just for ur information, nick fury have already had a movie on himself, and there's another upcoming movie with him at the centre in 2010.

the original movie in 1998 and the new 2010 movie. and owh, david hasselhoff was nick fury in the 1998 film . but it sucked big time, so dont bother looking for it

perhaps firedauz should add nick fury's movies into the timeline?

i think it's quite clear that they're gonna release virtually all characters in the eventual avenger movie as a solo superhero movie first. and then they're gonna use the same actor as the same actor who plays them in the avenger movie. it's gonna be a full all-star cast, i'm sure, and might be the most expensive film in terms of paying the actors of all time. well, that's what marvel intends.

iron man is the first film fully owned by marvel. it was a bold move to produce it independently from any other studios, but it was success, mainly becoz of their ability to stay true to the comics. so lets assume that they're gonna keep this up, we're gonna see similar qualities in the avenger movie.

my opinion is, if samuel l jackson is nick fury, there's a high possibility that they will follow the spirit of the ultimate avenger. so the lineup might be:

i. steve rogers/captain america as the leader
ii. bruce banner/the hulk
iii. tony stark/iron man
iv. hank pym/ant man
v. janet pym/wasp
vi. natalia romanoff/black widow
vii. thor
viii. nick fury agent of SHIELD

oh wait, where's spiderman?

well, i'm sure they're gonna squeeze him in somewhere.

i was hoping that x-men would be done in this format - introducing individual characters in several different films before going into an ultimate x-men movie.

but then again, x-men comics have always been a team first, individuals later, while the avengers were individuals first, team later. oh well, i still prefer individual characters though. wolverine and magneto is a good start.

somehow i feel that mark ruffalo is more suitable as banner than eric bana or edward norton. bana's too well built and do not have that geekish look that often portrayed in the comics. edward norton is just way too different - he's way too athletic and agile.