Fresh off the press release pile from Marvel, comes the announcement of the fourth adventure of everyone’s favorite webcrawler, plus a shift of release dates for other films, insuring Marvel movies into 2012!

Here’s how Marvel Studio’s new release schedule looks moving forward…

Iron Man 2 retains it’s release date of May 7, 2010. Spider-Man 4 sneaks into the summer of 2011, with a release date of May 6, 2011. The thundergod of Thor moves from a projected release date of July 16, 2010 into June 17, 2011. (Makes sense, given that Thor isn’t even cast yet). The First Avenger: Captain America shifts slightly from May 6, 2011 (Spidey 4’s date) onto July 22, 2011. And finally, The Avengers has been bumped from July 15, 2011 to May 4, 2012.

It’s worth noting that apparently both Samuel L. Jackson (as Nick Fury) and Scarlett Johannson (as Black Widow) are signed through The Avengers.

Thanks, Marvel Studios! You’ve just confirmed I’ll be nerding out on here through 2012.

Original Post: Newsarama.com : Marvel Announces Spider-Man 4 Date, Revises Film Schedule.