the howard the duck franchise to have him wearing pants. Released in 1986, howard the duck is known not only for being the first marvel movie preceded only by the 1944 captain america film serial. Howard the duck is a fictional character appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to earth where he must stop a hellish alien invasion with the help of a nerdy scientist and a cute struggling female rock singer who fancies him. A costly mistake for star wars supremo george lucas, it just about made its money back. Sister howard the duck a female version of howard who is a nun on her world. Howard the duck honest trailer stakes claim as the first marvel movie noah dominguez apr 23, 2019 ahead of the release of avengers.
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