Marvel Studios head honcho, Kein Feige has been talking about lots of stuff in the latest edition of Empire. Feige can’t believe how successful The Avengers has been stating "I was just hoping it would beat the opening weekend of Iron Man 2, which was the biggest opening weekend for any Marvel Studios movie. We did 80 or 90 million above that. As the numbers started coming in on Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night, they just kept getting bigger and bigger, into areas I would never in a million years have believed."
And keeping with The Avengers, the studio boss went on to say The Avengers was not the finale for us, It was a giant, giant marker, but it was never the finale. We are already well into the plan for the next phase of our little cinematic universe."
Thor 2 as well as Iron Man 3 are all part of that cinematic universe and Feige spoke about the Thor sequel and what to expect"We're going to see the other side of Asgard. It's not all polished and golden in this film. And the events of Avengers will have affected Thor for sure. His relationship with Loki will continue to evolve, and the biggest part is Natalie and Thor returning with Jane Foster."
And will Thanos make a return to the screen in Thor 2? Feige says No. “No, future, future. But there will be a major new villain. A major, major new antagonist..."
Via Empire
