How is X-Men: Days of Future Past going?



Lauren Shuler Donner: Not quite fast enough but it’s coming along. We have a great treatment and we’re just waiting for the screenplay.



Do you still have Jennifer Lawrence now that she's become a megastar thanks to The Hunger Games?



Lauren Shuler Donner: Yeah, definitely.





Now that The Avengers has done so well, it seems like the other studios with Marvel properties can see the advantage of making a deal. Can you see a world where this generation of X-Men could be in an Avengers movie?



Lauren Shuler Donner: I would love it. I would love it. I personally have close ties to Marvel because of Kevin Feige, because Kevin worked for me. But to take our characters and mingle them in the way that they were written, yeah, absolutely.

The Avengers is an American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the sixth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast, which includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson. In The Avengers, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America to save the world from destruction.



Development of The Avengers began when Marvel Studios received a grant from Merrill Lynch in April 2005. After the success of the film Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel announced that The Avengers would be released in July 2011. With the signing of Scarlett Johansson in March 2009, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release. Whedon was brought on board in April 2010 and rewrote the screenplay that was originally written by Zak Penn. Production began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in August 2011 and New York City in September 2011. The film was converted to 3D in post-production.



The Avengers was released in the United States on May 4, 2012 in 2D and 3D.

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Once upon a time, a young Kevin Feige, current president of Marvel Studios, and Geoff Johns, current chief creative officer at DC Entertainment got started in Hollywood at the production company run by Richard and Lauren Shuler Donner. Today, they're two of the most influential people in the comic book adaptation business. Recently, Crave caught up with Donners where they asked a number of questions including how things were progressing with Days of Future Past and whether they'd team-up with their former employee Kevin Feige for an Avengers/X-Men collaboration.There's more at the source, including what they think about converting the original Superman to 3D for a re-release so be sure to click the source link below at the bottom to read the entire interview.2 hrs 23minutesMay 4 2012 (USA)PG 13 for for intense sequences of action and violence, some disturbing images, and languageRobert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Cobie Smulders, Jeremy Renner, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgård, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson and Lou FerrignoJoss WhedonZak Penn (initial screenplay), Joss Whedon (revised screenplay)