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Whedon Lays 'Avengers' Skrull/Kree Rumors to Rest
During an interview at this years SXSW Festival - at which he debuted his film 'The Cabin in the Woods' to a much-delighted crowd - director Joss Whedon confronted the growing rumors that the alien race seen in the trailers and marketing materials for the upcoming Marvel film 'The Avengers' were in fact the well-known shapeshifting race known as The Skrulls.
In order to finally resolve the mystery, Whedon joked:
"It’s the Vulcans... I know we’re going to get a lot of emails about that one."
When the laughter died down, he continued:
"I will say only this: It is not the Kree or the Skrulls. Those two aliens are Marvel mainstays and have enormous backstories... They have a big life of their own that just could not be contained in a film where I already had seven movie stars...[The Skrulls] can shape change. That’s a whole thing... I’ve already got Loki. He’s got magic. Once you got magic along with your Iron Man and your Black Widow - it’s a real juggling act."
So there you go, fans. All your scouring for clues and long, heavily researched explanations for why it HAS to be the Skrulls or the Kree has officially been debunked by the man himself. Beyond the simple justification to not overly complicate the already interwoven plot, there also may be another, even more basic explanation: current speculation is that legal rights to use "The Skrulls" lie within the film rights for The Fantastic Four (they were originally FF villains), rights that were sold by Marvel to 21st Century Fox sometime around 1997. Without owning the rights to use them in a film, they may have simply chosen to create a wholly unique alien race for the anticipated crossover film (and would also explain why they can still use the Skrulls and Kree in their toylines and merchandising tie-ins).
So what do you think, Spillios? Have they created a whole new race specifically for the film? Or are they using one of the lesser known alien races in Marvel history? Could they be warriors from another one of Thor's Nine Realms? Post a comment below and let us know!
Source: EW
Views: 4773
Tags: Action, Aliens, Avengers, Comics, Joss Whedon, Kree, SXSW, Skrull, Superhero, The Avengers
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Comment by Puttlefry on March 14, 2012 at 5:52am -
Whoops, jumped straight to the worm thing. Moral of the story is that maybe they're doing a twist on mythology rather than straight up alien invasion.
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Comment by Puttlefry on March 14, 2012 at 5:51am
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I heard speculation (forgot from where) that it could be the World Serpent Jörmungandr from Norse mythology. The wikipedia page for it has this: "Jörmungandr's arch-enemy is the god Thor."
So that'd be pretty cool. There are screen-caps which show that the giant "Transformer's worm" has a mouth, but like everythign else, it's all speculation.
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Comment by Rob Jack on March 13, 2012 at 7:15pm -
It would make sense for non comic book fans for it to be the frost giants....but it clearly aint! Gotta be Whedon's own creation
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Comment by Jace Wang on March 13, 2012 at 11:05am -
can't be dark elfs they were wiped out by the frost giants can't be light elfs or dwarfs they're good guys ogers fire demons WAT THE F@CK R THEY !?!?
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Comment by Toe Knee Bee Ears on March 13, 2012 at 9:11am
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Here is my guess. It's the aliens from Breakworld led by Ord who appeared in Astonishing X-men comics written and created by Whedon himself. Although they appeared in an X-men comic perhaps Whedon keep the creator rights which would make it easy to use in the movie.
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Comment by Richie Vega on March 13, 2012 at 12:50am -
I'm surprised. I was sure it'd be them.
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Comment by Mike on March 12, 2012 at 11:54pm -
Easy, it's another one of the Fantastic Four villains. The Mole Man!!
I think it would really go against the fans and Marvel's rich backlog of characters if they created a new character. I think it's totally fine if they create new side characters, but they should never create new main characters. It wouldn't make any sense. Plus having Joss Whedon on board helps prevent this. I hope...
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Comment by corey vire on March 12, 2012 at 11:40pm
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WHO CARES??? If they are bad ass enough to wax shield and give earths mightiest heros a run I don't care. i'll watch it and find out then. sheesh!! Nerds...
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Comment by Joe Magaletta on March 12, 2012 at 9:55pm -
It's the reapers
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Comment by Jermaine Sneed on March 12, 2012 at 9:52pm -
Thinking Thor Realm.
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