August
14 Avengers Assemble on Film?

Is a film starring Earth's mightiest heroes, the Avengers, possible?

Marvel said last week it’s in the works, with Zak Penn set to write the script. Penn has done a ton of work for the studio, contributing to "X2," "Elektra," "X-Men: The Last Stand," the upcoming "The Incredible Hulk" and a rumored next-generation "X-Men" pic that he would write and direct a few years down the line.

With Marvel now financing and producing its own pics, a big movies like this is possible. In the past, the rights to most of the characters who make up superhero supergroups like the Avengers had been optioned by various studios or producers for solo pics, making it impossible to assemble them all in a single film. But now … it’s possible. It won’t happen any time soon, but it is possible.

Marvel also said last week that it will pay a 10 percent distribution fee to Paramount or anyone else who distributes any of the company’s self-financed pics.