During a special Comic-Con panel last Thursday, Joss Whedon opened up about his upcoming Avengers film, which he will rewrite and direct for Marvel. Still only in the treatment phase (no draft as of yet), Whedon explained to the audience that so far he isn’t yet entirely sure what his unique take will be on the story, the pinnacle of all Marvel superhero movies. But he has some idea of the theme he’s going to pursue.

"The thing that made me excited [about this story] was how completely counter-intuitive it is," he said. "These people should not even be in the same room let alone the same team!"

That he understands this story is more complex than a straight actioner where characters we love all inhabit the same world is a good thing; audiences should be reassured for two reasons that Whedon is taking the helm.


Secondly, Whedon is a complete comic book geek. In fact, he credits 'The Avengers' series as being "the seminal stories of my youth."

Currently, The Avengers cast includes Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), and Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), and may just prove to be Marvel Studio's most anticipated movie yet.