{"id":603,"date":"2008-06-24T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=603"},"modified":"2012-11-14T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T19:15:18","slug":"lee-and-simon-discuss-marvels-movie-slate-plus-potential-avengers-line-up-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2008\/06\/24\/lee-and-simon-discuss-marvels-movie-slate-plus-potential-avengers-line-up-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee And Simon Discuss Marvel&#8217;s Movie Slate; Plus: Potential AVENGERS Line-Up Revealed."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/movies\/news\/2008-06-22-marvel-magic_N.htm\">USA Today <\/a>has a nice article on Marvel&#8217;s slate of movies, where they speak with comic legends Stan Lee and Joe Simon about their creations who are due to hit the big screen.<\/p>\n<p>But the paper also speaks with <strong>Iron Man <\/strong>director, Jon Favreau, who reveals that Marvel is pushing for the team line-up for 2011 <strong>Avengers <\/strong>film to be Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Iron Man.<\/p>\n<p>This should come as a surprise to no one, because by the time <strong>The Avengers <\/strong>is released, all of those characters should have had a film in theaters.<\/p>\n<p>The movie Avengers line-up mirrors the line-up in the first several issues of the Avengers comic book. The Wasp, a female character who was the romantic interest of Ant-Man, was also a founding member of the comic book team. Hopefully, she will be a supporting character in the <strong>Ant-Man <\/strong>movie and eventually become part of the movie Avengers herself.<\/p>\n<p>And, to further nitpick, the Hulk left the team in its second issue and Captain America wasn&#8217;t defrosted until its fourth. But it is close enough for a Avengers comic book fan like me to get excited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">USA Today has a nice article on Marvel&#8217;s slate of movies, where they speak with comic legends Stan Lee and Joe Simon about their creations who are due to hit the big screen. 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