The director of Marvel's The Avengers is asked about the online speculation that Clark Gregg's Agent Coulson will be brought back as 'The Vision' and reveals exactly how much creative control he has in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going forward.

Clark Gregg is in "Much Ado," too. The Internet is saying he could return in the sequel to "The Avengers" as Vision. I don't know how this works. If you wanted that to happen, could you make that happen? Do you have that power?



I have some power, you know? I think there's a level of trust. You know, Kevin Feige and I have always had mutual respect, and on the first movie he was very supportive. But there were definitely things where they were like, "Hmm, we don't see that." And I think now Kevin's in a place where it would be more like, "We don't see it, but we think you do."



Like, "We can't argue with the way the last one did"?



Yeah. And that doesn't mean they're just going to roll over and I'm going to say, "Oh, it's 'Great Lakes Avengers' and we're going to get Squirrel Girl and you're gonna love it." You know, they need to believe. But all I want to do is make the movie that they want. And so it's been great. We're having that same kind of, "What if? Oh, and what if?" And "I was thinking it would be funny ... ooh ooh ooh." There's definitely a level of earned trust, but as with any good studio head or producer, that doesn't mean a free pass.

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures Marvel’s The Avengers--the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

STARRING:



Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America

Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man

Chris Hemsworth as Thor

Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye

Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Ramanoff/Black Widow

Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson

Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill

Tom Hiddleston as Loki



RELEASE DATE: September 17th, 2012 (UK) September 25th, 2012 (US)

Talking to The Huffington Post while promoting his latest release,, director Joss Whedon has revealed a little more about exactly how much creative control the success ofhas resulted in him having with Marvel Studios' upcoming slate of adaptations. Unfortunately, when asked about the online speculation that Clark Gregg's 'Agent Coulson' will be brought back as 'The Vision', he doesn't really address the question! Check out his comments below and sound off with your thoughts in the usual place.