The First Avenger: Captain America will be exactly what I hoped it would be: a period film set during World War II. Thank you, Marvel Studios! If you're going to tell the origin of Captain America, it has to be set in that time period.

Thor will be more of an epic fantasy film, set mostly in the realm of Asgard.

The Avengers now has a scheduled release date: July 1, 2011.

Marvel Studios is also developing a big screen adaptation of Runaways, with co-creator Brian K. Vaughan aboard as screenwriter. The only thing that could make it better is if they could get Joss Whedon aboard as director.