“The Avengers” franchise is getting a new super-powered duo. Only question is, who?
According to a horde of internet speculators, director Joss Whedon may have dropped a bombshell yesterday evening when he stated the following during an interview with Yahoo! News at the “Iron Man 3” premiere:
“When you’re dealing with the story, when you’ve got the characters that you love, when you’ve got the new characters sliding in next to them – it’s very exciting,” said Whedon. “Then I don’t feel pressure, then I feel like I’m reading my favorite comic. I’ve got these two characters, two of my favorite characters from the comic book, a brother-sister act, they’re in the movie. That’s exciting! You lock certain things in, there’s a fluidity.”
As many are conjecturing (but which has by no means been confirmed), the phrase “brother-sister act” could well be referring to Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, twin siblings of “X-Men” baddie Magneto who have both served long-running stints as Avengers team members. So if the speculation proves to be true, could this be (as io9 suggests) the setup to some sort of big-screen “Avengers”/”X-Men” crossover in the forseeable future? Maybe, maybe not – but the possibility of such an event is sure to keep fanboys buzzing in any case.
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“The Avengers 2” is slated for release on May 1, 2015.