The 50-year-old Whedon is usually a genial presence, his mind whirring and low voice purring, but he seemed exhausted on Saturday, barely able to speak above a whisper after months of postproduction and late-night editing had taken their toll. I had always intended to ask Whedon about the rumors that Age of Ultron brought him to his knees, but when I met up with the filmmaker this past weekend at the Walt Disney lot, the answers began to come before I’d even posed the first question. That kind of directorial turnover is commonplace in the Marvel cinematic universe, but I still wondered if there was more to this story than just an inevitable passing of the torch. “This one’s been rough on him,” I kept hearing, and sure enough, Marvel Studios closed a deal last week with Captain America: The Winter Soldier filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo to take the reins from Whedon for the third and fourth Avengers sequels. Joss Whedon has written and directed two of Marvel’s megabudget Avengers movies, but midway through shooting the second film - entitled Avengers: Age of Ultron, and coming May 1 - buzz began to circulate in Hollywood that Whedon wouldn’t be coming back for future installments.
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