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. 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. Howard the duck earth791021 marvel database fandom. Howard the duck was portrayed by ed gale and voiced by chip zien in the 1986 howard the duck film adaptation, and was later voiced by seth green in the films guardians of the galaxy and guardians of the galaxy vol. Why guardians of the galaxys james gunn hates the howard the. Howard the duck is a 1986 american science fiction comedy film directed by willard huyck and starring lea thompson, tim robbins, and jeffrey jones. Howard made his theatrical debut in the film howard the duck, which premiered in august 1, 1986, exactly 28 years before the north american premiere of guardians of the galaxy. Now frees from his duck body howards soul passed into the afterlife, and howard had a conversation with god about the meaning of life. Duckworld resembles mankinds earth in an astounding number of ways, including the fact that ducks speak english. Howard the duck 910 movie clip the dark overlord 1986 hd. Produced by hloria katz and george lucas, the screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film based on the marvel comic book of the same name, but the film adaptation became live action due to a contractual obligation. Is howard the duck one of the marvel movies coming in 2020.
Feb 21, 2018 its bizarre to think that marvels first film one where the lead is a talking duck is still marvels most overtly sexual film, but there you have it. Aug 14, 2018 howard the duck actually had a really good scene we were going to cameo with the hangover and community star ken jeong, with howard the duck. In 1944, captain america had starred in a series of short black and white films. Howard the ducks mcu future teased by feige screen rant. He is an extraterrestrial duck who lives on a planet populated by anthropomorphic ducks that evolved from birds instead of primates. Howard the duck is a 1986 american science fiction comedy film directed by willard huyck and starring lea thompson, jeffrey jones, tim robbins, and chip zien. Disneypixar and marvel announce a new howard the duck.
Endgame features a ton of heroes and howard the duck is present on the battle field. It took until 1984 to start the process rolling, however. Marvel announces rrated howard the duck film coming in. 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.
The character also makes a nonspeaking cameo appearance in avengers. Howard the duck marvel cinematic universe wiki fandom. It starts off with a variety of duckbased humor from a duck planet complete with playduck magazine and duck commercials and movies. Seemingly lacking in plot and direction, the film is essentially a mishmash of a. Michael chabon john carter and academy awardnominee michael arndt toy story 3, upcoming phineas and ferb. Directed by 1 writing credits 4 cast 62 produced by. Jun 28, 2017 guardians of the galaxy franchise director james gunn put to rest social media rumors this morning that he will produce a howard the duck movie for marvel. After finishing american grafitti, lucas told huyck and katz about steve gerbers howard the duck comic book. Five things you didnt know about the howard the duck film. How howard the duck crashed guardians of the galaxys opening.
Perry the platypus is mistaken for howard by spiderman due to perrys possession of a duckbill marvel cinematic universe guardians of the galaxy. It was inspired by the marvel comics characters howard the duck and beverly switzler. How howard the duck crashed guardians of the galaxys. Tim robbins defends howard the duck, calls it first film. The goofy film is still a lot of fun to watch and features a terrifically cheesy soundtrack. The anthropomorphic anatidae is best known for his 1986, george lucasproduced box office bomb, a film widely understood as putting marvel s cinematic plans on hold for over a decade. I know theres no immediacy with comic book movies, but if marvel could manage to put out a new howard the duck at least in the next six. Moderate sex references throughout, such as career manipulation referring to demanding sex before wages will be paid, a reference to sex change operations, and veiled comments expressing appreciation for the female form. One of the few marvel comics film adaptions of the 1980s, the liveaction retelling of an alien duck arriving on earth was not as popular as george lucas might have hoped. Howard made his theatrical debut in the film howard the duck, which premiered in august 1, 1986, exactly twenty eight years before the north american premiere of guardians of the galaxy. Marvel comics is a publisher of american comic books and related media. Modern marvel movies might have cultural relevancy, big fight scenes and witty one.
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. Produced by hloria katz and george lucas, the screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film based on the marvel comic book of the same name, but the film adaptation became live action due to a contractual. From george lucas comes the atrociously awful comic book film howard the duck. The original howard the duck film, starring lea thompson and ed gale, is widely divided between moviegoers as being either an awesome cult classic, or one of the worst films of all time, but either way, marvel has announced that they plan to bring back their anthropomorphic duck in an allnew movie, set for release in the summer of 2017. Guardians of the galaxy bluray clip howard the duck and the collector 2014 marvel movie hd. This widely forgotten marvel film character saw the light of film in 1986 and apart from a brief cameo shot as one of the exibits of the colllector in guardians of the galaxy, vanished into history. Howard makes his landing in cleveland actually filmed in the san francisco area. James gunn dispels rumors hes producing a howard the duck. Marvel fanfavorite character howard the duck appears in the big. Mar 22, 2017 marvel fans were shocked into laughter when the postcredits sequence from guardians of the galaxy reintroduced the character of howard the duck to film audiences. Howard the duck wasnt originally intended to appear in avengers. The hollywood reporter has news on the tigra and dazzler show and howard the duck canceled at hulu, but it was marvel who made the decision to.
