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Added by Babs on June 29, 2009

 
 
Although Thor isn't set out to be released until 2011; we can definitely expect an action packed display of awesome-ness. Oh, and if you didn't want to get into comic books already, did I mention how many perks you get? Both Brian Michael Bendis ( Avengers ) as well as Editor of Marvel J oe Quesada , had the opportunity to sit in for the reenactments of "Thor," which probably means they got to catch Director Kenneth Branagh's interpretation of some crazy battle scenes. Bendis let readers in on what it's like working side by side with film makers, and talks about the cool perks he gets for being a comic book creator in an interview .

“[It] was Shakespearean, with flourishes,” Bendis said in an interview, "It was cool. It was a lot of fun...[This] is a little different than how Hollywood usually does it, which is a compliment to [Marvel Studios chief] Kevin [Feige],...Usually, Hollywood just does what it does. I know there are some comic book movies I hear that the people never even read a comic book based on the thing they’re working on."


 
 
Bendis, who is currently the writer for Dark Avengers in addition to many other Marvel titles, is part of the group of comic book writers that give the screenwriters and film makers a better idea of how to translate their characters from the panel to the big screen.

“They’ve asked me to be part of the team of guys who pick their brains and take their advice,” Bendis continued. “And for me it’s great to watch these writers deal with it and handle it. Watching them is a lot of fun.”


 
 
Wow. I can't begin to tell you how happy this makes me. To know that Bendis will have a hand in the interpretation of these characters gives me a very positive feeling about how these movies will turn out. Bendis also went on to add that the script for Iron Man 2 is "so good," that he read it 30 times. I am very excited about this. I think over the last few years we have seen some very disappointing films based on comic books and comic book characters, and I think that the best thing that these film makers could have done is to allow comic book writers to get involved in the scripting of these films.

Might I mention, I am way jealous of Bendis' job. Are you?


22 Comments

Scavanger
on June 29, 2009
hells yeah

danhimself
on June 29, 2009

that's great...I'm still kind of worried about how the Thor movie will turn out but with Bendis being involved it makes me feel a little better


sora_thekey
on June 29, 2009
I wanna do that for a living... well at least now we now know this is not going to tank!

Anderson: Agent of SMITH
on June 29, 2009
I remeber watching the making of Iron Man thing on the DVD and I saw Bendis, Joey Q, Millar, and a bunch of other writers there. That was a good feeling. If you picked up Ultimate Spider-Man #133, then you might recall Bendis talking about the Spider-man movie in the interview in the back of the issue. I found it kind of funny how he wrote all these jokes, and there was one about Gobby's suit, so when he shows it to the executives, one's just like, 'That suit cost a lot of money. GTFO.' I see that they're taking the collaboration thing in a new direction, which is refreshing.  

Cross82
on June 29, 2009
:: chillbumps ::

WonderBoy1132
on June 29, 2009
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Incredible Hulk-Prime
on June 29, 2009
This is some really news. Marvel is on roll with their live-action movies.

Jamiracles
on June 29, 2009

I've been jealous of Bendis' job my whole life. Since before I knew who the hell he was lol.


Donovan Montgomery
on June 29, 2009
Knowing Bendis is involved in future Marvel movies has me no longer looking forward to them :(
Having that job, however,  would rock.

jefprice
on June 29, 2009
This is great. All his current books are top notch. As are more then 75% of his past work. I'm really looking forward to this even more then I was now.

elessar
on June 29, 2009
I hope Iron MAn 2 will be awesome !

SUNMAN
on June 29, 2009
no judgement will be given on my part till I see the finished product

Dusty.
on June 29, 2009
Bendis is good with ideas sometimes.  Not sure what to think.  I don't want shock value stuff or changes for the sake of them, as he's done in his comic work, but we'll see.

Dusty.
on June 29, 2009
Bendis is good with ideas sometimes.  Not sure what to think.  I don't want shock value stuff or changes for the sake of them, as he's done in his comic work, but we'll see.

geraldthesloth is online
on June 29, 2009
The Job is fun

Bendis sucks.

SUNMAN
on June 29, 2009
@geraldthesloth said:
" The Job is funBendis sucks. "
well said

PhsycoPirate
on June 30, 2009
lol what a relief I have stuff to look forward to now life no longer sucks!!!!

Media_Master
on June 30, 2009
Thats great!!

Black X
on June 30, 2009
Nice

jokerzwild777
on June 30, 2009

I have to say thats the most intelligent thing Hollywood could do. Before hand many of the comic book based movies that were coming out were not of a caliber that many comic fans would enjoy, simply because Hollywood would not let the comic book writers and creators in to help with the work in adapting the comic to the movie. I am also really exciting about Thor, with Branagh working on it theres only one word to describe the way Thor should turn out...EPIC!!



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