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JOE RUSSO: Its the scale.
Theyre of an unprecedented scale, its very difficult.
What are you looking at in terms of how you will make this look?
I love the beginning ofMan of Steelon Krypton.
Im just curious what youre looking at in terms of…
JOE: A lot of conceptual artwork.
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I believe Scarlet Witch is a very powerful character; can she fuck with Thanos with her power?
Lets just say that.
I love the casting of Josh Brolin as Thanos, hes gonna be great.
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Is he gonna be on set doing stuff?
He has to be.
We cant get that true behavioral performance without both actors being in the room together, its impossible.
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You lose so much subtlety in level of detail.
This is a massive shoot, as you said, its like a yearlong process.
I think theyre starting to get withdrawal symptoms when theyre not together now, so I think theyre excited.
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JOE: Downey has some amazing cooking inside his base camp.
Its a little bit like a small city.
JOE: Were either looking at editorial or talking about what we have to do in the afternoon.
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Everyone has said that.
JOE: Vision is another character who I dont think has realized his power yet.
JOE: It certainly could be.
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Its just a great title too, straight out of the comic.
Its just gonna be interesting.
JOE: You want royalties for that one?
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Not even a little bit, I think Marvel owns that.
I just think its great, its a great title.
What influences are you looking at forInfinity War?
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Because you mentioned theres nothing thats been done in this scale and scope that I can think of.
EvenGodfatherthat has all these characters, you guys mentioned theres like 60 characters on the drawing board.
What do you look at in terms of trying to balance all of it?
JOE: I dont know.
I think that and, like I said, some other properties that are multi-perspective storytelling.
So I dont know how much time well spend on Easter egging other characters.
JOE: We talk a lot.
We talk to some more than others but theres a lot of dialogue that goes on.
Who is gonna be doing second unit onInfinity War, do you know?
JOE: Alexander Witt, from theBondfilms.
Theres no chance for anyone fromJohn Wick?
These are my two last questions.
JOE: Theyll be ready.
So you basically said, We need 10 cameras and some have to go underwater?
JOE: Pretty much.
Some are gonna get destroyed.
ANTHONY: And a few other things.
Can you do that with these IMAX cameras?
JOE: Yeah, it’s possible for you to interweave technologies.
ANTHONY: But it does get more difficult, it is a good point.
It is a consideration what youre talking about.
JOE: VR I think.
JOE: Yes, pretty incredible.
Everyone says game-changing, but it is game-changing.
So, Im not far off.
JOE: No youre not.
There we go, and on that note I will say thanks for your time.
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