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It's All Super-Soldiers And Gods In Upcoming Marvel Movies

Between mecha-fighter Iron Man's second movie, coming in April 30, 2010, and military-sponsored super-soldier Captain America, coming May 6, 2011, Marvel Comics' upcoming movie slate has a very militaristic feel. But where's the peaceful shrinking scientist Ant-Man, who communicates with ants? Apprently his movie's on hold, so we can get Norse god Thor's movie, directed by Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Layer Cake), on June 4, 2010. Captain America's full title will be The First Avenger: Captain America, and his film will be followed by The Avengers in July 2011. Also in the pipeline: Spider-Man: The Musical and Spider-Man the video game (out in fall 2008). [AP Press via Newsarama]

2:00 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Meredith Woerner
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Latest by Defendant: Nobody believes in Norse mythology anymore. There's no reason Christians should have a problem with a Thor movie. In fact, I even read some of the Thor books. more »

No Marvel Movies In 2009? If you think the writers' strike only hurt television and didn't affect the movie industry, just ask Marvel Entertainment. Marvel is only slating one movie for 2009, instead of the two per year it would normally put out. (Currently in development: Ant-man, Captain America, Thor and The Avengers.) But even that one movie isn't certain, execs told Wall Street analysts in a conference call on Marvel's fourth-quarter 2007 earnings. Also, Marvel warned that the horrendous shape of the U.S. economy could hurt its (currently healthy) finances in 2008, but execs couldn't point to any specific warning signs. If you see Spider-Man selling underoos off a sidewalk card table, you'll know why. [Transcript]

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Stan Lee Shouts 'Excelsior!' At io9

Stan Lee was the recipient of a much-deserved Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement Award this week, presented to him by Doug Jones (who played the Silver Surfer onscreen in the recent Fantastic Four sequel) and by Heroes creator Tim Kring and co-executive producer Jeph Loeb. It might have been a lifetime achievement award, but he certainly doesn't show any signs of slowing down at this point. The creator of The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and a host of other costume-wearing comic book characters told us about his upcoming cameos in Marvel movies, and the origin of his catch phrase. More »

2:00 PM on Tue Dec 18 2007
By Kevin Kelly
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