query: who does the voice of ultron in the avengers

pos: Avengers: Age of Ultron "Thor" was all about introducing Asgard and Thor in that more fantastical realm into the more reality-based MCU… As we go into Ultron clearly he does come out of technology, but we're using all of our tools at our disposal that we've established so far as part of the MCU to build the storyline of "Age of Ultron"." Casting continued into August 2013, with the announcement that James Spader would play Ultron. In November, Marvel confirmed that Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson would play the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, respectively. Taylor-Johnson had been in negotiations since as early as June,

pos: Ultron Ultron Ultron () is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is most recognized as a nemesis of the Avengers, and has a quasi-familial relationship with his creator Hank Pym. He was the first Marvel Comics character to wield the fictional metal alloy adamantium. Ultron has been voiced by Tom Kane and by Jim Meskimen in several media adaptations. The character is played by James Spader in the 2015 film "". The character initially appeared as an unnamed character in a cameo in "The Avengers" #54 (1968), with a first full appearance in "Avengers"

pos: Avengers: Age of Ultron James Spader, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, the Avengers fight Ultron, an artificial intelligence obsessed with causing human extinction. The sequel was announced in May 2012, after the successful release of "The Avengers". Whedon, the director of the first film, was brought back on board in August and a release date was set. By April 2013, Whedon had completed a draft of the script, and casting began in June with the re-signing of Downey. Second unit filming began in February 2014 in South Africa with principal photography taking place between March and August 2014. The film was primarily

pos: The Avengers (2012 film) Awards, thirteen People's Choice Awards (winning three), eleven Teen Choice Awards (winning two), six Saturn Awards (winning four), and six VES Awards (winning two), as well as the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form. A sequel, titled "Avengers: Age of Ultron", written and directed by Whedon, was released on May 1, 2015. Much of the cast returns, with the addition of Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver, Paul Bettany as Vision, and James Spader as Ultron. "Avengers: Infinity War" was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen

neg: Age of Ultron in his lab when he is given a package from a hidden Sue. It is a recording of himself from the past, which he has forgotten somehow. The recording explains a complicated algorithm to destroy Ultron. The Avengers attack the headquarters of the Intelligencia to rescue Spider-Woman, the event that led to Ultron's reactivation. Once Ultron promptly does this, Pym contacts Iron Man to supply him with his fail-safe and have them uploaded to Ultron. Ultron is jarred to realize he is defeated despite holding off the Avengers. The code is uploaded and the virus destroys him. Susan and Logan

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron (soundtrack) to all fit together and hang together seamlessly, and that was something we worked really hard on doing." The score was performed by Philharmonia Orchestra and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in early 2015. In April 2015, Marvel released the track listing and announced that the soundtrack would be released on physical media on May 19, 2015, and digitally on April 28, 2015. The following day, a bonus track composed by Elfman, titled "New Avengers-Avengers: Age of Ultron", was revealed. Sources: Additional music credited in "Avengers: Age of Ultron": Avengers: Age of Ultron (soundtrack) Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Original

neg: Ultron to destroy humanity are again thwarted by the Avengers. A crossover story between "Avengers" #127 (Sept. 1974) and "Fantastic Four" #150 (Sept. 1974) features Ultron (as Ultron-7), recreated by Maximus with the body of the android Omega, attacking the wedding of the Inhuman Crystal and the Avenger Quicksilver, and battling the Avengers, Inhumans and Fantastic Four before being destroyed once again. The character next appears in "Avengers" #161–162 (July–Aug. 1977) as Ultron-8 where he is responsible for Jocasta's creation as a robotic bride. Shortly afterwards, in "Avengers" #170–171 (April–May 1978), the Avengers, with Ms. Marvel's aid, battle and defeat Ultron-8.

neg: Ultron on the last page of the issue and no name given to the character. The character leads the Masters of Evil against the Avengers, having hypnotized Edwin Jarvis into working for him. In the following issue "Avengers" #55 (August 1968), the character is identified as Ultron-5, The Living Automaton. In "Avengers" #57–58 (October–November 1968), a flashback sequence revealed that Ultron created the "synthezoid" Vision as a weapon to destroy the Avengers. The Vision—having Wonder Man's brain patterns—destroys Ultron with the Avengers' aid. Further flashbacks reveal that Ultron is Hank Pym's creation, and is based on Pym's brain patterns. The robot

