Walt Disney Studios have confirmed a May 1st 2015 release date for the much anticipated sequel to this year’s biggest box-office success and the third highest grossing film of all time – “Marvel’s The Avengers”.
As announced last week, Joss Whedon will return to write and direct the film which caps off Marvel’s ‘Phase Two’ slate of five films – “Iron Man 3” on May 3rd 2013, “Thor: The Dark World” on November 8th 2013, “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” on April 4th 2014, and “Guardians of the Galaxy” on August 1st 2014.
A release date for Edgar Wright’s “Ant-Man” remains undetermined at this time. To date the first ‘Avengers’ film has raked in over $ 1.4 billion worldwide.