Marvel has a very well-oiled, fairly predictable marketing machine. A movie comes out, the directors and cast do the circuit and talk about the enjoyment they had making the movie, while Kevin Feige offers clues about where the franchise will go next. But for “Avengers: Age Of Ultron,” Joss Whedon broke that formula. He was candid about his battles with Marvel over various elements of the movie, dished on the complications of trying to manage the crossover between Marvel TV and movies, opened up about how little he was paid for “The Avengers,” announced his departure from Marvel, and said directing “Avengers: Infinity War” was “a young man’s game.” However, a year later, Whedon has offered an apology for his comments during that time.
Sitting down for a conversation with Mark Ruffalo at the Tribeca Film Festival, the filmmaker acknowledges he was probably wasn’t doing anybody any favors last year during the press rounds for “The Avengers” sequel.
The next Marvel joint, “Captain America: Civil War,” opens on May 6th. [Deadline]
