Now that Captain America is coming together now we start focusing on Marvel's next big project Avengers. The lineup according to producer Kevin Feige is Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Cap, Fury and Black Widow. The questions now are; what other Marvel heroes will appear?, who will direct? and who are the villains?
ADDITIONAL AVENGERS
It's unknown at this point what other characters will officially make the film. A source from Marvel told LatinoReview that we "need" to see Wasp and Ant-Man in the film. Jon Favreau mentioned wanting to include Scarlet Witch in Iron Man 2. Which could mean we might see her in the lineup as well. Hawkeye is another character that was going to be seen in Iron Man 2. Jeremy Renner had been rumored for the role. I think to gauge the audience reaction to new characters we could see some of them appear in the film. I don't believe however we could be seeing Doctor Strange or even Black Panther since it seems like Marvel wants to setup their origins first. The only problem is that they could end up with too many characters.
Don Cheadle believes his character Jim Rhodes/War Machine might not make the cut since he's an important "Iron Man" character. It makes sense since it would be almost impossible to bring every supporting character from the franchises into Avengers. Characters like The Warriors Three might be in the same camp. Some supporting heroes might have to stay in their respective films.
DIRECTOR
When it comes to directors there seems to be many candidates now that Jon Favreau has dropped out of the running. The two directors which have been the most vocal about helming the massive project include Louis (Incredible Hulk) and Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass, Stardust). We can't count out other Marvel directors such as Kenneth Branagh or Joe Johnston but since they would be coming off large productions they could use the break. Edgar Wright seems like another candidate handling large scale production on Scott Pilgrim and the eventual directing of Ant-Man.
Ridley Scott had been rumored to have met with Marvel. While my first thought was for the Nick Fury/SHIELD film it could be even bigger with Scott handling the Avengers. Scott seems to be the best of the bunch handling science fiction (Alien, Bladerunner), epics (Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Robin Hood), war/spy (Body of Lies, Black Hawk Down), crime (Black Rain, American Gangster), fantasy (Legend) and even comedy (Good Year, Matchstick Men). With his amazing range of directorial credits he could be the best person to help bring together the Marvel universe. The only problem would be his extensive to-do-list which includes the Alien preuel, Forever War and many other time consuming projects. The only thing that makes me believe he could do this is that with all his projects in the works he has yet to decide on one. I could see him waiting to announce his plans when Robin Hood releases in May.
VILLAINS
Some possible villains in the film have been rumored for a while now. They include The Mandarin, Loki, The Hulk, HYDRA and The Skrulls. There had been talk of Loki getting control of the Hulk and using him for his own means. While it's an interesting premise I think they'd have to step things up slightly to get all the heroes involved. I think a worldwide evil plot and collaboration between the villains could be interesting.
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