Can Comic Book Movies Turn the Page?
"The Avengers" (Summer 2011)
The fan universe let out a collective yelp of joy when Marvel Studios
announced that its forthcoming slate of pictures -- "Iron Man 2," "Captain America" and "Thor" -- would culminate in 2011 with their first
big-screen teaming. The studio has been
... morecleverly planting the seeds already,
putting Avengers leader Nick Fury in the first "Iron Man" and having both Tony Stark and Captain America (in a
deleted scene) make cameos in "The Incredible Hulk." But will the popular and
long-running comic book team work onscreen? And can Marvel align the planets so
that the actors -- Robert Downey Jr. and whoever will be playing Cap,
Thor, and Hulk at that point -- are all available? It's a tricky balancing act
that could either pay off in the most spectacular comic book mash-up ever or end
up like (please, no) the Fantastic Four.
(Retna Ltd.)
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