Joss Whedon Says 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Will Be "Twisted," 'Avengers 2' Will Be "Complex & Difficult"
As follow-ups to one of the three biggest movies of all time go, making a Shakespeare movie in your back garden with your friends must go down in history as one of the more unlikely ones. But that's exactly what "The Avengers" director Joss Whedon did, using the time between the Marvel pic wrapping and the start of post-production to direct a low-budget black-and-white version of "Much Ado About Nothing" starring Whedonverse graduates like Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Fran Kranz and Sean Maher among the cast.
The film premiered at TIFF this week to good reviews (including our own), and Whedon's been north of the border on the press rounds as a result. But as you might imagine, questions have revolved less around iambic pentameter, and more around the future of the Marvel franchise, to which Whedon recently committed through to "The Avengers 2" in 2015.
Although he'll have some kind of shepherding role, he's not going to be looking continuously over the shoulders of Shane Black ("Iron Man 3"), Alan Taylor ("Thor: The Dark World"), The Russo Brothers ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier"), Edgar Wright ("Ant-Man") and co. "Very talented people are writing and directing these movies," Whedon told 24 Hours, "and what I don't want to be is the guy they dread, who's going to come in and say 'Oh, well I have the power to change this.' I'm not that."
The film premiered at TIFF this week to good reviews (including our own), and Whedon's been north of the border on the press rounds as a result. But as you might imagine, questions have revolved less around iambic pentameter, and more around the future of the Marvel franchise, to which Whedon recently committed through to "The Avengers 2" in 2015.
Although he'll have some kind of shepherding role, he's not going to be looking continuously over the shoulders of Shane Black ("Iron Man 3"), Alan Taylor ("Thor: The Dark World"), The Russo Brothers ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier"), Edgar Wright ("Ant-Man") and co. "Very talented people are writing and directing these movies," Whedon told 24 Hours, "and what I don't want to be is the guy they dread, who's going to come in and say 'Oh, well I have the power to change this.' I'm not that."
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