Joss Whedon helmed two billion dollar hits with The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and while he's since turned his attentions to lower budget projects, you have to believe that the filmmaker will return to the blockbuster realm at some point down the line. Seeing him back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be nice, but it turns out that he's particularly keen on a Star Wars Anthology movie.
"I mean, it’s a fun thing to do, to put yourself in the service of something if you think you can add an interpretation. It’s no different than any other storytelling. There are some times when you get micro-managed to death but with Marvel, they let me make two movies that were very much mine. So do I want to make James Bond movie? Yeah. Anne Hathaway does Catwoman again? Sure, I’m in. Do I want to make a Star Wars movie? Yeah. I was like, “I don’t want to make a Star Wars movie. Like, god dammit, why?” But I saw the trailer for Rogue awhile ago and I was like, “I want to do that.” To make a Star Wars movie and not be wed to the bigger picture."
Whedon taking the helm of a future Star Wars spinoff would be incredible, especially if he writes the screenplay as well. After Firefly and Serenity, we know that he can handle the sci-fi genre, and Disney and Lucasfilm would no doubt offer him pretty much any character he wants. Whether or not it will happen remains to be seen of course, but here's hoping the right person has read his comments!
Talk then turned to the rivalry between Marvel and DC, and while he didn't go into detail about his thoughts on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the filmmaker did praise the movie's visual style.
"I did not see Suicide Squad. I saw Batman vs. Superman. Everybody’s got their own method. I think Marvel has been more successful systematically. DC has been more cinematic—their stuff looks amazing—but I feel like Kevin [Feige, President of Marvel Studios] is a really good storyteller. He really cares about coherence, and I feel like style never defeats substance at Marvel, but a little style creeps in. Ant-Man had some, Doctor Strange might be funky, and they are doing very fun things on TV. The Marvel-Netflix thing is working really well. DC’s decision to have their shows on TV with different actors playing the same characters at the same time as their movies, is a little interesting."
He's clearly a bigger fan of Marvel than DC then, but talk quickly turned to the upcoming Wonder Woman movie starring Gal Gadot. Whedon was going to direct a solo outing for that character before Warner Bros. put the brakes on it, and while he's excited to see what's to come, he remains cautious.
"I want it to be good. The trailer was just wonderful. I’ll probably be disappointed, me more than anybody else, because I’ll be like, “Wow, my version…” or whatever, but I can still get myself up for it. The trailer had her shield and her fire hammer and yep, I’m good, this will be fine, everything is good. Such an image."
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