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<\/a><\/p>\nI don’t know about you, but this is not what I really expected or wanted to see. Marvel seems to want to be saying, “Look fans! The movie is actually being made!”<\/p>\n
But guess what Marvel? We know that. It’s been obvious that it was going to happen for some time now. Fans want to see a picture of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine and Mark Ruffalo or some combination thereof in costume together. I realize we have a year until we see the film itself and Marvel will want to carefully parcel out the promotion for the film, but I would honestly rather have no official pictures released, rather than this disappointing one.<\/p>\n
With location shooting happening in Cleveland and Manhattan later this summer, I’m sure we’ll be seeing the pictures that fans have been dreaming about seeing for a while.<\/p>\n
The press release is as follows –<\/p>\n
Production has commenced today in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Marvel Studios\u2019 highly anticipated movie \u201cMarvel\u2019s The Avengers,\u201d directed by Joss Whedon (\u201cSerenity\u201d) from a screenplay by Whedon. The film will continue principal photography in Cleveland, Ohio and New York City. Robert Downey, Jr. (\u201cIron Man,\u201d \u201cIron Man 2\u2033) returns as the iconic Tony Stark\/Iron Man along with Chris Hemsworth (\u201cThor\u201d) as Thor, Chris Evans (\u201cCaptain America: The First Avenger\u201d) as Captain America, Jeremy Renner (\u201cThor,\u201d \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d) as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo (\u201cThe Kids Are Alright\u201d) as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson (\u201cIron Man 2\u2033) as Black Widow, Clark Gregg (\u201cIron Man,\u201d \u201cThor\u201d) as Agent Phil Coulson, and Samuel L. Jackson (\u201cIron Man,\u201d \u201cIron Man 2\u2033) as Nick Fury. Set for release in the US on May 4, 2012, \u201cMarvel\u2019s The Avengers\u201d is the first feature to be fully owned, marketed and distributed by Disney, which acquired Marvel in 2009.<\/p>\n
Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in \u201cIron Man,\u201d \u201cThe Incredible Hulk,\u201d \u201cIron Man 2,\u201d \u201cThor,\u201d and \u201cCaptain America: The First Avenger,\u201d \u201cMarvel\u2019s The Avengers\u201d is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.<\/p>\n
Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, \u201cMarvel\u2019s The Avengers\u201d brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders (\u201cHow I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston (\u201cWallander\u201d) and Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd (\u201cAngels & Demons,\u201d \u201cMamma Mia!\u201d) who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios\u2019 feature \u201cThor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarvel\u2019s The Avengers\u201d is being produced by Marvel Studios\u2019 President, Kevin Feige, and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Louis D\u2019Esposito, Patty Whitcher, and Jon Favreau. Marvel Studios\u2019 Jeremy Latcham and Victoria Alonso will co-produce.<\/p>\n
The creative production team also includes Oscar nominated director of photography Seamus McGarvey (\u201cAtonement\u201d), production designer James Chinlund (\u201c25th Hour\u201d), Oscar winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne (\u201cElizabeth: The Golden Age\u201d), Oscar winning visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs (\u201cIron Man 2,\u201d \u201cThe Matrix\u201d), visual effects producer Susan Pickett (\u201cIron Man,\u201d \u201cIron Man 2\u2033), stunt coordinator R.A. Rondell (\u201cSuperman Returns\u201d), and four-time Oscar nominated special effects supervisor Dan Sudick (\u201cIron Man,\u201d \u201cWar of the Worlds\u201d). The editors include Oscar nominated Paul Rubell (\u201cCollateral\u201d) and Jeffrey Ford (\u201cCrazy Heart\u201d).<\/p>\n
Marvel Studios most recently produced \u201cIron Man 2\u2033 which was released in theatres on May 7, 2010. The sequel to \u201cIron Man,\u201d starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow as well as Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke, took the number one spot its first weekend with a domestic box office gross of $128.1 million. To date the film has earned over $620 million in worldwide box office receipts.<\/p>\n
In the summer of 2008, Marvel produced the summer blockbuster movies, \u201cIron Man\u201d and \u201cThe Incredible Hulk.\u201d \u201cIron Man,\u201d in which Robert Downey, Jr. originally dons the super hero\u2019s powerful armor alongside co-stars Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow, was released May 2, 2008 and was an immediate box office success. Garnering the number one position for two weeks in a row, the film brought in over $100 million its opening weekend and grossed over $571 million worldwide. On June 13, 2008, Marvel released \u201cThe Incredible Hulk\u201d marking its second number one opener of that summer. The spectacular revival of the iconic green goliath grossed over $250 million in worldwide box office receipts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"