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Joss Whedon Talks Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch and Iron Man's Roles in Avengers 2

Joss Whedon is certainly keeping busy with Marvel. Having written and directed the mega-blockbuster, The Avengers, he is now launching Marvel’s first live-action TV show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., while also preparing Marvel's The Avengers 2.


I spoke to Whedon this week at ABC’s Upfront, where S.H.I.E.L.D. was being announced and asked him a couple of questions about Avengers 2 and some of the characters in it.

Whedon had previously alluded to a brother/sister duo being in the film, which EW later said was indeed Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. When I brought up Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch to Whedon, he confirmed they were the characters in question, explaining, “You know, they had a rough beginning. They’re interesting to me because they sort of represent the part of the world that wouldn’t necessarily agree with The Avengers. So they’re not there to make things easier. I’m not putting any characters in the movie that will make things easier.”

We also know Tony Stark/Iron Man plays another large role in the sequel, but the end of Iron Man 3 saw Tony destroying all the Iron Man suits we knew about, while seemingly stepping back from his time in the armor.

When I asked Whedon if that made it a challenge putting Iron Man in Avengers 2, he remarked, “Well, I feel like in Iron Man 3, even though he said, ‘I’ve changed' -- he blew up his remote suits, but I don’t think anybody thinks he doesn’t have one anymore. The question is, if The Avengers are called, does he show up? And the answer is, ‘Yes!’”

Joss Whedon > Jar Jar Abrams

I can't believe that those characters aren't attached to the X-Men franchise. Smart for Marvel if they kept them out of that deal.

marvel needs to get the x-men and spidey back, I think the FF is damaged goods anymore
in daredevil reboot
let Jessica Alba play Electra

I don't care who she plays as long as she is in the movie.

I suspected as much...

http://www.accesshollywood.com/x-men..._article_79933

The studios worked out a deal. The way it works is that Marvel/Disney is allowed to use them if they don't reference the X-Men and Fox is allowed to use them if they don't reference the Avengers. It'll be interesting to see if Whedon uses the same actor(s), if the characters stay in the script.

I wouldn't be surprised if Whedon dumps them from the script. He can't reference their origin at all, since he can't mention Magneto. And it probably wouldn't be the same actors. Apparently Marvel's now pissed that they characters are appearing for Fox first.

This would all be so cool if Fox didn't have the X-Men/FF/Spider-Man rights. I can only imagine how awesome it would be to have all of the Marvel universe in one film universe. Although Days of Future Past will probably be really good.

I heard Marvel got Blade and Daredevil rights back. reboots!

Punisher, Ghost Rider and I think Luke Cage too.

Damn why can't Marvel and Fox work something out.

Thanos says:
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because Sony/Fox are a franchise ruining bitch.

Knowing Fox, they've probably offered to sell the X-Men franchise back to Marvel, provided they find entirely new actors for the characters, or some such other crap.

And yet, it was so awesome.

You bitch.

The last one? Don't you mean the only one?

Everyone's welcome to their opinion. Even when it's wrong. :D

I'm going on the premise he meant X-Men 3, Spiderman 3, or Batman & Robin.

From what I've seen, Singer has talked about using Quicksilver, but not Scarlet Witch, and it sounds more like he's envisioning him as a teenager. Whedon is talking about using them both, so I wouldn't expect a lot of crossover.

Avengers killed Iron Man for me.

Taking a film that was put in the direction of more realism and less fantasy (relying on gadgets rather than super powers), and then slamming it smack in the middle of a giant super hero unrealistic fantasy land orgy involving THOR was crap in my book.

I realize I am in the minority here, as I did not read comic books.

But to me, the Avengers was like taking Nolan's Batman reboot and making a new Justice League film, which would totally ruin what Nolan built.

They should've just made a full movie on Hawkeye instead.

My son posed a question to me today regarding thors hammer. In Thor, they say that his hammer has no equal. Then why can Captain America's stop Thor's hammer. Especially when it is made of 1940's vibranium?

