[103] Army Reserve soldiers assigned to the Columbus, Ohio-based 391st Military Police Battalion provided background action during the battle scenes in Cleveland. Present-day Nebula convinces 2014-Gamora to betray Thanos, but is unable to convince 2014-Nebula and kills her. The city's East 9th Street was chosen as a double for New York City's 42nd Street to be used in climactic battle scenes. [105] A series of explosions were filmed at the Chevrolet powertrain plant in Parma, Ohio as part of the battle sequence that began in Cleveland. Stark's suit loses power, and he goes into freefall, but the Hulk saves him. 121 min 792,763 [113] The Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 7D digital SLR cameras were used for some shots,[114][115][116] and high-speed shots were captured on 35 mm film with the Arriflex 435. I breathe fanfiction.The other present Avengers, Chris Evans, Directors: The Avengers also unite to eat shawarma in the aftermath of the battle, while Stark Tower is renamed "Avengers Tower". [251], Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave a positive review of the film, remarking, "It's clamorous, the save-the-world story is one everyone's seen time and again, and the characters have been around for more than half a century in 500 comic book issues. | Gross: | We're not doing the blow-the-dust-off-of-the-old-Norse-book-in-your-library Thor. [148] In February 2012, Marvel announced the release of a second limited series comic book tie-in, Black Widow Strikes written by Fred Van Lente, who wrote Captain America: First Vengeance, the comic-book prequel to Captain America: The First Avenger. [186] It was the first Marvel production to generate $1 billion in ticket sales. [139] However, The Hollywood Reporter called it, "Awesome. [144][226][227][232][233] It set opening-weekend records in many territories, including Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina,[234] Peru, and Central America. agent Maria Hill, played by Cobie Smulders" and "some slightly different versions of Maria Hill and Nick Fury's interaction with the World Security Council". | [59] Screenwriter Zak Penn, who wrote The Incredible Hulk, became attached to the film in 2006,[57] and was hired by Marvel Studios to write the film in June 2007. [226] It opened in 29 more countries on April 26 and 27, earning $73.1million in three days. "[252] To Rolling Stone journalist Peter Travers, the film epitomized an exceptional blockbuster. | Once all of the actors were "locked in place the movie stayed on mission." We wanted this to feel immersive and did not want a 'comic book look' that might distance an audience with the engagement of the film. Get the latest news, original content, and special offers from Marvel. Many characters have been affiliated with the Avengers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: The Avengers appear in the animated series What If? [74], By April 2010, Joss Whedon was close to completing a deal to direct the film and to rework Penn's script,[75] and was officially announced in July 2010. After Pym is defeated, Loki uses the opportunity to invade Earth. [1], Ideas for a film based on the Avengers began in 2003,[2] with Avi Arad, the CEO of Marvel Studios, first announcing plans to develop the film in April 2005, after Marvel Enterprises declared independence by allying with Merrill Lynch to produce a slate of films that would be distributed by Paramount Pictures. "[254] Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times complimented the film's frenetic pace,[255] while Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times commented that it "provides its fans with exactly what they desire. [269], Avengers: Age of Ultron[270] was written and directed by Whedon,[271] and released on May 1, 2015. [41] Gregg said his role was expanded in The Avengers: "[What] Agent Coulson had become in terms of the import of this particular story, and how important his job is in bringing the Avengers together, it kind of felt a little surreal, like somebody was playing a prank and that wasn't the real script. Lang gets trapped in the Quantum Realm while he was there harvesting energy from it, as Pym, Hope and Janet van Dyne who were going to pull him out get blipped. With the Hulk reluctant to emerge, Strange is captured by Maw, while Banner contacts Rogers to warn him of Thanos' intention to acquire Vision's Mind Stone. 