<prompt> Passage: Ideas for a film based on the Avengers began in 2003, with Avi Arad, the CEO of Marvel Studios involved, first announcing plans to develop the film in April 2005, after Marvel Enterprises declared independence by allying with Merrill Lynch to produce a slate of films that would be distributed by Paramount Pictures. Marvel discussed their plans in a brief presentation to Wall Street analysts; the studios intention was to release individual films for the main charactersto establish their identities and familiarize audiences with thembefore merging the characters together in a crossover film. Screenwriter Zak Penn, uyo akanyora The Incredible Hulk 2008, akabatanidzwa kuti firimu muna 2006, uye akapiwa basa naMarvel Studios kunyora firimu muna 2007. Muna June 20072008 Writers Guild of America, akatanga kuzivisa zvirongwa kukudziridza firimu muna Kubvumbi 2007, mushure Marvel Enterprises akazivisa rusununguko rwakazivisa kubudikidza Merrill Lynch kubudisa slate mafirimu kuti aizoparadzirwa Paramount Paramount Pictures.  <response>: Emily Blunt 