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link wrote:Marvel Entertainment released their first quarter report to its shareholders this morning to coincide with the announcement about the success this past weekend of Marvel Studios' first production Iron Man, which grossed an estimated $104.2 million domestically and over $201 million worldwide. The announcement included an update of Marvel Studios' feature film slate with the already-rumored Iron Man 2 announced for a release on April 30, 2010, followed by three more movies for the summers of '10 and '11. Matthew Vaughn's Thor is set for a release on June 4, 2010, and The First Avenger: Captain America (the working title) will kick off the summer of 2011 on May 6, followed by the highly-anticipated and foreshadowed The Avengers scheduled for July 2011. (Edgar Wright's Ant-Man is also listed as being in development with no release date set.)

In a conference call this morning, Marvel Studios' David Maisel said that Iron Man 2 will be used to introduce Thor. Regarding more "Hulk" movies, Maisel said "We definitely plan on continuing." He added that development continues on Spider-Man 4. "I can't give any other updates other than to say it's in development and everybody's excited about 'Spider-Man 4,'" he said.

With that in mind, one can start expecting a lot more announcements in the coming months about creative teams and casting for those movies including who might direct the Captain America and Avengers movies. (Whomever plays Steve Rogers AKA Captain America presumably will be making two movies at once.)

Mkall wrote:
Iron Man 2 will introduce Thor.

Iron Prime wrote:

Mkall wrote:
Iron Man 2 will introduce Thor.

I love Thor, but I'm not sure how I feel about this - and it reduces the chances of War Machine....

I hope Spider-man 4 is better than 3.....

Mr.Bond007 wrote:Cool, I can't wait for Ironman 2. Let's hope S4 is better then S3 is Toby signed on? And WTF is Antman??

Overcracker wrote:

Mr.Bond007 wrote:Cool, I can't wait for Ironman 2. Let's hope S4 is better then S3 is Toby signed on? And WTF is Antman??

Ant Man, otherwise known as Hank Pym. Also goes by the name of Yellow Jacket, or Giant Man. One of the Finer Scientific minds in the Marvel Universe After Reed Richards and Bruce Banner.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Pym

Senor Hugo wrote:

Iron Prime wrote:

Mkall wrote:
Iron Man 2 will introduce Thor.

I love Thor, but I'm not sure how I feel about this - and it reduces the chances of War Machine....

I hope Spider-man 4 is better than 3.....

Iron-Man introduced Nick Fury.

So expect that Iron-ma 2 will introduce Thor in much the same way.

Predaprince wrote:
That's what I believe as well.

BTW, any news on what SM4 will have? Will Venom return? Will it be Carnage instead of or as well as Venom?

Senor Hugo wrote:

Predaprince wrote:
That's what I believe as well.

BTW, any news on what SM4 will have? Will Venom return? Will it be Carnage instead of or as well as Venom?

Well last I heard Venom will be getting his own movie.

If they did Carnage and Venom, SM4 would be a lot more disappointing than SM3 was.

I pray that Hollywood writers will realize that having 2 or more villains does not make for a more entertaining movie.

Mr.Bond007 wrote:

Senor Hugo wrote:

Predaprince wrote:
That's what I believe as well.

BTW, any news on what SM4 will have? Will Venom return? Will it be Carnage instead of or as well as Venom?

Well last I heard Venom will be getting his own movie.

If they did Carnage and Venom, SM4 would be a lot more disappointing than SM3 was.

I pray that Hollywood writers will realize that having 2 or more villains does not make for a more entertaining movie.

yes let's They should have had venom come in at the very end. The part where Eddie falls on his knees and comes up and roars and the screen turns black is where they should have ended it.

Predaprince wrote:

Mr.Bond007 wrote:

Senor Hugo wrote:BTW, any news on what SM4 will have? Will Venom return? Will it be Carnage instead of or as well as Venom?

Well last I heard Venom will be getting his own movie.

If they did Carnage and Venom, SM4 would be a lot more disappointing than SM3 was.

I pray that Hollywood writers will realize that having 2 or more villains does not make for a more entertaining movie.

yes let's They should have had venom come in at the very end. The part where Eddie falls on his knees and comes up and roars and the screen turns black is where they should have ended it.

Duke of Luns wrote:Yeah, Veonom is too awsome of a character to have been in only a fourth of a movie. I don't care what it looked like though, if they want to bring Venom back they'll find a way too. After all, Elektra died in Daredevil and they brought her back.

And Iron Man(Tony Stark) possibly being in the new Hulk? Thor being in Iron Man 2! Nick Fury being introduced in Iron Man(which I will be going to see tomorrow), sweet! The Marvel Movieverse is finally begining to connect with each other .

Senor Hugo wrote:

Iron Prime wrote:

Mkall wrote:
Iron Man 2 will introduce Thor.

I love Thor, but I'm not sure how I feel about this - and it reduces the chances of War Machine....

I hope Spider-man 4 is better than 3.....

Iron-Man introduced Nick Fury.

So expect that Iron-ma 2 will introduce Thor in much the same way.

Caelus wrote:Please let First Avenger be a WWII movie!

Just freeze and defrost him in the last fifteen to twenty minutes!

First-Aid wrote:

Caelus wrote:Please let First Avenger be a WWII movie!

Just freeze and defrost him in the last fifteen to twenty minutes!

I don't know about that...a huge part of Cap's character is his adjustment to today's world and how conflicted he is, as well as dealing with the loss of loved ones and friends. I think that's a better basis for an Avengers movie than the WWII...besides, if they decide to go with his background wouldn't they do it in his solo movie rather than take away from the action potential of the Avengers?

Caelus wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Caelus wrote:Please let First Avenger be a WWII movie!

Just freeze and defrost him in the last fifteen to twenty minutes!

I don't know about that...a huge part of Cap's character is his adjustment to today's world and how conflicted he is, as well as dealing with the loss of loved ones and friends. I think that's a better basis for an Avengers movie than the WWII...besides, if they decide to go with his background wouldn't they do it in his solo movie rather than take away from the action potential of the Avengers?

First Avenger is the Captain America solo-movie. He is the first Avenger.

I'm saying, set that in WWII, and have him defrosted at the end to lead the Avengers. Then, in the Avengers you have the subplot of him adjusting to a modern world filled with superheroes and supervillains.

Caelus wrote:First Avenger is the Captain America solo-movie. He is the first Avenger.

Caelus wrote:I'm saying, set that in WWII, and have him defrosted at the end to lead the Avengers. Then, in the Avengers you have the subplot of him adjusting to a modern world filled with superheroes and supervillains.