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Hollywood has signed up its first female director for a major superhero movie. Marvel Studios announced Thursday that Patty Jenkins will direct "Thor 2," the sequel to last summer's hit that is due in theaters Nov. 15, 2013.

Yes, The Avengers movie is an actual, real thing! And now you can watch the first official trailer for some proof.

There's no hammer in sight, but Marvel has released the first official picture of Chris Hemsworth as Thor. What do you think?

Hugh Jackman either lives in a bubble or an alternate universe in which the feature film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, stole the box office as well as the hearts of Marvel fans and mainstream audiences everywhere. Either that or he likes to terrorize children. At least, those are the only explanations I have for his statement at this weekend's Teen Choice Awards. Holding his surfboard award proudly, Jackman threatened the assembled with, "Who knows?

Yes, we know, these screenshots are really crappy, but... it's the first photos of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow in Iron Man 2 ! The pics, which were showing during "Entertainment Tonight," come from Friday's issue of Entertainment Weekly , so we should have some hi-res versions of all of them soon, stay tuned. Opening in theaters on May 7, 2010, the Jon Favreau-directed sequel is wrapping up filming this week as well.

MTV talked to Nicolas Cage, who says he's still interested in a sequel to Ghost Rider but would like to do a "reconceive." Moving away from the Western style of the first film, he sees a second film as more of an "international story" that may bring the character to Europe for a team-up with the Catholic Church. You can watch the interview segment below!

Natalie Portman has been cast as the female lead in "Thor," Marvel Studios' adaptation of its comic book featuring the Norse god of thunder.

Whatever happens next for the "Superman" franchise, it appears that Brandon Routh won't be wearing that big "S" and cape -- in a new interview, he says his contract with Warner Bros. has expired.

Given the keys to the on-screen version of Marvel's Deadpool character at long last, Ryan Reynolds is all kinds of excited about steering his "Wolverine" spinoff into theaters -- and making it "as close to the source material as possible."

And a little bit about prostitution.