The Avengers The Avengers: News and Speculation - Part 27A sub-se - - - Part 12

[Herolee10]

I would think that cast members such as Chris Evans and Chris Hemmsworth would want to take a rest from their characters after they finish filming their respective sequels for at least a year or 2 before they get back to those roles.

 

[Hurm...]

I doubt it's up to them. It is up to the studio if they can have that "break" or not. They are under contract, after all.

 

[wobbly]

Letterier back for a Hulk sequel?

I'm inclined to think its bogus just for that.

 

[wobbly]

I doubt it's up to them. It is up to the studio if they can have that "break" or not. They are under contract, after all.

I don't know about the others but I know Evans is signed up for 6 films. They originally wanted him to sign for 9, but he didn't want to commit to that.

 

[Xeno]

Thor doesn't need to look natural in the same way that Frost Giants don't need to. Thor doesn't need to look too much like a human or it takes away from his godliness. In the Avengers Thor looks to much likie Chris Hemsworth with long hair. The blonde beard/eyebrows looked natural enough in most scenes, but I will say they could have done it better.

The movie established that Thor is not a god. He is a member of a humanoid race from another dimension. Fandral even alluded to the fact that people on Midgard merely mistook Thor for a god in ages past. Even Odin's opening narration said as much.

 

[Herolee10]

I don't know about the others but I know Evans is signed up for 6 films. They originally wanted him to sign for 9, but he didn't want to commit to that.

Indeed. Personally, I think 3 films of Solo Captain America Adventures, and 3 films of him in the Avengers is sufficient enough.

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

The movie established that Thor is not a god. He is a member of a humanoid race from another dimension. Fandral even alluded to the fact that people on Midgard merely mistook Thor for a god in ages past. Even Odin's opening narration said as much.

Whether you wanna call it "God" or "Alien" or "Extradimensional being" doesn't matter, my point doesn't really change... He's not a human.

 

[Hurm...]

I don't know about the others but I know Evans is signed up for 6 films. They originally wanted him to sign for 9, but he didn't want to commit to that.

I think it was a smart move on his part. He wants to go out and try other things (He has shown interest in writing/directing), and I wouldn't want Marvel to hold down a passionate actor in pursuing his endeavors. Besides, 6 films is still a hell of a lot to commit to! And I look forward to seeing him as Cap for another 5 films.

 

[MadVillainy]

Yeah I remember him saying if all goes well he'll be playing Cap until he's 40 (he's 30 now)

 

[DyeLorean]

Has anyone realized that (if everything goes as planned) we're gonna see Thor on the big screen three times three years in a row?

 

[Compi716]

Thor 2 in late 2013?

and Avengers 2 four years after this one?! And late 2016? I'm doubtful.

Taken with a large helping of salt, as always.

 

[Gamma Burst]

The movie established that Thor is not a god. He is a member of a humanoid race from another dimension. Fandral even alluded to the fact that people on Midgard merely mistook Thor for a god in ages past. Even Odin's opening narration said as much.

Wrong. He's a god. In the MU, all gods very powerful and immortal (or extremely long lived) extradimensional beings, who were once worshipped as deities by different ancient cultures. It doesn't change the fact that the Asgardiand, Olympians, etc are Gods.

 

[Gamma Burst]

Taken with a large helping of salt, as always.

As far as I know, Thor 2 was already announced for july 2013.
These news are probably fake.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I don't think he's a God in the mcu, they did establish that.
But in the comics yes he is.

 

[Gamma Burst]

Well, I already explained it before... He's the same being who was worshipped by the vikings, the God of Thunder.
It was written on one of the posters, and it was even mentioned in some of the tv spots that he was a god.

 

[mclay18]

Why is Paramount's logo on the Poster and website?

I've talked to Showtime and Jamie about this (they're looking into it). Here's my theory:

My guess is that Paramount's deal with Disney entailed that Paramount gets co-credited on The Avengers and Iron Man 3 as well as the 8% and 9% of the box-office gross. (That also indicates why the former will be licensed to Paramount's Epix channel instead of Starz.) Nowhere in the Paramount/Disney/Marvel press release does it say Paramount won't be credited at all, it just says Disney bought the distribution and marketing rights.

