Holy Money Batman...Iron Man killer

I didn't see it but that is a lot of money going into a weekend that did not have an associated holiday. Marvel is tearing up the movie industry. Who would have thought to make movies based on well-established nostalgic characters with associated story lines already established. Revolutionary! Wish I would have thought about that one...Thor huh? well edward norton already went to hulk... a bulked up brad pitt, he kinda has the hair?? The Avengers? who is going to play atom? I am still waiting on Johnny Quest...Race Bannon can be Patrick Warburton- Joe from Family Guy...Hadji can be kal Penn as long as he promises not to be over the top and of course Johnny should be Jim from the Office and it could be hysterical...add Fred Willard in there and its set..The rest of the article is here and talks more about their finances: http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080505/20080505005656.html?.v=1

clipped from biz.yahoo.com Iron Man Launches with #1 Opening Weekend Domestic Box Office of $100.75 Million, the 2nd Best Non-Sequel Debut Ever, and Worldwide Box Office of $201 Million Marvel today updated its feature film slate strategy and plans for the next three years, locking in key release windows for its character franchises. In order to focus its attention on maximizing the success of an Iron Man sequel and the launch of Thor in the summer of 2010 and because Marvel believes that the summer is the optimal time to launch a new property, the Company will not release a self produced film in 2009. Marvel plans to launch its 2010 film slate with the release of the sequel, Iron Man 2, on April 30, 2010, followed by the launch of Thor on June 4, 2010. Additionally, Marvel is planting its feature film stakes for summer 2011 with an Avengers-themed summer – a two-picture project which will debut on May 6, 2011 with The First Avenger: Captain America (working title), followed by The Avengers in July 2011.