Hollywood's superheroes!

With great power comes great responsibility and taking on this duty are a host of on-screen superheroes ready to take on any scourge afflicting mankind.
If you’re fascinated with men and women in colourful tights, 2011’s Hollywood calendar should make you happy
Green Hornet
First up is Seth Rogen’s Green Hornet, set for a January 2011 release, that sees him play Britt Reid, the son of wealthy newspaper publisher and a never-do-well playboy who inherits a media empire after his father dies.Upon meeting an employee Kato (Jay Chou), and discovering what he’s capable of, Britt figures that together they can do better than just waste away their abilities. Britt decides the two should become crimefighters, taking on the identity of the Green Hornet.
Thor
Come May and the fourth film to be released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thor, hits screens. Starring Chris Hemsworth in the title role, the film is about a powerful but arrogant warrior, Thor, who is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders. The film also stars Natalie Portman and Anthony Hopkins.
X-Men: First X-Men: First Class
After failing to deliver with Wolverine’s origin story, the makers of the X-Men series decided to give the original franchise a prequel. Hence, X-Men: First Class, that is scheduled for an early June release, will deal with the early lives of key characters like Professor Charles Xavier, Magneto, Mystique, Beast, etc. The original cast will be missed, with James McAvoy taking on the role of Prof Charles Xavier, earlier reprised by Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender replacing Ian McKellen as Magneto, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw, January Jones as Emma Frost and Oliver Platt as the Man in Black.
Captain America: The First Avenger
Yet another movie adaptation of a Marvel comic series, Captain America is a super-soldier who fights the Red Skull, Hitler’s treacherous head of advanced weaponry, whose own plan for world domination involves a seemingly magical object known as the Tesseract. Starring Chris Evans as Captain America, Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury and Hugo Weaving as the Red Skull, the film tells the story of Captain America, who eventually becomes the leader of a group of superheroes called the Avengers. The film is slated for a July, 2011 release.
Green Lantern
Named as one of the Sexiest Men Alive in 2008, 2009 and 2010 by a magazine, Ryan Reynolds slips into the costumed crusader’s role with Green Lantern — a mid-June release. Based on the DC Comics character of the same name, Green Lanterns are brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, with each Green Lantern wearing a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of the Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Reynolds), a gifted and cocky test pilot. The film also stars Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong.
And more to come in 2012...
-Ant-Man
-The Avengers
-Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
-Batman 3
-Deadpool
-Spider-Man Reboot
-Superman: Man of Steel
(Compiled by Prathibha Joy)