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Three Marvel Studios superhero pics will debut in summer 2011, including the May 6 bow of Sony’s “Spider-Man 4”, according to Variety.
That’s to be followed by the June 17 release of “Thor,” which was to have opened in summer 2010, and the July 22 opening of “The First Avenger: Captain America.” Those two films are being fully financed and produced by Marvel; Paramount is distributing.
As a result of those moves, Marvel announced it’s pushing back the release of multicharacter superhero tentpole “The Avengers” from July 15, 2011, to May 4, 2012.
The company said the clustering of “Captain America” and “Thor” will serve as the perfect run-up to “The Avengers,” which will unite the Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Incredible Hulk characters.
“This new schedule strongly sequences Marvel’s movie debut dates, bigscreen character introductions and momentum,” Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel said.
The release date of “Iron Man 2” remains the same: May 7, 2010.
Meanwhile, Aint it Cool News has updates on some of these projects.
- Jon Favreau will likely direct “The Avengers” and he’s another reason the film has been pushed back a year (he doesn’t have time to do it yet)
- Stellan Skarsgard will likely join his son Alexander, playing Thor, in Marvel’s “Thor”.
- Josh Hartnett will likely play Loki, the villain in “Thor”, because director Branagh is a huge fan of Hartnett’s performance in “0”
- Fox has to remake Daredevil and The Fantastic Four (or sequelize them) because otherwise the rights revert back to Marvel.
