While putting it aside to deal with
Ultron makes sense, after all he wants to destroy the world you're standing on, I would have expected more ramifications afterwards.
Not exact matches
From the Inside Out - «
Making Avengers: Age of
Ultron»: A 20 - minute video going back 18 months showing what it was like on set of the film in Italy and Seoul, Sourth Korea; a look at the Avengers Tower; some of the behind - the - scenes early visual effects of
Ultron; early concept work for Quicksilver, the Hulk, and Vision; and more.
The one takeaway from the reel, which will probably
make its way to Reddit, are three short sequences between cast members pretending to kiss (Captain America / Iron Man, Thor / Vision, and Black Widow /
Ultron).
As we're seeing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with
Avengers: Age of Ultron , old heroes are clearing out to
make way for the young upstarts eager to...
In other Marvel news, Avengers: Age of
Ultron director Joss Whedon has expressed regret about comments
made about the film and his relationship with the studio last year.
«Avengers: Age of
Ultron» Jeremy Renner recently
made a surprise visit at a wedding party in Houston.
It was
Ultron's plan to use the incredibly resilient substance to build himself a new robot body, which would
make him pretty close to indestructible.
However, after the bloated, big - scale release that was Avengers: Age of
Ultron just a few months prior, it's nice to see that Marvel can still
make a smaller - scale superhero flick, rather than continuously try to one - up the last one with more and more spectacle.
«Avengers: Age of
Ultron» easily topped the second weekend of «Amazing Spider - Man 2,» which
made $ 35.5 million in its sophomore frame, but «Hot Pursuit» paled in comparison to «Neighbors»» $ 49 million debut.
The studio is too bottom - line driven to permit the sort of eccentricity that would've
made this project truly pop (Joss Whedon's ungainly potluck «Avengers: Age of
Ultron,» with its spiky wit and nihilistic robot philosopher baddie, is looking better in retrospect).
There are only so many moments or lines that «Infinity War» can give, say, to Tony and Pepper; or to Bruce and Natasha, who had a powerful connection in «Age of
Ultron,» got separated soon after, and are confined to a couple of brief exchanges here; or to Peter Quill / Starlord (Chris Pratt), Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), Drax (Dave Bautista) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff), who are stuck doing comic relief when they aren't suffering greatly or setting up Peter to
make some very bad, dumb choices.
The latter three characters are tonally different than our main Avengers — the aubergine - skinned, floating Vision
makes even a hero like the Hulk look pedestrian — and their inclusion means that Age of
Ultron «is an odd film in some ways,» Whedon said.
The fan frenzy, smart marketing and merchandising around the Hulk - sized franchise that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe means sequel Avengers: Age Of
Ultron would likely
make a packet even if it solely consisted of the gang playing Marvel Super Heroes on Disney Infinity while eating Kellogg's Avengers fruit - flavoured snacks straight from the packet and wearing Avengers jim - jams lit only by an Age Of
Ultron lamp for two - and - a-half hours.
If you thought Loki or
Ultron presented a problem to the Avengers, then you have no clue what's about to happen when Thanos
makes his arrival on Earth.
Given how overstuffed Avengers: Age of
Ultron ended up, it
makes sense that Loki would've been cut, especially given how many other villainous characters appeared in the final draft.
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).
My guess would be Baron Mordo, since it wouldn't be hard to
make him a villain like Baron von Strucker (Thomas Kretschmann) from the credits scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Avengers: Age of
Ultron, and then have him show up down the road.
The movie, which cost an estimated $ 160 million to
make, still is the fifth - highest opening film of the year so far, behind Universal's «Jurassic World» ($ 208.8 million), Disney's «Avengers: Age of
Ultron» ($ 191.3 million), Universal's «Furious 7» ($ 147.2 million) and Universal's «Minions» ($ 115.7 million).
The country was mentioned (and mispronounced) in 2015's Avengers: Age of
Ultron, but Wakanda truly stepped out of hiding for the first time in 2016's Captain America: Civil War, in which Chadwick Boseman's Black Panther
made his debut.
Between Age of
Ultron and Ragnarok, the Quinjet landed on Sakaar, where the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum)
made the Hulk his star gladiator.
Age of
Ultron more or less undid that, again
making the Hulk a nightmarish burden for Banner - problematic because Mark Ruffalo's Banner is so easy to root for.
Like Stan Lee, Audi automobiles have
made cameos in many of Marvel Studios» films, so on the eve of the U.S. release of Avengers: Age of
Ultron, the automaker hired Kevin Smith to direct (and cameo of course) in a satirical short film / commercial about the Stan Lee School of Cameo Acting.
The titular supervillain in Age of
Ultron also stole Vibranium in order to
make a massive drill that would crack the Earth down the middle.
In other words, this is perfect popcorn entertainment, and it'll
make for some wonderfully frothy counter-programming to Age of
Ultron.
The Scarlet Witch character isn't
making an appearance in next year's X-Men: Days of Future Past despite her brother Quicksilver having a small part to play, but Joss Whedon has big plans for the pair in The Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
South Africa, Barton's Farm, Stark's Malibu Dream House, Washington D.C.,
Made - Up
Ultron Country, Asgard and the S.H.I.E.L.D. base from the first film are all available for exploration, each with 10 characters to unlock and various puzzles to solve.
