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Production on Marvel Studios' The Avengers has been shut down after the theft of Samuel L. Jackson's copy of the Joss Whedon script.The script, which is watermarked with Jackson's name, is being shopped to various media sites along with photographs verifying its authenticity.

A Blog by the name of The Media Club was able to find the Captain America: The First Avenger set located within Bourne Woods in Farnham, Surrey and has posted three photos online of what they saw. The Joe Johnston-directed adaptation is now filming for a July 22, 2011 release. The film stars Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Stan, Toby Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Dominic Cooper, Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci and Neal McDonough.

Last week, we got the international poster for Iron Man 2 , and today MySpace has debuted this domestic poster for the sequel, hitting North American theaters on May 7. Directed by Jon Favreau, the film stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara, Clark Gregg and Olivia Munn.

The actor won't be reprising his role in the Marvel Comics projects.