I dunno, I'm excited about a possible Avengers movie, but I don't think that we should get our hopes all up. And I wouldn't call all of this official, either.

(And fighting the Masters of Evil would be too much for one, two-hour, movie.)

dude they've been talking about the simon peg directed avengers movie for years i don't see it happening for along time if they do it all...it's cool that marvel is planting the seeds for it in their current movies but this has got to be the most ambitious movie idea of all time and the first time anyone has every attempted anything on such a huge level...i think that since it will be the first movie of it's kind it's destined to fail but at the same time set the ground work for movies to come after it

i think that they're trying to address the problem of having too many characters in a 2 hour movie by giving each of the avengers a movie of there own before they bring them all together

I don't think it will be 10 years for a couple of reasons. Firstly, Downey Jr and Sam Jackson aren't spring chickens, there's no guarentee they'll be up for it then. Secondly, ten years is a long time to have a movie in development without a payday. There is no way to keep the production team together that long.

i say no on matthew mcconaughey, no on halle berry and spider-man shouldn't even be in the movie but the others are ok, for some reason i think brad pitt would be a good captain america

I agree on McConaughey (I just don't like him) and Berry, plus Berry has already played Storm anyway. I'm not sure about Brad Pitt, I think he could do it but (he says realizing he is beginning to sound ageist) he is getting on a bit, he is older than Downey Jr. That's probably more an issue for a sequel though.

Not sure who I'd pick for Cap, it needs to be someone who can pull of that whole "man out of time" thing and seem genuinely lost and a bit naive in the modern world.

I'd like to see Spidey in it though.

no i don't want spidey in it! i want classic avengers and thats it! as for the villian i think it's got to be loki maybe the thor movie could end with a cliffhanger of thor getting his ass handed to him and right as it ends the rest of the avengers step in to help him fight loki

Echoes says:

"Brad pitt F'ING HELL NO!!!! Seriously though, Brad Pitt? You'ed have to be smokin some good weed to think he would rep the cap well. Those are shoes to great to be filled by the likes of him (no offense to all who actually like him) And Halle is Storm in Xmen, so far there's no actor that has played a different role in a marvel movie that I know of (Stan doesn't count) so I dont know how they'd do that. Isn't Janet Van white anyway?"

isn't the kingpin white?

As much as I want to hate Brad Pit, (he looks to much like me, people keep mistaking me for him), he is a good actor, giving great performances in the films I've seen him in. "Those are shoes to great to be filled by the likes of him" nearly made me wet myself. While he is a great character, easily one of the best, I fear you are taking him a little too seriously.

I'm thinking it'll come out more around 2011 especially if marvel keeps doing like 2 heroes a summer. What if it's just cap hulk iron man and thor with Fury?

No way is it 10 years...Marvel just announced Iron Man II April 30th, 2010 along with a Thor Movie and then CAP and Avengers in 2011! I'm thinking they're going to introduce Wasp and Antman in the Avengers movie. This is going to be awesome!

http://www.marvel.com/news/moviestories.3491.Iron_Man_Soars_Into_Box_Office_Records

No way is it 10 years...Marvel just announced Iron Man II April 30th, 2010 along with a Thor Movie and then CAP and Avengers in 2011! I'm thinking they're going to introduce Wasp and Antman in the Avengers movie. This is going to be awesome!

http://www.marvel.com/news/moviestories.3491.Iron_Man_Soars_Into_Box_Office_Records

If you didn't already know Avengers was coming out...your way behind.

Following a huge box-office performance of Iron Man over the weekend, Marvel Entertainment on Monday announced a series of Avengers films, beginning with an Iron Man sequel.

Iron Man 2 is scheduled for an April 30, 2010 release. During its first quarter conference call on Monday morning, Marvel Studios' David Maisel said that the date will continue Marvel's tradition of kicking off the summer movie season. "We view that as an optimum time," Maisel said.

Thor is scheduled for a June 4, 2010 release and The First Avenger: Captain America for May 6, 2011, with The Avengers for July 2011.

Maisel did not list personnel for an Iron Man sequel, but stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard are all signed for three films, and director Jon Favreau has expressed interest in returning.

"It would be premature to discuss any kind of detail at this point in time," Maisel said. "We're going to roll up our sleeves and get to work."

Maisel said Iron Man 2 will be used to introduce Thor. He also noted The First Avenger: Captain America is a working title.

Ant-Man remains on Marvel's development slate, with no scheduled release date.

Maisel said one week of post-production remains on The Incredible Hulk, which is scheduled for June 13.

"We're extremely happy with the results," he said of Hulk, noting that the television marketing for the film will begin on May 19 and that Universal is reporting that the Hulk trailer is the most viewed in the studio's history.

Asked about chances of expanding Hulk into a franchise, Maisel said Marvel won't reveal any plans until after the release of The Incredible Hulk. "We definitely plan on continuing," Maisel said.

Marvel's outsourced movies schedule remained unchanged Punisher: War Zone from Lionsgate on Dec. 5 and X-Men Origins: Wolverine from 20th Century Fox on May 1, 2009.

Maisel said development of Spider-Man 4 continues with Sony Pictures. "I can't give any other updates other than to say it's in development and everybody's excited about Spider-Man 4," he said.

Marvel also announced animation plans.

The new Iron Man series -- which, like Wolverine and the X-Men, will debut in spring 2009 on Nicktoons -- has been titled Iron Man: Armored Adventures.

New series announced include Hulk Gamma Corps and Super Hero Squad.

Direct-to-DVD movies will include Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow for late 2008, Hulk Vs. for early 2009, Thor: Son of Asgard for late 2009 and Planet Hulk for early 2010