One of the best benefits of Marvel taking control of their own properties (well… most of them anyway) is that they’re able to start connecting all the worlds into one that all the heroes inhabit together, much like the actual comics. The grand chapter of this convergence will be the merging of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk and Thor into “The Avengers” movie they’ve already announced.
Recently at the LA Film Festival, “The Avengers” writer, Zack Penn (X2, Elektra, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Incredible Hulk) gave a run down on how the development of The Avengers movie is progressing:
“They’re doing Captain American and Thor first, and then Avengers is coming out,” Penn said. “They want to see that they’re all connected. I’m taking a meeting next week with the Thor and Captain America people, and we are all going to get together, and I will see what is going to happen. I’ll see where they are leaving the characters; it’s pretty complicated.”
He continued: “There’s a board that is tracking what is happening. [We’ll see] how this movie overlaps in that movie. Marvel is autonomous now. It is night and day: Everyone has read every comic. They know how to make a cool movie.”
I very much like how they’re not getting ahead of themselves or handcuffing the writers of the other movies. They seem to be letting those other writers make their stories, and THEN figure out how to properly bring them all together. Very nice call. (source: WorstPreviews)
