Joss Whedon talks 'The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron' shooting locations and inspirations

Joss Whedon is back to write and direct The Avengers: Age of Ultron and the man himself has revealed his inspirations for the sequel, which he likened to The Godfather: Part II.

Whedon conducted an interview with French film site AlloCiné (via JoBlo) and revealed that another sequel, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, will inform the events of Age of Ultron:

"The events of Captain America [The Winter Soldier] will definitely affect the world of Avengers 2. But at the end of the day, I have to make my movie assuming that people will only have seen the first one, or possibly not even seen the first one. I can't assume that everybody went to see Thor [The Dark World], Captain America, and Iron Man 3 in-between. I have to go from one movie to the next and be true to what's happened [in the previous movies], but not be slavish to it. [...] The model I'm always trying to build from, or my guiding star, is The Godfather: Part II where a ton has happened in-between and it's a very different movie [from Part I], but you don't need any information. It's there in the film about what's happened since, what's different, and why is this a different film; why is it a different kind of structure, and why is it darker. It's all there, you're in the vernacular of the first movie and you're just ready to pick up in this new place, and hopefully that's what will happen with my movie. Obviously I'm talking about one of the greatest films ever made (The Godfather: Part II)... I hope mine will be good, but that is my guiding star."

Furthermore, The Bard Fortress in northern Italy released an official statement to say that Age of Ultron would partially film there. Other rumored shooting locations are South Africa (possibly for Wakanda, the home of the Black Panther?) and Korea, specifically Gangnam and Gyeonggi-do.

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