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New Marvel Movies!

Spurred by the success of "Iron Man", Marvel has announced a new set of movies that will be released in 2010 and 2011.

The first movie planned to hit the theaters is the "Iron Man" sequel, creatively titled "Iron Man 2" at the moment. The release date will be April 30, 2010. A "Thor" movie will be released in the summer of 2010 also. I like "Thor", but it's clearly a set up for something bigger.

The 'something bigger' comes in 2011. "The First Avenger: Captain America" will be released in early 2011. Now, although I agree with the ScreenRant guys that they should "...lose the front-half of that title...", I am really stoked for a Cap movie. "Captain America" is an iconic figure; sure, he will probably be fighting terrorism of some kind, but with Cap, it will be believable and interesting. I know that Cap can come off as corny or old-fashioned, but the incarnations in the last few years have all been very strong. Is it too early to call this the "Iron Man" of 2011?

I'll answer my own question and say - yeah, it's too early. The real "Iron Man" of 2011 will be "The Avengers"!!!

"The Avengers" movie has been highly anticipated for years. But, with the introduction of "Iron Man", "Thor" and "Captain America", they have the basis of the team. I can do without the addition of the "Hulk", as I started reading those books well after he was gone from the team. Notably, there is no mention of the "Hulk" in the press release, so Marvel may be thinking along the same lines. To be honest, I hope they skip forward in time a bit and complete the team with the "Scarlet Witch" and "Quicksilver" (or even Vision), rather than go with the more traditional starting team membership (i.e. "Hulk", "Ant-man" and the "Wasp"). But, that's just me.

Hopefully, this will be a franchise for years!

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Posted by Fred on May 6, 2008 10:44 AM
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