COMIC BOOK titan Marvel Entertainment has detailed its future slate of film, DVD and video game projects.
The company's latest earnings statement, released on Yahoo, confirmed four upcoming feature films: Iron Man 2 on May 7, 2010; Thor on May 20, 2011; The First Avenger: Captain America on July 22, 2011; and The Avengers on May 4, 2012.
There are two animated TV series in the pipeline: The Super Hero Squad (52 30-minute episodes on Cartoon Network in the US and launching on international broadcast channels by the end of this year); and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (52 30-minute episodes in production; timing and network to be decided).
Animated direct-to-DVD projects coming up are: Planet Hulk (production complete, scheduled for February 2010 release); Thor: Tales of Asgard (production complete, release date to be decided).
Outside Marvel's own production studios, Spider-Man 4 is being made by Sony's Columbia Pictures for release on May 6, 2011 and there is a $40million Broadway musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, which has just cast roc