Continuing the epic, big-screen action adventure of a lifetime started in Marvel’s “The Avengers,” the Super Hero dream team is back to protect the world from the greatest threat mankind has ever seen in Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”

Marvelous Casts in Marvel

Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” stars Robert Downey Jr. (Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth (Marvel’s “Thor:  The Dark World,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) as Thor, Mark Ruffalo (Marvel’s “The Avengers,” “The Normal Heart”) as Hulk, Chris Evans as Captain America (Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”), Scarlett Johansson (Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) as Natasha/ Black Widow, Jeremy Renner (“American Hustle,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) as Clint/ Hawkeye, Don Cheadle as Lt. Col. James “Rhodey” Rhodes/Iron Patriot (Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” “House of Lies”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (“Godzilla,” “Kickass”) as Pietro Maximoff, Elizabeth Olsen (“Godzilla,” “I Saw the Light”) as Wanda Maximoff, Paul Bettany (“Transcendence,” Marvel’s “Iron Man 3”) as The Vision, Cobie Smulders (Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) as Agent Maria Hill, and Stellan Skarsgård (Marvel’s “The Avengers,” “Cinderella”) as Erik Selvig, with James Spader as Ultron (“The Blacklist,” “Lincoln”) and Samuel L. Jackson (Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) as Nick Fury.

Wonderful Production Team

Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the film also includes a stellar supporting cast, including Claudia Kim, Thomas Kretschmann and Andy Serkis. Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is produced by Marvel Studios’ president Kevin Feige, p.g.a., and the executive producers are Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Patricia Whitcher, Stan Lee and Jon Favreau.  

Director Joss Whedon’s creative team also includes director of photography Ben Davis, BSC (Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy”), production designer Charles Wood (Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World”), Oscar®-winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne (Marvel’s “The Avengers,” “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”), Oscar®-nominated visual effects supervisor Christopher Townsend (Marvel’s “Iron Man 3”), stunt coordinator Greg Powell (“Skyfall”) and special effects supervisor Paul Corbould (Marvel’s “Thor: The Dark World,” “Skyfall”). The editors are Jeffrey Ford, ACE (Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” Marvel’s “The Avengers”) and Lisa Lassek (Marvel’s “The Avengers”).

A NEW THREAT EMERGES

For the filmmakers, developing the story for Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” brought on a new challenge as they would have to make sure that all of the events in previous Marvel films would have a bearing on the storyline and dynamic of the screenplay. “A lot has happened since the end of the first Avengers film,” informs producer Kevin Feige. “We’ve gone through all of the Phase 2 films; Tony Stark’s house is gone, and he’s thrown away his RT and is reevaluating his life and role as Iron Man. Thor has gone back to Asgard, and has determined that he doesn’t want to be a king. He’s come back to dedicate himself to protecting mankind and S.H.I.E.L.D. has crumbled to the ground in ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ after finding it out it was really Hydra for many years. What all these events have done is left a lot of loose ends.”

Regarding how critical it is to keep storylines in each film moving forward in a direction that serves both the individual franchises and the overreaching Marvel cinematic universe, executive producer Louis D’Esposito added that they want each franchise and film to feel fresh and its own entity, but at the same time it also has to be in alignment with something that might happen two or three films down the line. He said they have been really lucky in finding that balance of keeping things going in new directions and paying off moments that keep all the franchises connected outside of the Avengers films. So when the first Avengers film became one of the biggest films of all time, their first task was making sure the films leading up to ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ would all play a role in shaping the story for the film. 

STORY SYNOPSIS:

Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk and Chris Evans as Captain America. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision.

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Writer/Director:   Joss Whedon

Producer:           Kevin Feige, p.g.a.

Executive Producers: Louis D’Esposito, Alan Fine, Victoria Alonso, Jeremy Latcham, Patricia Whitcher, Stan Lee, Jon Favreau

Cast:Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård with James Spader and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury

Genre:                             Action-Adventure

Running Time:                       141 mins