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Up next! Hulk, Ant-Man & Doctor Strange


Hulk, Ant-Man & Doctor Strange Focus Of Marvel's Phase Three

On the heels of "Iron Man 3" hitting the billion-dollar mark this week, Marvel Studios is opening up about which superheroes they intend to bring to the big screen in coming years.


Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige revealed which characters are favored to land in their multi-film project known as Phase Three.


The first officially confirmed project? Edgar Wright's "Ant-Man," which is slated to hit theaters in November 2015 (just six months after "The Avengers 2" is released).


"We started working with Edgar on that movie right in the dawn of us becoming our own studio," Feige revealed to EW. "It goes back so long you maybe even remember our 2006 appearance at Comic-Con -- Edgar was on that panel talking about 'Ant-Man.' And it had been a few years [of planning] at that point."


"Ant-Man" features a superhero with a suit that allows him to shrink in size and communicate with insects and creatures. The lead character has yet to be cast.


Also a contender is Doctor Strange - the surgeon-turned-sorcerer tasked with protecting Earth from supernatural threats.


"I would love Strange to be a part of [Phase Three] only because he's a great character. He's a great standalone character," Feige said. "He's got a great origin story, for the most part. And that world of pure magic, we haven't done yet."


Adding, "There's a whole supernatural/magic alternate dimension going on in the Marvel comics that we haven't ever touched on. So I think that's exciting."


Also in the mix is a "Hulk" feature, starring Mark Ruffalo (who plays Hulk/Bruce Banner in "The Avengers").


"Mark could stand in his own movie... We're talking about it," Feige said. "We're excited to sit down and go, 'What is a standalone Hulk movie?'"

-- Erin O'Sullivan




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Reply #1 posted 05/20/13 6:21am

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Anyone who's been on here long enough knows that I've been pining for a Doctor Strange movie since superhero films first started getting "big".



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My problem is that my #1 choice for Dr. Strange would've been Robert Downey Jr.



But he's doing great as Iron Man. fart

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Reply #2 posted 05/20/13 7:52am

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hulk and ant man were created by jack kirby. dr. strange was created by steve ditko. carry on.
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Reply #3 posted 05/21/13 5:42am

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peedub said:

hulk and ant man were created by jack kirby. dr. strange was created by steve ditko. carry on.


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Reply #4 posted 05/21/13 9:50am

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It's kind of hard to like Ant-Man after they turned him into a wifebeater.


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peedub said:

hulk and ant man were created by jack kirby. dr. strange was created by steve ditko. carry on.


I understand the point you're making here, but does Stan Lee really deserve no credit at all for these guys?

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Reply #6 posted 05/21/13 11:05am

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depends on who you choose to believe regarding the genesis of the characters...sometime in the mid 70s, stan the man himself admitted in his 'bullpen bulletin' column that he bore no responsibility for the creation of any of the characters that he's creditted for (you can find scans of the original column somewhere on stephen bissette's 'myrant' blog). stan merely wrote dialog and captions (fleshed out) for concepts that were wholly realized, from the formative years of marvel comics. you'll notice that his name isn't attached to anything of consequence (except as publisher or charismatic 'host') that doesn't also have ditko or kirby's name listed as 'artist'. so, in short, i would say no...he's an opportunist and a hack and an exceptional salesman, but i would argue that he deserves no credit. it's all said and done at this point, though...my point is, stan lee presents 'marvel's avengers', from director joss whedon (or whatever the hell else), are based directly on ideas and concepts and characters created by (essentially) jack kirby and steve ditko, two men who never got their due and whose legacies are continuously raped by corporate billionaires.
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