Kevin Feige On Hiring Joss Whedon !

Lmao @ tea! You're willing to give just about anyone "a chance" my friend. =D

There is no Real Bruce Banner.

ugh banner banner banner. the real tragedy was replacing bana with mr. twitchyjitters in the first place. i know i'm the only one that preferred the 2003 hulk movie, but even if you hated it bana was spot-on. there—NOW can we talk about something else?

if this goes south i doubt whedon will be the reason; i'm more concerned with the inaccurate roster of characters. first x-men and then this one are totally ignoring the source material... but while i can chalk x-men up to fox's fox-ness, i'm not sure what marvel's excuse is. i'm not hyperventilating over it, but it will significantly change the tone & nature of the team.

i still don't know about this...

@tea & hawks—he pushes himself a little in dramas like "the painted veil" but 9 times out of 10 hawks's description is on the money... and i for one wouldn't want to see banner portrayed the same way in every movie. the character needs to grow and change as his story develops and he becomes more accustomed to his situation and eventually to embrace it [sometimes!], and i don't think norton has the versatility to show that evolution on screen.

@teabag

"your damn right and like it or not Norton IS NOT a box office draw for the public"

all the actors who has done comic book movies was not Box Office star. Christian Bale was not a bankable actor until he did Batman movies, that also goes for RDJ and etc.

i think joss whedon is bad choice,okay his written a quite good run of x-men comics & he directed serenity which was quite good.
but i would of gone for jj abrams.

Ror: I have to disagree with you completely on the bending over backwards for someone with talent thought of yours.

While I have ZERO experience with movies, I have have been foreman/manager/ supervisor over some pretty large crews in my life. You can have the most talented, hard working individual on the job that absolutely cuts everybody else's moral and production to nothing. You loose far more than you can ever gain by having them around. There are certain personalities that are not worth having around if you want to get anything done at all.

You know the old saying, if you can pull your finger out of a glass of water and water doesn't rush in to fill the void where your finger was, your irreplaceable.

I never denied the fact that there are other actors that are the same in every movie. I also never said I dislike Norton but I don't beleive he is anywhere near as versitile as people make him out to be.

The thing that makes The Avengers such a phenomenal achievement is the fact that Marvel has managed to overcome the incredible expense any other studio would've faced to attempt such a huge, all-star, special effect ridden spectacle. By hiring actors and directors who are potential "break-out" stars, they can convince them all to sign multi-picture deals for less than the 20 million apiece that most A-list actors get per film.

Marvel isn't hiring hack actors and directors. RDJ and Jon Faverau weren't big names before Iron Man, and that paid off in spades. Unfortunately Ed Norton and Louis Leterrier's Incredible Hulk didn't do near as well, and Ed Norton was controlling and difficult to work with, so they won't be reused.

Joss has the potential to do an amazing job with this film. He's written comics for years, has an amazing ear for dialogue, a great scene of balance in tone, action and comedy, and he knows how to write and direct large ensemble casts. The Avengers will prove to everyone that Joss is indeed an incredibly talented director, and I'm sure Marvel will want to continue to use him in future films.

tea: What is your point? =}

whedon rocks!!!!!1

Ever since Feige's poor handling of the Norton thing, I've seen him differently. It's not about Norton being gone, it's about the way it kind of felt like mud-slinging. It made me lose a little respect for him.

He was picked for potential because he directed shows like Buffy, Firefly, the show with Eliza Dushku, and the movie Serenity. They all showed that he could direct but they were overlooked and the Avengers will put forward how well or bad he is as a director.

But even if Norton was being difficult, which we don't even know for sure..his statement was at the very least professional and courteous..how would that have had any bearing on his performance in The Avengers? isn't THAT the most important thing to you as a movie fan?

Team Edward (Norton) ;)

Ror: It probably would have had no bearing at all on his perfomance. Where you would have seen the difference is in the flat perfomance of some of his co stars because they are so sick of putting up with him between takes that they can't look at him.

It goes right back to my earlier statement. You may get a fantastic performance out of him but your other 15 stars suffer because of it. You will get a better product without him, regardless of his talent.

Now that Joss Whedon is here how long before we hear that Eliza Dushku, Alan Tudyk and Summer Glau have been cast in The Avengers.

I know Nathan Fillion says he will not be in The Avengers.

Alan and Summer would make a great Hank and Janet.