Screenwriters Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz On Thor 2 & X-Men: First Class

Screenwriters Ashley Miller & Zack Stentz On Thor 2 & X-Men: First Class

The writing duo who penned the first Thor as well as X-Men: First Class discuss not being asked to write the Thor sequel and talk about Ken Branagh not returning to direct. They also reveal some things that were cut from First Class..

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By MarkCassidy - Jul 09, 2011 10:07 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men
Source: Collider

The following video interview from Collider is well worth watching. Sceenwriters Miller and Stentz discuss various aspects of working on the first Thor and how they think it turned out. They talk about being replaced by Don Payne and reveal they were never approached to write the sequel, as well as their sadness that Kenneth Branagh wont be returning to direct Thor 2. There is much more too, check it out..






Here is Collider's rundown of what they discuss..

:34 They talk about what it’s like to have two huge movies—Thor and X-Men: First Class coming out around the same time.
3:01 Did they all of a sudden have a ton of phone calls coming through once Thor opened big? They say it even started a little before the movie opened, but got more intense once it was released.
4:48 They had a project that they were sitting on until the week Thor came out, then they went around town to get it moving using Thor’s momentum.
5:20 Regarding Thor, what were they most hoping would work in the film that ended up working really well? They talk about working with Kenneth Branagh.
6:55 Talk about how they would’ve liked the stuff on Earth to have worked better.
9:00 They talk about what was cut out from the final film, and how the pacing works really well compared to other summer action movies.
10:29 With Don Payne being hired to write Thor 2, they talk about not being approached to write the sequel.
11:22 Their take on Kenneth Branagh not returning as director for the sequel.
14:57 What was the biggest surprise in X-Men: First Class of something that they weren’t sure would work but ended up being great? They talk about Jennifer Lawrence taking on Mystique and the rushed production schedule. They also say Rose Byrne’s character was originally much bigger in the script than in the finished film.




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MikeHawk
MikeHawk - 7/9/2011, 11:24 AM
haha when the guy said three way between thor loki odin, the guy on the left's face
RockNRollCC
RockNRollCC - 7/9/2011, 11:42 AM
*chuckles* His name is Ashley?...lol

sorry, had to get that bit of immaturity out there... :P
skidz
skidz - 7/9/2011, 12:10 PM
They give good reasoning for them and Branaugh not coming back. After 2 epic comic movies, I can see them feeling burned out and maybe Branaugh had the same reason for not coming back or he got to fulfill his dream and he doesn't need to prove that he can do a sequel. I just hope Don Payne doesn't go completely off the map and screw up the script (we all remember the Fantastic Four). Finding a director to follow Branaugh's probably going to be a challenge. In individual comic storylines and miniseries' writers and artists can change issue to issue, film franchises are the same way. In any event, we still have Captain America and the Avengers coming.
breakUbatman
breakUbatman - 7/9/2011, 12:56 PM
Wish I had the bandwith to view this
BorisSenna
BorisSenna - 7/9/2011, 2:19 PM
Man, they were doing really good 'till they just had to say the term "funny-books"... then I tuned them out, mostly.

But it's sort of interesting that they did agree with mostly everyone saying that the love-story-earth-bound Thor felt stunted, even though the acting was pretty solid in the whole movie.
They sure have a lot to be grateful to Brannagh and the cast, because that script sure had a lot that could've gone horribly wrong (and almost did). Their contribution and that of others who worked on this script was actually the weakest point on an otherwise really great flick.
But they did pretty good all around this summer.
Kingdork
Kingdork - 7/9/2011, 4:52 PM
@RockNRollCC

One of the most badass and grooviest character in movie history is named Ashley ^^
Niuhll
Niuhll - 7/9/2011, 7:41 PM
Names Ash, housewares.
Niuhll
Niuhll - 7/9/2011, 7:47 PM
It's a shame Ken isn't coming back, but i think he's left one hell of a set up for a sequel, the characters are solid, people who have been complaining about it not having enough action will get that in the sequel. Ken came in and dealt with the Grandure of Gods, Man out of Place and set up a love interest. Now the Hammer can be thrown down for real.
Rodimus9
Rodimus9 - 7/10/2011, 4:26 AM
I actually was not impressed with ken's directing. While I thought the movie was good, most of it seemed forgetable. Like anything that happened in scene one, didn't matter in scene two. And the locations in the movie were clearly designed for a movie, I mean, that was one of the fakest looking towns. They needed a cityscape. Where they could do more damage and have more people. Downtown Albequerque would've been good enough, even without highrising buildings.

I still really enjoyed Thor and I think it WAS because the writing was good. Xmen was better than Thor IMO, with a more diverse cast they had more to work on in character developement. Which is all writers are really supposed to be doing.
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