Just because it stopped a blow doesn't mean he would not eventually smash Cap to a pulp with it.
Regardless,
Can't stop this
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Death will soon be pleased
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[geek hat]
Just because it has no equal doesn't mean it instantly annihilates anything it hits; Iron Man's armor, Loki's scepter and the Hulk's jaw each take direct hits and survive. The Vibranium's special thing (regardless of year) is that it neutralizes any force directed at it, which is why there's never any recoil and why he can do the multi-target banked shots.
[/geek hat]

[realistic person hat]
Because a) the movie-makers wanted all of the main characters to be about equal, power-wise, b) they needed to show how powerful the shield was, and most importantly c) it looks cool.
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Because Vibranium is an alien metal that will absorb kinetic energy from virtually any impact.

Umm wat? What did you expect? Ironman is a hero that uses tech and gadgets. The others are superheroes. If avengers ruined it for you, I would stay away, it was the perfect example of a comic movie. Nolan batman was more of a bond/jason bourne movie. When bats teams up with almost any other characters they will be superhero/villains.

Sorry. But you are going to have to adjust.

Which is exactly why Nolan's Batman films were awesome.

The Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher's Batman films were a LOT more comic book based... does that mean they were better films in a comic fans eyes?

The Favreau Iron Man series was leaning in this way... which had me excited... but after The Avengers, not so much.


I'm not saying I'm right, I'm just giving my opinion and wondering if I'm alone in this universe on my thoughts. =)
Everyone I talk to loved the avengers.

That reeks of fan-made.

It's not.

(google it if you don't want to take my word for it...)

I just did! I'll be damned.

http://www.newsarama.com/18439-sdcc-...more-live.html

I'm happy to be wrong. I've said for a while the series needs Ultron.

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Although I'm more a fan of the old classic Gaurdians of the galaxy(Martinex,Yondu..) I do think I'll like how these guys look on the big screen.
Groot though of the new GotG is an interesting character.

As far as Ultron with Ultron comes Hank Pym which will be an awesome story line to add to the movie series. I'm guessing of course the Antman movie will kick this off.

I think the ant-man movie is scheduled to be after Avengers 2.

WTF is "Ultron"?

Ultron huh? That should be interesting...

But what about Thanos?

I thought Thanos was going to be in the next...i honestly dont know Ultron.

He's an incredibly powerful robot created by Henry Pym (Ant-Man). After he was created, he achieved sentience, became gloatingly evil, upgraded his armor to be virtually indestructible, and turned against his creator. He's been a major Avengers villain for the past 45 years or so, and has among other things led the Masters of Evil, taken over Iron Man's armor, flattened the entire group at once, and just recently was the focal point of an alternate-future series called (you guessed it) "Age of Ultron". Best of all is that beyond being just a stock Bad Robot character, he also has all kinds of psychological aspects (a sort of Oedipus complex, for one) that makes him a rare character who is both interesting to follow, and thoroughly malicious.

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Sorry to keep the pics coming I had a long morning and I'm sitting in the AC for awhile.
For those that dont know the one image is Hank Pym creating/realizing that his toaster has become sentient yet still he doesn't and cant fathom the pain Ultron will put him and the avengers thru in the future.
Also Ultron Created the Vision to turn traitor on the team and that ended with Vision turning on him.

I thought they might do this.
Thanos will be in it, but hes gonna be the main villain in the third one.
Ultron makes total sense at this point.

Oh, also, in case anyone's confused: Ultron upgraded himself a lot, and would slap new version numbers on himself to keep track. The toaster up there is Ultron-1. The first time the Avengers met him, he was Ultron-5, and was up to about Ultron-11 by Secret Wars in 1984. He stopped counting after 18, and now just calls himself Ultron.

Completely agree it was beyond stupid

Waste of a certain character, that film was.

Ultron may be a good choice. I feel like they'd be justified in saving Thanos for the third film. You don't want to blow your load too soon, especially with films that will surely top the billion dollar mark at the box office.

Plus, by waiting longer, it may give them more time to acquire the rights to other top-tier Marvel heroes. If they want to do a Thanos story right, they'll need to bring in the Fantastic 4, Silver Surfer and, to a much lesser degree, Black Panther.

