Summer 2012: I can't wait!

While summer 2010 has only just started in movie terms with the launch of Iron Man 2, it is worth noting that more so than any summer on record, 2012 will be the summer of the geek movie.

It opens with The Avengers (left) on 4 May; current rumours put Joss Whedon in the director's chair. My current plan is to see this in the US if it doesn't open day and date in the US and the UK.

The end of June sees the arrival of the JJ Abrams' second slice of Star Trek, followed just one week later by the rebooted Spider-Man.

And then comes the biggie: Christopher Nolan completes his trilogy of Batman films on 20 July.

Also due in 2012: adaptations of both Halo and World of Warcraft; Terminator 5; Sin City 3; Monsters Inc 2; Edgar Wright's take on The Ant Man, and so on.

Jumping back one year, summer 2011 kicks off with Thor, then Pirates 4, then Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class, followed by Martin Campbell's attempt at bringing DC's Green Lantern to the screen in June. July sees the motherlode with Captain America hitting screens. And somewhere in between all that lot are Transformers 3 and Wolverine 2...