Intro text.
Future
Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black, is scheduled for a 3 May 2013 release. Thor 2, directed by Patty Jenkins, is scheduled for a 15 November 2013 release. Marvel has also announced that two additional films will follow on 16 May and 27 June 2014, although the titles have not yet been revealed.
Various other potential films have been discussed publicly, including a sequel to 2008′s The Incredible Hulk (which set up the Leader as a villain for a potential sequel), a Black Widow film (starring the character introduced in Iron Man 2), a S.H.I.E.L.D. film (starring the organization introduced in Iron Man 2), a War Machine film (starring the Iron Man sidekick introduced in Iron Man 2), a Hawkeye film (starring the character introduced in Thor). In addition, an Ant-Man film has been written, the cinematic rights to the Punisher have reverted to Marvel, and numerous other characters have been mentioned as possible candidates.
Issues
This page includes 6 movies: 2 Iron Man films, a Thor film, a Hulk film, a Captain America film, and an Avengers film.
| Prologue | ||
 | Iron Man (movie) | |
written by Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Halloway, and John August; director: Jon Favreau; stars: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark; Tony Stark becomes Iron Man; stars: Terrence Howard as James “Rhodey” Rhodes (recast for Iron Man 2); stars: Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane; stars: Gwyneith Paltrow as Virginia “Pepper” Potts; stars: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (cameo); Iron Man battles an armored Obadiah Stane; in the end, Tony Stark reveals his identity to the public; released: 2 May 2008; after the end credits, Nick Fury appears; 126 minutes | ||
| The Avengers | ||
 | Iron Man 2 (movie) | |
written by Justin Theroux; director: Jon Favreau; stars: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark; stars: Gwyneth Paltrow as Virginia “Pepper” Potts; stars: Don Cheadle as James “Rhodey” Rhodes (recast from Iron Man); stars: Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff; Iron Man battles rival industrialist Justin Hammer and super-villain Ivan Vanko; Rhodey becames War Machine (though not named that explicitly); introduces Black Widow and S.H.I.E.L.D.; stars: Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer; stars: Mickey Rourke as Ivan Vanko; stars: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury; released: 7 May 2010 (but premiered in L.A. on 26 April 2010); preposterous plot, involving more stolen Iron Man technology, Tony Stark’s father hiding a conveniently useful message in a diorama of the 1974 Stark Expo, and Tony Stark creating a makeshift particle accelerator to synthesize a new element; at the end, Tony Stark talks to Nick Fury, during which a screen shows destruction on a college campus (from The Incredible Hulk), while another shows a crater in a desert (Thor’s hammer, also touched upon after this film’s end credits) and another shows a world map with seven locations (two of which correspond to events in Captain America: The First Avenger and one to Black Panther); after the end credits, S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Coulson reports on a large hammer in a crater in a New Mexico desert (leading into Thor); 125 minutes | ||
 | The Incredible Hulk (movie) | |
written by Zak Penn (with uncredited script assistance by Edward Norton); director: Louis Leterrier; stars: Edward Norton as Bruce Banner (recast for The Avengers); stars: Liv Tyler as Elizabeth “Betty” Ross; stars: Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky; stars: William Hurt as General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross; Bruce Banner struggles with his Hulk persona (the origin of which is shown only in flashback and is inconsistent with the origin shown in 2003′s Hulk); Hulk faces General Ross and the Abomination (though not named that officially); sets up the Leader (Samuel Sterns, played by Tim Blake Nelson) as a villain for a possible sequel; after the end credits, Tony Stark talks with General Ross, saying that a team is being formed; Iron Man 2 establishes this film as occurring during and after that one; released: 13 June 2008; 112 minutes | ||
 | Thor (movie) | |
script by Ashley Edward Miller, and Zack Stentz; story by Mark Protosevich and J. Michael Straczynski; director: Kenneth Branagh; stars: Chris Hemsworth as Thor; stars: Natalie Portman as Jane Foster; stars: Tom Hiddleston as Loki; stars: Anthony Hopkins as Odin; stars: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (cameo); stars: Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton (cameo); Thor debuts and battles Loki and the Destroyer; after the end credits, Loki is shown to be controlling scientist Erik Selvig; released: 6 May 2011 (though released on 21 April in Australia); 114 minutes | ||
 | Captain America: The First Avenger | |
written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeeley; director: Joe Johnston; stars: Chris Evans as Steve Rogers; stars: Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter; stars: Hugo Weaving as Johann Schmidt; stars: Sebastian Stan as James “Bucky” Barnes; stars: Tommy Lee Jones as Chester Phillips; stars: Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark; stars: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury (cameo); released: 22 July 2011 (but premiered in L.A. on 19 July 2011); 124 minutes | ||
| The Avengers (movie) | ||
written by Joss Whedon; director: Joss Whedon; stars: Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark; stars: Chris Evans as Steve Rogers; stars: Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner (recast from The Incredible Hulk); stars: Chris Hemsworth as Thor; stars: Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff; stars: Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton; stars: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury; stars: Tom Hiddleston as Loki; released: 4 May 2012 | ||
