Welcome to today’s edition of Leftovers! We’ve got a ton of news, so let’s jump right into it:

• In X-Men: First Class casting news, Oliver Platt and Rose Bryne have joined the cast. Platt will play the mysterious “Man in Black” while Bryne will take on the role of Moira MacTaggert.
• Fred Van Lente’s heavily teased Avengers book has been titled: “Dead Avengers” and will spin out of the Chaos War event that launches soon. We’ve included some of the art at the top of the post, but check out this full CBR article for even more details on what looks to be an outstanding series.
• Bill Willingham of Fables fame will write a “Warriors Three” story due out this November. This is the first work the writer has done at Marvel in quite some time.
• The Avengers movie will be filmed in 3D, which is good news for us movie fans.
• CBR has your first look at some of the other “Vampirella” variant covers, including a bloody brilliant cover by Alex Ross.

That’s all the leftovers for today. Did you finish your plate?

On last night’s edition of G4TV’s ‘Fresh Ink’ host Blair Butler announced the return of Hercules to lead a new team of heroes in an event called ‘Chaos War’. The event is a five issue mini series written by the long running creative team of Fred Van Lente, Greg Pak, with art by Khoi Pham. The event starts this October.

The event will focus on an attack on Earth by the Chaos King and his army of alien slave gods.  Hercules will lead a team of gods and cosmic beings consisting of Thor, Galactus (!), Sersi, Silver Surfer, and Venus.  It’s also worth noting that Amadeus Cho appears in some of the preview art.  Butler also stated that the Incredible Hulk will unite the “the surviving members’ of his family to combat this new threat.

This story seems like it will play off some of the events that occurred the ‘Scared Invasion’ story line that happened early on in Pak and Van Lente’s Incredible Hercules series.  I’m just so incredibly happy that I’ll get to see the return of one of my favorite Marvel characters. Check out the video after the page jump to see some great preview art from the series and get the full details.

What do you think of this news? Are you excited for the return of Hercules as much as I am? Sound off in our comments below and let your voice be heard!