Joss Whedon reveals why he left the Marvel universe.
Joss Whedon, director of Avengers Assemble and Avengers: Age Of Ultron has revealed that he will not have any involvement in future Marvel projects. In an interview with the Oxford Union, the iconic director discussed his departure from Marvel Studios. When asked if he will be involved in any of the phase three movies and beyond, he responded with the following:
“No. You know I was their sort of Consigliere for a while… We do not discuss our thing… [audience laughter] But, I sort of had my finger in all of the films in the second phase, but then I just had to concentrate only on Ultron, and sort of know when it was done I was just going to stop. So I made a completely clean break – not because we had a falling out – just because I was like, “I can’t…” If I was still there going, “Well, here are my thoughts on this film,” I’d be there every day. I wouldn’t do anything else because there are a lot of films, and it is a lot of fun. It’s very seductive. When you can put your little fairy dust on things and just improve them slighty, and they actually listen to you… I was a script doctor for a long time, and the part where they listen to you was very rare; so it was very important for my own self to go ‘we can still be friends.'”
The full, hour-long interview with the Oxford Union is a great watch, and you can view it in its entirety at the end of the link above. We’re excited as to what direction Whedon will go in next. Will he return to smaller movies like Much Ado About Nothing, the film he wedged in between Avengers movies? We’ll keep you posted.
