Thanks again to our friends over at French site, Cine-Heroes, we have another translated interview, this time with the head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige. If you're interested in reading the whole thing, be sure to follow the link on over to the site at the bottome of the page!
On The Pressure Of Making Sure Two Big Movies Succeed In The Same Year:
"The pressure is there, of course, but we feel that every film we produce. The future of the studio was based entirely on the success of the first Iron Man, which was already a huge challenge and extremely risky. Today, with Thor and Captain America, we are in the same position we were at when we created Iron Man. These two heroes are actually less famous as Spider-Man or Batman, but several studies have shown that they are known at this stage of progress of films than was Iron Man. By Thor in Norse mythology, Captain America because it is present in comics since the early ’40s."
On Chooseing A Director Like Joss Whedon To Helm The Avengers:
"So far we have been lucky in choosing our directors. They have experience of filming on this scale is not essential. They come with their creativity and we bestow a technical team to manage the habit of big movies. This is what happened with Bryan Singer on X-Men, with Sam Raimi on Spider-Man or Jon Favreau on Iron Man. We have had several meeting with Joss in which they told us that he felt ready to take this course, which we are also convinced. It has also shown me the preview of the first big action sequence of The Avengers, and it’s really phenomenal."
On Getting The Avengers Together At Comic Con:
"It was an important moment for everyone. All actors, Robert Downey Jr. Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson made heaven and earth to be there. They were aware of the uniqueness of this moment."
On Making Sure That The Movie Is It's Own Thing Rather Than A Sequel To A Particular Movie:
"We have a first draft, which is probably the best we’ve ever had at Marvel. We will continue to sharpen up shooting, but we can say that the foundations are strong. We wanted to avoid the danger that the film looks like Iron Man 3 or Captain America 2, and Joss has really managed to conceive as to the origin of the Avengers, the first of a new saga that everyone can enjoy without seeing the other Marvel films."
On How Disney Has Effected Marvel Studios And It's Future:
"I go to Disneyland without paying! (Laughs) Seriously, Iron Man 2 was a great success and has continued to pave the way for Thor, Captain America and The Avengers, due out in 2012. Things are changing according to the plan we had developed well before the financial deals are in the agenda: impose Marvel as a standalone movie studio to produce our superhero movies and have them coexist in a same universe."