While discussing the Brad Pitt film The Tree of Life—and its special effects-laden sequences that connect the universe at large to the tiniest molecule—Oscar-winning director Ang Lee revealed that he wasn't too impressed. After all, he did the same thing with his take on Marvel's jolly green giant.

Though he wasn't exactly the most likely of choices, Kenneth Branagh managed to turn Marvel's Thor into a fun, blockbuster addition to the Marvel movie canon. His name won't be on Thor 2 when it hits theaters in 2013, but Branagh says that if the timing were right, he'd love to go back to the Marvel universe.

ABC is getting into the Marvel business in a big way and one of the series they're developing—alongside Guillermo del Toro's Hulk—is A.K.A. Jessica Jones, based on Brian Michael Bendis' stunning Alias. And it'll take place firmly within the universe established by Iron Man, Captain America and Thor.

Remember that Black Widow solo movie that was supposed to happen ... but didn't? Details are finally coming out about what the movie would have been like before the decision was made to shoehorn the character in the last Iron Man film. Decisions like this happen all the time in Hollywood, a place where "shoulda, coulda, woulda" is an everyday occurrence.