It still doesn't explain why the Walt Disney or Touchstone logo isn't on the poster and website, though.

 

[mclay18]

Is the Avengers being shot entirely in a different ratio to the normal widescreen version. When I saw the trailer right after cap, just seemed like a bit of a shock.

It could be. Of course, that doesn't mean that Whedon and McGarvey can't crop it to 2.35:1 for the theatrical release. Some of the shots looked loose (especially the last shot of Thor throwing Mjonir), and cropping it to a scope format tightens the frame.

Plenty of directors have done this, like Michael Apted and James Cameron. They shot digitally, cropped to 2.35:1 format but released in 1.85:1 for home video. That made me mad, since both Narnia 3 and Avatar looked better compositionally in 2.35:1.

 

[misjuevos]

I don't think he's a God in the mcu, they did establish that.
But in the comics yes he is.

i think they established that thor is a god in the movie. in the odin voice over he says man excepted a simple truth. they are not alone in the universe. some worlds man believed to be home to their gods. this was to established the world we were entering. it was gods and men. also selvin was there to obviously reiterate that point since he grew up with the stories of them.

but you could also say they left it open to YOUR interpretation. so if you like the alien thing you can believe that. if you like them being gods you can believe that. to me thor the alien of thunder just doesn't have the same ring. so i like to think of him as a god.

 

[Herolee10]

i think they established that thor is a god in the movie. in the odin voice over he says man excepted a simple truth. they are not alone in the universe. some worlds man believed to be home to their gods. this was to established the world we were entering. it was gods and men. also selvin was there to obviously reiterate that point since he grew up with the stories of them.

but you could also say they left it open to YOUR interpretation. so if you like the alien thing you can believe that. if you like them being gods you can believe that. to me thor the alien of thunder just doesn't have the same ring. so i like to think of him as a god.

Wasn't it hinted, or rather revealed, at two points in the film, that it was because of Thor's trips to Earth in ancient times, that the Norse people had come to see them as "gods", due to their abilities, and thus the origins of the Norse Mythology regarding Thor, Odin, and Loki in the MCU?

 

[Gamma Goliath]

^yes, that is what I was referring too.

 

[Jason20]

I look at it two ways, The Asgardians are an advanced society that has the ability to easily travel to other worlds and produce extrodianary weapons making the alien. But because of their difference from humans early on and their advanced tech they were callled Gods. So they are both Aliens and Gods.

 

[Gamma Goliath]

I think that's the most acceptable way to interpret them.

 

[Herolee10]

If it's true that the budget for this film's production (not counting for the promotion) is really 260 million, then WOW.

They really aren't kidding on making sure that this film really does hit home base with fans and Audiences alike for generations to come.

Heck, it's the first of its team franchise films, and yet it's supposedly getting more than Nolan's final Batman film, while coming a bit close to how much it had cost to produce Avatar.

And given what I've heard on how Whedon is the type of director who knows on how to use his resources correctly (unlike Singer or Campbell), it'll just make it that much all better.

 

[Rock Sexton]

I don't think he's a God in the mcu, they did establish that.
But in the comics yes he is.

They most certainly said it in the commercials.

 

[matrix_ghost]

An interview with DOP Seamus McGarvey says that The Avengers is budgeted at $260M (go down to page 17):

http://www.fujifilm.com/products/motion_picture/exposure/pdf/vol20_full_issue.pdf

This number definately is something you'd expect for a Avengers movie and not the 170 million that was previously said.
However let's forget that MArvel is definately pushing for Avengers to come out early. IT's a luxury these days when movies have a long post prod. schedules but in some cases it's something that is required.
Depending on the VFX slate blockbusters these days have post. prod. schedules between 6-9 months.
COnsidering the build up to avengers i do expect MArvel up raise the bar in terms of action and scale. And tbat's why i think they're definately going to pay a crap load of $$$ to get the VFX done in time.