Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers: Age of Ultron is an upcoming film directed by Joss Whedon and is a sequel to The Avengers, the eleventh main installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fifth in Phase Two. Avengers: Age of Ultron is scheduled for release on May 1, 2015 in North America, in 2D, 3D, and . It was confirmed by Joss Whedon that a story arc will focus on Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. It stars Chris Evans as Captain America, Robert Downey, Jr. as Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Don Cheadle as Iron Patriot, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver, Elizabeth Olsen as the Scarlet Witch, Anthony Mackie as Falcon and with Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and James Spader as Ultron.

Synopsis
Marvel Studios presents Avengers: Age of Ultron, the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, along with support from Nick Fury and Maria Hill are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to the Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

Plot
In Sokovia, the Avengers – Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye – raid a HYDRA outpost led by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who had been experimenting on humans using the scepter previously wielded by Loki. They encounter two of Strucker's experiments – twins Pietro, who has superhuman speed, and Wanda Maximoff, who can manipulate minds and throw energy blasts – and apprehend Strucker, while Stark secretly retrieves Loki's scepter and Strucker's research on artificial intelligence.

During a victory celebration at Avengers Tower, Stark and Banner utilize an A.I. found within Loki's scepter and activate Stark's secret program, Ultron, envisioned as part of Stark's robotic "Iron Legion" to safeguard the planet. Ultron, believing he must eradicate humanity to save Earth, eliminates Stark's A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S. and attacks the Avengers. Following the battle, the team confronts Stark for his secrecy, while Ultron, having stolen the scepter, goes to Sokovia to build a new body in Strucker's lab. He recruits the Maximoff twins, who harbor a grudge against Stark for weapons responsible for their parents' deaths. Deducing that Ultron wants to utilize vibranium, the team travels to the South African shipyard base of arms dealer Ulysses Klaue. After retrieving the vibranium, Ultron and the Maximoff twins battle the Avengers. After destroying Ultron's body, Stark uses his large "Veronica" armor to confront a rampaging Hulk, who has been hypnotized by Wanda's visions. Although Stark defeats the Hulk, world backlash sends the team into hiding.

Taking refuge in Barton's safehouse farm, they meet Barton's wife, Laura, and children. Romanoff and Banner realize their attraction and plan to flee together after fighting Ultron. Having hallucinated about a future apocalyptic event, Thor consults with Dr. Erik Selvig. At the Barton home, Nick Fury encourages the team to form a plan to stop Ultron. Banner deduces Ultron will create his perfect form through a synthetic body developed by Banner's friend Dr. Helen Cho, in Seoul, South Korea. Ultron hypnotizes Cho using Loki's Scepter (which he had retrieved), retrieves the body, has her implant the scepter's gem, and begins uploading himself into the body. Rogers, Romanoff and Barton hunt Ultron in Seoul. When Wanda enters Ultron's mind and discovers his extinction-level plan, the Maximoffs turn on Ultron. Ultron captures Romanoff, and Barton retrieves the synthetic body for Stark, causing the twins trepidation.

The Avengers bicker at Avengers tower once they realize Stark is uploading J.A.R.V.I.S., who had hid itself from Ultron, into the synthetic body. Using lightning, Thor activates the body, which he refers to as part of his "vision". He informs the group the gem is one of six Infinity Stones, the most powerful objects in existence. Allying themselves with the Avengers, the Vision and the Maximoff twins travel to Sokovia. There Ultron has built a machine to lift a large part of the city skyward and crash it into the ground to cause global extinction. As the city begins to lift, Banner rescues Romanoff, who awakens the Hulk for the battle. The Avengers fight Ultron's army while delaying Ultron activating the final procedure of his plan. Fury arrives in a Helicarrier with Maria Hill, James Rhodes and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to assist in evacuating civilians. When Ultron fires at civilians, Pietro shields Barton from the bullets and dies. The Hulk, seeking peace, departs in an auto-piloted Quinjet. Ultron activates the machine, causing the landmass to plummet, but Stark and Thor overload the machine and shatter the city into pieces. The Vision confronts Ultron's last remaining body and destroys it.

Later, the Avengers have established a new base in upstate New York, run by Fury, Hill, Cho, and Selvig. Fury assures Romanoff that Banner likely escaped the crashed Quinjet. Believing the Mind Gem is safe with the Vision, Thor returns to Asgard to learn more about his visions, while Stark and Barton retire from the team. Rogers and Romanoff assemble a new Avengers team, consisting of Rhodes, Wanda Maximoff, the Vision, and Sam Wilson.

