Release Dates Updated

Marvel has updated it’s first quarter earnings and it gives us a good time line for production starts & release dates for The Avengers, as well as it’s lead in films.

“Iron Man 2 is, of course, already filming for a May 7, 2010 release, but Marvel said this morning that the Kenneth Branagh-directed Thor is scheduled to start filming in the First Quarter of 2010. No formal offers have been made to actors, though they said that casting announcements are likely the next few months. Thor is targeted for a May 20, 2011 release.

Marvel added that The First Avenger: Captain America, to be directed by Joe Johnston, is scheduled to start filming in the summer of 2010 for a July 22, 2011 release.”

As for what we can expect in Zak Penn’s Avengers script, Kevin Feige had this to say;

“Zak Penn is already on board The Avengers [as writer] and he’s spending a lot of his time looking into what we’re doing with Iron Man, Thor and Captain America, seeing how we’re tying it all together. And he’s beginning to outline the script now – he’ll be doing that over the summer.“

So not much that we didn’t already know, but it’s crazy to see how quickly everything is coming together.  It’s cool to know that The Avengers script is basically being written while observing the other films’ productions.  It also looks like we’ll be getting some solid Thor casting news soon, so stay tuned!

Source: SuperHeroHype