Marvel is celebrating SXSW Interactive 2014 by offering fans access to nearly 15,000 of Marvel's greatest comics — including the top - selling Age of
Ultron event, all the first issues from the game - changing Marvel NOW!
The funding was secured primarily by an unannounced Chinese firm with assist from
Ultron Event Horizon and, in line with Gao, this funding is greater than for final yr's anime hit Your Name.
With the Age of
Ultron event finally stumbling over the finish line, the Marvel faithful breathe a sigh of relief as one of the most inconsistent and dollar - centric events comes to a close.
These acclaimed tales are now included with over 15,000 of Marvel's greatest comics — including the top - selling Age of
Ultron event, the star - spanning Guardians of the Galaxy, with most of the first issues from the hugely successful and critically acclaimed All - New Marvel NOW!
Not exact matches
The closest we get to acknowledging the Marvel universe is a reference to the death of the father of T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), an
event that happened in 2016's Captain America: Civil War, and a bad guy who first popped up in Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
His champion gladiator is, yep, the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), who has been on Sakaar ever since the
events of «Avengers: Age of
Ultron.»
Instead, he's been trying to track down the puppet master behind some of the recent near - world - ending
events, and looking for the Infinity Stones in order to prevent the doomed future he saw for Asgard and his people in Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
This new chapter takes place after the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron (2015) and Cap is still searching for Bucky in between Avenging duties, of course.
The Space Stone introduced in Thor has since been revealed to be in Loki's possession following the
events of Thor: Ragnarok; the Mind Stone introduced in The Avengers resides in the forehead of The Vision following the character's introduction in Avengers: Age of
Ultron; the Power Stone was first seen in Guardians of the Galaxy is in the custody of the Nova Corps on Xandar; the Reality Stone introduced in Thor: The Dark World is still in the possession of The Collector on Knowhere; and the Time Stone that premiered in Doctor Strange is under the care of the Sorcerer Supreme.
Like Age of
Ultron (which some have argued is the best Avengers film), this is one of those Marvel movies where the title bears little resemblance to the actual comics
event where it originated.
There were a number of callbacks in the film to the
events of the Avengers film, with the most prominent ones being the Quinjet that Hulk was flying in at the end of Avengers: Age of
Ultron, complete with a video message to the Hulk from the Black Widow (in addition, Thor makes the same «He's adopted» line about Loki that he made in The Avengers).
Captain America: Civil War picks up with Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and the current Avengers team one year after the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
Set 88 days after an
event known as the Convergence, Infinite's story demo reveals that Avengers enemy
Ultron and Mega Man X nemesis Sigma have teamed to join their worlds using the power of the Reality and Space Infinity Stones — which fit nicely into their newly conjoined corporal form.
Award: The Assassin Least Sexy Movie: 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: A LEGO Brickumentary) Best Tolkien Reference: The Martian Best Gag Involving a Hammer: Avengers: Age of
Ultron Best Joke About Naming Your Fists «Cagney and Lacey»: Spy Best Celebrity Cameo: LeBron James, Trainwreck Best Imaginary Friend: Bing Bong, Inside Out Most Awkward Interplay Between Real and Fictional Theme Parks: Tomorrowland (Runner - up: Jurassic World) Best Contact Lenses: Johnny Depp, Black Mass Best Eyeglasses: Sean Harris, Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation Best Glass Eye: Christian Bale, The Big Short Best Robot: Ava (Ex Machina) Worst Robot: Chappie (Chappie) The Cameron Crowe Award for a Soundtrack in Search of a Movie: Aloha Best Aerial Stunt: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (Runner - up: Spectre) Worst Oven - Cleaning Method: The Visit Worst Misuse of a Juice Bottle: Sleeping with Other People Best Movie About Journalism: Spotlight Worst Movie About Journalism: Truth The Sudden Ubiquity Award: Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Revenant); Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road; Legend; The Revenant); Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina, Mojave, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) Best Dog - boy: Jack Bright, The Good Dinosaur Worst Dog - man: Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending Worst Implicit Historical Comparison: Moving the
events of The Secret in Their Eyes from Argentina's Dirty War to post-9 / 11 America Best Backward - Looking Reboot: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Backward - Looking Reboot: Terminator Genisys Best Home Movies: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Nicest Russian Spy: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies Trends of the Year: Women ruling comedy (Trainwreck, Spy); an overdue pushback against CGI (Mad Max: Fury Road, Star Wars: The Force Awakens); sneakily feminist themes in summer sequels (Magic Mike XXL, Mad Max: Fury Road); spy spoofs (Spy, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the final third of Spectre)
Picking up after the
events of «Thor: The Dark World» and «Avengers: Age of
Ultron,» Thor: Ragnarok begins with our titular hero (Chris Hemsworth, «The Huntsman: Winter's War») narrating that he has spent time searching the universe for the Infinity Stones, before he encounters a fire demon, Surtur (Clancy Brown, «Stronger»), who predicts the forthcoming demise of Asgard, Ragnarok.
The follow - up to 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, actually follows the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron when the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity.
One of the biggest shockers of the
event was the return of the Hank Pym version of
Ultron, who killed Magus and took the Soul Stone for himself.
Despite some uneven pacing, «Avengers: Age of
Ultron» does a good job setting up the
events of Marvel films to come, and serves as a strong directorial finish for Joss Whedon in the Marvel cinematic universe.