In a mid-credits scene, Thanos retrieves the Infinity Gauntlet and begins his hunt for the Infinity Stones.

Cast

 * Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man
 * Chris Hemsworth as Thor
 * Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk
 * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
 * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
 * Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye
 * Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine
 * Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver
 * Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
 * Paul Bettany as Vision and J.A.R.V.I.S.
 * Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill
 * Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Falcon
 * Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter
 * Idris Elba as Heimdall
 * Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
 * James Spader as Ultron
 * Thomas Kretschmann as Wolfgang von Strucker
 * Josh Brolin as Thanos
 * Kim Soo Hyun as Helen Cho
 * Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue
 * Henry Goodman as Doctor List
 * Julie Delpy as Madame B.
 * Linda Cardellini as Laura Barton
 * Kerry Condon as F.R.I.D.A.Y.
 * Stan Lee as a World War II Veteran

Locations

 * New York City, New York
 * Avengers Tower
 * London, England
 * Rivoli Ballroom
 * Sokovia
 * Wakanda
 * Clint Barton's Farm
 * Asgard

Events

 * Battle of Sokovia

Items

 * Infinity Gauntlet
 * Infinity Stones
 * Captain America's Shield
 * Vibranium
 * Captain America's Uniform
 * Mjølnir
 * Hawkeye's Quiver and Bow
 * Black Widow's Bite
 * Iron Man Armor: Mark XLIII
 * Iron Man Armor: Mark XLIV
 * Iron Man Armor: Mark XLV
 * War Machine Armor: Mark II
 * Arc Reactor
 * Ultron Sentries
 * Chitauri Scepter
 * Chitauri Armor

Sentient Species

 * Asgardians
 * Humans

Creatures

 * Leviathan

Vehicles

 * Captain America's Motorcycle
 * Quinjet
 * HYDRA Tank

Organizations

 * Avengers
 * S.H.I.E.L.D.
 * HYDRA
 * Strategic Scientific Reserve

Production

 * Despite the subtitle, the film is not based on the 2013 comic book miniseries Age of Ultron. Feige explained, "We came up with a few titles, but every month a new comic book appeared, and that's a great title. Age Of Ultron is a great title. We had a few other 'Of Ultrons', but that was the best one. So we're borrowing that title, but taking storylines from decades of Avengers storylines."Also Wheddon added:"We're doing our own version of the origin story of Ultron....We were crafting our own version of it where [Ultron's] own origin comes more directly from the Avengers we already know about. The other thing is in the origin story there was Hank Pym, so a lot of people assumed he was going to be in the mix, but he's not. We're basically taking the things from the comics for the movies that we need and can use. A lot of stuff has to fall by the wayside."


 * In December 2012, Whedon stated that he had completed an outline for the film.
 * In February, at the 2013  Whedon said that death would play a theme in the sequel.
 * In March 2013, Whedon said that he looked to ' and ' as inspirations.
 * On January 24, 2014, the Forte di Bard Association announced that filming would take place at Fort Bard in the Aosta Valley region of Italy in March 2014, as well as other locations in Aosta Valley including Aosta, Donnas, Bard, Pont-Saint-Martin and Verrès. The next month, the Gauteng Film Commission announced that action sequences would be filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa and other locations in Gauteng, beginning in mid-February. A few weeks later Marvel announced that portions of the film would be shot in South Korea. Filming was scheduled to take place in the Gyeonggi Province and its capital, Seoul with South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism reimbursing up to 30% of the studio's expenditures, as part of a state-funded incentive program.
 * Filming finally began on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa, having been postponed for a day. Second unit crews shot the action sequences, without the main cast, in the Central Business District of Johannesburg for a period of two weeks.
 * In March 2014, Brian Tyler signed on to compose the film's score, marking his third film collaboration with Marvel following Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World in 2013. His score includes callbacks to previous Marvel films and pays homage to John Williams' scores for Star Wars, Superman and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
 * Samuel L. Jackson stated that Nick Fury will have a smaller role than he had in the first film.
 * Mark Ruffalo stated that Hulk would have more screen time in this film.
 * After the first official poster was released in February 24, 2015, Hayley Atwell, Anthony Mackie and Idris Elba were officially confirmed to appear in the film as Peggy Carter, Sam Wilson/Falcon and Heimdall respectively.
 * There had been subsequent conversations in social media networks about a scene being shot in Chittagong, Bangladesh and when this discussion became viral at some networks, it was confirmed that a shipyard scene was filmed in Chittagong.