It might not be receiving the Super Bowl TV spot treatment, but Marvel has
made sure we're all still anticipating Avengers: Age Of
Ultron with a new ad.
«As you probably noticed in the [second] trailer, the heroes must
make an uneasy alliance with Thanos to find the Infinity Stones and take down
Ultron Sigma,» explains Koo.
«We've worked to
make an all - new story about a merged Marvel and Capcom universe forged by a completely original, unique and surprising villain —
Ultron Sigma — that forces the heroes to team up and fight against this new threat.»
Black Panther's suit and Captain America's shield are both
made of Vibranium, and in addition, Vibranium is what
Ultron was collecting which ultimately
made Vision (played by Paul Bettany).
... Marvel has announced that Joss Whedon's Avengers: Age of
Ultron is set for a Blu - ray and DVD release on October 2nd, and will include 45 minutes of exclusive special features including a «
making of» featurette, deleted and extended scenes, a gag reel and director's commentary, along «The Infinite Six», a featurette exploring the build to Avengers: Infinity War.
Once all the Ant - Man announcements were
made, it was time for Avengers: Age of
Ultron to take the stage.
Biggest opening for a non-team-up superhero movie: Superhero movies with more than one hero like «The Avengers» tend to
make more money than their single - hero counterparts, but «Black Panther» has not only beaten a five - year record held by «Iron Man 3,» but is also posting a higher opening than films like «Avengers: Age of
Ultron» and «Captain America: Civil War,» films that have showcased all of Marvel's biggest heroes and, in the case of «Civil War,» featured Black Panther in his big screen debut.
Avengers: Age of
Ultron took $ 27.6 million on its opening night while the recent recording - breaking Black Panther managed $ 25.2 million,
making Avengers: Infinity War Marvel's most successful debut.
It's now looking like the film has earned $ 201.8 million during the regular weekend,
making it the fifth largest domestic opening placing it ahead of Avengers: Age of
Ultron.
«Part of the fun of Age of
Ultron was saying, you've seen another Iron Man adventure before, you see another Thor adventure and another Cap adventure, but we haven't seen the Green Goliath again,» he told JoBlo.com when asked if a Hulk solo film with Mark Ruffalo was in the cards, «So that was important in the characters you haven't seen — Hulk being one of them and Hawkeye being one of them —
Ultron will
make up for it.
But nearly a couple of months after being released in the United States, the film hit the big screen in China where it landed $ 27 million in a single day,
making it the 4th best opening day ever for a Hollywood movie in China, just behind Furious 7, The Avengers: Age of
Ultron and Transformers: Age of Extinction.
There's no telling how Pym will be
made whole again, but the big concern now is stopping whatever version of him is bonded with
Ultron.
We'll soon be seeing a lot more of Thanos in the Marvel Cinematic Universe when the Mad Titan takes centre stage for Avengers: Infinity War, but in the meantime we've had to
make do with his post-credits scenes in The Avengers and Avengers: Age of
Ultron, as well as a brief appearance in Guardians of the Galaxy.
Serkis» Klaue first showed up in Avengers: Age of
Ultron, while T'Challa and his father, T'Chaka, both
made their debuts in Captain America: Civil War.
I missed the kooky, at times cryptically obsessive quality that Joss Whedon brought to «The Age of
Ultron,» but this is a smoother, more consistent film with its own oddball moments, such as Paul Bettany's Vision
making paprikash for Scarlet Witch while listening to Chet Baker, and Falcon's startling name - check of racist police officer Mark Furhman.
That the Black Panther's suit is
made out of vibranium should not come as a surprise — Age Of
Ultron established that Wakanda is the MCU's source of vibranium, the near - unbreakable metal out of which Cap's shield is forged.
Loki's sceptre
makes a reappearance, and becomes a major plot element, being the catalyst for
Ultron's creation and an evolving plot thread throughout the film.
If you had to reduce Avengers: Age of
Ultron to a single scene, it'd be one that comes around the film's middle, when Thor (Chris Hemsworth) steps on a child's house
made of Duplo bricks, shattering it.
Their story picks up where we last saw Thor — zipping between dimensions, trying to
make sense of his weird visions (remember that really strange pool scene in Avengers: Age of
Ultron?)
After
making her full debut as the Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of
Ultron, Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff will be reuniting with Earth's Mightiest Heroes next month as Marvel unleashes its hugely - anticipated superhero blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War.
It's that focus on human frailty that
makes Age of
Ultron such a comedown from the first Avengers film — albeit a necessary one
Making his brief MCU debut as Ulysses Klaue back in Avengers: Age of
Ultron, Serkis» villainous character is set to return in the hotly anticipated Black Panther to cause trouble for T'Challa and Wakanda at large.
As it turns out, Loki did appear in Age of
Ultron - he was simply cut when it was discovered that his brief cameo
made the plot too complicated for wide audiences.
Infinity War does have a personal stake for Black Widow - she'll be reunited with her star - crossed paramour Bruce Banner for the first time since Avengers: Age of
Ultron when they both
make their way to Wakanda (read more about that in Part One).