It looks like Joss Whedon is some God-like genius. Didn’t we all know that? Well, as well as turning in a belting job on AVENGERS ASSEMBLE, it is apparent that the helmer and screenwriter was brought in to sort out some scenes on the upcoming THOR: THE DARK WORLD. The film’s director Alan Taylor revealed the following to SFX Magazine.
Joss came in to save our lives a couple of times. We had a major scene that was not working on the page at all in London, and he basically got airlifted in, like a SWAT team or something. He came down, rewrote the scene, and before he got back to his plane I sort of grabbed him and said, ‘And this scene and this scene?’ And he rewrote two other scenes that I thought had problems. Then finally we let go of him, he took off again, and we shot the scenes; and they were just much better and much lighter on their feet. Much more fun, much more surprising than what we had been trying to do. I can relate to guys who come out of the TV world, since that’s where I come from. And being able to land and work and solve a problem quickly… I really was grateful.
We’ve heard many stories of issues at Marvel in terms of the behind-the-scenes production of THOR: THE DARK WORLD, but sure we’ll all be in line and pleased with the finished result when the film hits screens on 30th October in the UK, and a week later in the US.
Whedon’s next project, THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON already has a release date set for 3rd May, 2015.
Source: SFX Magazine
