It’s a pretty slow news day for movies, with everyone’s concentration on last night’s Tony Awards (congrats to Billy Elliot for making up for the Oscar snub eight years ago), but there is one bit of geek movie news that I’m really intrigued about: the hint of yet another Marvel comic book adaptation due in 2012. Among much information concerning the upcoming films Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Thor and The First Avenger: Captain America, Alex Billington at First Showing brought word this morning from a conference at the Sony Pictures lot that Marvel Studios will be announcing this secret title within the next few months.

What could it be? And what do you want it to be? Personally, I’m hoping that Scarlett Johansson has impressed the studio so much with her portrayal of Black Widow in the Iron Man sequel that she’s been given her own solo film. That is pretty unlikely, though, considering all the other ideas Marvel has floated over the years. So, will it be Doctor Strange? Luke Cage? Black Panther? S.H.I.E.L.D.? Another Hulk reboot tied to the Avengers movie? Let’s see what the film blogs think, after the jump:

• Commenting at First Showing, “Trekker 42″ predicts a logical candidate:
  

  Anyone else see Namor as a possibility for 2012?
  Avengers AND possible Cap tie-in as well as a story of his own to tell. I also stand by my theory of Namor being the Avengers villain or one of them. Perhaps due to the destruction of Atlantis which could happen in the Namor movie.
  Who agrees?

• Gabe Toro at The Playlist makes some educated guesses based on past rumors/news:
  

  In theory, it’s not “Ant-Man,” which he already name-dropped during the conference, so what could it be? If they’re going to follow through on their promise to the rapidly-aging Samuel L. Jackson about a “S.H.I.E.L.D.” film, that’s probably a sure bet to be the 2012 project, especially considering it probably won’t involve such a lengthy pre-production process as the other films. Unless Feige is really bad at being coy- he’s talked extensively about his desire for a “Dr. Strange” movie for the last year, so that’s certainly a candidate.

• DrVenkman at GeekTyrant is also going with a previously rumored character:
  

  Then Kevin Feige said that Marvel will be announcing a new film within the next few months that will be released in 2012. I wonder what it could be…

  My guess is Dr. Strange.

• Cole Abaius at Film School Rejects weighs in on his preference:
  

  Marvel is also announcing another movie for 2012 very soon. So it’s time to play the guessing game on that one. Fingers crossed for Black Panther.

• Commenters at Worst Previews seem to be focusing on sequels rather than a new franchise:
  

  Gaudion93 - 06/08/2009 (06:21:54)
  Maybe The Incredible Hulk 2?

  Monswine - 06/08/2009 (08:27:48)
  …The “new movie” is probably Iron Man III since it was already announced Favreau wants to do a trilogy…

  mattcl23 - 06/08/2009 (15:32:27)
  Maybe they will bring Blade back in 2012??? The thirst always wins! And fuck Morbius fighting Spidey in the fourth movie. They should have saved him for Blade, but we’ll have to see if they still care about that franchise.

• Thanks to Eric D. Snider at Cinematical, I have a feeling Marvel might go with She-Hulk, just so low-budget filmmaker Stephen Groo doesn’t get his adaptation made first. Or, maybe they actually want to hire him for the job based on his trailer. From Snider’s post about Groo:
  

  Groo has uploaded one trailer to YouTube, though, and we’ve embedded it below. It’s She-Hulk — an 8 1/2-minute pitch to would-be investors, I guess, to show what he could do if he were able to make a full She-Hulk feature. And what could he do? Oh my. Just watch. From what I gather, Groo’s story more or less lines up with how the character originated in Marvel Comics (she’s Bruce Banner’s cousin; gets a blood transfusion from him; etc.), but that’s hardly the point, is it? Anyway, enjoy.