Thursday, April 15, 2010

Leaving A Heavy Footprint...


Well, now that Variety has chimed in it appears that these rumors have solidified...

And expanded. Not only will Joss Whedon be directing "The Avengers" film, but he will take a pass at Zak Penn's draft of the script which was just turned in last month.

AND...

He's going to be doing a polish on "Captain America" which begins filming very, very soon. I wonder how it's got this close to shooting that Marvel feels they need a (re)write of the project. I've watched much of what Whedon has done and been impressed with most, but his Astonishing X-Men is my favorite work of his. It also is why I feel he "gets" the Marvelverse and look forward to his take. I think he'll do a very good job with both, particularly since he hasn't ever had the budget to fill out his words... until now. Plus I feel with his script, the Captain America film will be on much more solid grounds. Joe Johnston will have no excuse for a bad movie with a great script, cast and Marvel backing him on creative decisions. All that's left is for him to deliver and I hope very much so that he does. But regardless, Joss Whedon is about to leave a very big mark on the cinematic Marvel universe.

2012 is just around the corner...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I've seen a lot of people complaining about this, but I think it's a great move. And him rewriting or writing the films means that they won't be like the dreek that Fox has been turning out disguised as Comic book adaptions.