Whedon's AVENGERS 2 Idea Came Before He Figured out First One

We've got a couple bits of news on The Avengers 2 front from Joss Whedon in a recent interview he did with Entertainment Tonight. In it, he reveals that the movie will start shooting in February of 2014 and that he had an idea for the sequel before he even figured out what he was going to do in the first one. Here's what he said....

We should start shooting I think in February… I didn't think I was going to do the second, but I had an idea for it before I'd figured out the first one. You go into a movie not assuming there's going to be… I've seen plenty of movies that were the first part of the trilogy that never happened and it's terrible. You don't save anything for the trip back. Having said that, though, I did sort of know, 'Well, if they were to come back, I know what's going to happen… It's going to be awful.'

It's going to be great to see what he pulls together for this sequel. He's talked a lot about the tone and bringing in new characters, but it's going to be cool to see what story he ends up telling. I'm sure it'll end up being better than the first film.