Marvel Confirms Joss Whedon on Avengers Director Short List

you are just to damn fast today anyway nice find

not joss whedon!

Not an awful choice, but there are better choices still. I'd rather see Abrams, Ridley Scott, Jackson, etc.

But hey, I'd take Whedon over Leterrier. I know I sound like a broken record at this point, but Clash sucked.

Yeah, TIH was good, but it skimped on character development and depth. I want Avengers to be more than that.

Clash isn't the only bad movie from Leterrier. Transporter 1/2.

I liked Firefly.

I totally agree that there are better choices than Whedon, but I don't think he's an awful choice.

Del Toro is an interesting possibility.

@MultiPurposePoni Del Toro would own avengers great choice man

@Ozy- You're nuts man, Peter Jackson is one of the best directors in Hollywood...LOTR shows he can handle action and character development aswell as dealing with a lot of storylines at once and a lot of stars.

@Tyler- I would have to disagree, I actually thought Letterier showed a lot of development with Banner...from hating and despising his other-half to attemtping to control it etc. The Incredible Hulk is one of my favourite CBM's actually ;)

I thought Banner stayed the same pretty much the entire movie. He always wanted to get rid of Hulk, he only used it in the final fight as a last resort. The only thing that suggests that Banner changed was his smile at the very end.

Maybe I'm a bit biased because of my pissed-off-edness from seeing Clash. Maybe not. IDK. At least we can agree that there are better choices than Whedon and Leterrier.

I can see it, he was in control of all those random characters on Buffy and made them work together so I'm ok with it.

What's what all the Whedon hate? Is he inexperienced? Sure. Bad? No. For those who doubt, watch Serenity. That movie was made on a tiny budget and is one of the best and most underrated sci-fi films out there.

Now Whedon is definately not the BEST choice to direct it but he is an incredibly skilled writer, producer, and director.

But for people who say his resume is filled with terrible work, i say this
are you [frick]ing retarded?
I am a 'Whedonite' if thats what I have to be called, although I just prefer a big fan. Buffy is a legendary show and Angels first 3 seasons were fantastic, with the last 2 being mediocre.
Firefly is one of my all time favorite peices of cinematic venture along with Serenity.
To say that his work sucks is just ridiculous and to say that he is not established or is incapable of doing the work required to direct the Avengers is just incorrect.
He is one of the most recognizable names and faces within the genre of nerdom and is beloved by almost everyone, including critics, intellectuals, feminists, fanboys, as well as anyone involved with his MULTIPLE successful projects.
A TV show being cancelled says nothing to the calibre of its work but to it availability to score high ratings.
Joss Whedon is pure awesome and while he MAY not be the man to do this movie (and Im not convinced he isnt), any comicbook movie would benefit from his involvement.
so kiss my ass Whedon haters

It's funny, I'm watching Fellowship of the Ring as we speak ;)

I just can't understand how someone can prefer Leterrier over the likes of Jackson, Ridley Scott, JJ Abrams, and Del Toro, who are all proven in action, storytelling, and depth, not just action and a bit of storytelling. He's a back up choice, no more, no less.

Oh and I saw Clash of the Titans last night and was unimpressed
the over the top acting from almost every character, and Worthingtons inability to inspire made the movie fall flat
plus I found each of the battles anti-climactic and rushed
NO TO LETERRIOR
incredible hulk was great but make him a producer like Favreau
each of the directors contributing to the characters original movies should produce. Brannagh, Favreau, Johnson and Letterior would make a dream producing team

@InTylerWeTrust:
Leterrier does not have anything close to the vision and spark of imagination, as Jackson or Del Toro. Scott hasn't done anything close to Alien or Blade Runner since well, Alien or Blade Runner really, soooo, I'm just sort of disenchanted. I think Abrams is a great writer, but his direction still feels a little bit too GIMMICKY for me, but I am still interested though.
Jackson or Bust!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, I know he has a huge fandom but AVENGERS is not his area, let him do xmen films. Idc if you are Whedonite or not, Just because he's on the list doesn't mean he will be picked. I seen serenity and I was really underwhelmed by it. I just didnt get it, if your gonna do a western, then do a western, space cowboys are really really hard to pull off these days. Give me JJ Abrams over anyone else. ANYONE BUT MICHAEL BAY or josh whedon. If Peter did it the Avengers would be a 3 hour film*thinks about that*....then again......it...would be....the...super...hero....epic....of the DECADE!!!!!

If I had to vote, I would for J.J. Abrams as the man with the plan for The Avengers. Letterier has the enthusiasm that would be necessary for it. Joss Whedon is pretty awesome IMO, but he's not a PERFECT choice for this film. As far as Guillermo Del Toro is concerned. . . PLEASE. You should try checking out this dude's schedule: The Hobbit, The Hobbit 2, Deadman, Hellboy 3. . . he's gonna be a busy [frick]in dude. . .

AVENGERS IS EPIC, GET SOMEONE WHO CAN DO EPIC.THESE ARE HEROES THAT ARE POWERFUL ON THEYRE OWN AND SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEY CAN HANDLE CALLS FOR THEM TO JOIN FORCES..IT HAS TO BE EPIC OR FORGET ABOUT IT.

@ realfirstavenger:
I never said he had made Movie(s). I said I was not happy with his film stuff. Thought Serenity was really, really, really cheese. Some of it was tense at times, I'll give it that but, the movie had the stupidest philosphy, "I don't care what you believe, just believe..." - that just rings of not well thought out, simplistic ideology. His Buffy stuff was good and so was Firefly...to a point. Good for TV. I just don't think his brain is wired for Epic Series. Rather, more like TV SERIES.