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Director Jon Favreau has revealed that Iron Man 3 will also be a sequel to four different movies – Thor, Hulk, Captain America and The Avengers.

Favreau, who directed Iron Man and Iron Man 2, spoke to MTV News about the future of the superhero franchise.

“In theory, Iron Man 3 is going to be a sequel or continuation of Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Avengers,” Favreau said. “This whole world… I have no idea what it is. I don’t think they do either, from conversations I’ve had with those guys.”

Favreau also stated that he has no way of knowing what Iron Man 3 will be about, given that its plot will depend on the final versions of the four other films.

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Disney’s Tangled has overtaken the latest Harry Potter film to top the US box office with $21.5 million.

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 falls to second place, taking $16.7 million in its third weekend, followed by the Christina Aquilera musical Burlesque which rises to third and takes $6.1 million.

Denzel Washington’s Unstoppable follows in fourth place with $6.1 million, followed by the Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal romantic drama Love and Other Drugs which takes $5.7m.

The week’s only new release, The Warrior’s Way, entered the top ten at nine, taking just $3 million.

The US box office top ten in full:
1. (2) Tangled – $21,500,000
2. (1) Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – $16,700,000
3. (4) Burlesque – $6,100,000
4. (5) Unstoppable – $6,100,000
5. (6) Love & Other Drugs – $5,700,000
6. (3) Megamind – $5,030,000
7. (8) Due Date – $4,215,000
8. (7) Faster – $3,829,000
9. (-) The Warrior’s Way – $3,051,000
10. (9) The Next Three Days – $2,650,000

20th Century Fox have reportedly picked up the Farrelly Brothers’ proposed remake of The Three Stooges.

The project has been in development for over ten years, and was owned by troubled company MGM before Fox picked up the rights.

According to Empire, Fox will keep the Farrelly Brothers’ original script with Mike Cerrone, but are to start again with many other elements of the proposed film.

During the early stages of the film’s development, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Jim Carey were attached to star as the film’s leads – however, it is currently unknown if this is still the case.

“We’ll make it with the best possible people,” Peter Farrelly said of the film. “It could be a major movie star or an unknown.”

The Three Stooges is thought to begin shooting on March 14, 2011.

Will Ferrell will reportedly star alongside Zach Galifianakis in a new political comedy from Warner Bros.

Deadline confirms that Warner Bros secured the auction for the Jay Roach-directed project, which will cast the two actors as rival candidates in an election.

Roach is best known for directing the comedies Meet The Parents and this year’s Dinner For Schmucks.

The currently-untitled comedy will be written by Chris Henchy and Shawn Harwell, and is expected to be released to tie in with the 2012 Presidential elections.

Screenwriter Stuart Beattie has revealed that Hugh Jackman was the original actor considered for the part of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Beattie, who wrote the first film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, claimed that Disney was unsure about the choice of Jackman and felt he might not be a big enough star to carry the film.

“I initially wrote that character with Hugh Jackman in mind,” he told Fox News.

Beattie also reportedly named the character after Jackman himself despite Disney later deciding to offer the part to Johnny Depp.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth film in the series, will be released in cinemas May 20, 2011.

Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld has warned US studio Fox against being too cautious with its proposed film adaptation of the character.

According to Cinemablend, Liefeld has posted a string of Twitter messages aimed at Fox advising it on how to make sure the spinoff is a success.

“Dear Fox Studios, get your act together. Deadpool is not Green Lantern, not a family film,” Liefeld wrote. “Deadpool is ‘filthy’, think The Expendables.

“Also, Fox, find your balls and film the script from Rheese and Wernick, you will make loads of money and thank yourself later.”

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DreamWorks Animation has revealed its wishes to release multiple sequels for the Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and Madagascar franchises.

The studio’s Jeffrey Katzenberg spoke to Empire about the various plans, which include six chapters for Kung Fu Panda.

He said: “Kung Fu Panda actually has six chapters to it, and we’ve mapped that out over the years. How to Train Your Dragon is at least three, maybe more, but we know there are at least three chapters to that story.”

On the next Madagascar movie, scheduled for release in 2012, Katzenberg said: “[The animals] come back to New York, and they will come to terms with that, which they will do in this next chapter.

“Because of the way that movie concludes there’s probably one more for them.”

DreamWorks’ latest animation Megamind was released in the UK on December 3.

Kirsten Dunst has expressed regret that director Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy will never receive a “proper ending”.

The actress told Reuters that she supports the upcoming big screen Spider-Man reboot, but she would have relished the chance to return to the film franchise.

“I really like [the reboot’s stars] Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield a lot. I think they’ll be great,” she said. “It’s just sad that there wasn’t a proper ending [for the trilogy].”

She continued: “We didn’t know when we shot the third one that it would be the last. I wish we would have known. Maybe we would have cherished that time a bit more, knowing it would be the last one for all of us.”

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Hans Zimmer will provide the soundtrack to Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot.

According to Thompson on Hollywood, the composer will score the DC Comics adaptation, but will not reproduce the iconic John Williams theme for the film.

Zimmer added that his work on the project will commence once the scores for Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Sherlock Holmes 2 and Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom Of Doom are completed.

Based on a screenplay by David S. Goyer, Snyder’s Superman is scheduled to arrive in 2012.