 Iron Man director Jon Favreau told USA Today that Marvel Studios has its proposed lineup of superheroes for a proposed Avengers movie.
Favreau told the newspaper that the team’s lineup has changed throughout the years, "but the ones Marvel is talking about now are Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Iron Man. I would love to see that."
Kevin Feige, Marvel Studios’ president of production, confirmed to the paper that he’s working toward the day when "heroes can cross into each other’s adventures and occasionally team up if there’s a foe too great for any one of them to handle."
Feiger and screenwriter Zak Penn (X2 and The Incredible Hulk) are uniting to get Avengers in theaters by summer 2011.
Source: Scifi.com |
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 Iron Man is poised to become the first film of 2008 to reach the $300 million mark in gross domestic ticket sales, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Through June 17, the Marvel-produced comic-book adaptation had earned an estimated $299.3 million in the U.S. and Canada. With recent daily grosses of at least $680,000, Iron Man is expected to reach the $300 million mark on June 19.
Sony’s Spider-Man 3, which grossed $336.5 million domestically to top 2007 box-office rankings, was the first film to cross the $300 million threshold, managing the feat in just 23 days after its May 4 debut. Though Iron Man required 51 days to reach a similar mark, its achievement was much less anticipated before its premiere on May 1.
Last May saw two other $300 million grossers: the Paramount-distributed Shrek the Third from DreamWorks Animation ($322.7 million) and Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End ($309.4 million).
Among summer 2008’s other big openers, Paramount’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is another clear $300 million candidate, with $279.5 million through Tuesday. The fourth film in the Indiana Jones franchise has also grossed $359 million internationally, and opens in the lucrative Japan market this weekend.
Iron Man has grossed $250 million internationally for a worldwide total of more than $550 million. It’s set for a September opening in Japan. |
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Source: Scifi.com
 Director Louis Leterrier told Collider.com that The Incredible Hulk will include a hidden reference to the big green guy’s fellow Marvel Comics character Captain America.
"It’s not like, ‘Oh, it’s Captain America and it changes everything,’" he told the site. "It’s still a Hulk movie, but it’s really Captain America, and it’s there. You’ll see. It’s the real deal. You have to look for it."
He also revealed that he cut out a full 70 minutes of footage from the film, and that the deleted material will eventually appear on the eventual Blu-ray release.
"I want to put everything we shot [on Blu-ray]," Leterrier said. "I’m not the kind of guy that likes to keep the stuff for myself. I’m like, ‘OK you student filmmakers, here’s what I did right and here’s what I did wrong.’ And in some of the stuff, in the 70 minutes, there’s some great stuff and there’s some really horrible stuff, but you’ll see it all, you know?" |
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 Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, confirmed that the upcoming The First Avenger: Captain America will be a World War II period piece, like the comic book on which it is based, and he shot down a rumor that Matthew McConaughey was in line to play the hero.
Feige, speaking to online journalists at Universal Studios on May 21, added that Captain America would help set up the eventual Avengers movie, which follows six weeks later. (Feige also confirmed what many fans have speculated: That the star-shaped object in Tony Stark’s workshop in Iron Man is indeed part of Cap’s famous shield.)
Feige also talked about the upcoming Thor movie, confirming that it will take place mostly in Asgard, the mythical Norse realm of the gods, and not in the contemporary real world. "The film is not all Asgard, but it will be a big chunk in Asgard, yeah," Feige said.
Feige promised an announcement about a director for Thor "later this summer." Mark Protosevich (The Cell) is drafting a script, which should be submitted in a couple of weeks, he added.
Feige also confirmed release dates for Marvel’s future slate of superhero movies: Iron Man 2 on April 30, 2010; Thor on June 4, 2010; The First Avenger: Captain America on May 6, 2011; and The Avengers on July 1, 2011.
As for a second Iron Man movie, Feige said that talks are underway with director Jon Favreau to return and that he hopes to wrap them up soon.
Feige spoke at a preview of footage from Louis Leterrier’s The Incredible Hulk, which opens June 13; look for a report about the preview next week on SCI FI Wire. |
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