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron of Ultron". Disney spent $330.6 million on "Avengers: Age of Ultron" from February 2013 to November 2014, but $50.7 million of this was offset by payments from the UK tax authority. A report on actual production costs for films from FilmL.A. Inc., indicated a gross budget of $444 million, with a net of $365 million for "Avengers: Age of Ultron". This makes the film the second most expensive film ever made. Cinematographer Ben Davis, who also worked with Marvel on "Guardians of the Galaxy", shot the film with a main unit of three Arri Alexa cameras. Davis said, "Although the

neg: Ultron His next appearances are in "Avengers" #201–202 (Nov.–Dec 1980) as Ultron-9 and in "Marvel Two-In-One" #92–93 (Oct.–Nov. 1982) as Ultron-10; both appearances feature brainwashed heroes re-creating and then defeating the robotic menace. After being briefly recreated as Ultron-11 by the Beyonder and appearing on Battleworld during the Secret Wars, and for a brief encounter with the Thing, Ultron is destroyed again. The Thing, however, does bring Ultron's head back to Earth as a souvenir. Ultron-11's head is dropped and forgotten by the Thing when there is an attack by the alien Dire Wraiths. A new version, known as Ultron-12, enters

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron to enslave the team's friend Dr. Helen Cho. They use her synthetic-tissue technology, vibranium, and the scepter's gem to craft a new body. As Ultron uploads himself into the body, Wanda is able to read his mind; discovering his plan for human extinction, the Maximoffs turn against Ultron. Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton find Ultron and retrieve the synthetic body, but Ultron captures Romanoff. The Avengers fight amongst themselves when Stark secretly uploads J.A.R.V.I.S.—who is still operational after hiding from Ultron inside the Internet—into the synthetic body. Thor returns to help activate the body, explaining that the gem on its brow—one

neg: Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled Man shoots Ant-Man at Ultron, who goes inside his head and rips out several wires, causing Ultron to malfunction and explode. The Avengers resume their party, and Iron Man makes his announcement which he first mentioned at the beginning: the Avengers have their new member Falcon much to Ant-Man's dismay as he thought that it was going to be himself. The Avengers continue to party, until Hulk accidentally smashes a window that falls on a car. In the post-credits, Iron Man has used parts of Ultron to make an ice-dispensing machine much to Black Widow's dismay. Lego Marvel Super Heroes:

neg: Jocasta (comics) that no one gets lost in it. She can only inhabit one body at a time. Unbeknownst to the Avengers, one of Jocasta's bodies was later infected by Ultron who later reconstructed himself with Avengers Mansion's replication machines and the majority of Jocasta's duplicate bodies. After a chase around the mansion, Jocasta managed to broker a deal with Ultron: Ultron can finally marry her in exchange for a cease in hostilities. After the two androids completed their cyber-marriage, Pym tricked Ultron into going to an uninhabited planet where he cannot harm anyone. Though Jocasta's main body went with Ultron, she

neg: Jocasta (comics) Jocasta alerted the Avengers and the team defeated Ultron and reversed the process, leaving Jocasta a mindless husk. Pym retained custody of the inanimate Jocasta, intending to study her. Upon the urging of Wasp, Pym had her moved from their residence to the Avengers Mansion. There, Ultron revived Jocasta with a remote link, activating Wasp's mental "residue" left behind. She escaped from Avengers custody and led the Avengers into Ultron's trap. Jocasta was programmed to be loyal to Ultron. Even though she loved Ultron intensely, she could not abide by her master's evil. Jocasta eventually betrayed Ultron, choosing to help

neg: Ultron command code in Ultron that will allow Pym to shut the robot down when he reaches a certain level of development. In the 2014 "Original Sin" storyline, the Time Gem transports the Avengers to a future where Ultron has conquered the world and created his own team of robotic Avengers to police the remaining human population. This timeline is later revisited when someone posing as Doctor Doom uses his time machine to assemble a team of Avengers from across history to help liberate the planet from Ultron's rule, culminating in the temporally-displaced Avengers defeating Ultron and convincing Doom–in reality a

neg: Victor Mancha his actual "father" is Ultron who created Victor as a sleeper agent for the Avengers. Victor was meant to grow up, travel to New York and meet the Avengers. After years of loyal service, he would have access to their most guarded secrets, and then Ultron would have taken over and destroyed every hero on the planet. The Runaways foiled this plan, but Victor still fears this future may come true. Ultron kills Marianella and overrides Victor's circuits, forcing him to attack the Runaways. With help from Excelsior, the Runaways and Victor defeat Ultron, but they take Victor in after

neg: Avengers Assemble (TV series) Truman Marsh as he starts the Ultron Revolution. When the Inhumans are freed from the mind-control, Ultron plans to collect radiation to "sanitize" Earth of all human life. With help from Doctor Strange at the time when Ultron takes control of Iron Man's body, the Avengers were able to place Iron Man in a no-tech dimension until they can find a way to drive Ultron out. Setting up in an abandoned S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, the Avengers operate from there as Falcon sets up an inter-dimensional frequency for Tony Stark to speak to them through. The Avengers' plans to bring Tony Stark

