The sequel DOES NOT follow the Age of Ultron comics storyline--in which the big bad Ultron was created by Hank Pym who becomes Ant-Man. James Spader will both voice Ultron, and he'll have to do some kind of motion-capture as well--This news puts to rest the most popular theory suggesting that Tony Stark's (Robert Downey Jr,) robot butler J.A.R.V.I.S. (voiced by Paul Bettany) operating system from the Iron Man Films would turn into the villain.
Whedon marked the occasion with a photo tweet that included his final message from the set.
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— Joss Whedon (@josswhedon) August 6, 2014
Meantime key quotes about the film are still to be had from interviews conducted during San Diego Comic-Con last month. First up, an interview with Chris Evans by Screen Rant talks about how Captain America is dealing with the world around him following the collapse of S.H.I.E.L.D depicted in Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Soldier:
"That’s gonna be a tougher one to answer without giving stuff away! You know, he is a soldier, so he does look for kind of a hierarchy, a structure, a chain of command. And now that S.H.I.E.L.D. is disbanded, The Avengers are leaning on one another without kind of a - there’s no boss to report to. So [Cap] is looking for a sense of home, in a way. We start out as a team. In the first movie you have to establish the kind of team dynamic, but with this movie we get to hit the ground running. And we’re already a group, and we’re already kind of a team dynamic – and Spader [a.k.a. Ultron] throws a little bit of a wrench in the works."
Whedon talked with Nerd HQ recently in which Whedon was asked how the ending of "Captain America 2" will tie-in with "Age of Ultron". Specifically, will Steve Rogers give up on his hunt for Bucky aka The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)? :
"The fact is, Ultron is a clear and present danger and Bucky's in the wind. We do mention the fact that that's his sort of primary thing, but he's also working with The Avengers too. We're not ignoring it, but he definitely has to deal with a mad 8 foot robot, because that's one of those things that you put it off and it just gets worse."
Marvel vets RDJ, Evans Chris Hemsworth Scarlett Johansson Samuel L. Jackson Jeremy Renner Mark Ruffalo, Clark Gregg and Cobie Smulders are all back Two time Iron Man co-star Don Cheadle is involved this time out according to USA Today. Bettany will appear on screen as The Vision an android created by Ultron as a weapon to be used against the Avengers. Vision can fire beams of radiation and turn invisible--the character ultimately turned the tables on Ultron and became an Avengers member himself.
TV's Hulk Lou Ferrigno has confirmed that he'll return to do the voice of the big guy in the sequel. Ferrigno has said four words as the character so far - "Hulk Smash" in 2008's "The Incredible Hulk" and "Puny God" in "The Avengers".
Thomas Kretschmann has landed the role of 2nd bad guy Baron von Strucker. In the comics, the seemingly immortal Strucker is one of the leaders of Hydra, and an enemy of both S.H.I.E.L.D and The Avengers He seemingly beat out rumored candidates Marton Csokas and Dougray Scott who were being considered for the BvS role. The character will have Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and her twin brother Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) apparently working for him in the sequel (American Horror Story favorite Evan Peters plays a different incarnation of the speedy superhero in Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past"--in a very cool sequence in the film). Korean actress Soo-hyun Kim will play a bad gal role.
Radar Online has an unidentified source that claims that RDJ was campaigning to get his pals Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster a role in the movie.
Latino Review has posted what appears to be details about the film's opening 15-20 minutes (SPOILERS).
Some non principal filming took place in South Africa Post-production on the 'Avengers 2' has begun to meet a release date of May 1, 2015.
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