The rumours have been confirmed. It seems that Buffy and Angel and Dollhouse and Serenity creator Joss Whedon is in final negotiations to direct Marvel’s planned Avengers movie. Mike Fleming over at Deadline reports this evening:
I’m told Marvel Studios is in final negotiations forBuffy the Vampire Slayer series architect Joss Whedon to direct Marvel Studios’ The Avengers.That’s the fast-tracked film that would amount to an all-star team of Marvel superheros, including Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), as well as SHIELD leader Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson).
Wow!!! What do we all think of that? The film has a release date set for the ‘first weekend in May, 2012.’
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