Its bizarre to think that marvels first film one where the lead is a talking duck is still marvels most overtly sexual film, but there you have it. Duck lives in an allduck world full of duckthemed parodies of human conventions. 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 guardians of the galaxy. Howard the duck 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. A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to earth where he must stop a hellish alien. The film was universally panned and is widely regarded as one of the worst films ever made. Howard the duck flirted with a girl in the iron lotus on contraxia. Why guardians of the galaxys james gunn hates the howard. Lea thompson starred in the howard the duck movie image. Seemingly lacking in plot and direction, the film is essentially a mishmash of a duck outofwater story and an alien. The hollywood reporter has news on the tigra and dazzler show and howard the duck canceled at hulu, but it was marvel who made the decision to cancel the shows. The shame of george lucas okthe other shame of george lucas is howard the duck, a flop of legendary proportions that continued marvels string of misses in the 80s howard t. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto.
So the next time youre watching guardians of the galaxy, and you see that much better version of howard the duck voiced by seth green in one. The anthropomorphic anatidae is best known for his 1986, george lucasproduced box office bomb, a film widely understood as putting marvels cinematic plans on hold for over a decade. Howard the duck is first seen in guardians of the galaxy 2014. Since that time, the movie has become synonymous with one word. Marvel revives notorious flop howard the duck for tv bbc. Howard duckson aka howard the duck is the titular protagonist of the comic book series of the same name and the 1986 film of the same name as well. Guardians of the galaxy franchise director james gunn put to rest social media rumors this morning that he will produce a howard the duck movie for marvel. 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. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Howards debut adventure guest stars a plethora of marvel heroes spiderman, conjurer, and many more. The screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film, but the film adaptation. 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. List of films based on marvel comics publications wikipedia.
He next cameoed in guardians of the galaxy vol 2 having a drink on. It goes from there into our universe, in cleveland. Howard was also drinking out of a similar green cup. 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. Apr 27, 2017 minor spoilers for guardians of the galaxy vol. It was in fact howard the duck, the 1986 big budget spectacular from producer george lucas, the man behind a littleknown franchise called star. Howard the duck actually had a really good scene we were going to cameo with the hangover and community star ken jeong, with howard the duck. Actress lea thompson is pitching a howard the duck reboot to marvel studios, and hopes the character will get his own standalone film in the mcu. Lea thompson in howard the duck 1986 howard the duck 1986 lea thompson in howard the duck. According to the marvel wikia, howard the duck premiered exactly 28 years before his appearance in guardians of the galaxy. I now consider slither part of the marvel cinematic universe.
Disneypixar and marvel announce a new howard the duck movie. However, while it is not a very good film, i feel howard the duck is not nearly as bad as many people seem to believe. Tim robbins defends howard the duck, calls it first film of. Howard the duck, to be directed by academy awardwinner pete docter monsters, inc. 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. Guardians of the galaxy bluray clip howard the duck and the. Howard the duck was hatched on duckworld, a planet in another universe, where intelligent life evolved from waterfowl. Marvel fans were shocked into laughter when the postcredits sequence from guardians of the galaxy reintroduced the character of howard the duck to film audiences. Howard destroyed deuteronomy by using the cigar from the saint of therapists, but a puff on that same cigar instantly disintegrated howard. Howards temporary job at the sleazy hot tub fever, where couples make out in the lava of love jacuzzi, only heightens a bipolar aspect of the movie, making an audience uneasy as they struggle to understand if they are watching a film for adults with childish duckpun jokes, or a childrens film with severely misplaced adult themes. Howard the duck appears as a living exhibit in the collectors museum. It was inspired by the marvel comics characters howard the duck. Dec 18, 2019 marvel movies are full of easter eggs, fan service, and winks at the audience, so theres a lot of competition when it comes to picking the best cameo in the mcu thats why its so impressive that howard the duck makes everyone else look like quacks. Aug 10, 2018 according to the marvel wikia, howard the duck premiered exactly 28 years before his appearance in guardians of the galaxy.
The liveaction howard the duck movie had very little to do with its source material, demonstrated almost none of the care and attention that went into the comics and is ultimately regarded as one of the. Howard the duck was happily bedding women from an entirely different species halfway through his first film. It starts off with a variety of duck based humor from a duck planet complete with playduck magazine and duck commercials and movies. Howard is an extraterrestrial anthropomorphic duck and a former resident. Howard s debut adventure guest stars a plethora of marvel heroes spiderman, conjurer, and many more. Guardians of the galaxy guardians of the galaxy vol. Based on the comic book by steve gerber, produced by george lucas, directed by willard. James gunn tells twitter fans hes not producing howard.
Not many marvel cinematic universe fans noticed the little guy, hes only in 18 frames, but he shows. Howard the duck was a critical and commercial failure when it was first released in the summer of 1986. In 1986, when almost no other marvel properties had yet been given movie adaptations, howard somehow waddled his way into a mess of a film. It starred lea thompson, jeffrey jones, tim robbins and chip zien as the voice of howard. Fowls in my little chickadee, indiana jones parody breeders of the lost stork, and a copy of rolling egg magazine. Based on a relatively obscure marvel comics character, howard the duck is a 1986 liveaction movie about howard, an anthropomorphic duck who is accidentally zapped to earth during the testfiring of a laser. Produced by gloria katz and george lucas, the screenplay was originally intended to be an animated film based on the marvel comic book of the same name, but the film adaptation became live action due to a contractual. Marvel revives notorious flop howard the duck for tv bbc news. Howard the duck 1986 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Howard the duck is a 1986 american science fiction comedy film directed by willard huyck and starring lea thompson, jeffrey jones, and tim robbins. The rest of the film pretty much follows in vain, relentlessly and mercilessly delivering a paddling of very poor duckbased puns. Guardians of the galaxy bluray clip howard the duck and the collector 2014 marvel movie hd director.
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