Will Joss Whedon direct the Avengers?
Deadline Hollywood reports Joss Whedon is in final negotiations to direct Marvel’s franchise property, “The Avengers.”
The “Avengers” film will team Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and will likely also feature SHIELD’s Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). The individual heroes’ films are set to lead into “The Avengers,” which certainly indicates Marvel doesn’t want to blow this movie.
While Whedon’s box-office is tenuous, his geek cred is enormous, as the creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Serenity,” and as the writer of comics including “Astonishing X-Men” and “Fray.”
Whedon has been approached by those wanting to make comic-book films before; he was previously attached to “Wonder Woman,” and was approached about “X-Men 3.” In both cases, he didn’t end up making the film – he passed on “X-Men 3″ to instead work on “Wonder Woman,” which he eventually left over creative differences. I think fans will be thrilled if this happens, and it seems like a good choice for Marvel.
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