Costumed Avengers Coming to Cinema!

There looks to be some good superhero flicks coming up.

First, there's Watchmen on March 6. I'm jonesing to see it and I think Andy and I will be there on opening night, if they don't do a midnight show earlier.

On May 1st, X-Men Origins: Wolverine makes its way to cinemas. As a life-long X-Fan, I'm really hoping they hit this one out of the park and based on that trailer, I think they look to be keeping it true to the spirit of the comics.

That's about it for 2009. A little light in comparison to Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, The Dark Knight, and Punisher: War Zone from 2008. But 2010 is shaping up to be a very good year for superhero enthusiasts.

Summer starts off right with the release of Iron Man 2 on May 7th, 2010. In fact, it was just announced a little bit ago that Samuel L. Jackson has signed on to reprise his role of Nick Fury from the post-credit sequence of Iron Man for its sequel and up to eight other Marvel Comic films, providing continuity in the new universe that Marvel is trying to create on film.

The Green Hornet makes his debut on June 25th, 2010. Seth Rogan will bring the masked crimefighter to life for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michael Gondry. At one point Kung Fu Hustle star/director Stephen Chow was signed on to be Rogan's Kato, but after Chow dropped out of the director chair for the flick, his status to remain on as Kato has been in question.

On July 16th, 2010 Kenneth Branagh brings us Marvel Comics' Thor. Not much else is known about the origin tale for the Norse god turned superhero.

DC Comics' western, supernatural warrior Jonah Hex will be coming on August 6th, 2010, with Oscar nominated actor Josh Brolin set to star.

And finally, on December 17th, 2010 the emerald guardian himself, The Green Lantern, will be hitting theaters with The Mask of Zorro and Casino Royale director Martin Campbell at the helm.

That's a lot of superheroes and in a good part it is probably due to the success of The Dark Knight.

2011 has a few more with the next installment of Spider-Man expected to hit, in addition to Marvel's The First Avenger: Captain America, the superhero team-up flick The Avengers, and quite possibly a third Christopher Nolan Batman (he's signed to shoot a sci-fi flick, Inception, this year and it's rumored he'll shoot his next Batman next summer).

Now, if we could only get some really good superhero chick flicks out to wash away the bad taste Catwoman and Elektra left in our mouths...