687,352 With the signing of Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in March 2009 and Renner as Clint Barton in June 2010, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release. [207] Other records set by the film include the biggest weekend per-theater average for a wide release ($47,698 per theater),[208] the fastest film to reach $100million and each additional $50million through $550million,[207][209][210] and the largest cumulative gross through every day of release until, and including, its forty-third day (with the exception of its first day). Chris Hemsworth, [24] Banner, currently living off the grid in Mexico trains his cousin, lawyer Jennifer Walters after she receives his gamma-radiated abilities upon cross-contamination with his blood following an accident, despite her reluctance to be a superhero. A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe. They are set to return in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty in 2025 and Avengers: Secret Wars in 2026. [48] Paul Bettany returns to voice J.A.R.V.I.S. And we're linked through this Tree of Life that we're unaware of. [172][173] Producer Kevin Feige said the Blu-ray features a new Marvel One-Shot titled Item 47 (2012) and "a number of deleted scenes and a few storylines that fell by the wayside during the editing process" including "a few more scenes with the S.H.I.E.L.D. In the mid-2000s, Kevin Feige realized that Marvel still owned the rights to the core members of the Avengers. To do this, ILM sent out a team of four photographers to take pictures of the area in a shoot that lasted eight weeks. [38][39] Scott Foundas of Variety felt that the actors now "wear these roles as comfortably as second skins". $315.06M. Director Nick Fury, the team is a United States-based organization composed primarily of superpowered and gifted individuals, described as "Earth's Mightiest Heroes", who are committed to the world's protection from a variety of threats. [175] It was released on April 2, 2013. Barton is wounded in the battle, Rogers captures Hydra's leader Wolfgang von Strucker and Stark manages to retrieve the scepter despite being subjected to apocalyptic hallucinations by Wanda's telepathy. He changed his mind once Chris Hemsworth was cast as Thor. "[55] [138] The first full-length trailer was also released in October. After filming the scene, Whedon and actors Amy Acker and Denisof, who portrayed Fred and Wesley, respectively, "went out for drinks and ended up just sitting around quietly, exhausted from the day's events," which Whedon then mimicked in the scene for the film. Barton, with his family having fallen victim to the Blip, becomes a criminal-hunting vigilante called Ronin. Hendry left after the first series; Steed then became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. [4] It opened Friday, May 4, 2012, on around 11,800 screens across 4,349 theaters, and earned $80.8million, marking the second-biggest opening and second-biggest single-day gross. [8], In October 2008, two major prospects occurred for Marvel Studios: Jon Favreau was brought in as an executive producer for the film,[9] and the company signed a long-term lease with Raleigh Studios to produce three other big-budget filmsIron Man 2, introducing Black Widow; Thor, introducing Thor with a cameo appearance of Hawkeye; and Captain America: The First Avenger, introducing Captain Americaat their Manhattan Beach, California complex. Loki escapes after killing Coulson and Fury uses Coulson's death to motivate the Avengers into working as a team. [182] The Avengers also became the fifth film distributed by Disney and the twelfth film overall to earn more than $1billion. [18] Numerous aspects and elements of both the Ultimates and the Earth-616 Avengers were utilized for the look and storyline of the 2012 live action film Marvel's The Avengers,[19] which introduced the assembled team of Avengers. About his visual approach, McGarvey remarked, "Joss and I were keen on having a very visceral and naturalistic quality to the image. And finding that you not only belong together but you need each other, very much. Carol Danvers who went by Captain Marvel with her blonde hair, dark blue and red bodysuit with a golden symbol on it, red gloves, red belt and red boots. We were looking for the right thing and he came in and met on it [] we want[ed] to find a director thats on the verge of doing something great, as we think Joss is. $333.18M, PG-13 [14] At first, Penn tried to reduce Thor's role in the script because he had doubts about the character's ability to succeed on film. .mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}* While eight films have reached $100million after two days, the film's gross by the end of the second day exceeded all of them. The highly anticipated animated series will be available February 15 on Disney+, following the February 10 premiere on Disney Channel. [147], In December 2011, Marvel announced that an eight-issue comic-book prelude to the film, written by Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson with art by Luke Ross and Daniel HDR, would be released in March 2012. yg Fiction Writing. I don't do a ton of fighting in the movie, which is why I wasn't offered a trainer, but I wanted to look like I had the ability to. [89] The deal also allowed Paramount to continue to collect the 8percent box office fee it would have earned for distributing the film and a marquee creditplacement of the company's production logo on marketing materials and the film's opening titles. [68] Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston joined the film's cast in June, returning as Thor and Loki, respectively. [57] Disney and Sony Pictures agreed for OsCorp Tower from The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) to be included in the film, but the idea was dropped because much of the skyline had already been completed. 