Fri May 23, 2008 — by Rick Marshall

'Iron Man' Easter Eggs, 'Captain America' and 'Thor' Movie Details

A veritable cornucopia of info on Marvel Studios' plans for Cap and Thor.

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was full of details about current and future projects during a recent screening of new footage from The Incredible Hulk, according to various reports from the event.

Among the juiciest of the news was info related to two highly anticipated Marvel Studios films, The First Avenger: Captain America (When did this film get slapped with the "First Avenger" portion of the title, by the way? Did I miss something?) and the big-screen debut of Marvel's favorite Norse god, Thor.

According to Feige, Captain America will be a period piece, with a story that occurs during World War II, while the plot of Thor will rely heavily on scenes occurring in Asgard, the mythic Norse realm where the gods go about their godly business.

From Sci Fi Wire:

"The film is not all Asgard, but it will be a big chunk in Asgard, yeah," Feige said.

Feige promised an announcement about a director for Thor "later this summer." Mark Protosevich (The Cell) is drafting a script, which should be submitted in a couple of weeks, he added.

Feige also confirmed that a familiar object in the background of a scene in Iron Man was indeed Captain America's shield. As the sleuths over at io9 report, the object was absent in the film's trailer, which happened to include the very same scene -- making me that much more impressed with Marvel Studios' willingness to include these types of Easter Egg elements.

Head over to SciFi Wire for more on Marvel Studios' slate of films and information from the Hulk screening, and check out the before-and-after screenshots from Iron Man (featuring a glimpse of Cap's shield) posted over at io9.

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