Wall Street Spills Beans On Upcoming Marvel Projects
The House That Stan Built sending scads of costumed heroes your way.
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
