Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has revealed to Screenrant that Joss Whedon has yet to be hired for The Avengers 3.
"It's still being determined," said Feige.
"All of his efforts right now are in what he's doing for us primarily, obviously, writing and prepping Age of Ultron but also in reading the drafts of the films in Phase Two, watching early cuts and... to inform him where the characters are going to end up in the beginning of Age of Ultron and also to get his input and his wisdom into all of these.
"But right now it's all about leading up to Age of Ultron."
Obviously this news is not particularly problematic on its own: Phase Two is barely underway, so thinking about the finale to Phase Three is massively premature at this point.
But production on Phase Three is gearing up, with Edgar Wright already steaming through the pre-production of Ant-Man.
As Feige notes, Whedon has been heavily involved in all of the Phase Two movies (as well as Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.) in order to make Age Of Ultron feel as connected to the rest of the Marvelverse as possible, so if they want him to repeat this for Phase Three they need to sign him up, pronto.
The guy is practically the "showrunner" for the entire 'verse at the moment, so losing him for Phase Three could be disasterous.
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