Director Joss Whedon surprised fans today by tweeting out that production is officially wrapped on Avengers: Age of Ultron, the sequel to Marvel’s smash hit that’s set for release on May 1, 2015.
“Avengers: Age of Ultron” will bring the Marvel Universe’s biggest heroes together again to face one of their biggest villains…
Word has it that the film adaptation differentiates (thankfully) from the comic, in which Ultron becomes self-aware and destroys the planet (sort of like The Terminator). I don’t like the post-apocalyptic scenario in the comics, and really hope the movie focuses more on Ultron’s rise in power. Post-apocalytic visuals in films don’t work for me – they were horrendous in the otherwise epic X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Cobie Smulders, Thomas Kretschmann, and Paul Bettany star.
— Joss Whedon (@josswhedon) August 6, 2014