Joss Whedon admits that he did not know what to do with Thanos after the Avengers

Four years after Iron Man launched Marvel's film universe, Joss Whedon gave the audience The Avengers the final installment of Phase One of the MCU and a film crew that fans comics have never dreamed. The main story saw the Earth's Mighty Heroes dealing with Loki, his mind-controlled agents and finally his Chitauri army. However, the mid-credits scene of The Avengers introduced us to Thanos, who smiled when his underling, The Other, told him that defying the heroes of the Earth would be courting death. That was our first clue that a bigger story is being told through the MCU, but Whedon now admitted that when he included Thanos in The Avengers he did not know what to do with the character as a whole. Whedon explained:

Honestly, I had a little hanged [Thanos] to dry. I love Thanos. I love his apocalyptic vision, his story of love with death. I love his power. But, I do not really understand it. He had a lot of power, and he was cool in comics. And I'm like, Thanos is the ultimate nasty Marvel! And then I said to myself, I do not know what I would do with Thanos. So, I liked what [the Russo brothers] did so much, and I thought Josh Brolin killed him. And they did an incredible job keeping this performance on the screen. But it was not like I was here, here is a set of directions. I was like, I will get through Ultron nap for four years, and then I will come to the first. What I did! It was as if, it was really cool!

Like most Marvel Comics fans, Joss Whedon knew Thanos, but the fact that you know a character does not necessarily mean you understand him or her more deeply. So when Whedon was working on The Avengers he made the decision to bring Mad Titan to the end, but he had no specific plan in mind for him at the time. Whedon manages to bypbad Thanos for Avengers: Age of Ultron Ultron (duh) being the main antagonist of this film and the mid-credits scene revealed that Thanos was recovering his Infinity Gauntlet in order to recover the Infinity Stones. Is made himself. Whedon was clearly aware that Thanos is a big problem in Marvel's mythology, but just like his time in the film Batgirl he simply could not understand how to decipher the code.

After Avengers: Age of Ultron Joss Whedon leaves the MCU, and Joe and Anthony Russo, who had already shown their chops MCU officer Captain America: The Winter Soldier and were brought back to Captain America: Civil War were commissioned to direct Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4 . Whedon continued his interview with IGN and stated that he was pleased with the way the Russians, and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, have adapted Thanos, noting that Mad Titan's obsession with Death in Comics would not work well in a movie. Whedon said:

I thought they were doing what they had to do. [Thanos falling in love with Death is] not a concept that will necessarily translate. This is sometimes also an easy way out for a bad guy. To say, I love the destruction! No, really, I'm in love with that. And yet, you are still only a nihilist. While they gave him a real perspective and made him feel right to himself, which is always a better idea. I liked what they did a lot.

Instead of wanting to impress death as his cartoon counterpart, Thanos' version of the MCU wanted to collect the six Infinity Stones in Avengers: Infinity War so that it could erase half of all life in the universe so that it is not overwhelmed by overpopulation. Infinity War finished with him in accomplishing that goal, but with Avengers 4 arriving next year and serving as the last chapter of Phase 3, his story did not come into play. is not over yet.

Avengers 4 is out on May 3rd, 2019, so stay tuned for CinemaBlend for updates. As for Joss Whedon, after having supervised the Justice League he will be the showrunner of the next series HBO The Nevers and he is also executive producer of the film Buffy. the vampire killer reboot.