THE SUPER HERO TEAM-UP OF A LIFETIME!
From Marvel Studios in association with Paramount Pictures comes “Marvel’s The Avengers”—the most highly anticipated movie event of the year.
Iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow answer the call to action when Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a daring, globe-‐spanning recruitment effort to assemble The Avengers team to defeat an unexpected enemy threatening global safety and security.
Despite pulling together the ultimate dream team, Nick Fury and longtime confidant Agent Coulson must find a way to convince the Super Heroes to work with, not against each other, when the powerful and dangerous Loki gains access to the Cosmic Cube and its unlimited power.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-‐popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.
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Clark Gregg and Cobie Smulders also join the talented cast in bringing the world’s mightiest Super Heroes together on screen for the first time.
Director Joss Whedon’s creative production team includes Oscar®-‐nominated director
of photography Seamus McGarvey (“Atonement”), production designer James Chinlund (“25th Hour”), Oscar®-‐winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne (“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”), Oscar®-‐winning visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs (“Iron Man 2,” “The Matrix”), four-‐time Oscar®-‐nominated special effects supervisor Dan Sudick (“Iron Man,” “War of the Worlds”) and editors Jeffrey Ford (“Crazy Heart”) and Lisa Lassek (“The Cabin in the Woods”).
“Marvel’s The Avengers” is produced by Marvel Studios’ President Kevin Feige and executive produced by Alan Fine, Jon Favreau, Stan Lee, Louis D’Esposito, Patricia Whitcher, Victoria Alonso and Jeremy Latcham. The story is by Zak Penn and Joss Whedon, and the screenplay is by Joss Whedon.
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On top of being an eccentric genius, a billionaire, a playboy and a philanthropist, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is also the armored Super Hero known as Iron Man. Fresh off of defeating enemies the world over, Stark reluctantly agreed to serve as a consultant to Nick Fury’s (Samuel L. Jackson) top-‐secret peacekeeping and intelligence agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Now, with a global crisis on the horizon and the fate of the world in the balance, Stark must again power up his Iron Man armor to save the world and become a full--]fledged member of The Avengers.
Robert Downey Jr. on Iron Man: “Tony Stark is open to all possibilities and has no problem accepting extraordinary happenings. Joining The Avengers team is an act of curiosity—he wants to see what’s happening firsthand. He realized a while ago that he’s not an island and this time around he is beginning to understand that it’s about a group mindset and that ‘we’ is better than ‘I.’”
After a top--]secret Super Soldier program transformed frail Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) into the powerful and heroic Captain America, his amazing WWII exploits made him a living legend. Steve saved New York City and turned the tide of the war, but crashed into the Arctic during his final mission. Awakening in the modern day, Steve learned that he had spent decades frozen in the icy tundra. Now, Steve Rogers finds himself alone in a modern world that he hardly recognizes. When Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), director of the international peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D., calls on Rogers to help save the world again, he quickly suits up as Captain America, taking up his iconic shield and bringing his strength, leadership and no--]nonsense attitude to The Avengers.
Chris Evans on Captain America: “Big parts of Steve Rogers are his good nature, high morals and strong values. Those morals and values were created in a time when people treated each other differently. The level of interaction was a bit deeper. Everything feels one step apart with all of the technology we have now. A lot of the things that he believed in, stood for and loved have changed. They’re not gone—they’re just different. He’s trying to find his footing in a modern world.”
An arrogant prince from the distant land of Asgard, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) was banished to Earth after his irresponsible behavior threatened his homeland. While in exile on Earth, Thor learned humility and helped save his new friends from a destructive threat sent by his brother Loki. In the process, Thor redeemed himself in the eyes of his father, Odin, the King of Asgard. After being welcomed back to Asgard as a hero, Thor must now return to Earth once again to prevent a cosmic-‐level catastrophe. With Mjolnir in his hand, a legendary hammer with immense power, the mighty warrior soon finds himself drawn into an unlikely alliance with Nick Fury’s secret initiative, The Avengers, lending his power to their cause against his wayward brother, Loki.
Chris Hemsworth on Thor: “Thor has more of a personal investment in what’s happening than the other Super Heroes because Loki is his brother. The bigger conflict for him is that he’s trying to protect the greater good, but he has some deep questions about what is going on with his brother.”
