Sorry, that it took me so long to reply to all of you, folks. Perhaps, the biggest problem with this is that it was a very bad day for the Avengers crew in Moscow, meaning... it is the story that needs to be told + you have embargoes and etc, which is why you cannot talk about certain stuff or post it up to a certain date. In other words, the whole event was a complete disaster (much worse, than LA & UK premieres). They (the actors) didn't deserve what was coming for them...
First of all, a big thank you for everyone, who participated and submitted all the questions. I only had a chance to ask 2 of them (since some actors, one of them is Mark Ruffalo decided not to give any interviews to any outlets). All the actors were certainly not in the mood, especially RDJ. And I pity Mark Ruffalo (the guy arrived at one of our airports only at 5 a.m & had the press conference at 9 a.m at the same day).
So, what were the issues:
1) All the actors (ScarJo, Renner, Ruffalo, RDJ, Hemsworth, Hiddleston) were treated really badly by both press and organizations, that sponsored the event. Some of them to the extent, as if they were prisoners (RDJ and Ruffalo were not allowed to go outside the hotel and had fun, so they used some disguise and escaped. This story even made some of the next morning headlines, lol).
2) Every question during the press conference, individual interviews and roundtables + the official premiere was either: a) something pointless and stupid; b) something obvious; c) something about personal life, which is an automatic sin and crime for every journalist. During the second roundtable with RDJ, some 'badass' & horrible person decided (of all possible Avengers questions) to ask him about his past and whether he is dating some girls (even though everyone knows how much he loves his wife Susan). So, RDJ decided to call it quits and ended the roundtable even before it started. He even wanted to leave Moscow earlier, before the evening premiere at one of the local cinemas, but the representatives of certain organizations begged him to stay.
3) At one point, all the actors were stuck in one of their hotel's elevator for 10 minutes. I'm sure it wasn't pleasant.
4) At the initial premiere, some execs of some companies forced RDJ to learn some speech in Russian and they did it, knowing all too well, that he was not in the mood to do so. Basically, it was really embarrassing for him, but he did it in the best way possible. What happened to him during the roundtable left some big scars on his perception of Moscow and he promised, that he won't be coming back here for IM3 promotion (which is, after all that's happened in one day, completely understandable).
Basically, it was a disastrous and unorganized event. A lot of people, that were present during the interviews/press conference/premiere weren't even 'press' (just some 300 people, that pretended to be somebody they aren't in order to see RDJ - mostly fangirls).
Now, some of the questions:
* Feige said that their main goal right now is basically to finally launch the Ant-Man project. No word on GoG, however, Kevin mentioned Luke Cage, Black Panther and Dr. Strange projects having a couple of drafts, but the 'world isn't ready for them, not yet'. They have to make sure, that they'll find the right way to present the characters in the right and interesting way (like they did with IM, Thor and Cap).
* Most of the banters between Maria Hill & Fury are going straight to the deleted scenes section of the Blu-Ray.
* Concerning the interest of the audience in their characters, Renner and ScarJo had hopes for the solo Hawk/Widow flick, but again - nothing is for certain (more like a wishful thinking). Feige said he has some ideas for the film, a couple of comics that could make it a big spy-action film (even has some locations in mind), but everything is only in theory. No script for this project.
* 50% of IM3 is going to be based on the Extremis storyline. They're really staying pretty close to the source material by Ellis and Granov. Stark is back in Malibu, so there is a low chance of seeing Stark Tower in NYC. Expect a lot of armors in this movie (more than in the previous IM flicks, Avengers included). Feige said that he's more than sure that IM3 is going to be post-converted in 3D during the post-production of the movie. Official casting announcements of the bad guys will be revealed very soon. RDJ had some ideas about making Tony more serious, less sarcastic, but they'll see how it all plays out during the shooting.
And that's it, I guess. Sorry, if some of the submitted questions didn't made it through the process. It was really a hard day for all of us, especially me, the guy who is invested in the material, likes the actors and the whole concept of MCU. The way they were all treated is like some kind of animals, rather than decent human beings. That is all.
