Saturday, March 29, 2014

Avengers 2: Pics & Video From Italy Shoot; Jackson On Fury

Production continues in Italy on Joss Whedon's superhero team up sequel "The Avengers: Age of Ultron".

A new seven-minute behind-the-scenes video has posted that includes Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and her twin brother Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) as well as Hawkeye Jeremy Renner), and what's thought to be a pre-CG enhanced look at the pic's Big Bad.


Right at the 5:26 mark when the stuntman in the Ultron suit lifts up the mask and shows off the face for us to see. There's a good close up photo also posted on Facebook.



Set photos from the Italy shoot also showcase a new look for Hawkeye in a black and purple-trimmed overcoat that recalls his look in the comics.


Finally, Samuel L. Jackson says his character Nick Fury will have a diminished role in the film. He tells Yahoo: "I'm just kind of passing by there, you know. I'm not doing so much. It's another one of those 'people who have powers fighting people who have powers.' That's why I didn't get to New York in "The Avengers". There's not a lot I could do except shoot a gun."
 
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.

Marvel vets RDJ, Chris Evans Chris Hemsworth Scarlett Johansson  Mark Ruffalo, Clark Gregg and Cobie Smulders are all expected 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.

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  the twins apparently working for him in the sequel (American Horror Story favorite Evan Peters plays a different incarnation of Quicksilver in Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past"--now in post-production--that film hits screens May 23rd 2014.). Korean actress  will play a bad gal role.

Radar Online has an unidentified source that claims that RDJ is campaigning to get his pals Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster a role in the movie.

Some non principal filming is also taking place in South Africa Production on the 'Avengers' sequel is slated to begin in earnest next month to meet a release date of May 1, 2015.

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