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[81] He also was "worried that one British character actor [(Hiddleston)] was not enough to take on Earth's mightiest heroes, and that we'd feel like we were rooting for the overdog. [46][47] Cameron told IndieWire that despite being a fan of the films, he feared that they had dominated the film genre, and that he hoped that people were getting tired of it so other stories could be told. After losing the Vision as its new body, Ultron tries to cause an extinction event by using Sokovia as a meteor. Samuel L. Jackson, Tony was meant to snap, but peter didnt want him to die, and couldn&39;t stand it either so he took the only way out of seeing that happen was to snap in Tony&39;s place. The Tesseract suddenly activates and opens a wormhole, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Nick Fury and Maria Hill are blipped as they try to find out Stark and the Avengers' location but not before Fury manages to summon Carol Danvers. [121] Shawarma sales in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Boston reportedly skyrocketed in the days following the film's release. 496,396 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Chris Hemsworth, The announcement was just ahead of the Toy Industry Association's annual February exhibition, where representatives held a sampling booth of the products. Get into War Zones and choose from different missions thatll challenge your skills as you protect humanity. That guy's brain is a bag full of cats. But it's an action movie. The light, amusing bits cannot overcome the grinding, hectic emptiness, the bloated cynicism that is less a shortcoming of this particular film than a feature of the genre. Banner, having the most resistance to their gamma radiation, wields the gauntlet and reverses the Blip. Stars: Who is she. He should be thanking it", "Are Audiences Getting Tired of 'The Avengers' Yet? Meanwhile, the Avengers celebrate their victory. Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, and Re-recording Mixer Christopher Boyes at 3:22 of video interview, 20072008 Writers Guild of America strike, Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Avengers Assembled, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. [181] The film's worldwide opening of $392.5million was the fourth-largest. It's Transformers with a brain, a heart and a working sense of humor. The director actually took our recommendation on one scene and let us all engage the enemy as opposed to only the gunners in the trucks engaging". Parts of the film were also scheduled to be shot in Michigan,[90] but a plan to film in Detroit ended after Governor Rick Snyder issued a budget proposal that would eliminate a film tax incentive. [91] Three months later in March, Governor of Ohio John Kasich announced before Mayor Frank G. Jackson's State of the City address that The Avengers would film in Cleveland. Stars: Stars: In the aftermath, Thor returns with Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard, where Loki will face their justice. [12] Though Don Cheadle was also reported to be reprising his Iron Man 2 role of War Machine for The Avengers, he later stated that he did not think the character would appear in the film. In an alternate 2011, a vengeful Hank Pym eliminates the Avengers' candidates: Stark, Thor, Barton, Banner, and Romanoff. Directors: * | 850,329 Rogers, Romanoff, and Stark apprehend Loki, but are disrupted by the arrival of Thor. | | [198][199][200] In total, it earned a total of $207,438,708 for its debut weekend, setting an opening-weekend record,[201] including an IMAX opening-weekend record of $15.3million[202][203][204] and a record for opening-weekend grosses originating from 3D showings ($108million). ), Unlock the world of Marvel Digital Comics! | agent who works closely with Nick Fury. You can smell crazy on him. Jeff Bridges, Votes: Meanwhile, 2014-Nebula, impersonating her future self, uses the time machine to transport 2014-Thanos and his warship to the present, destroying the Avengers Compound in the process. Iron Man totally ripped off Mjolnir. 849,490 | The two sides of the Avengers then confront at the Leipzig/Halle Airport, with Rogers, Barnes, Wilson, Barton, Lang and Maximoff facing Stark, Rhodes, Romanoff, the Vision, T'Challa and new recruit Peter Parker. Robert Downey Jr., "No," he said, "because we're doing the Jack Kirby/Stan Lee/Walt Simonson/J. 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