Captain America Meets Indiana Jones?
The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier spoke with the Los Angeles Times about his upcoming Clash of the Titans remake and shared his thoughts on The Avengers, as well as The First Avengers: Captain America.
On The Avengers:
“I’ll tell you my real dream: To work with Joe Johnston and [“Thor” director] Kenneth Branagh and Jon Favreau and make like a triptych. We do four movies. We release them one a month for the summer. Or even every two weeks or three weeks. And the whole summer would be Avengers summer. So we do it the way they make television shows. One story arc but told in installments by different directors. So all of the directors that touch part of the Avengers world would do a part; we could make the movies shorter, maybe less than an hour and a half, and we use the same sets and save Marvel money. I would love to sit around a table with all of them a kick around the story. That’s my dream..”
On Captain America:
“I have seen some of the design work they’re doing for Captain America and it looks amazing. It’s a period piece and it’s like “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and with more gadgets…”
he goes on to say;
“…so it’s “Raiders” meets “Rocketeer” and “Saving Private Ryan.” It’s going to be so cool.”
The idea of a huge “episodic” Avengers film with each “episode” being helmed by the director of each solo movie is a very cool one, but I’m not sure how plausible it really is. Ultimately The Avengers story will have to span multiple films anyway. It’s just too big to bee contained in one film. How would you guys like The Avengers story to be told?
Source: Los Angeles Times
I think it would be cool to have all the movies come out in one summer. Waiting sucks but knowing that the next installment was only a couple of weeks away would make for an epic summer movie season. Yet, I like the movies in their 2 hours plus format. I think 90 minutes would shortchange the viewer. Furthermore, I would not like seeing different directors’ different interpretations of characters destined to be on the screen together. Invariably, the movies will be somewhat different in terms of cinematography, style, etc., but I think the directors should still work together and share a common goal for all the films leading up to the Avengers. So, in reality, I think Letterier’s vision has a few flaws in it.
@Paine – So far they’ve pulled it off with “Incredible Hulk” and “Iron Man.” As long as the directors are CONSISTENT and actually talk to and work with each other like you mentioned, there wouldn’t be much deviation or skewing.
I would like to see an episodic buildup rather than individual stories. The individual stories are being told right now with the individual movies. The Avengers movie as a whole should be one story involving all the characters, but tells the whole story in parts. Take a cue from Jackson and film a two or three (or four!) “episode” movie in one continuous (within reason) shoot. People sat through each 2.5+ hour Lord of the Rings movie, why wouldn’t they sit through three 2+ hour Avengers movies released every month or so?