I just wonder how they'll make Ultron work. I know he's not the same as the Destroyer we saw in Thor, but audiences may feel they've seen this dance before..

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Geeked in part because he's one of my favorite villains, but also curious what the storyline they will use or if they will use source material from previous Ultron battles...

Can't remember where I read it but there was some talk about Marvel moving to drawing their source material from upcoming and very recent plots in the comics as a way to not muck with classic stories but it also makes it easier for new fans to get into the comics and have a familiar footing of what's happening - push for increase in crossover fans and bump up the readership.

Just what I heard, though it was grounded in some inside information, but definitely not confirmed.

Vision is sweet- I am doubtful they will include him at this point unless this was his switching sides story to go along with Avengers 2... kinda think it would be too congested and probably a weak place to give the intro of Vision in there when it will already be a handful with so many other featured superheros.

Thanos is the baddie in the other flick with Pratt coming out Aug 1 next year, Gaurdians of the Galaxy. It got slipped at Comic-Con, but they have future plans for him down the road too. Now I'm thinking he wont be the main guy in Avengers 3 since he will be so recently featured unless there's a tie-in which they have been constantly saying they don't intend to feature that as a crossover into the avengers world.... ?

Will Wasp be in it then as his obsession / mission to make Jocasta? I'm assuming she'll be in the Antman flick that precedes avengers2

The mind of Agent Coulson is rumored to be the vision.

He will be the final boss of the Avengers franchise.
GotG will be character building for Thanos.
Gamora is basically his daughter.
Thanos is going to be up to something big.

Ant-Man is coming after Avengers 2. In the video Tribal Warfare posted Joss says pretty definitively that Ultron will have a different origin and Pym won't be in Avengers 2. The obvious thing would be for

I think that was just fan speculation, and pretty unlikely now since Coulson is in the Shield tv show. Unless he's already a robot in the tv show, I guess.

Interesting.

I have no doubt that any of the producers of these movies would boldly lie to any available microphone in order to keep the secrets of a billion-dollar movie from being guessed too quickly.

Also, I'm tempted to think they won't do the Coulson/Vision thing because it's been so often guessed by fans. At first? Maybe. Now, and especially with him in the TV show? I'm going to say probably not. Buuuuuut, I think having Vision in it is pretty likely, considering his long-term popularity, and that they're introducing Scarlet Witch.

And I think it's a foregone conclusion that if Wasp doesn't show up in Avengers 2, she will in Ant-Man.

The sched:
2013: Iron Man 3 in spring, Thor 2 in fall.
2014: Captain America 2 in spring, Guardians of the Galaxy in fall.
2015: Avengers 2 in spring, Ant-Man in fall.

Shouldn't Ant Man come before Avengers 2, if they're going with Ultron?

It hasn't even been confirmed that Hank is the Antman they are going with... but I still think it'd be silly to not.

I just want to know when the Tick will be joining the Avengers.

YES!!!!! Then it's only a matter of time before they call on my dad, The Human Bullet.

Scott Lang has actually been Ant-Man for much longer than Hank Pym was. They could easily go with him, especially if they want to keep Hank for another role (say, focusing on his robotics angle as the creator of Ultron).

They pretty much said that Hank will not create Ultron with the way they're going about it. They're going to take liberties with the story.

Just hope they don't "Mandarin" him.

YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH

Fuuuuuuuuuu

:Poke:

Rather than JARVIS, we could always see Dummy as the origin story for Ultron. He's probably pissed at Tony for being treated so badly.

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It's like Marvel took such a huge step back with that one. They were on such a high, and then they turn it into the Punisher: War Zone.

that ruined Iron man 3 for me
I was just **** it this sucks

James Spader to play Ultron in Avengers 2

James Spader has signed on to play the villain in writer-director Joss Whedon’s upcoming superhero sequel, Marvel announced today.
The film is set to open May 1, 2015.
Marvel’s announcement didn’t specify whether the three-time Emmy winner Spader (Boston Legal, The Practice) will perform motion-capture to play the mechanical being (as Mark Ruffalo does for his scenes as The Hulk), or simply provide the character’s voice.

