Marvel tease us over SPIDERMAN, THOR, IRON MAN, HULK, AVENGERS...
Thor to be introduced in Iron Man 2 set for 2010? His own movie two months after... then The Avengers the year after that?
Marvel Studio's is an exciting company to follow right now as they attempt to carve out the characters that they hope to build a universe around that can keep delivering Iron Man like numbers box office numbers for the next decade and even beyond. As DC continue to debate, dither and quite simply fail over bringing their superheroes to the big screen that are outside of the big two, Marvel are pushing ahead with at least two movies a year and are making fortune after fortune.
Slight gloating but more to tease and keep us informed about their future, Marvel released a press release this morning indicating their future plans... April 30th 2010 - IRON MAN 2 (the movie will also introduce Thor according to the press release) June 4th 2010 - THOR (Matthew Vaughn directing) May 6th 2011 - THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA (working title - which hints that Cap will be introduced in a slightly different manner to others) July 2011 - THE AVENGERS (Hulk, Iron Man, Cap America, Thor, Nick Fury (and rest of S.H.I.E.L.D)... possibly/probably more! Edgar Wright's adaptation of Ant-Man is also still in development but no release date is attached as Wright has several projects he is considering as his next feature. On the Hulk franchise the answer was "we are definitely planning more" which I translate as "we'll wait and see how much money we pump into the sequel after the first movie has performed". I'm sure they want to keep the character going though because they want him for The Avengers team-up eventually. On the Spidey front (which remember is Columbia/Sony's cinematic character) the answer was that it's still in development and that they are excited about it continuing. Last we heard James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) was scribing and that Sam Raimi wasn't going to commit until he had read the completed script. Exciting times ahead then folks. Marvel are doing everything the right way as of right now and if they keep building these characters and turning in productions as of high quality as Iron Man then they will be the studio to watch over the next four or five years. Hopefully Jon Favreau will be the man given the task to do The Avengers movie because I think he desires it most... and is the best suited for the role. As for Cap... it's going to be interesting to see who they cast and get to direct. I believe David Goyer either was or still is writing the screenplay so he may be given the nod to direct also. After how well Iron Man has performed with Robert Downey Jr on board, I also wouldn't be surprised if they cast a big name for that part. source - coming soon