The Avengers Headed to Movie Screens in 2011, Iron Man Sequel in 2010

Marvel reported their financial numbers over the weekend, which were quite nice, especially on the heels of Iron Man's incredible opening, but the real news was specific announcements for new films in our future.

Here's what we know:

Thor is coming in Summer 2010.

Iron Man 2 arrives on April 30, 2010.

On May 6, 2011, is The First Avenger: Captain America, followed in July with The Avengers!

( after The HULK's second installation 2008 - there is a possibility of tony stark joining the hulk ) http://gold-ticket.blogspot.com/2008/06/downeys-tony-stark-appears-in.html . cool

Iron Man Director Talks Sequel

Amazing how a $200-million opening can kick-start the notoriously slow moving wheels in Hollywood, evidenced by yesterday's announcement that Iron Man 2 would be hitting theaters in 2010. Now the Jon Favreau, the film's director, is already talking up the sequel with Entertainment Weekly.

Will you be involved with the sequel?

We've been speaking informally about it, and in concept we would all love to work together again. But I found out about the announcement last night, so it's not something that — we would definitely love to collaborate more with the sequel. There's no formal arrangement yet, but in theory we would all love to see it happen.... There's definitely a lot of ideas that we all have now. This type of movie is based on serialized materials, so it lends itself very easily to [many different sequel possibilities]. There's definitely a level of enthusiasm from myself and the cast to tell more stories.

Is Robert Downey Jr. under contract to do another movie?

He is.
(Source: Entertainment Weekly)