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Avi Arad talks about upcoming Fantastic Four, M-Men, Spiderman and Iron Man cartoons, producing future movies in house, and recasting the Hulk.
(Source:iF Magazine) Marvel-bigwig-turned-independent-producer Avi Arad was very tight-lipped about upcoming Marvel projects in this interview (Sample: iF: "What directors would you like to work with that you haven't worked with so far?" ARAD: "I like them all. If I give you five names, then the sixth will be upset, so it's a lose-lose situation."), but he dropped a few bombshells. The first bombshell is that Marvel will be producing television cartoons of Fantastic Four, Wolverine and the X-Men (yep, Logan gets top billing), Spiderman (still with Sony), and Iron Man, to follow the live-action Jon Favreau movie. The second is that Marvel will develop future titles "in-house." This means that their previous deals with Twentieth Century Fox (X-Men, Fantastic Four,) and Universal (Hulk) are no longer valid. The live-action Iron Man and Hulk will be the first under the new system, with Nick Fury and Ant Man to follow. A live-action Thor movie is apparently in script development. The third bombshell is that Arad considers any revisiting of The Incredible Hulk a "do-over." Although he says he loves the 2003 movie, he said the next movie will be a totally new story with different actors (sorry, Eric Bana). All in all, some hints but not a lot of detail here.
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