ROTTEN TOMATOES: Wall Street Spills Beans On Upcoming Marvel Projects

Wall Street Spills Beans On Upcoming Marvel Projects

The House That Stan Built sending scads of costumed heroes your way.

by Jeff Giles | February 20, 2008

Last December, Stan Lee promised Collider that every "important Marvel character" would soon be getting its own film. Yesterday, the publisher's fourth-quarter 2007 earnings report made it clear that Lee wasn't kidding.

The report -- again, helpfully picked up by Collider -- contains a bunch of boring numbers and terms like "total net sales" and "total operating income" -- but it also spills a few interesting details about what Marvel's got cooking on its front burner for stuff like movies, animated projects, and Broadway musicals. Read on, true believers:

Feature Film Projects Being Developed by Marvel -- partial list
Iron Man -- May 2, 2008
The Incredible Hulk -- June 13, 2008
Ant-Man -- Writer/Director Engaged -- Release Date: TBA
Captain America -- Writer Engaged -- Release Date: TBA
Thor -- Writer Engaged -- Release Date: TBA
The Avengers -- Writer Engaged -- Release Date: TBA

Licensed Marvel Character Feature Film Line-Up
Punisher: War Zone (Lionsgate) Completed principal photography; scheduled for September 12, 2008 release
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (20th Century Fox) Director engaged; scheduled for May 1, 2009 release

Marvel Character Animated TV Projects
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes -- Status -- 26 30-minute episodes airing internationally.
Spectacular Spider-Man -- Status -- In development; US distribution agreement with Kids' WB; scheduled for Spring 2008 release.
Wolverine and the X-Men -- Status -- 26 30-minute episodes in development; scheduled for Spring 2009 release.
Iron Man: The Animated Series -- Status -- 26 30-minute episodes in development; scheduled for Spring 2008 release.
Hulk: The Animated Series -- Status -- In development; scheduled for Spring 2009 release.
Super Hero Squad -- Status -- In development; scheduled for Spring 2009 release.

Marvel Character Animated Direct-to-DVD Projects
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow -- Scheduled for August 2008 release
Hulk Vs. -- Scheduled for January 2009 release
Thor: Son of Asgard -- Scheduled for September 2009 release
Planet Hulk -- Scheduled for February 2010 release

Marvel Character Live Stage Projects
Spider-Man, the Musical -- In development/opening date to be determined; Julie Taymor director; music & lyrics by U2's Bono and The Edge

Marvel 2007 - 2008 Video Game Releases
Iron Man -- Sega - Scheduled for release Friday, May 2, 2008
The Incredible Hulk -- Sega - Scheduled for release Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Source: Collider
Source: Yahoo! Business

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Elixor writes:
on Feb 20 2008 05:39 AM

Spider-Man the musical. Maybe Venom will be in it and live longer in that version ;)

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rustdog writes:
on Feb 20 2008 05:41 AM

I still think Thor will be the silliest comic book movie yet.

Spiderman the musical?

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Silverevilchao writes:
on Feb 20 2008 05:41 AM

"Ant-Man -- Writer/Director Engaged -- Release Date: TBA"

Uh...no. Ant-Man? ANT-FREAKING-MAN?!

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TheHerald writes:
on Feb 20 2008 06:08 AM

ANT MAN

AWESOME

hahaha, oh man that's gonna be entertaining ... in a weird sort of way

I wonder if they'll do Captain justice

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Shatter24 writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:05 AM

I think the Shaun of the Dead director is doing Ant-Man, which will give the production the right amount of humor and seriousness. Whether it will appeal to a mass audience or potentially only be a cult classic (assuming its good) is up for speculation.

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nblarson writes:
on Feb 20 2008 07:37 AM

Wasn't Spiderman 3 already a musical?

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xenogears writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:14 AM

In reply to this comment (#1589549)
Good point

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Contempt writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:19 AM

There goes the action movie....RIP

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vallejo_7o7 writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:27 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! comic book movies aren't even that good!mstan is just hurtin cause comic books are such a small market nowadays...

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kdbarrett writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:41 AM

Spider-Man the Musical. Spider-Man the Musical. Spider-Man the Musical. Nope, I'm not having a nightmare...

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jokerboy1991 writes:
on Feb 20 2008 08:46 AM

Whats WRUTER/DIRCTOR engaged mean?

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kdbarrett writes:
on Feb 20 2008 09:07 AM

It was supposed to say:
"Spider-Man the Musical. *pinch* Spider-Man the Musical. *slap* Spider-Man the Musical. *stab with pen* Nope, I'm not having a nightmare... "

But I guess it didn't like the left and right brackets I used the first time... :-(

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Dark Knight jr. writes:
on Feb 20 2008 09:15 AM

I'm likin' the Captain America idea...

Even though America right now is in the pinnacle of bull**** appearance, we could still use a character who represents the best of this country. The best in which doesn't exist, anymore.

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thereign writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:18 AM

I wouldn't consider Ant-Man to be an "important" Marvel character.

And my respect for Bono and the Edge has gone wwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaayy down after reading that they're doing the music for Spider-Man: The Musical...which, in a PROPER alternate reality, doesn't even have the possibility of existing!

What. The. Fu.ck.

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I Am Remote writes:
on Feb 20 2008 10:23 AM

"Wolverine and the X-Men"

We've already had three feature films that should have been titled that.

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renodc writes:
on Feb 20 2008 11:08 AM

In reply to this comment (#1589615)
Actually, comic books and manga are huge markets.

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Myriada writes:
on Feb 20 2008 11:33 AM

Er... wait. I thought Marvel had Matthew Vaughn lined up to direct "Thor". Is that still on or is he out?

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Circe Prankster writes:
on Feb 20 2008 12:15 PM

In reply to this comment (#1589676)
"Writer/Director engaged" means that the person who's writing the screenplay and the person who's behind the camera have set a date and are actively making wedding plans. Soon they will be producing little ant-babies.

(Actually I believe it means that Marvel has hired someone to write and someone to direct, but they haven't gotten any farther than that.)

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zgberg writes:
on Feb 20 2008 12:38 PM

I'll get grief for this probably...but ant man should be a porno (use your imagination).

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trpsomewhere writes:
on Feb 20 2008 12:47 PM

*sigh*

Ant-man... well, he does have a tragic sense about him, but I've only really found out more about him from the recent readings of civil war... he never really was a serious character, IMHO. But of course, if they want to do the Avengers thing, and if they're going about the whole "pre-story in individual's movie and a seperate amalgamation in the Avengers movie" thing, then I guess it might just be one-off!

Spider-Man the musical...? huh? I'll bet Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst were pushing for it... they seemed to almost be on a musical level in Spider-Man3 anyway! :-s But, God... I hope that flops in the theaters!

Thor, would certainly take a lot of doing, now, wouldn't it?! Man, I'd be really interested to be a fly on the wall when the director, producer and the writer are discussing the scripts! :-)

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