Though Thanos seems to be the obvious choice, The Great Whedon has already hinted that he might be too big a big bad for the sequel.
The bad news is that he continues to be vague and mysterious in his latest interview with Empire:
How are you going to avoid the usual sequel pitfalls? Often they become all about the villain at the expense of the stars.
"Yes, that always makes me cranky. I'm very excited about the villain, and have a lot to say about him. But if you watch my shows, the one thing I've never been very good at is guest stars, because I've always been interested in the ensemble. With The Avengers, I'm still most fascinated by them."
[If you're incredibly keen on this sort of thing, you'll have noticed Joss says "him" there, which means the villain is not female. In fact, it's most likely to be male. So that's something to be aware of.]
"The other thing is, you don't try to top it," Whedon adds. "I know I will never make a moment as pleasing in a film as Hulk and Loki. You can't chase that dragon. If you try to do exactly the same thing, the chances you're going to do it better are very slim, and the only reason for me to devote three years to making another Avengers movie is the hope of making a better one."
See what we mean? Knowing Whedon like we do, though, we doubt he'll go for the obvious.
The writer-director also chatted about being a little disappointed about not doing Star Wars: Episode VII, telling the magazine: "There was a moment of rue that I was already committed, I'm not going to lie, because who didn't want to do that as a kid? But I think they got the right guy so just knowing that I'm going to enjoy the film when it comes out is great. I don't even have to do any work. Can J.J. also make Avengers...?"
Hm. We have a feeling that anyone other than The Great Whedon in charge of The Avengers 2 would cause internet uproar.
Avengers 2 is pencilled for a May 1, 2015 release.
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