With a record-breaking $200 million opening weekend, I think we can all agree that there will be a sequel to The Avengers. Even better: most people I know want a sequel to the super hero team-up. It feels germane to the film for there to be a second one, instead of another chapter that is simply tacked on. We have a long road to travel before we get to a second Avengers film, but we can pontificate... 

You may have heard me mention on last week’s podcast, when discussing Disney’s purchase of Marvel, that Pixar people were particularly excited about the business deal – so much so that some grumpy exec had to tell them to calm down at a meeting because they were so excited over the possibilities. One of the rumored possibilities was that Pixar had their eye on doing an Ant Man movie. While...