Joss Whedon: Avengers: Age Of Ultron Is About "Power And Connection"

In the latest issue of SFX magazine, Joss Whedon discusses what the central themes are in [...]

By Jay Jayson

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In the latest issue of SFX magazine, Joss Whedon discusses what the central themes are in Avengers: Age Of Ultron and the importance of not trying to recreate the first Avengers film.

Joss Whedon scored a monster hit with the first Avengers film. But you won't catch Whedon basking in its billion dollar payday. He finds the thought to be "absolutely paralysing." He just wants to make sure that the sequel isn't just a recreation of the last film, like so many other sequels have been. This time Whedon is focusing on some new themes.

"What drives this story is the idea power and connection, and how the more you have of one the less you have of another," Whedon told SFX magazine. "And the idea of heroes and whether or not that's a useful concept. I know it seems like we've heard that before but I feel that this movie makes an argument that is worth listening to. It's about damaged people, because guess what I like to write about! And it's about trying to find some kind of connection, because the Avengers are the most isolated people in the world. They're different to everyone else. They're richer, or stranger, or they're monsters or they're gods. Not one of them is really a part of the world. And this movie kind of drags them back down to Earth a little bit, which is both painful and exciting."

Whedon is also incorporating an edgier tone for Avengers 2. He says it will be "a little grittier" than the last one. But don't worry, the sequel will still have the same kind of fun from the last one sprinkled throughout. He won't toss out every element that worked in The Avengers, however, he is making it a point to not repeat himself. "Obviously you don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater and be like 'I hate the Avengers!' in the second one," Whedon explained. "But you can't do another shawarma tag. You just don't go there. You have to find a new way to make the audience come out amazed and dying to go back in."

(via CBM)

Avengers: Age Of Ultron arrives in theaters May 1, 2015.

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