The Avengers 2 Rrelease Date Announced

The Avengers 2 release date has now been confirmed to be May 1, 2015. Here's the short -- but very official! -- statement from Disney/Marvel: announce

"The Walt Disney Studios has announced a release date for Marvel Studios’ sequel to the biggest Super Hero blockbuster and third highest grossing film of all time, Marvel’s The Avengers 2. Joss Whedon returns to write and direct the Avengers set for release May 1, 2015."

Original Story: Now that Joss Whedon is back in the saddle to write and direct The Avengers 2, the question of when we'll get to see the sequel is inevitable.

With the news confirming last week's rumor, the sequel will enjoy a three-year gap from the first film, during which, the landscape of Marvel movies will have changed drastically with Iron Man 3 (May 3, 2013), Thor: The Dark World (November 8, 2013), and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4, 2014) -- Not to mention The Guardians of the Galaxy sometime in 2014 and the film debut of signature Avengers member, Ant-Man.

With director, Joss Whedon locked-in, you can bet that this sequel to the nearly $1.5 billion-grossing powerhouse is going to redefine the already redefined expectations for comic book films.

It looks like 2015 is the year the team defends the Earth and the cosmos against a power-hungry Mad Titan named Thanos, who, like Michael Jackson, appreciates wearing a single sparkly glove.

The 2015 release date doesn’t come as too much of a shock.  Whedon recently signed on to stay with Marvel until 2015, and he’ll also be overseeing their other projects.  The Avengers 2 will come out 1092 days after The Avengers, so mark your calendars and start counting down.  Hit the jump for the brief press release from Marvel and Disney.