It seems now that Joss Whedon has confirmed himself to directing the much anticipated
Avengers movie, hes more comfortable with discussing the film that unites some of Marvel's mightiest heroes.
While working the press line at AMC's From Dusk Till Con, Comic Con party,
Io9 got the chance to ask Whedon just what he plans to do with The Avengers - specifically with the complicated relationship between Tony Stark and Iron Man...And the possibly for the Civil War storyline. Watch the interview below, and read the full transcript lower.
The JJ and the Joss panel was great. How does it feel to finally be able to talk about The Avengers and have that off your chest?
It is a great relief, to actually just go ahead and say, "I have a problem." To come out to people and say "I'm directing the Avengers." And the first step is admitting it, and hopefully I'll be cured, in two years.
You know what the big rumor is now? That you admitted at the Joss Experience that Nathan Fillion was Ant-Man. Is that true?
No that was a joke. Unfortunately there is no such thing as sarcasm at Comic Con. That's why I explained that he's not actually Ant-Man - although by the way I think he would be great - Ant-Man does not appear in The Avengers. I just like to play with Nathan. And if you ever get a chance to ask him to do his Ant-Man audition, you will not be disappointed.
I'm really excited about your vision for The Avengers and how it's really a broken family...or a family...
Broken is okay.
Is there any way you could expand on that just a tiny bit for us?
It just really just goes back to the very first incarnation of The Avengers. It goes to The Ultimates, it goes to everything about it. It makes no sense, it's ridiculous. There's a thunder god, there's a green "ID" giant rage monster, there's Captain America from the 40s, there's Tony Stark who definitely doesn't get along with anybody. Ultimately these people don't belong together and the whole movie is about finding yourself from community. And finding that you not only belong together but you need each other, very much. Obviously this will be expressed through punching but it will be the heart of the film.
Are you tempted to pin [play with] the Civil War with Captain American and Iron Man against each other?
You know Civil War comes from what's great about the dynamic between them. And so does The Avengers, they definitely are at odds. But it's not a Civil War thing because it existed before that, at least in my mind. They are two very different definitions of a person. One is a self-made man, a modern man, a rockstar. The other is a World War 2 grunt, just trying to do his part. They couldn't have more different views of the world. That will just end up in fun. It ended up in Civil War in the comics, in my movie it will be witty banter.
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes unite in theaters May 4, 2012.