| Marvel's Epic Plan for The Avengers Movie Uncovered; |
[Jun. 21st, 2008|10:46 am] |
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I just noticed that the latest trailer for the new Hulk movie has a cameo of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark.
So, Sam Jackson at the end of Iron Man as Nick Fury, RDJ as Stark in the Hulk...sounds like The Avengers are shaping up for a movie. So I did some digging, and found out there's a lot more slated than I would have ever thought...
(Spoiler Free)
Found this little summary at Wikipedia to start things off:
In August 2006, Marvel Entertainment's "Marvel Studios Overview Presentation" listed the Avengers as a property under development for a feature film, with Zak Penn as screenwriter.[25] In a May 5, 2008, report to shareholders, Marvel Entertainment announced the release dates for two planned Avenger movies. The First Avenger: Captain America (working title) is scheduled for May 6, 2011, followed by The Avengers, scheduled for July 2011.[26]
The first reference in film to the Avengers is in Iron Man (2008), in a post-credits scene of Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson) speaking with Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) about the "Avenger Initiative". At the conclusion of The Incredible Hulk (2008), Tony Stark briefly speaks with General Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt) regarding the formation of a team.
I also heard rumors of a Thor movie, so I checked that out. Found an entry at IMDB that was recently updated, movie is slated for 2010. Supposedly Thor's human persona, Dr. Donald Blake, will have a cameo in Hulk as well.
There appears to be an Iron Man 2 movie in the works as well for 2010. There's also mention of an Ant-Man movie being in planning.
A Luke Cage (aka Power Man) movie is also slated, for 2009.
There's a Deathlok movie in thinking as well, IMDB has it as in scripting but a 2008 release, so I doubt it will happen. With Deathlok comes Galactus (in theory), unfortunately the last Fantastic Four movie already ruined Galactus, but they made Silver Surfer even cooler.
Nick Fury has his own movie slated for 2010. So does Dr. Strange.
A Sub-Mariner movie has a 2010 date, but the latest update I could find was 2006 with Universal working on it.
There's also Ghost Rider 2 in 2009 and Punisher 2 in 2008. They're not Avengers, but I might as well note them while I'm at it.
So what's the time line for this epic Avengers plan?
2008 - Iron Man (Iron Man, Nick Fury)
2008 - Hulk (Hulk, Thor, Iron Man)
2008 - Deathlok (Deathlok, ?)
2009 - Luke Cage (Luke Cage, ?)
2010 - Ant-Man (Ant-Man, ?) This will more likely be 2009.
2010 - Nick Fury (Nick Fury, ?)
2010 - Iron Man 2 (Iron Man, ?)
2010 - Thor (Thor, ?)
2010 - Doctor Strange (Doctor Strange, ?)
2010 - Sub-Mariner (Sub-Mariner, ?)
2011 - Capt America (Capt America, ?)
2011 - The Avengers
We're still missing a few characters, though I'm sure they'll come about either as secondaries in the final film or as cameos in the others.
Marvel overload?
The bad part? I don't really like the Avengers that much...
All of this for Avengers, and all I really wanted was the next Spiderman and X-Men so I could finally see live-action Carnage and Apocalypse. Getting Spiderman 4, probably with Carnage and some pointless villan, but not X-Men. But I'm ok with the Weapon X Program movie and the origin of Magneto+Xavier (provided Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart reprise their roles).
Trivia bits:
- Lou Ferrigno is (obviously) in the new Hulk, but also does the voice of the Hulk, which is good because Ed Norton wouldn't have been able to pull that off.
- Capt America's shield is the background of Iron Man.
- The new Hulk movie is a sequel and takes place five years after the first one.
- The new Hulk movie involves a super-soldier serum made in WWII by Dr. Reinstein. That is a reference to how Capt America comes about.
- Thor's human persona, Dr. Donald Blake, will have a cameo in The Incredible Hulk.
IMDB has a lot of fun slated for Marvel Enterprises in the coming years. |
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