- According to Variety, Brian Kirk is in early negotiations to direct "Thor 2". His work has largely been on cable shows like A Game of Thrones, Dexter, Boardwalk Empire, and The Tudors.
- In an interview with MTV, Edgar Wright has updated the status of his long-gestating "Ant-Man" film -- a third draft had been turned in just prior to Comic Con, and he's also seen concept art and animatics.
- Something called Twitchfilm is reporting that the Donnelly/Oppenhiemer script for "Dr. Strange" has been turned in, approved, and is now being sent out to prospective directors. While they speculated that this moving forward now would mean a 2013 release for the film, they failed to notice that the majority of Marvel Studios directors were hired 3+ years before their films (except on quickly turned out sequels and follow ups, of course. )
- Twitchfilm again chimed in this week to mention that Marvel Studios is in "active developement" on a "Guardians of the Galaxy" film. No other details were given, so you can just call this an update that the project is still in the running to be a future Marvel movie.
- Lastly, it turns out that Marvel Studios were just a little too slow in announcing their 2014 films... their traditional first weekend of May release date was just snagged by another studios' Marvel film -- the Amazing Spider-Man 2!
The newly announced sequel will hit May 2nd, 2014.
