Title: Marvel The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Vol. 1 & 2 Producer: Walt Disney Studios Starring: Phil LaMarr, Dawn Olivieri, Lance Henriksen, Kari Wuhrer, Clancy Brown, Mark Hamill, Wally Wingert, and Frank Welker Rated G, Vol 1: 161 minutes; Vol 2: 137 minutes; Standard DVD format only S.H.I.E.L.D. and its director Nick Fury has collected a band of heroes consisting of Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Panther, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Wasp, Ms Marvel, The Vision and Mockingbird in order to take down the villainous organization known as HYDRA as well as the established supervillains like Loki, Red Skull, Kang and the Frost Giants, including some new villains….

According to Variety, Marvel is gathering a group of writers who will help Marvel come up with creative ways to launch its lesser-known properties, such as Black Panther, Cable, Doctor Strange, Iron Fist, Nighthawk and Vision. The writers, who will not include high-profile Marvel writers like Justin Theroux, Mark Protosevich and Zak Penn, will receive a salary for the year on the terms that Marvel owns whatever the writers work on during that period. Disney, who has had a scribe team since the 1990s, pays their writers up to $50,000. Marvel could double that since Marvel comics such as Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America have become…

Marvel Animation has announced that they are developing and self-producing a 26-episode animated series based on the long-running comic “Thor”. It is scheduled to premiere on TV in 2010, following Marvel’s live-action “Thor” feature, which is scheduled to hit theaters July 2010, part of Marvel’s independently-produced film franchise based on their characters. The supporting cast will include the classic Thor characters the Warriors Three, Balder the Brave, and Thor’s evil adopted brother, Loki, Thor’s evil adopted brother and the Norse trickster god. The show is described as the God of Thunder defending his home, the mythical Asgard, against “fantastical villains, fiendish hordes, winged creatures and angry giants” according to the…