So what's the over-under on the baddie being Ole Green Genes? On Apr 26, 10:32 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > MARVEL STUDIOS BEGINS PRODUCTION OF EPIC FEATURE > > "MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS" > > > > Marvel Super Heroes Assemble To Commence Principal Photography > > In Preparation for May 4, 2012 Film Release > > > > BURBANK, Calif. (April 26, 2011)-- Production has commenced today in > Albuquerque, New Mexico on Marvel Studios' highly anticipated movie "Marvel's > The Avengers," directed by Joss Whedon ("Serenity") from a screenplay by > Whedon. The film will continue principal photography in Cleveland, Ohio and > New York City. Robert Downey Jr. ("Iron Man," "Iron Man 2") returns as the > iconic Tony Stark/Iron Man along with Chris Hemsworth ("Thor") as Thor, Chris > Evans ("Captain America: The First Avenger") as Captain America, Jeremy > Renner ("Thor," "The Hurt Locker") as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo ("The Kids Are > Alright") as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson ("Iron Man 2") as Black Widow, Clark > Gregg ("Iron Man," "Thor") as Agent Phil Coulson, and Samuel L. Jackson > ("Iron Man," "Iron Man 2") as Nick Fury. Set for release in the US on May 4, > 2012, "Marvel's The Avengers" is the first feature to be fully owned, > marketed and distributed by Disney, which acquired Marvel in 2009. > > > > Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in "Iron Man," "The > Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America: The First > Avenger," "Marvel's The Avengers" is the Super Hero team up of a lifetime. > When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, > Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, > finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of > disaster. > > > > Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, > "Marvel's The Avengers" brings together the mightiest Super Hero characters > as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded > cast of Super Heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your > Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of SHIELD, as well as Tom Hiddleston > ("Wallander") and Stellan Skarsgård ("Angels & Demons," "Mamma Mia!") who > will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig > from the upcoming MarvelStudios' feature "Thor." > > > > "Marvel's The Avengers" is being produced by Marvel Studios' President, Kevin > Feige, and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Louis D'Esposito, Patty > Whitcher, and Jon Favreau. Marvel Studios' Jeremy Latcham and Victoria > Alonso will co-produce. > > > > The creative production team also includes Oscar® nominated director of > photography Seamus McGarvey ("Atonement"), production designer James Chinlund > ("25thHour"), Oscar winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne ("Elizabeth: The > Golden Age"), Oscar winning visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs ("Iron Man > 2," "The Matrix"), visual effects producer Susan Pickett ("Iron Man," "Iron > Man 2"), stunt coordinator R.A. Rondell ("Superman Returns"), and four-time > Oscar nominated special effects supervisor Dan Sudick ("Iron Man," "War of > the Worlds"). The editors include Oscar nominated Paul Rubell ("Collateral") > and Jeffrey Ford ("Crazy Heart"). > > > > Marvel Studios most recently produced "Iron Man 2" which was released in > theatres on May 7, 2010. The sequel to "Iron Man," starring Robert Downey > Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow as well as Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Mickey > Rourke, took the number one spot its first weekend with a domestic box office > gross of $128.1 million. To date the film has earned over $620 million in > worldwide box office receipts. > > > > In the summer of 2008, Marvel produced the summer blockbuster movies, "Iron > Man" and "The Incredible Hulk." "Iron Man," in which Robert Downey Jr. > originally dons the Super Hero's powerful armor alongside co-stars Terrence > Howard, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow, was released May 2, 2008 and was an > immediate box office success. Garnering the number one position for two > weeks in a row, the film brought in over $100 million its opening weekend and > grossed over $571 million worldwide. On June 13, 2008, Marvel released "The > Incredible Hulk" marking its second number one opener of that summer. The > spectacular revival of the iconic green goliath grossed over $250 million in > worldwide box office receipts.
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