Favreau makes comments about The Avengers lineup (confirmation)

[GreenScar]

Jon Favreau recently confirmed to USA Today who would be in the Avengers lineup. Does anyone else think this movie is going to be super hyped?

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In an article discussing the The Avengers, Favreau made the following statements about the line-up. He says that Marvel's plan is "to team up the heroes for The Avengers, which is made up of all of the Marvel heroes they have the rights to." Of course. And that "the ones Marvel is talking about now are Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Iron Man. I would love to see that."

So it looks like Ant-Man will be a part of the team. Will they put other lesser known characters in the movie like they have in The X-Men? It'll be interesting to be sure. I think there are some characters that don't translate as well to the big screen (Ant-Man being one of them) that would work in a movie like this. Hopefully Favreau is still in the running to direct.

[PS3-Playb3yond]

Really interesting. I hope they add Spider-Man too even though Marvel doesn't own the rights. I hope they work something out for the sake of the fans.

[STARSCREAM]

Awesome.

[rebfandan]

It would be so cool if they had Vision! Even though he wasn't an original Avenger, he was still my favorite as a kid.

[GreenScar]

Thor

Release date: Solo film to be released June 4, 2010
Screenwriter: Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend)
Origin: Disabled medical student Donald Blake discovers a mighty hammer that transforms him into his alter ego, the Norse warrior Thor. Lee recalls meeting years ago with Fabio, the romance-novel cover boy, about playing the part. "Someone brought him up to my office to see if he could play Thor," Lee says. "Visually, he would have been good, but in those days we weren't even in a position to do a movie." Lee says Thor "will have to be someone big and strong and kind of blondish. And there should be a nobility."

Ant-Man

Release date: Solo film, but timing not yet available
Director: Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead)
Screenwriters: Wright and Joe Cornish
Origin: Biochemist Hank Pym can alter his size as well as communicate with and control insects. Ant-Man creator Stan Lee recently had lunch with Wright to discuss the direction of the film. "There's never been a hero like this in the movies," Lee says. "I did one comic book called The Man in the Ant Hill about a guy who shrunk down and there were ants or bees chasing him. That sold so well that I thought making him into a superhero might be fun."

The First Avenger: Captain America

Release date: Solo film to be released May 6, 2011
Origin: Captain America made his debut in 1941 as lowly U.S. Army Pvt. Steve Rogers. "We had him peeling spuds," creator Joe Simon recalls. "The government shot him up with a super-serum, which made him the first of what was to be an army of superheroes." Simon and comic-book artist Jack Kirby, who died in 1994, created the character during World War II as an all-American adversary to Adolf Hitler. "We were a war-consumed nation, just like today," he says. "Hitler was a comic foil for our character, and every comic sold out that first year." Simon now suggests that Osama bin Laden might be an appropriate foe for Captain America to pursue. But Captain America more likely will take on his most famous adversary, the Red Skull — a Nazi (later turned Communist) introduced by Simon in Captain America Comics #1.

Nick Fury

Release date: Not intended as a solo film, but character will appear in The Avengers universe in summer 2011
Origin: Lee introduced the character in 1963 in the war magazine Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos. "It did very well," Lee says. "But after a couple of years, I got bored with it and wanted to kill it. Years later, I got a lot of fan mail asking, 'What happened to Sgt. Fury?' In those days, there was a popular show called The Man from U.N.C.L.E., so I brought Nick back as a colonel for S.H.I.E.L.D.: Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division."

[That Purple Stuff]

Ant-Man will probably be like a Q3-Q4 release in 2010. I would think they need to introduce him before the Avenger movie, but Summer 2010 is too packed, Summer 2011 belongs to Captain America and the full team

Spiderman is Sony property, X-Men are Fox, Fantastic 4 Fox, Ghostrider Sony (not that he has anything to do with the Avengers)

I wish they would have WASP too. Angelina Jolie would be perfect for the WASP role

[cajmoyper]

You know, I don't necessarily think that with someone like Ant-Man, they even have to put out a film of just him. They could just throw him in there. If he doesn't do well, then that might throw off production of such an Avengers movie.

[That Purple Stuff]

Ant-Man is a vital part to the team