During a conference call yesterday, Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel reflected on the positive year his studio is having and confirmed several future projects.
“2010 is scheduled to bring “Iron Man 2” and “Thor”, while 2011 has “The First Avenger: Captain America” and the Avengers movie,” Maisel said. “We’ve announced Robert Downey Jr. will star in both “Iron Man 2” and “The Avengers” and Jon Favreau will direct “Iron Man 2” and executive-produce “The Avengers.” We will be making other talent and director announcements as these deals are finalized.”
Also in the future for the studio is a musical starring Spider-Man.
“On one other note, by 2010 we also expect that our Spider-Man Broadway musical will premiere on Broadway. This is the musical directed by Julie Taymor, the director of The Lion King, with music written by Bono and The Edge from the rock band U2,” he said.
Maisel also confirmed the studio is relocating its headquarters to Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach, California. All future Marvel Studios films will be shot there. Raleigh Studios will also handle post-production work on the upcoming films. The move is one to help streamline the budget for Marvel Studios.
“That’s a significant move on Marvel, a significant investment in space,” Maisel said. “We believe that by doing that, we will not only have cost efficiencies by being able to have all the productions under one roof and negotiate various volume discounts and other sorts of cost efficiencies, but also hopefully continue and have a better probability of having the quality that we all saw this past summer in the movies by being the hands-on producers, as we were with “Iron Man” and “The Incredible Hulk”.”
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