Marvel Studios Gameplan?

Marvel Studios Gameplan?

While reading through posts on the IMDB page for 2012's "The Avengers", I stumbled across this little piece of information from a person, "Karter", claiming to work for Marvel Studios. While some of this seems quite promising and would certainly be quite exciting, some is rather off putting to me: mostly, this "Ant Man" short. Take this with a grain of salt though, as it does come from IMDB. Enjoy!

Editorial Opinion
By niksyn4 - Aug 01, 2011 10:08 PM EST
Filed Under: Fan Fic
Source: imdb.com

The following was posted on "The Avengers" Forum on IMDB 2 days ago (Saturday, July 30, 2012):



Hey guys. My name is "Karter", and I've been working in Marvel Studios for 2 years now with Creative Pre-Production and Concept Art.

Anyways, the higher-up's sent out a pretty exciting Memo this morning regarding the next few years of production at the studio, as they are incredibly happy with the performance of Captain America on the domestic front. This is supposed to be strictly confidential but as a fellow fan who is proud of my work on "The Avengers", I just can't hold this information back.

The BIG news is that characters such as Dr. Strange, The Punisher and Luke Cage will have big screen introduction in pre-film short films ranging from 10-15 minutes in length. These films will put the character's in the established universe and help transition them into further films.

These will be formally announced at the upcoming Disney convention.

Anyways, the Memo outlined a production schedule as follows:


For RELEASE in 2013 -
IRON MAN 3 - DIR. SHANE BLACK - SECOND QUARTER 2013
ANT MAN (SHORT FILM) - DIR. EDGAR WRIGHT - SECOND QUARTER 2013

THOR 2 - DIR. NEIL MARSHALL (LATE STAGE NEGOTIATIONS) - FOURTH QUARTER 2013
DR. STRANGE (SHORT FILM) - DIR. DAVID SLADE (NEGOTIATIONS) - FOURTH QUARTER 2013

For RELEASE in 2014 -
THE INCREDIBLE HULK RETURNS - DIR. LOUIS LETERRIER - SECOND QUARTER 2014
LUKE CAGE + IRON FIST (SHORT FILM) - DIR. JAMES GUNN (NEGOTIATIONS) - SECOND QUARTER 2014

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. - DIR. DOUG LIMAN (EARLY NEGOTIATIONS) - THIRD QUARTER 2014
BLACK PANTHER - DIR. ANTOINE FUQUA (EARLY NEGOTIATION) - THIRD QUARTER 2014

For RELEASE in 2015 -
THE PUNISHER - DIR. PADDY CONSIDINE (NEGOTIATIONS) - FIRST QUARTER 2015
SENTRY (SHORT FILM) - DIR. T.B.A. - FIRST QUARTER 2015

CAPTAIN AMERICA 2 - DIR. JOE JOHNSTON (NEGOTIATIONS) - THIRD QUARTER 2015
WASP (SHORT FILM) - DIR. DUNCAN JONES (EARLY NEGOTIATION) - THIRD QUARTER 2015

For RELEASE in 2016 -

BLADE: THE DAYWALKER - DIR. T.B.A. - SECOND QUARTER 2016
MOON KNIGHT (SHORT FILM) - DIR. T.B.A. - SECOND QUARTER 2016

THE AVENGERS 2 - DIR. T.B.A. - FOURTH QUARTER 2016
NAMOR (SHORT FILM) - DIR T.B.A. - FOURTH QUARTER 2016


*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

"The Avengers" assemble in 2012 as Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (the Hulk), and Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), among others. Look out!

