Think Wink.

Chud.com has a post on the future of some Marvel projects that are due out in a couple of years. The article is found here: THE OFFICIAL HANDBOOK OF THE MARVEL MOTION PICTURE UNIVERSE. Here are some of the relevant highlights.

First the Captain America movie due out in 2011 (The sections in the blockquotes set off by “” are from Kevin Feige, the head of Marvel Studios).

First of all, Feige confirmed that the Matthew McConaughey as Cap story was bullshit, as is just about every ’scoop’ that comes out of Cinemablend. He also confirmed that the film will be a period piece, set in World War II. He also sadly confirmed that the title is The First Avenger: Captain America and not Captain America: The First Avenger. Boo.

With The First Avenger hitting six weeks before The Avengers, it’s sort of obvious that the film will end with Cap frozen somehow, to be awoken in the second film. But I wondered if that meant audiences would need to see The First Avenger to get on The Avengers train. Feige gave the answer comic book guys always give when talking about companywide crossovers:

“Each of them have to stand on their own. You won’t have to have seen any of the films to understand The Avengers… but it will help.”

Next is Thor:

When asked if Thor was a hard concept to pull off in the real world, Feige said:

“It’s not the real world. The film is not all Asgard, but it’s a big chunk.”

There is no director or actor attached (look for a director announcement by the end of the summer), he says, but the script continues:

“I’m actually getting a new draft in a couple of weeks, but it’s the same screenwriter, Mark Protosevitch, who is continuing with some very good input that Matthew [Vaughn] gave us.”

And finally Iron Man 2:

What will happen in Iron Man 2? Feige won’t say, but he did say that the question will be who is pulling the strings behind Stark Industries and who is pulling the strings behind the Ten Rings. That seems to point directly at The Mandarin.

H/T:Newsarama: Captain America movie will be set in World War II

Oh and Kevin Feige confirms that we do see Cap’s shield in Iron Man. Here are also the release dates of Marvel’s new movies: Iron Man 2 on April 30, 2010; Thor on June 4, 2010; The First Avenger: Captain America on May 6, 2011; and The Avengers on July 1, 2011.
H/T: SciFi.com: Captain America, Thor Details Leaked

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