Beware, possible spoilers in the next few lines. In yet another interview on the press junket for The Avengers (this time talking to Toronto Sun), producer Kevin Fiege addressed two major issues amongst fanboys regarding the movie: the exclusion of Ant-Man, and killing off a certain beloved character in the movie. If you want to know who that is………. Tough. Check out his comments below:
“It was my idea. We wanted the audience to understand the stakes and not just assume because it’s a franchise, no one will ever get hurt. So I was watching J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek movie – and I’m a big Star Trek nerd so this may have hit me more than other people – but when they killed Spock’s mom, I was like, ‘We have to do that!’ “
“Edgar’s still working on that [Ant-Man] project, and it’s closer than ever,” says Feige. “But it’s been eight years we’ve been working with him, and we finally decided we couldn’t keep putting more people in. If Ant Man had come out four years ago, it would certainly have been part of the puzzle.”
SOURCE: Toronto Sun
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