Joss Whedon Rewrote Troublesome Scenes in THOR: THE DARK WORLD

In a display of extremely impressive effort of advance troubleshooting and evident care, writer-director Joss Whedon actually stepped in to do some rewrites for some troublesome scenes in THOR: THE DARK WORLD. Apart from master producer for these Marvel movies Kevin Feige, Joss Whedon plays the significant part as being the creative showrunner for all these Marvel movies, his contract with Marvel allows him to consult on all of the studio’s other properties.  Such that Whedon had a hand in the script for Captain America: The First Avenger, and now, we know that he has also stepped in to fix minor problems in the Thor sequel as well. [hit the jump to continue]

It’s no secret that director Alan Taylor went back for some Thor: The Dark World reshoots that, in part, added more of Tom Hiddleston’s Loki to the film, but Taylor recently revealed that he also called in Whedon to rewrite three scenes in the pic, including one major sequence that Taylor was finding difficult to crack.

Speaking with SFX Magazine (via CBM), AlanTaylor, the director of this Thor sequel, revealed that Whedon was flown to the London set of the movie to pitch in on a couple of tough scenes. He says:
“Joss came in to save our lives a couple of times,” laughs the director. “We had a major scene that was not working on the page at all in London, and he basically got airlifted in, like a SWAT team or something. He came down, rewrote the scene, and before he got back to his plane I sort of grabbed him and said, ‘And this scene and this scene?’ And he rewrote two other scenes that I thought had problems. Then finally we let go of him, he took off again, and we shot the scenes; and they were just much better and much lighter on their feet. Much more fun, much more surprising than what we had been trying to do. I can relate to guys who come out of the TV world, since that’s where I come from. And being able to land and work and solve a problem quickly… I really was grateful.”

What this means is that the whole Marvel movies team is not letting any minor flaw exist, re-checking each and every misstep, and has a serious care with the material they are handling. This is simply reassuring, and makes us all the more enthusiastic that they will continue to entertain us with their movies. It's an ethic that I hope other studios and companies trying to make superhero movies would practice as well.

THOR: THE DARK WORLD opens November 8, 2013.