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Marvel Studios has sent out the following two-part production update for Iron Man 2 and The Avengers!
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. AND JON FAVREAU SUIT UP FOR MARVEL STUDIOS’ THE AVENGERS AND IRON MAN 2
As part of his four picture deal with Marvel Studios, Robert Downey Jr. is appearing as Tony Stark in THE AVENGERS motion picture, [...]

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Captain America himself made a cameo in “The Incredible Hulk,” but don’t feel bad if you didn’t see it. While director Louis Letterier had hinted in interviews that they had shot an appearance, the scene ended up on the cutting room floor. But now it can finally be seen in the bonus features on the [...]

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Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk got no respect from investors Tuesday.
In its first financial report that includes revenue from producing its own movies, Marvel blew past Wall Street’s expectations, then it raised guidance, and the stock plunged.
By the end of trading Tuesday, Marvel shares had dropped 11.5% to $31.19, and the stock led Tuesday’s [...]

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One of the advantages of maintaining the youthful looks of his child star past is that it makes it easier to spot Iron Man producer Peter Billingsley in a red carpet crowd – even one as distracting as the one at Spike TV’s Guy’s Choice Awards amid unarmored eye candy like Marisa Miller and Tila [...]

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Marvel’s Kevin Feige revealed some new details about some of the studio’s upcoming superhero flicks, which include “Captain America,” “Thor” and “The Avengers.”
Talking about “The First Avenger: Captain America,” Feige revealed that the film will be a period piece, set in World War II and that Matthew McConaughey will not play the hero as previously [...]

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Following its $98 million debut, Iron Man posted the second-largest weekend gross of 2008 despite a 60% decline. Iron Man saw its foreign total hit $165 million in 12 days, lifting the worldwide total to $342 million so far.
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source: superherohype.com

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Director Jon Favreau made sure to throw in lots of treats for the fans during the making of “Iron Man.” There is the after-credits scene with Nick Fury, there is the mentioning of the Mandarin’s The Ten Rings and now we find out that Captain America’s shield might have appeared in the film as well.
According [...]

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Distribution among variables for the future
New YORK — With “Iron Man” set to explode this weekend, the next question for Marvel is: What now?
One big variable is who does the distribution. When its financing deal was announced in summer 2005, Marvel said the deal “guarantees distribution for 10 films” through Paramount.
But that guarantee means the [...]

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Gale Anne Hurd and Kevin Feige, producers of the upcoming “The Incredible Hulk” movie, told SCI FI Wire that elements in the film lay the clear groundwork for a film adaptation of Marvel’s character crossover saga “The Avengers.”
“It’s nice to be able to let things evolve, and we set things up with this film,” said [...]

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