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron Strucker, while Stark retrieves Loki's scepter. Stark and Banner discover an artificial intelligence within the scepter's gem, and secretly decide to use it to complete Stark's "Ultron" global defense program. The unexpectedly sentient Ultron, believing he must eradicate humanity to save Earth, eliminates Stark's A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S. and attacks the Avengers at their headquarters. Escaping with the scepter, Ultron uses the resources in Strucker's Sokovia base to upgrade his rudimentary body and build an army of robot drones. Having killed Strucker, he recruits the Maximoffs, who hold Stark responsible for their parents' deaths by his company's weapons, and goes to the

neg: Ultron by throwing it so hard its internal systems were damaged. The 1995 limited series "The Last Avengers Story" features a possible future in which Ultron-59 manipulates fellow Avengers foe Kang the Conqueror into attacking the Avengers. Ultron is destroyed by the Vision, sacrificing his own artificial life. The "Fantastic Four" storyline "Death of The Invisible Woman" features an advanced humanoid called Alex Ultron, a member of the futuristic "The Last Defenders". In the "Marvel Adventures" alternate universe, Ultron is a highly-intelligent "neural network" that controls a section of the United States defense forces. In Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's 2008-2009

neg: Lego Marvel Super Heroes: Avengers Reassembled As Iron Man heads to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier to do one more thing for Ultron, Ant-Man defeats Yellowjacket. Iron Man downloads top secret files and battles the Avengers. Ant-Man concludes to override the circuit he needs a power surge, which Thor provides. Spider-Man and Iron Spider arrive and reveal that Ultron had stolen the access codes for Avengers Tower, and Iron Man realizes that Ultron wants to control the Iron Legion. Iron Man activates the Hulkbuster and the Avengers head to the tower. Ultron gains control of the Iron Legion and forms them into a huge likeness of himself. Iron

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron of "Avengers: Age of Ultron" because despite the film's complexity, he was satisfied with the theatrical version and did not think it needed to be tweaked. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on Ultra HD Blu-ray on August 14, 2018. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" grossed $459 million in the United States and Canada and $946.4 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $1.405 billion. It became the fifth-highest-grossing film worldwide and the fourth-highest-grossing 2015 film. "Avengers: Age of Ultron"s worldwide opening of $392.5 million was the seventh-largest ever. The film set a worldwide IMAX opening-weekend record

neg: Ultron "Old Man Logan" story arc that appeared in "Wolverine", Ultron Eight is the husband of Spider-Man's youngest daughter (Ashley Barton). In the first arc of the fourth "Avengers" series, Kang wages a war with Ultron in the not-too-distant future which causes the disruption of all time. The cause of the disruption is apparently Kang's recruiting of army after army from the timelines to battle Ultron - all to no avail: Ultron is supreme in this particular future. The title "Avengers Next", set in the alternate universe known as MC2, features an upgraded version of Ultron named Ultron Extreme. In the

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron of the cast returns for "Infinity War" with additional cast and characters joining from other MCU films. Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's "The Avengers" and the eleventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron Avengers: Age of Ultron is a 2015 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the sequel to 2012's "The Avengers" and the eleventh film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie, Hayley Atwell, Idris Elba, Stellan Skarsgård,

neg: Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) Stark's A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S. and attacks the Avengers at Stark Tower. Escaping with the scepter, Ultron builds an army of robot drones, kills Strucker, recruits the Maximoffs, who hold Stark responsible for their parents' deaths by his company's weapons. The Avengers find and attack Ultron, but Wanda subdues most of the team with personalized, disturbing visions, causing Banner to transform into the Hulk and rampage until Stark stops him with his anti-Hulk armor. After hiding at a safe house for a time, Nick Fury arrives and encourages Stark and the others to form a plan to stop Ultron, who is discovered

neg: Ultron the Infinite Avengers Mansion. He names himself Ultron Pym and seeks to kill and replace his father before using his Infinite Mansion to conquer the universe. Pym eventually offers Ultron a compromise, allowing Jocasta to become Ultron's bride, on the condition that Ultron banishes himself to ultraspace. Ultron agrees, but warns that he will be ruler of all someday. In "The Avengers", the team visits a possible future in which almost all of humanity is destroyed by Ultron. Kang the Conqueror attempts to enlist them to defeat the robotic foe, but another group of heroes and villains, plucked from all

