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Last night was the Hollywood premiere of Marvel鈥檚 The Avengers, and we鈥檝e already posted some of the that hit the Internet immediately after the screening. Put simply: the consensus is that writer/director Joss Whedon and his all-star cast have done a pretty good job of crafting Marvel鈥檚 blockbuster superhero team-up film.

The good folks over at Marvel Studios are now out doing press rounds to promote all the way down the final stretch to its theatrical release. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently discussed the future of the Marvel movie universe with our friend Steve Weintraub over at Collider, and while the folks over at Cinema Blend are reporting that a new secret scene for The Avengers is soon being filmed as a last-minute surprise for the theatrical release.

First, check out a breakdown of the topics that Collider covered with Feige:

• He鈥檚 seen an unfinished version of听听and says it is excellent and should quiet concerns over the idea of rebooting the franchise.
• They have an option for Whedon to direct听听when and if the time comes.
• There are currently no plans to do with Mark Ruffalo.
• 听starts filming in five weeks in North Carolina.
• When approaching听Iron Man 3, their gut instinct was to not make it be a pseudo-Avengers 2.听 It鈥檚 a full-on Tony Stark movie.
• Iron Man 3听is inspired by the first half of听Iron Man 1听in that they鈥檙e metaphorically putting Tony back in the cave.听 He鈥檚 stripped of everything, back against a wall, and has nothing but his intelligence to get him out.
• Filming on听听begins in three months in London and it picks up where the first film left off in terms of Jane and Odin.
• Thor 2听also addresses what鈥檚 been happening in the nine realms with the Asgardians unable to use the Bifrost.
• Loki has a part in听Thor 2, but there will be a different, big villain.
• The crux of听Thor 2听is continuing the dynamic between Thor and Jane, as well as the relationship between Thor and Odin.
• Feige says there are no plans for Marvel and Pixar to team up on a feature.
• Creative talks have been progressing for years between Marvel and Disney about possibly doing a Marvel property as an animated film.
• Edgar Wright did not film something for Marvel recently, but Feige says to pay attention to Wright鈥檚 tweets in the coming months 鈥渁nd that might change.鈥�
• They鈥檙e still figuring out how many period flashbacks to include in听.
• The primary story of听Captain America 2听will be Steve Rogers figuring out his place in the world. For the time-being, he鈥檒l be staying with
• They should announce by Comic-Con or before what鈥檚 coming out in May 2014.
• Zak Penn did not write a听听movie.
• Feige says, 鈥渄epending on what Edgar Wright films for us鈥� circumstances could possibly force them to make three films in one year.

For the full discussions on the topics listed above, head on over to .

Avengers Secret Scene?

During the press conference, the reporters in attendance bore witness to a potentially juicy听tidbit dropped by Avengers and Iron Man star, Robert Downey Jr. As stated by 听:

That鈥檚 right鈥� according to Downey Jr., they鈥檙e shooting another scene from听The Avengers听tonight, and 鈥淚鈥檓 not joking.鈥� He got the final word at the press conference, so there was no time to get clarification or figure out what on earth kind of scene they could be shooting for a movie that opens in three weeks.

UPDATE:听 has further confirmed that this secret scene will shoot, through their conversations with actor Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner / Hulk):

鈥淲e鈥檙e shooting a scene tonight. I鈥檓 not sure exactly where it鈥檚 gonna go. All I know is that someone came in with the costume and said, 鈥楬ere鈥檚 some wardrobe. We don鈥檛 know where you鈥檙e going to be or what you鈥檙e doing.鈥� 鈥� Ruffalo said. We asked if it will be in the 鈥淭he Avengers鈥� when it hits theaters Ruffalo added, 鈥淵eah. So I鈥檓 like, 鈥楢ll right, when are we doing that?鈥� Today after we鈥檙e done.鈥�

Assuming that this isn鈥檛 just RDJ being鈥�well, RDJ, the most likely scenarios would be that A) They are filming a new post-credits 鈥淏utton Scene鈥� meant to foreshadow the next big arc in the Marvel Movie Universe. B) That there is some kind of scene in the movie itself that they wanted to keep under wraps (possibly a fan-stirring cameo of some sort?). If fans remember correctly, two Marvel lead-in films 鈥� The Incredible Hulk and Captain America听- had featuring some kind of juicy surprise. The problem in both cases was that Internet hounds were onto the surprise way before those respective films (and Thor, and Iron Man 1&2)听reached theaters.

Marvel may have learned from past mistakes 鈥� trusting us shifty blogger types 鈥� and could have kept this secret scene out of the premiere screening, where it would have absolutely been blasted all over the Internet. As things stand, we鈥檒l let you guys discuss and debate what this extra scene could be.

Kofi Outlaw blogs at .