At the end of The Wolverine, the title character was left with only bone claws after his metal ones were sliced off by The Silver Samurai. For those of you who have been paying attention to the footage and photos from X-Men: Days of Future Past, you may have noticed that modern-day/future Wolverine appears to have regained his adamantium claws. In case you were wondering how that happened, Bryan Singer gives a possible explanation in his interview with Empire.

Director Bryan Singer explains that Magneto’s ability to manipulate metal might have something to do with it. The Master Of Magnetism could, perhaps, “reconstitute the adamantium claws… [Wolverine] has a different relationship with Magneto, and perhaps Magneto could forge them.”

I hope they give a solid explanation of all this in the movie, and not some thoughtless piece of dialogue about Magneto fixing them. I think the audience and fans deserve to see how it all happens, and maybe Singer will actually give that to us!

We all know that Avengers: Age of Ultron won’t be the last time we see Captain America, or any of the other characters for that matter! But according to Variety, Marvel is already prepping for Captain America 3, and they want directors Anthony and Joe Russo back on board to bring it to life.

According to the report, “Negotiations wouldn’t begin till after Winter Soldier bows but sources say Marvel has been so impressed with the production of Winter Soldier, as well as with strong results from recent test screenings, that the studio has moved fast to attach the brothers to the next installment.”

Their source also says that the Russos are already working with Marvel to put together an outline of what the third film’s story arc could be.

Marvel is obviously confident in what this directing team is capable of. I love everything that I’ve seen from the film, and I’m already convinced that it will be one of the best Marvel movies to date. Captain America: the Winter Soldier is set to be released on April 4th.

We’ve recently reported that Marvel is looking to move forward on Captain America 3, and they want The Winter Soldier directors Anthony and Joe Russo to come back to develop it. Now Variety is reporting that Marvel is starting to put together a team of people to bring Thor 3 to life. The studio has hired Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost to write the next installment of the franchise.

Kyle has been a producer on the Thor movies, but has also worked on the story development for some of the Marvel animated films such as Planet Hulk, Hulk Vs., Doctor Strange, and The Invincible Iron Man. He worked on several of the Marvel animated TV series as well. Yost isn’t new to the world of Marvel either. He was one of the writers on Thor: The Dark World, and also worked with Kyle on Marvel animated series such as Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Wolverine and the X-Men, Hulk Vs., and he also worked on The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

There’s obviously no information on what the third Thor film will be about, but I’m sure Thor, Loki and the rest of the gang will be back for another adventure. I seriously hope that this time around they finally bring in Enchantress. That’s a character I’m really excited about eventually seeing on the big screen.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige had this to say in a statement,

“I am proud of Craig and have enjoyed working with him over these past years. His creative instincts have helped shape Thor and Thor: The Dark World at every level of the filmmaking process. The entire team at Marvel is very happy to continue collaborating with Craig as he continues as a screenwriter working with Christopher on the forthcoming chapter of Thor’s adventure.”

It’s no secret that Marvel plans way in advance for the movies that they make. They are looking at least three or more years into the future for what they want to give their fans. They are constantly in discussion, so there’s always a chance that little bits of info on those discussions are going to leak out. We’ve seen it happen before, so why wouldn’t it happen again?

The studio is currently heavily focused on completing Phase 2 with Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers: Age of Ultron. They will then move into Phase 3, starting with Ant-Man, which is the only officially announced film at this point, but Doctor Strange will most likely be a part of it as well. I’m excited to see what else they end up announcing, but according to a report from Unleash the Fanboy, Phase 4 of Marvel’s plan might kick off with a New Avengers movie.

The site claims to have a source at Disney who had this to say,

“It’s so incredibly early in the process, but unless Robert [Downey Jr.] makes an insane deal with these guys, they’re going with New Avengers.”

Downey Jr. is currently signed up to do two more Avengers films, but after that he may not return to reprise his role as Tony Stark. It will be interesting to see what they do with the character when Downey Jr. calls it quits. I’ve heard they would replace him to keep Stark in the films, but we’ll see.

The site goes on to ask their source if the New Avengers story arc will follow the comic book series Avengers: Disassembled which left the superhero team in a Diaspora until they re-assembled as the New Avengers. I know that the comic arc includes Spider-Man and Wolverine, but don’t expect them to show up in any Marvel-produced film.

So when [they] asked if the movie would feature that comic arc or if they will just include a new team of heroes, the source said,

“Well, you’ve heard the recent casting announcements. They’ve got a ton of great guys. Paul Rudd. Michael Douglas. Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Whoever they choose for Doctor Strange and the other new guys in Phase 3. They’ve got a lot of great guys to lead the new phase of the team. But that’s all I say.  It’s really early.”

As of right now this is all just a rumor so treat it as such. The site does have a track record of getting solid intel, though. It will be interesting to see what Marvel does end up doing with Phase 4, but it makes sense that at some point they would bring us a New Avengers film.

In a recent interview, Joss Whedon explains that The Godfather Part 2 is his ‘guiding star’ for Avengers: Age of Ultron. He also explains that Captain America: The Winter Solider will affect the events of his Avengers sequel, but also says that you wouldn’t have to see Captain America to get what’s going on in the Avengers storyline. Here’s what he had to say to AlloCiné.fr,

“The events of Captain America [The Winter Soldier] will definitely affect the world of Avengers 2. But at the end of the day, I have to make my movie assuming that people will only have seen the first one, or possibly not even seen the first one. I can’t assume that everybody went to see Thor [The Dark World], Captain America, and Iron Man 3 in-between. I have to go from one movie to the next and be true to what’s happened [in the previous movies], but not be slavish to it. […] The model I’m always trying to build from, or my guiding star, is The Godfather: Part II where a ton has happened in-between and it’s a very different movie [from Part I], but you don’t need any information. It’s there in the film about what’s happened since, what’s different, and why is this a different film; why is it a different kind of structure, and why is it darker. It’s all there, you’re in the vernacular of the first movie and you’re just ready to pick up in this new place, and hopefully that’s what will happen with my movie. Obviously I’m talking about one of the greatest films ever made (The Godfather: Part II)… I hope mine will be good, but that is my guiding star.”

The Godfather Part 2 is one of my favorite movies of all time, and the fact that that Whedon is using it as his inspiration for his next film is encouraging. I’m sure Age of Ultron is going to turn out incredibly well and will make fans incredibly happy. It’s set to be released on May 1st, 2014!

I’m sure one day Marvel will get around to making another Hulk film, but it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen any time soon. Maybe not until Phase Four or even Five. In a recent interview with Total Film, Mark Ruffalo was asked about the possibility of a standalone Hulk movie, and if it happens he would like to see an eco-friendly type movie. Here’s what he said,

“As artists we have an ability to reach a lot of people in a deep way, and we have a responsibility. What we have to do as storytellers is to take science and make it relatable. I think we have to tell the story of the positive and what we’re going to try to do. Give them alternatives but don’t make it a polemic.

“I’m in The Avengers, but if you took my screentime it would come to about ten minutes, along with the 12 other people I’m sharing the screen with, so my input’s kind of limited on that. But if we get to a standalone Hulk movie, I’ll have a much better chance to do that. I’m just learning now how to find my voice and bring it into the studio world.”

The next time we see the Hulk will be in Avengers: Age of Ultron, which is set to be released on May 1st, 2015. Personally, I’d love to see a live action version of Planet Hulk, but that may never happen. What other Hulk storylines would you like to see brought to the big screen?