The First Hint Of Marvel Studio’s Post ‘Avengers’ Plan Revealed
Several years ago, Marvel announced their master, multi-year plan to make a sequel toIron Man, movies based on Thor and Captain America and then bring it all together withThe Avengers. Well,ThorandCaptain America: The First Avengerare now mere months away, andThe Avengers, directed by Joss Whedon, is set to start shooting inFebruary. So that begs the question, what’s next for Marvel? A new interview might have our first hint as to what phase two is all about. Read about it after the jump.In an interview withAdvertising Age, president of consumer products for Marvel Entertainment Paul Gitter discussed how Marvel plans on branding not only their films, but also their products, to get people ready forThe Avengers, which is scheduled for release on July 19, 2025. And, of course, they’ve already begun to build buzz toward the film withtheir epic Saturday nightpanel atSan Diego Comic Con 2010with the whole cast in attendance not to mention all thecrazy stuffon theIron Man 2Blu-ray.
Then, at the bottom of the article, there’s the following paragraph:
Whatever Marvel learns in its efforts, expect to see lessons learned applied well beyond the release of ‘The Avengers’ film, said Mr. Gitter. He alluded to a plan in development pegged to 2017, but declined to offer details. As they say in the comics, to be continued.
So Marvel has another plan that will end in 2017. One would think thatThe Avengerswill be both the end of one phase and beginning of the next, but what exactly might this second phase entail? Again, assuming thatThorandCaptain America: The First Avengerare hits, sequels to both of those have to be part of the plan. And Jon Favreauhas statedthatIron Man 3is on hold until afterThe Avengersfor continuity purposes, soIron Man 3would certainly be part of it too.
Will those three sequels be enough to introduce new characters to eventually work into anAvengerssequel? Or will we also see new movies based entirely on new characters – like Edgar Wright’sAnt Man? Maybe even a Mark RuffaloHulkmovie. Third time is the charm, right?
What do you guys want to see? What would be your ideal phase two in the Marvel canon? Does it always culminate with The Avengers assembling or do you want to see even more properties brought in?
