SDCC '11: Producer Avi Arad Weighs In On The Avengers!

@PoPcornDude - Keep in mind he's also partly responsible for great shows like X-Men: the Animated Series, and Spectacular Spider-Man, as well as great films like the first two X-Men films, the first two Spidey films.

Because seriously, who would every want to watch a movie about a Marvel Civil War? douche

I'm excited about seeing the cast all on one screen but the Marvel movies have been ok at best despite all the hype for each one, I don't see any reason to be excited about Avengers other than seein all those heroes at once. With the reviews the much hyped Cap got, the Avengers will just be a wait and see thing for me. Avi doesn't help insure my confidence either. This is monumental so Marvel, please prove me wrong!

Hate the Guy ....
TOOL !!

Avi sold the rights to basically everything except the Avengers in an ironclad agreement instead of a renewable lease. Thanks for making The New Avengers and pretty much every other mega-event impossible Tool.

@Hawksblueyes

That was just an example of an impossible scenario because FOX own X-Men and Fantastic Four, Sony owns Spider-man, etc.

Personally, I'd love to see the Mandarin in anything and The Thanos Imperative (kindof, otherwise what's the point of seeing the movie if you've read the books)

@hawkblueeyes, I agree also. Civil War was great, but I watch these movies to see heroes being, well, heroic, not fighting each other so yes they should go up against a villain. Thor vs Hulk is the only exemption though, that MUST be in the avengers!

Marvel should never have given this asshole a job. No foresight at all. Avi is only focused on quick fixes that make things more difficult after you see the initial payoff.

Sorry for the double post

"Thanks for making The New Avengers and pretty much every other mega-event impossible Tool."

That's actually a good thing. New Avengers is terrible and mega-event crossovers, while they work in animated shows or comic books, would be monumentally impossible in a two-hour live-action movie. The effects budget alone would be incredibly massive and a majority of the characters would end up in the background as cameos, a la X-Men: The Last Stand.

"he sold the best of Marvel, a.k.a. Spiderman, FF, Daredevil, X-men, just to make a quick cash for both, marvel and Himself, now I'm sure he is double dipping with Marvel movies AND those to Fox and sony, without worrying about getting back those properties to Marvel, as long as he gets his cut...
what a douche !"

There is absolutely nothing to back that up. Marvel didn't have a studio when those other films came out and in fact, the options were bought in some cases years before.

Hun-hun... He wanted Venom in SM3 and fans didn't ? Riiiight...

Avi's had his moments...no doubt. but, still it's WIDELY known that he, alongside Sony, was one of the figures who "recommended" Venom to Raimi for Spidey 3.

anyway...i have to disagree with Mr. Arad in that he said writing the Avengers is "not as complicated as writing an X-Men".

i mean...SERIOUSLY??? the guy's nuts or what? X-Men is a bunch of mutant kids who have NO idea about their powers until they're under the guidance of one Prof. X. from then on, it's a straight-up TEAM story.

with The Avengers, you got all these INDIVIDUAL characters with STRONG EGOS and complex personal baggage and they're being BROUGHT together to become a team. and some, if not all are reluctant about it.

sure, each of em might have better understanding of his/her own powers, but, that would just make each of em THAT much harder to work together as a single team, wouldn't it??

No, on this, Mr. Arad is just WRONG, but then again, as he said, he clearly put the X-Men on a pedestal compared to others. But, i'd think writing The Avengers would be much more difficult than writing an X-Men.

Basically Avi Arad saved and destroyed al at the save time. This guy is a beast

People seem to forget that this guy helped promote and establish Marvel having done a number of very shrewd deals.

Marvel still makes a lot of money from those leases to Fox and Sony. The Blade films quickly followed by X-men allowed Marvel to ever have the belief (and cash) they could put together Marvel Studios.

Of course it would be great to see the X-men, Daredevil, Ghost Rider and Spiderman in the same universe as the Avengers BUT it is exactly because those films were made, with established movie studios who had alot of money and clout, that we can get the MCU and The Avengers today.

Avi's responsible for Spider-man 3 now??? What, are you people high?!?!?! Put down the meth! EVERYONE and their freakin' mothers WANTED, in fact BEGGED, Sony to put Venom in the third film! Avi isn't responsible for jack shit except wanting to give the fans what they begged for.

Stop giving excuses to Raimi when HE'S the ONLY ONE to blame for not only making a shitty Spider-man film but especially one where Spidey faces his most popular villain EVER! How the [frick] can you not get that right??? It practically shoots itself!!! JUST FOLLOW THE [frick]ING SOURCE!!!

But nooooooooooooooooo, Raimi the big baby didn't want Venom, he wanted Sandman because he felt the need to make him Uncle Ben's really really real killer instead of who actually was Ben's killer in the first film, as if THAT makes any [frick]ing shread of sense to begin with! So when he got strongarmed into submission and forced against his will to put Venom in, he dropped the ball on purpose! "You want Venom? FINE! But you're not gonna like it, in fact i'll even make you think i'm not responsible for the very film I make!"

SERIOUSLY!!! You want proof? The proof's in the evidence itself! It made too much money even for the shit that it was and Raimi was signed on for another film. So what does he do since he's fed up with the franchise and can't break his contract? He FORCES the studio itself to break his [frick]ing contract by brainfarting an even WORSE idea of a movie for the next Spidey film. He wanted The Vulture to be a [frick]ing mechwarrior megabot! IN DOWN TOWN NY!!!

He ALSO wanted to include a character that he created his own damn self, The Vulturess! He [frick]ing knew it wouldn't be aproved because no one with an IQ of 100 or higher would think it was a good idea! THAT'S the proof, he MADE the franchise suck after the second film on purpose! Anyone wanting to blame anybody else BUT Raimi should get the [frick] right out of town.

Is this guy senial? Amazing better be or he's toast in my eyes. I still blame him for messing up Spider-man 3.
Btw nice pic above!

@Dr. Fate. Thank you and God bless.

Avi sucks donkey wang. Didn't this Guy work for a toy company before Marvel. He didn't grow up working in the industry like some, hence he has less of a feel for the characters. He has also made some dumbass business decisions.

JACK@ SO WE GET TO SEE WAY MORE MARVEL FILMS IF THEYRE IN DIFFERENT STUDIOS? MAKE SENSE..I JUST WISH FOX DIDN'T TAKE SO MANY LIBERTIES ON THE CONTINUITY AND SOURCE MATERIAL.