After a gamma radiation experiment went awry, mild--]mannered scientist Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) found himself with a peculiar condition. When angered or provoked, he would transform into the uncontrollable, green--]skinned monster known as The Hulk. Now, fearful of the damage that The Hulk could inflict, Dr. Banner chooses to live a discreet life in remote parts of the world, working to cure the sick and help the poor while trying to elude those who would take advantage of his ability to change into the enormous, green menace. When a mounting threat calls for Bannerfs specialized scientific expertise, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury recruits him, knowing full well that the incredible strength of Bannerfs alter ego, The Hulk, would be an asset to The Avengers.
Mark Ruffalo on The Hulk: “This Hulk is mercurial. He’s very unpredictable; he's nuanced. There’s a sense of humor there; there’s an ability to communicate. But he’s bristly and he’s incredibly dangerous, like a wild animal. His rage feels real; his reactions to things feel human.”
One of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s most elite agents, Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), code-‐named Hawkeye, is the greatest living marksman on Earth. Armed with his weapon of choice, the recurve bow, Hawkeye fires his arsenal of custom-‐augmented arrows, specialized for any number of specific situations, with perfect precision. With the potential for global catastrophe on the horizon, he employs his amazing combat skills to fight alongside The Avengers.
Jeremy Renner on Hawkeye: “Hawkeye is alone in the game, an outcast and a loner; he’s a lone wolf sort of character, so he’s not a team player, but will be there if needed.”
S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), is one of the world’s greatest spies and quite possibly the world’s most skilled assassin. Armed with an extensive arsenal of specialized weapons like widow stings and cluster bombs, as well as a vast repertoire of martial arts skills, Romanoff’s unique talents make her one of Director Fury’s top agents and an integral part in assembling The Avengers.
Scarlett Johansson on Black Widow: “Black Widow is all business. She’s sort of in a grey area. In a sense, she’s been fighting the good fight despite her dark background. But she’s committed because she has to be and her moral ground is more dutiful. She’s militaristic in that way; that’s how she knows right from wrong.”
After his bid to overthrow the throne of Asgard was thwarted by his brother Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the evil Loki (Tom Hiddleston) retreated to lands unknown to plot his revenge. Not just against his brother, but against Earth, whose inhabitants Thor now protects. Loki now returns with a nefarious plot to conquer Earth and will stop at nothing to see his vision realized. When his misuse of power threatens the entire planet, it may take more than The Avengers to stop him.
Tom Hiddleston on Loki: “Lokifs villainy is motivated by the fact that hefs damaged and searching for his place in the universe, but in this film hefs a lot more menacing and a lot more powerful. Hefs much more self--]possessed. Hefs also a god, so hefs more powerful than any human.”
As the legendary director of the international peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is humanity's first line of defense against the world’s biggest threats. When S.H.I.E.L.D. becomes aware of an evil that threatens global safety, Fury assembles the planet's most powerful beings and forms The Avengers.
Samuel L. Jackson on Nick Fury: “Nick Fury monitors a lot of things and when he sees a need, he generally goes against the grain; he rubs a lot of people the wrong way by taking actions in situations that they don’t necessarily want him to take action in but he does anyway.”
Maria Hill is second in command to Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. A supremely loyal and capable agent, Hill quickly became one of Fury’s most trusted aides. Hill’s insistence on playing everything by the book leads to periodic clashes with Fury, who has no patience for bureaucracy or red tape. Still, Fury relies on Hill to remind him that the ends do not always justify the means. Hill’s competence and efficiency as well as her finely honed principles make her a valuable asset to Fury’s team.
Cobie Smulders on Maria Hill: “Maria Hill and Nick Fury butt heads constantly. I think that Maria is a little bit more intuitive than Nick. But throughout the course of the film, she realizes that he is involved and he does care, and he is taking the right steps to protect our country and fight the bad guys.”
Agent Phil Coulson is a veteran S.H.I.E.L.D. operative who is always seen in a suit and necktie despite the fact that he is the agent most often in the trenches, carrying out Director Nick Furyfs directives. The go--]to agent for Furyfs sometimes secretive missions, Agent Coulson has proven himself to be more than capable of handling the worldfs most powerful Super Heroes.though he is a human being with no superpowers or super--] abilities. As S.H.I.E.L.D.fs gEveryman,h Coulson is dependable and loyal and unabashedly a fan of Captain America. When a threat to the world requires the formation of a team of Super Heroes to defeat it, Coulson takes on the task of assembling Nick Furyfs Avengers as just another day at the office.
Clark Gregg on Phil Coulson: “When you look at the team, it's made up of rock stars and divas with giant muscles and super-‐powered egos, so somebody has the job backstage to make them all play in the same super-‐band—and that’s what Agent Coulson does.
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