Avengers News

Okay, so it’s been awhile since I last posted about the Avengers movie, and while I don’t have an enormous amount of news about it there have been some pretty big announcements.

First and foremost, Joss Whedon has been given the director’s chair for the movie which is needless to say a big deal. The decision, however, has divided fans. On one side you have the hardcore Joss Whedon fans who, because of his work on Buffy and Dollhouse and his popular run on X-Men, want him more for his writing work than his directing. Then you have the other side that agrees that he’s a talented writer, but in the actual directing department he lacks the chops for doing such an action oriented movie. I for one side with the latter. While he has done action before, it’s always been relatively small scale. He thinks more for the TV set and not for the big screen, which is why I think he’s better suited in a writing role.

Another big piece of news is that, despite fan enthusiasm for his return, Edward Norton will not be reprising the role of Bruce Banner/the Incredible Hulk for the movie. Marvel has said that the reason he’s not being brought back is because, to paraphrase their official statement, he’s not a team player. Norton’s agent has responded to this by basically saying BS. The rumor is that Joaquin Phoenix will come out of his retirement and play Banner.

So yeah, so far that’s all we’ve got. More developments will be announced as they become known.