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[dl2518]

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Saw it Sat. Night and must say this was a great movie. I would put it up there with Batman Begins and Spider Man as the best comic book movies. Downey stole the show in my opinion. It does have the feel of Transformers which was a good movie but I liked Iron Man better. I didn't stay for the credits and my wife and I were thinking about staying. I guess it's an excuse to see it again. By the way my life liked it better then any other comic book movie.

[Skerik]

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Saw this last night on the digital projector. Awesome. A perfect blend of Robert Downey Jr being Iron Man, and Robert Downey Jr being Tony Stark, who is way more important to this movie, and the Marvel Universe in general, than the superhero he becomes when he dons his suit. The tone and pacing of this movie felt almost like a James Bond film where you get to see James Bond being suave and cool when he's not dodging bullets and bringing down bad guys.

I had my doubts when RDJ was announced for this role, but he really pulled it off with flying colors. It was also amazing how many scenes he carried that only involved himself and a robot here and there. Almost like a Tom Hanks in Castaway vibe where there are all these scenes with just one actor in them.

Great stuff. And I'm absolutely giddy at the prospect of all these other Marvel movies, crossovers, etc. This is a good time to be a superhero geek.

[OSUG1]

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Marvel Studios Entertainment Pipeline

(Development and release dates for licensed properties are controlled by studio partners)

Feature Film Projects Being Developed by Marvel – partial list
Film/Character Studio Status
Iron Man Marvel Released May 2, 2008
The Incredible Hulk Marvel Scheduled for June 13, 2008 release
Iron Man 2 Marvel Scheduled for April 30, 2010 release
Thor Marvel Scheduled for June 4, 2010 release
The First Avenger: Captain America (working title) Marvel Scheduled for May 6, 2011 release
The Avengers Marvel Scheduled for July 2011 release
Ant-Man Marvel Writer/director engaged

Licensed Marvel Character Feature Film Line-Up
Film/Character Studio/Distributor Status
Punisher: War Zone Lionsgate Scheduled for December 5, 2008 release
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Fox Scheduled for May 1, 2009 release

Marvel Character Animated TV Projects
Character Studio Status
Fantastic Four: World’s Greatest Heroes Moonscoop SAS (France) 26, 30-minute episodes airing internationally.
Spectacular Spider-Man Sony Currently airing on Kids’ WB
Wolverine and the X-Men First Serve Toonz (India) 26, 30-minute episodes in development; scheduled for Spring 2009 release on Nicktoons.
Iron Man: Armored Adventures Method Films (France) 26, 30-minute episodes in development; scheduled for Spring 2009 release on Nicktoons.
Hulk Gamma Corps TBD In development; scheduled for Spring 2009 release.
Super Hero Squad TBD In development; scheduled for Spring 2009 release.

Marvel Character Animated Direct-to-DVD Projects
Title Partner Status
Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow Lionsgate Scheduled for Late-2008 release.
Hulk Vs. Lionsgate Scheduled for Early-2009 release.
Thor: Son of Asgard Lionsgate Scheduled for Late-2009 release.
Planet Hulk Lionsgate Scheduled for Early 2010 release.

Marvel Character Live Stage Projects
Project Producers Status
Spider-Man, the Musical

Hello Entertainment/David Garfinkle, Martin McCallum, Marvel Entertainment, SONY Pictures Entertainment
In development/opening date to be determined; Julie Taymor director; music & lyrics by U2’s Bono and The Edge

Marvel 2008 Video Game Releases (Release dates controlled by Publishing partner)
Publisher Title Status
Sega Iron Man Released, Friday, May 2, 2008.
Sega The Incredible Hulk Scheduled for release Tuesday, June 3, 2008.
Activision Spider-Man: Web of Shadows Scheduled for release Fall 2008.

[Scottdau]

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In my opinion Robert is a hell of an actor.

[MachoMyers]

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In my opinion Robert is a hell of an actor.

So happy that RDJ cleaned up and got his act together. He is an incredible actor.

[CMH]

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Spider-Man the musical? Ha.

[Scottdau]

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You can laugh, but when I was a kid they had shows like that. I remember the Batman one like it was yesterday. Damn good show, but I was 8.

[CMH]

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Batman: The Animated Series?

I would never laugh at that. That's the best superhero cartoon of all-time.

But, a musical on Spider-Man? I don't see why anyone would waste their time.

[Scottdau]

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Batman: The Animated Series?

I would never laugh at that. That's the best superhero cartoon of all-time.

But, a musical on Spider-Man? I don't see why anyone would waste their time.

When your kids those shows sell out fast! It is what it is.

[trobinson97]

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Just saw it, and there's nothing I can say that hasn't been said. It was done really well.

[NovaStar]

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Ant Man? Ant Man? Who wants to see that? I want to see a full fledged Silver Surfer Movie. You want to talk about a deep character. I can't believe Marvel is not going to do the SS.

[CMH]

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Ant Man? Ant Man? Who wants to see that? I want to see a full fledged Silver Surfer Movie. You want to talk about a deep character. I can't believe Marvel is not going to do the SS.

Who said they won't?

Last I've heard it's being written by J. Michael Straczynski (of Babylon 5, Jake and the Fat Man) and is slated for a 2009 release.

It may be pushed back though as it's only been announced.

[HMcCoy]

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Ant Man? Ant Man? Who wants to see that? I want to see a full fledged Silver Surfer Movie. You want to talk about a deep character. I can't believe Marvel is not going to do the SS.

Hank Pym betrayed the Avengers and gradually developed serious mental problems. Toss in his marital issues, and theres actually alot of depth they could get out of the character. He's a lame superhero in the bigger picture, but then again some of the CGI with him interacting with the world at ant size could be interesting, ala Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

I'm all for any Marvel flick as long as they don't go going with d-leaguers like Cloak and Dagger and such.

[trobinson97]

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I'm all for any Marvel flick as long as they don't go going with d-leaguers like Cloak and Dagger and such.

Lol, what we need is a nice blaxploitation film of Luke Cage, directed by Quentin Tarantino. It'd be Dolemite meets Hercules.

Seriously Ant Man is a d-leaguer. Sure he has had some somewhat interesting stories but he is far from an interesting character in my opinion. There are better character to choose from before you dig in the bottom of the barrel for Ant Man. Ant Man...surely you can put Deadpool in a movie before you do this guy. Even Dr. Strange or (bleh) Iron Fist would be better. You'd have to do a lot of magic to convince me that Ant Man could hold his own ongoing, much less a feature film.

[jmood88]

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Lol, what we need is a nice blaxploitation film of Luke Cage, directed by Quentin Tarantino. It'd be Dolemite meets Hercules.

Seriously Ant Man is a d-leaguer. Sure he has had some somewhat interesting stories but he is far from an interesting character in my opinion. There are better character to choose from before you dig in the bottom of the barrel for Ant Man. Ant Man...surely you can put Deadpool in a movie before you do this guy. Even Dr. Strange or (bleh) Iron Fist would be better. You'd have to do a lot of magic to convince me that Ant Man could hold his own ongoing, much less a feature film.

John Singleton is doing a Luke Cage movie.