Joss Whedon talks Avengers 2!

Joss Whedon talks Avengers 2! 

What's up with Ultron's Powers and the origins of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch.

Avengers: Age of Ultron is one of the most anticipated films of the year, Director Joss Whedon has offered up some information as to how we can expect some elements of the film to play out on screen.

In an interview with Empire, Whedon revealed how Ultron's abilities in the film will differ from the comic books saying, “The powers in comic books – they’re always like, ‘And then I can reverse the polarity of your ions!’ – well, we have to ground things a lot more. With Ultron, we have to make him slightly less omnipotent because he’d win. Bottom line."

He continued, "Also, having weaknesses and needs and foibles and alliances and actually caring what people think of him, all these things, are what make him a character and not just a tidal wave. A movie about a tidal wave can be great, but it’s different than a conflict between one side and the other. When Ultron speaks, he has a point. He is really not on top of the fact that the point he’s making has nothing to do with the fact that he’s banoonoos. And that he hates the Avengers for bringing him into this world, and he can’t really articulate that or even understand how much he hates humanity. He thinks he’s all that. That guy is very fun to write. He combines all the iconic stuff. The powers he has are slightly different – he can control certain things, he’s not just firing repulsors.”

(leftt to right) Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)

 Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will be making their debuts in the sequel. The filmmaker went on to explain the origins of the characters and how they're unique powers will translate into the already established Marvel Cinematic Universe.

“[Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch] have an origin but it’s largely described. They’re already good to go by the time we’re up and running. You don’t want to fall into Spider-Man 3 territory – and I say that as a guy who actually thinks pretty well of that movie, there’s some great stuff in that movie – but there comes a point where you’re overloaded with frontstory, backstory, origin story and it becomes very hard to juggle," Whedon said. "My instinct is always, ‘Don’t put in more, work with what you have.’ But I insisted on putting in more in this movie because I felt I needed more villains. I needed someone for Ultron to talk to, and I need more trouble for the Avengers. As powerful as Ultron is, if he builds more Ultrons, they’re Ultrons. There’s no reason for him to ever to talk to them because they’re him. ‘I need you to – I KNOW! I AM TOTALLY YOU! I DID IT EARLIER! I know that because I am also me.’ That’s not a good conversation. Actually, it sounded pretty good there. I think I’m onto something.”

Some interesting points there, Avengers: Age of Ultron will be released in the UK on April 24th 2015. For more info on the film keep it locked here at Cape and Cowl in the meantime check out the latest trailer below.