9 NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of The Avengers will have to wait a little longer to see their favorite superheroes on the big screen. Marvel Entertainment Inc. said Thursday it will debut the flick on May 4, 2012, nearly a year after its previous launch date of July 15, 2011.
The Avengers, which features a team of comic book characters, will be the culmination of a series of movies based on individual Marvel characters that will be released leading up to it.
Iron Man 2 will launch on May 7, 2010, as scheduled. It will be followed by Thor on June 17, 2011, instead of its previously planned release date of July 16, 2010. The First Avenger: Captain America is now coming out on July 22, 2011 instead of May 6, 2011.
Separately, Marvel confirmed that Spider-Man 4 from Sony Pictures Entertainment, is slated to hit theaters on May 6, 2011.
The new schedule "maximizes the visibility of our single character-focused films, leading to the highly anticipated release of the multi-character The Avengers, " said David Maisel, chairman of Marvel Studios, in a statement.
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