We have more from IGN's interview with Marvel Studios Senior VP Jeremy Latcham on the set of
Avengers: Age of Ultron. Besides teasing some
Phase 3 roster changes, Latcham also discussed how much
The Avengers sequel changed from Whedon's initial idea to the final product that getting ready to hit theaters on May 1. After all, filming on
The Avengers occurred in 2011 and
Avengers: Age of Ultron started filming in early-2014. That's a lot of time for Whedon to sit and stew on his initial
Said Latcham,
"Well, the way Joss works is, he's always writing. And because he's such a prolific writer he's always idea-ing. Like, "Here's an idea, and I've evolved it. Here's another idea, and I've evolved it." So things are always changing -- sometimes at our behest and sometimes just at Joss's behest, as he works through everything. But when I recently went back and reread the first email that Joss sent me, when we first started saying we were going to make the movie -- the "Let's do it; let's make Avengers 2" -- a lot of the big milestone moments that made me excited to read that first email are in the movie. So that's gratifying, when you go back and read it and go, "Oh, yeah, that moment's in. Yeah, that moment's in." Because sometimes good stuff gets lost in development, because you'll have a great moment or a great image or a great line. Then there's a thousand reasons why, "Oh, well, that doesn't really fit into other plans," or this or that. And then you get done, and you go, "Wait a minute, I feel compromised. What happened to the good ideas?" You have to go back and dig 'em up. [But] Joss has done a good job this time of keeping those cool ideas right in the center of the movie."
Avengers: Age of Ultron was definitely refined in the three years between its initial inception and the start of filming but the core, overall ideas of the movie have remained the same. What those ideas are... well we will all have to wait till May 01 to find out and see where the Marvel Cinematic Universe is headed next.
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