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Below is an updated look at the Marvel Studios' product pipeline. The company also announced today that Kenneth Branagh is set to direct Thor which Paramount Pictures will distribute worldwide. It will be released domestically on July 16, 2010. And Iron Man 2 begins principal photography in early April.
Marvel Studios Entertainment Pipeline
(According to its 4th quarter earnings report. Scheduled release dates are subject to change)
Self-Produced Feature Film Line-Up
Iron Man 2 (Marvel), scheduled for May 7, 2010 release, starts principal photography in April
directed by Jon Favreau, stars Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle
Thor (Marvel), scheduled for July 16, 2010 release, directed by Kenneth Branagh
The First Avenger: Captain America (Marvel), sScheduled for May 6, 2011 release
The Avengers (Marvel), scheduled for July 15, 2011 release
Licensed Feature Film Line-Up
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Fox), scheduled for May 1, 2009 release
Self-Produced Animated TV Series Line-Up
Super Hero Squad (Marvel Animation) 26 thirty-minute episodes in production with Film Roman, scheduled for Q3 2009 release on Cartoon Network
The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (Marvel Animation) 26 thirty-minute episodes in production with Film Roman; scheduled for Q3 2011 release
Licensed Animated TV Series Line-Up
Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes (Moonscoop SAS - France), 26 thirty-minute episodes airing internationally and on Marvel.com and Marvelkids.com
Spectacular Spider-Man (Culver Studios - U.S.) Will air on Disney XD in the U.S. beginning in March and currently airing on various networks internationally
Wolverine and the X-Men (Marvel Animation / First Serve Toonz - India), 52 thirty-minute episodes. Episodes 1-26 are currently airing on Nicktoons in the U.S. and are on air internationally, Episodes 27-52 are currently in pre-production
Black Panther (Marvel Animation / BET) 8 thirty-minute episodes in production, scheduled for Q2 2009 release on BET
Iron Man: Armored Adventures (Marvel Animation / Method Films - France) 26 thirty-minute episodes in production, scheduled for Q2 2009 release in the U.S. on Nicktoons and various networks internationally
Licensed Animated Direct-to-DVD Projects
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (Lionsgate), released September 2, 2008
Hulk Vs. (Lionsgate), released January 13, 2009
Thor: Son of Asgard (Lionsgate), scheduled for September 2009 release
Licensed Broadway Stage Project
Spider-Man, the Musical, Julie Taymor director; music & lyrics by U2’s Bono and The Edge
(Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment/David Maisel, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Jeremiah Harris)
Slated for a February 2010 opening
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Spider-Man, the Musical, Julie Taymor director; music & lyrics by U2’s Bono and The Edge
SIGH… and the process of turning my childhood into money marches on. Surely Stan Lee will do an occasional walk-on a la Mel Brooks in The Producers.
Still no word on who’s playing the Black Widow for Iron Man 2? Is Emily Blunt still in or out?
And when the superhero market crashes half of this shit will never get made.
Kenneth Branagh is going to direct “Thor”? Why, was Anson Williams not available? After that fiasco known as “Frankenstein”, I would have thought he wouldn’t direct a big-budget film again. Boy, how quickly Hollywood forgets. And how old am I if I’m bringing up a Potsie Webber reference?
Nikki, you’re making this up.
Please?
I see no concern over saturation.
Spidey on the Great White Way? Uh….here’s a better one. Thor: The Musical! It’ll be a page right out of The Producers and Damn Yankees! A respected British Shakespereian director/actor sells his soul to Satan to put on a Broadway show about a cartoon character.Wackiness, show-stopping dances and memorable Andrew Lloyd Webber-like drivel ensues. Get your tix NOW!
Hasn’t Sony already announced SPIDER-MAN 4 as well?
@cadavra:
Just because Broadway is hosting the SPIDER-MAN musical doesn’t mean Sony won’t have Spidey 4 in pre-production/filming by 2010 at the same time.
And Marvel needs to figure out a better gameplan — if things get even worse for IM-2 the end result will smack of a rush job. Didn’t help matters when Marvel tried to screw Favreau out of a pay raise for the sequel scant months after IM hit it big in theaters.
Sit on it, JD. HULK on Broadway, now that’s a money maker.
Did anyone write these “self-produced feature films”? They only seem to have directors and actors.
Marvel has truly cornered the market for this genre – go get ‘em DC! But as far as big tentpoles go, the superhero subgenre seems to make the most sense right now. And much like horror, no one seems sick of it yet. Waiting for ANTMAN is making me soooo! laugh…
As much as i love spidey, i will never get used to the idea of seeing him on broadway in a musical. Also, i want to know how they’ll do the web-slinging.
As long as there are 14-21 year old males in the world the supposed ’superhero genre’ will never crash! Especially considering this demographic has always been responsible for about 75% of all action film ticket sales. By the way the ’superhero genre’ is just another take on a time-old hero formula that has always had a place at the box office since the talkies began, and will most likely never go away.
@Irving Thalberg’s Ghost
wtf are you talking about? An actual reference to Julie Taymor’s sensibilities, or your own version of Julie Taymor’s sensibilities?