Smart money says Spader’s commitment won’t be too intense. He’s starring in the NBC series The Blacklist this Fall, as an ex-government fugitive now helping the FBI track down the world’s most wanted criminals. That probably won’t give him a lot of time to go galavanting in a robot suit.
Whedon recently told EW’s James Hibberd about his plans for the character, an artificial intelligence with a heavy-duty god-complex, overwhelmed with rage toward his creators and longing to overtake the planet with his own spawn.

Think of him as a droid with one hell of a set of daddy issues. “As a character I love [Ultron],” Whedon says, “because he’s so pissed off.”
“I knew right away what I wanted to do with him,” Whedon added. “He’s always trying to destroy the Avengers, goddamn it, he’s got a bee in his bonnet. He’s not a happy guy, which means he’s an interesting guy. He’s got pain. And the way that manifests is not going to be standard robot stuff. So we’ll take away some of those powers because at some point everybody becomes magic, and I already have someone [a new character, Scarlet Witch] who’s a witch.”

In Marvel comics lore, Ultron is the creation of scientist Hank Pym, a.k.a. Ant-Man, a hero who has a suit that allows him to shrink to tiny proportions and a transmitter that can manipulate insects to do his bidding. Pym is a genius R&D guy, and Ultron is one of his greatest creations. But since the machine is designed to be self-aware and self-teaching, it quickly develops a narcissistic quirk in its programing that sends it off the rails into murder and mayhem.
Ultron begins rebuilding himself into more and more powerful iterations and seeks to create artificial life on his own in a twisted desire to become a parent — especially important since he feels betrayed by his own builder, Pym, when he doesn’t support his programming’s new murderous bent.
But Ant-Man, a film being co-written and directed by The World’s End filmmaker Edgar Wright, won’t be out until after the Avengers sequel. So there is a question about whether Ultron’s origin story will be changed, or if Pym will show up a little early. (Whedon has told Annalee Newitz of io9.com that he won’t.)

In footage shown at Comic-Con in July to announce the title and reveal Ultron as the new villain, it begins with a close-up of what appears to be Iron Man’s mask. We hear various lines from the assorted Avengers that were spoken in previous Marvel movies. As they bicker, the Iron Man helmet revolves and is pulverized by an unseen force.
At the end, we see the title reveal — and Iron Man’s mask has become Ultron’s grinning, fang-like metallic skull.
That has led to a lot of speculation that Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark, no slouch in the Research & Development field for new technology, may be rewritten as the creator of Ultron, whose mission is to eradicate organic life from Earth and replace it with his own mechanical offspring.
Right now, we can only guess. But one thing is for certain — this pairing of ’80s Brat Packers Downey Jr. and Spader is the most unlikely Less Than Zero reunion anyone could have imagined.

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Summer 2015? Boooooo.

Yes Please....

That was pretty tight.

Star Wars and Avengers 2 in the same Summer.

Battle of epicness.

Samuel L. Jackson on His ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Cameo as Nick Fury

Coming off a debut that saw 11.9 million viewers — the highest-rated network drama in four years — ABC’s “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” attempted to excite fans Tuesday night with a cameo by “The Avengers” Nick Fury.

“I’m still playing the same guy, it’s the same process,” Samuel L Jackson, who plays Fury, told the Journal Tuesday morning. “I just show up and they turn the cameras on and we do it.”

“S.H.I.E.L.D.” delivered 8.4 million viewers, impressive for 8 p.m., but down 34 percent from last week’s record-setting arrival.

In the scene, Fury chastised his underling Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) for severely damaging the agency’s aircraft, including but not limited to blowing a life raft sized hole into its hull.

After only six days, that seemed quite an accomplishment. “You know I have the authority to downgrade your a– to a Winnebago,” Fury shouted in the scene.

ABC hinted at the possibility of a Fury cameo, posting a promo on their Facebook page Saturday suggesting viewers tune in through the closing credits of “S.H.I.E.L.D.,” a strategy used by Marvel Entertainment for their feature films, where post-credit scenes are common.

