Joss Whedon to Direct Avengers? Reportedly so.
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UPDATED: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 05:52
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The great thing about an opportunity like this is it can be a humongous game-changer for Joss if he churns out a hit. Most directors have their own ideas of what they want their next dream project to be but before anyone loosens the purse strings and takes a punt on a vanity project the director in question must first score a major win for the team.
If Avengers knocks 'em dead the first question the studios will ask is "so, what do you want your next project to be?"
Just imagine...
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Originally posted by Storymark:
Nobody believed me when I posted this 2 weeks ago....
I believed you, I just didn't care a whole lot. Like I said then, If he were WRITING, and directing the film that would be pretty awesome. As it stands he's got a gig as a director for a movie....big deal.
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It is a pretty big deal. Directors have a lot more clout than writers in the film world. Plus, this is a FAR more high profile gig than anything he's done. Basically, if he doesn't screw it up - it's a sure-fire mega hit, which will leave him with a lot more options than he has currently.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Originally posted by Storymark:
It is a pretty big deal. Directors have a lot more clout than writers in the film world. Plus, this is a FAR more high profile gig than anything he's done. Basically, if he doesn't screw it up - it's a sure-fire mega hit, which will leave him with a lot more options than he has currently.
True. I didn't think of the benefits of being attached to such a big movie. We need a Spielberg of this generation. Way too many untalented hacks directing movies currently(Boll, Bay, McG, The guy who directed the Mummy films).
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I wonder if they will use the Ultimates version of WASP and ANTMAN?
Cap is also important, but there are really a core of 3 founding members. The rest join later
Anyway these 3 are the big guns in the core
The magical fighting God
A man radiated by a bomb and made into a green monster
and the patriot, arms dealer, womanizer, alcoholic...aka Ironman
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Good or bad, comic book films tend to draw attention to themselves. So if Joss can work in enough of his style and flare into these types of films, his influence may grow and generate a desire for more of 'his' stye of work.
So it's good news. Even though seeing another comic book film is about the last thing I would want to see, but hey, if it's Joss... Well I'm in.
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I'll believe it when I choose to.
Though it could be really good for Joss's career. This is the type of thing I've been waiting for him to do. This is very main stream and won't have any marketing trouble. That's something he's suffered through for long enough IMO.
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Originally posted by JaynezTown:
I wonder if they will use the Ultimates version of WASP and ANTMAN?
Cap is also important, but there are really a core of 3 founding members. The rest join later
Anyway these 3 are the big guns in the core
Hulk has always been a tertiary character in Avengers, never around for long. Most consider Cap, Iron Man and Thor to be the core team. They've heavily hinted that Hulk will be the villain for at least some of the movie, much like the initial Ultimates story.
As for Wasp and Ant Man.... who knows. I doubt they'll have any wife beating in Avengers. And Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) has been attached to do a solo Ant Man movie for years, but has been tied up with Scott Pilgrim.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Quote:Wow, I never thought I'd see the day someone said THAT (child of the 80's here)
Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
Even though seeing another comic book film is about the last thing I would want to see
Quote:Fair enough to say.
, but hey, if it's Joss... Well I'm in.
The laughing Chrisisall
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I never got with The Avengers 100% until The Vision joined them, loved that character.
Agree Chris (I think) - not done with the comic book superhero movies yet.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Wow, I never thought I'd see the day someone said THAT (child of the 80's here)
The exagerrated proportions of the Marvel/DC style always frustrated me see. Their sense of anatomy is bizarre and ultimately I find myself unable to relate to the characters. Always has been this way even since I was a boy.
But my main problem with the genre as a whole is that they design the films to be 'comic book films' . Rather than films. It's a minor quibble but the lack of sincerity is evident on screen. That's why the Chris Nolan Batman films are so good -- because he is investing in the story not the comic book.
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