Former 'Avengers' Writer Zak Penn Talks About The Film To SFX Magazine

Former 'Avengers' Writer Zak Penn Talks About The Film To SFX Magazine

The former writer for 'Marvel's The Avengers' talks about what the vibe & character interaction should be like & how the villain is important to the overall story. Check it.

By TorturedXGenius - Jul 26, 2011 01:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: SFX

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SFX Magazine has a preview for an article done for their magazine on their site talking to former 'Avengers' writer Zak Penn.

On what the character dynamic should be for The Avengers:

“When you look at what The Avengers should be, the kind of story you’re looking at is much more like The Magnificent Seven or The Dirty Dozen. Even the recent reboot of Star Trek I thought did a really good job of bringing a bunch of different characters together on a mission.”


How important the villain is the central plot of the film:

“In general the idea of ‘What would bring all these people together and how is that a problem?’ and ‘How are these people gonna work together?’ is what that story is about. But I can assure you that the movie will not be about Captain America, Thor, Iron Man and all the rest getting together to beat up some regular guy. It’s gonna be a big movie. The story is big.”


As said on the site, the full interview will be made available tomorrow when the magazine ships to stores.

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BrotherQStark
BrotherQStark - 7/26/2011, 1:25 PM
The Avengers will own 2012
Hellsing
Hellsing - 7/26/2011, 1:37 PM
why is this guy talking about the avengers still when its common knowledge that his script(thank god) has been totally re-written by Wheadon
TorturedXGenius
TorturedXGenius - 7/26/2011, 1:51 PM
@Hellsing
SageMode
SageMode - 7/26/2011, 1:55 PM
The Avengers will Assemble the year of 2012
Cross
Cross - 7/26/2011, 1:58 PM
This guy is one of the worst writers of all time and don't talk about TIH because Norton saved that one.
JackMan
JackMan - 7/26/2011, 2:05 PM
@Hellsing, Penn probably still has inside info on what the plot is though. I could be wrong, but I wouldn't be surprised if he knew more than we do, just because of connections at least. Thankfully, Whedon is writing the whole thing, and Penn's script is trash.

Loki should be the villain though, not Hulk. There can be a scene where they fight Hulk, but Loki would be a wayyy better villain. He could also use the Cosmic Cube to bring the Skrulls, or the Kree/Skrull War, to Earth.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 7/26/2011, 2:09 PM
I really do think it will be Thanos!! And that's awesome!
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/26/2011, 2:11 PM
the avengers the cbm event of 2012 & maybe even all time.
InSpace
InSpace - 7/26/2011, 2:24 PM
uuum I'm pretty sure this is like really old interview (I know i've seen this like a year ago), i may be wrong tho =/
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/26/2011, 4:42 PM
i like how brazilianbatman reports people but doesn't show his face on the article.
incredibleTalk
incredibleTalk - 7/26/2011, 5:00 PM
Avengers trailer will be ready by time Ghost Rider 2 comes out...be prepared!!!!
ComicsCommando
ComicsCommando - 7/26/2011, 5:47 PM
Promises, Promises...
Deathlok
Deathlok - 7/26/2011, 10:30 PM
Zak Penn sucks balls.
RexDartEskimoSpy
RexDartEskimoSpy - 7/27/2011, 12:35 AM
I don't give a shit what this knucklehead has to say. You know Whedon just crumpled up Penn's draft and flushed it.
njferns
njferns - 7/27/2011, 1:46 AM
2 mins of my time WASTED! GONE! Just like that! Nothing new here...
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