Marvel Studios Producing Smaller Scale Movies Based On Comic Characters

April 26, 2010 | by Disney Dreaming

Rumor has it that Marvel Studios is currently in talks to produce a number of smaller scale movies based on some of its lesser-known comic characters.

It is being reported that unlike Marvel Entertainment’s larger expected blockbusters these films will have a much smaller budget, somewhere in the range of $20-$40 million each.

There have been hundreds of Marvel characters created over the years who have appeared in a number of Marvel comics – but right now it is only speculation which characters Marvel will decide to turn into film stars.

With the lower budgets of these films it will be interesting to see which actors the studio picks to play the superhero characters. Currently the studio is getting outrageously popular celebrities to play the roles because they have the budget to pay them, and perhaps these smaller budget films will lead for less-well-known, but still highly skilled, actors to turn up on the big screen.

Read about the $100 million marketing budget being spent on Marvel’s “Iron Man 2″ movie here.