Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio to star as Marvel heroes16 Jun Posted by Tom Andries as TV and Movies |
As hot as rumours go, this is a scorching one. According to sources close to the company, Marvel has listed Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt as favorites for the leading roles in their next batch of movies.
Box Office gold
Movies as ‘Iron Man’ and ‘The Incredible Hulk’ in its second iteration have proved solid gold at the boxoffice. Iron Man numbers currently standing at: $544,901,292 and a great opening for ‘The Incredible Hulk” at $54,500,000.
Both movies had a fantastic cast including Robert Downey Jr. and Kirsten Dunst in ‘Iron Man’ and Liv Taylor, Tim Roth, William Hurt and Edward Norton in ‘Hulk 2008′.
A strong cast seems to be a tradition Marvel wants to honor. For their next batch of movies - Marvel has been tossing around the name of Leonardo DiCaprio as ‘Captain America’ and Brad Pitt for a leading role in ‘Thor’.
Future releases
Marvel’s future release roster looks as follows:
* June 13th, 2008 - The Incredible Hulk
* April 30th, 2010 - Iron Man 2
* June 4th, 2010 - Thor
* May 6th, 2011 - First Avenger: Captain America
*July 2011 - The Avengers
Patience is a virtue…
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4:22 pm on June 18th, 2008
Interesting choice for both roles. Leo as Cap really confuses me, but I can kind of see Pitt as Thor (if he really bulks up!)By the way, Kirsten Dunst was in Spider-Man, not Iron Man- that was Gwenyth Paltrow in Iron Man. Great post!
4:48 am on June 27th, 2008