“I don’t think we begin shooting before March of next year,” Jackson said of “The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the next film to begin shooting in the Marvel universe. ”I know we’re shooting in London, that James Spader is Ultron and going to be the bad guy, and that we added Ms. [Elizabeth] Olsen [who will play the Scarlet Witch], but I don’t know what she’s doing, if she’s on the inside or the outside. I haven’t seen a script.”

“S.H.I.E.L.D.” signals Marvel Entertainment’s first live-action series since it was acquired by Walt Disney Co., and co-creator and executive producer Joss Whedon had previously told the Journal that he’s looking to incorporate the Marvel and “Avengers” big screen universe into the small screen show. The caveat for Whedon, however, is to ensure that any cameos avoid overshadowing the series’ core cast.

“We may see some people and more people from the Marvel Universe that are not cinematic. The most important people are these people [the cast],” Whedon said during the San Diego Comic-Con “S.H.I.E.L.D.” panel in July.

Yeah, that was just ****'n stupid...:shake:

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Did Nick Fury Recruit Elizabeth Olsen for 'Avengers 2'?

He may be a high-ranking officer of S.H.I.E.L.D., but Samuel L. Jackson isn't very good at keeping insider secrets.

The man known to Marvel fans as Nick Fury unilaterally gave Wall Street Journal readers a top-secret security clearance (probably much to Marvel's dismay) when he let slip that Elizabeth Olsen has joined the cast of one of the most anticipated sequels of all time, "Marvel's The Avengers: The Age of Ultron."

Jackson, who made a cameo appearance as Fury in this week's episode of NBC's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," mentioned Olsen's involvement when asked about the status of Joss Whedon's highly guarded comic book epic.

[Related: The 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Cast on What's Next: 'Wait Till You See Episode 2']

"I know we're shooting in London, that James Spader is Ultron and going to be the bad guy, and that we added Ms. [Elizabeth] Olsen, but I don’t know what she's doing, if she's on the inside or the outside," said Jackson. "I haven’t seen a script."

Olsen, the younger sister of legendary child stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, burst onto the scene with her harrowing performance in 2011's "Martha Marcy May Marlene." The fanboy rumor mill has been churning in recent months with talk that the younger Olsen had been slated for a role in the "Avengers" sequel. Many have speculated that she'll be playing the Scarlet Witch, one half of the "brother-sister act" that Whedon first mentioned at the premiere of "Iron Man 3."

Twin siblings Pietro Maximoff, aka Quicksilver, and Wanda Maximoff, aka the Scarlet Witch, made their comic book debut in "X-Men" No. 4 in 1964. As the offspring of Magneto, they were portrayed as bad guys for a few issues before switching sides and joining up with the Avengers in 1965. Scarlet Witch is gifted with the power to manipulate probability and reality via her "hexes," which usually manifest as cool-looking "hex bolts" or "hex spheres," while Quicksilver is able to move and think at super-sonic speeds.

This isn't the first time that Samuel L. Jackson has let a Marvel-related scoop out of the bag. During the press conference for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" at this summer's San Diego Comic-Con, Jackson mentioned that the upcoming political thriller will feature an interesting new character arc for Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson).

[Related: Mutant Twins Mania! Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch Confirmed For 'Marvel's The Avengers 2']

"She might have something of a 'whistleblower' in her future," said Jackson, to which the Captain himself, Chris Evans, responded with a playfully incredulous "SAM!" and told him to shush.

Before we supposedly see them together in "Avengers 2," Jackson and Olsen will appear together in Spike Lee's "Oldboy," which opens on November 27. "Age of Ultron" will begin production next spring with a likely release date of May 1, 2015.

Also, Brian Tyler will score Avengers 2.

He scored Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World, which I thought were both better than Alan Silvestri's score for the first Avengers, and I loved his work on Children of Dune.

Part of the movie is being shot here in South Korea the next couple of weeks. I might see if I can stop by and see some of the action.

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It'll be interesting to see how they portray Scarlet Witch's powers. I'm not huge on the comics but I remember that chick being incredibly powerful in certain incarnations. She could whisper a sentence and change reality and shit..