The likes of Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), War Machine (Don Cheadle) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johannson) agree with the plan, dubbed the Sokovia Accords after the country was nearly razed to the ground during the
events of The Avengers: Age of
Ultron, while Captain America (Chris Evans) and Falcon (Anthony Mackie) are less keen on governmental oversight.
As you may know by now, the
events of the new film are set into motion when Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), attempting to take some of the world - saving weight from his heroic comrades, creates an army of technological peacekeeping drones controlled by the clever A.I.
Ultron (voiced and performance captured with relish by James Spader).
Well, Mark Ruffalo has since revealed that the green Goliath was indeed in earlier drafts of the film but was taken out to add to the suspense on where he is after the
events of Age of
Ultron:
He has just created an extinction level
event in
Ultron.
A new Ant - Man and the Wasp trailer debuted today, and for those still reeling from the heavy
events of Avengers: Infinity War, it appears this Marvel Studios sequel will do exactly what the first film did following Avengers: Age of
Ultron: allow some levity and fun to permeate the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The interconnected universe approach is what allowed the Hulk to disappear from the Marvel Universe after the
events in Age of
Ultron and not appear in another movie or in the universe again until he's found in Thor: Ragnarok.
With Avengers, Avengers: Age of
Ultron, and Infinity War, Marvel Studios has brought the comic book crossover — collecting all their heroes in one special issue or
event — to the silver screen.
Following the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron, T'challa returns home to Wakanda to succeed his father as king of the small, isolated, technologically advanced African nation.
After the
events of
Ultron, there's a political debate about the need to oversee the Avengers» missions.
Premise: After the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron, another international incident involving Captain America (Chris Evans) and the Avengers results in collateral damage, prompting politicians to form a system of accountability and a governing body to determine when to call in the Avengers, which results in the fracturing of the team into two opposing factions — one led by Captain America who wishes to operate without regulation, and one led by Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.) who supports government oversight — while they attempt to protect the world from a new enemy.
While it's previously been said that Natalie Portman's Jane Foster will be absent from Thor: Ragnarok — with Chris Hemsworth stating that she's broken up with the God of Thunder following the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron — director Taika Waititi is now seemingly teasing a potential appearance from the Oscar - winning actress.
Avengers: Age of
Ultron helps set up the
events that will soon come in Marvel's Phase 3 as we edge closer to Infinity War.
After the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron, and four years after the
events of Thor: The Dark World, Thor, held captive on the planet Sakaar without his hammer, must win a gladiatorial duel against an old friend — the Hulk — in order to return to Asgard in time to stop the villainous Hela and the impending Ragnarök, the doom of the Asgardian civilization.
After the
events of «Age of
Ultron,» Olsen talked about where «Civil War» finds Wanda Maximoff.
We're also looking at the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe after the
events of Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
When Thanos (Josh Brolin) threw on that gold glove in the mid-credits sequence of Age of
Ultron and growled, «Fine, I'll do it myself,» he was setting off a string of
events that will culminate in Avengers: Infinity Wars.
However, once installed,
Ultron decides the best way to bring peace to the Earth is to effect an extinction - level
event that will wipe out humanity and reset the evolutionary clock.
Still broken following the
events of Age of
Ultron and Civil War, the Avengers are scattered across the galaxy.
Marvel Studios reunites Earth's Mightiest Heroes in the unprecedented movie
event, Marvel's Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
With a host of Avengers making an appearance in the new film, it looks continue on from
events introduced in Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
Recently Marvel announced the first big comic
event of 2013 with the Age of
Ultron.
Following the «shocking» ending of the previous issue, in which an Avenger was killed in the past by Wolverine and Sue Storm to stop the
events of Age of
Ultron, the duo return to the «present» (let's call is 2013A) to find things drastically changed.
Not too long ago, it was announced that Marvel's current «
event» Age of
Ultron # 10 would have the controversial appearance of Neil Gaiman's Angela, in an issue co-written by the prolific author and series writer Brian Michael Bendis.
It's the hit comic book
event of the spring, and this June — get your first look at the monumental fallout from Age Of
Ultron in Age Of
Ultron # 10A.
As a result of the end of the publisher's «Age of
Ultron»
event this week, the walls of reality between Marvel universes has broken down enough to let Galactus - Â the planet devouring threat created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — cross into the Ultimate Universe.
«Age of
Ultron» writer Brian Michael Bendis has shared a document detailing the ripple effect Hank Pym's death has on the Marvel Universe presented in the
event miniseries.
CBR spoke with Executive Editor Tom Brevoort about the fallout from «Age of
Ultron» # 10, which brings Marvel's latest
event to a time twisting close and changes the Marvel and Ultimate Universes in major ways.
There was no reason to suspect that Brian Michael Bendis «s Age of
Ultron would break this trend, having been built up since March as a universe changing
event.
Bendis — who has a history with high - stakes Marvel
events after writing «House of M,» «Secret Invasion» and «Age of
Ultron» — said that «no one is safe» in «Civil War II,» along with praising the original story by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven.
Picking up from the
events of Age of
Ultron and Hunger, this tightly packed issue kicks the series off with several bangs, whimpers and lightning bolts.
In January, Marvel Comics revealed five variant covers for Brian Michael Bendis» «Age of
Ultron»
event that showed the continuing evolution of
Ultron as he upgraded his body armor and weaponry.
A few weeks back, CBR's regular AXEL - IN - CHARGE column welcomed Marvel Comics VP of Sales David Gabriel to the discussion for some frank sales talk and - Â in the call's final moments - Â a tease of when exactly the promised «Age of
Ultron»
event would arrive in stores.