If anything good comes from the doomed Teen Titans…. oops, Justice League movie, it will be to show Marvel how NOT to do an ensemble cast. And if recent comments from Iron Man director Jon Favreau, it sounds like they are doing the Avengers the right way. And with any luck Favreau hopes to helm it.
Superhero Hype quotes Favreau:
Favreau insists that Marvel will only go ahead with the project if and when all the individual characters get their own story. It’ll be worth the wait, Favreau claimed, calling this way not only more impressive and formidable – but more consistent as well.
“I wonder if the tone of ‘The Incredible Hulk’ is going to be similar or different than [‘Iron Man’],” Favreau questioned. “And ‘Captain America’ is a twinkle in Marvel’s eye right now. And ‘Thor’ and ‘Ant Man.’
“[But] in the case of Marvel they’re pretty clear on wanting to do it with the actors who’ve established the roles or to not do it at all. That’s what they’ve said to me,” he continued.
When I first heard of the plan to do Avengers, it was already said that they hoped to do it AFTER they established each of the characters in a movie of their own. THEN have an Avengers movie.
I personally had thought they would do the same thing with Justice League since they are already doing Batman and Superman movies. And with Wonder Woman, Green Lantern and Flash movies up for consideration it looked like they were going there.
But no.
At least we will get to live through some (hopefully) quality superhero flicks while we really get into the groove of the individual characters doing their own thing before throwing them into the same story.
Iron Man and Hulk are on their way very soon. Antman is already being considered, and then they just need to get around to Captain America. I am sure we can wait until an Avengers film to meet Scarlet Witch and Vision.
I am pretty pumped about Iron Man so I can only hope that Favreau is doing a good job with it. If he does, then I have no problem with him doing more, or even the Avengers.
