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Always in development, these projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/a> Sam Raimi says he may start directing Spider-Man 4<\/a><\/i> in March 2010 \u2014 and, as previously rumoured, he may do it back-to-back with Spider-Man 5<\/i>. But first, he says, he needs a script. (You mean the last<\/i> film had one?) So, there is no word yet on who the villain or girlfriend<\/a> will be. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a>, MTV Movies Blog<\/a><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Terrence Howard says he was as surprised as anyone to discover that he had been replaced<\/a> by Don Cheadle for the part of Jim Rhodes in Iron Man 2<\/a><\/i>. However, Samuel L. Jackson might be back as Nick Fury. \u2014 NPR<\/a>, Associated Press<\/a>, MTV Splash Page<\/a> (x2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Marvel Studios production president Kevin Feige is intrigued by the suggestion \u2014 made by various Marvel-related filmmakers<\/a> \u2014 that the Hulk<\/a> should be the villain in the upcoming Avengers<\/a><\/i> movie. Regardless of which side of the hero-villain divide the Hulk falls in that film, producer Gale Anne Hurd hopes to follow it up with The Incredible Hulk 2<\/i>. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a> (x2<\/a>), IGN.com<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Daniel Craig says he turned down an offer to play Thor<\/a>. \u2014 IESB.net<\/a><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> After all these Avengers<\/i>-related movies are taken care of, what big-screen franchise does Marvel plan to launch next? Doctor Strange<\/a><\/i>, apparently. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n

6.<\/a> Charles Roven, producer of Batman Begins<\/a><\/i> and The Dark Knight<\/a><\/i>, says there is currently \u201cno momentum\u201d on the film version of The Flash<\/a><\/i>. \u2014 ShockTillYouDrop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

7.<\/a> Rumours abound that the film version of Watchmen<\/a><\/i> might have made some changes to the ending of Alan Moore\u2019s original story. However, there is some debate as to the reliability of these rumours. \u2014 Cinematical<\/a><\/p>\n

8.<\/a> Writer-actor Seth Rogen says the film version of Green Hornet<\/a><\/i> \u2014 which will be directed by Stephen Chow, who will also play the sidekick Kato \u2014 will be an origin story, despite his previously stated wish that it not<\/i> be an origin story, because not too many people are familiar with the character. \u2014 MTV Splash Page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"