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Moakynubs
Moakynubs - 8/1/2011, 10:54 PM
Four years between Avengers and Avengers 2? I think not. 2014 for sure.
Moakynubs
Moakynubs - 8/1/2011, 10:56 PM
Doctor Strange needs more than a short film as well.
ColonelKilgore
ColonelKilgore - 8/1/2011, 10:56 PM
A lot of them deserve more than a short film
SageMode
SageMode - 8/1/2011, 11:05 PM
Anything coming from IMDB is unreliable.
Theyre the same ones that officially confirmed Jensen Ackles to be Captain America in the First Avenger. So, im not buying this
fwg22392
fwg22392 - 8/1/2011, 11:05 PM
buuuuuuuuullshit
fwg22392
fwg22392 - 8/1/2011, 11:05 PM
absolute bullshit
TheOther
TheOther - 8/1/2011, 11:14 PM
kinda fake
GizmoEl
GizmoEl - 8/1/2011, 11:21 PM
bull. Why would Louis Leterrier be confirmed for the sequel of a movie they casted a new actor for? Plus they're trying to go in a different direction for Hulk so that sounds like BS to me.

In anycase, I hope this is true, but I doubt it.
ScionStorm
ScionStorm - 8/1/2011, 11:30 PM
Why would Edgar Wright spend so much time and 3 screenplays just to direct a 15-minute short?
BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 8/1/2011, 11:40 PM
If this is real, then I would literally cry, otherwise, IMDb cannot be relied on all the time
niksyn4
niksyn4 - 8/1/2011, 11:53 PM
An "Ant Man" short would completely annoy the heck out of me since I think he deserves way more than that (he needs to be in the Avengers darnit!)
PartyHard
PartyHard - 8/2/2011, 12:07 AM
Why did Thor 2 get such a terrible director?
kakarot09
kakarot09 - 8/2/2011, 12:12 AM
don't think this is true. a moon knight movie would kick ass though.
Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon - 8/2/2011, 12:28 AM
I've been to farms that didn't have this much bullshit.
xBlaze96x
xBlaze96x - 8/2/2011, 1:20 AM
Yeah.....Edgar Wright is going to make a short movie for Ant-Man and has been spending all this time doing so......Indeed.The Incredible Hulk Returns?????? No....please something different.
CraptainAmerica
CraptainAmerica - 8/2/2011, 1:21 AM
Although it made me giddy and exceptionally jizzy to see 'The Incredible Hulk Returns' I can't believe that Sentry would be that high up the pecking order. I also can't see them leaving Cap and The Avengers follow ups that long either.

An exciting read but I'll wait for the proof in the pudding...
Orphix
Orphix - 8/2/2011, 1:25 AM
I could have almost gone along with it until I saw THIS:

"For RELEASE in 2015 -
THE PUNISHER - DIR. PADDY CONSIDINE (NEGOTIATIONS)"

Great actor who dished the dirt on Punisher: Warzone. Why the hell would he want to direct it? In fact what else has he even directed?
Gamester76
Gamester76 - 8/2/2011, 4:37 AM
I believe it said something about David Slade being in negotiations for the Dr. Strange short. Correct me if I am wrong, but how can that be if hes currently got his hands full with the Daredevil reboot? And speaking of, where is the Daredevil reboot on this memo? Or anything Marvel is producing with Fox? I know theres gonna be another X-Men and (God-willing) a Deadpool movie. So why arent they on here if this really is the official gameplan?

I agree with just about everyone here when I say... BULLSH!T!
marvel72
marvel72 - 8/2/2011, 4:40 AM
bullshit! 4 years for the avengers sequel i don't think so also if you look down the list of films coming from marvel its says deathlok is coming out next year.
ROBBEATZZZ
ROBBEATZZZ - 8/2/2011, 8:13 AM
INTERESTING
BooYah
BooYah - 8/2/2011, 8:47 AM
Although I wish we were getting a Hulk sequel...
thespiderman209
thespiderman209 - 8/2/2011, 9:30 AM
I am not gonna wait for another blade movie until 2016............... BULLSHIT
95
95 - 8/2/2011, 10:26 AM
Even if this ain't true, I hope it happens.

I don't like sequels to be too close together.

David Slade for Dr. Strange? Don't think so.
djohnpi
djohnpi - 8/2/2011, 12:06 PM
REALLY WHAT BS
kong
kong - 8/16/2011, 4:00 AM
Why are you guys fussing about your favorite heroes having short films one of the reasons they're doing this is so that they can make them into films after the short films so that they can introduce them into the mainstream audience
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