neg: Uncanny Avengers who is on a Quinjet with the Avengers. Hank Pym returns to Earth and joins the Unity Squad after talking to Steve. However, Steve doesn't trust him and calls in the Wasp for help. Hank Pym is revealed to be dead, killed by Ultron and taken on Hank's appearance and memories. The Unity Squad attempt to stop Ultron with the help of the Vision. Ultron/Hank is defeated when Vision teleports him into space. Faced with the tension of the escalating conflict in the superhuman community, along with Steve's own refusal to deal with the threat of the Terrigenesis cloud and

neg: Ultron defeated by Iron Man and Jocasta. Another version (possibly Ultron-13) creates the cyborg Victor Mancha as a sleeper agent against the Avengers. Mancha, however, rebels and joins the Runaways. This version first poses as "Doctor Doom" before revealing itself, and is defeated in a battle against the Runaways and Excelsior. When Marvel launched a new title called "The Mighty Avengers" by Brian Michael Bendis and Frank Cho, Ultron interfaces with Iron Man's armor, which had been integrated with Tony Stark's biology. This allows Ultron's program to transform Iron Man into a new version who has the Wasp's appearance albeit with

neg: Iron Man search for them they are intercepted by Captain America and his Hydra team. With both teams encountering each other, they are captured by the Ultron/Hank Pym hybrid, who forces both teams to sit at a dinner table. During "dinner", Ultron reveals information about the Hydra Avengers - such as Odinson working with Hydra to reclaim Mjolnir, Scarlet Witch being possessed by Chthon, and Vision being affected by an A.I. virus. Ultron argues that he is doing this because the Avengers have become less of a family over the years as so many of them jump to obey Captain America or

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron inside the Avengers' heads—either their past or their impressions of what's going on, or their fears, or all of the above." By May, Downey had entered negotiations to extend his contract with Marvel Studios and reprise his role as Iron Man in the film. A month later, Downey signed on to return for the then-untitled "Avengers" sequel, as well as a third "Avengers" film. At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, Whedon announced the film would be subtitled "Age of Ultron". Despite the subtitle, the film is not based on the 2013 comic book miniseries "Age of Ultron". Feige explained

neg: Hank Pym up a base in a unidentified forest in Alaska. Upon being alerted by the approach of Sam Wilson's task force by a robot version of Edwin Jarvis, the Ultron/Hank Pym decides to give his "family" a warm welcome. When Tony Stark A.I.'s team and the Hydra Supreme Steve Rogers alongside Hydra's Avengers confront each other, they are captured by the Ultron/Hank Pym who forces both teams to sit at a dinner table. The Ultron/Hank Pym argues that he is doing this because the Avengers have become less of a family over the years as so many of them jump to

neg: Giant-Man his friend Foggy Nelson on many occasions, and fought his enemy Ultron during the "Rage of Ultron" event. After seemingly dying during the final battle, Pym surprised everyone when he returned as an amalgamation of flesh and Ultron circuitry and encountered the Uncanny Avengers, later joining the team in his new cybernetic form as Ultron. However, the group didn't completely trust him and called the Wasp for help. After the Avengers' fears proved true and Pym transformed into Ultron completely and fought the Unity Division, destroying Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor in the process, the Vision was forced to help the

neg: Black Widow (Marvel Comics) first appearance in Marvel's mainstream Earth-616 continuity in the series "Avengers A.I." In this series, Monica is the chief of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s A.I. Division. Monica enlists Hank Pym to help her stop Dimitrios (who evolved from the fail-safe virus used to defeat Ultron at the end of the "Age of Ultron" storyline) and they form the Avengers A.I. consisting of a Doombot, Victor Mancha and the Vision. During their first mission, the Avengers A.I. faced hijacked S.H.I.E.L.D. Drones which attacked a hospital in Atlanta. It is revealed she is a devout Muslim. She later prevents the end of the universe by

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron of the six Infinity Stones, the most powerful objects in existence—was part of his vision. This "Vision" and the Maximoffs accompany the Avengers to Sokovia, where Ultron has used the remaining vibranium to build a machine to lift a large part of the capital city skyward, intending to crash it into the ground to cause global extinction. Banner rescues Romanoff, who awakens the Hulk for the battle. The Avengers fight Ultron's army while Fury arrives in a Helicarrier with Maria Hill, James Rhodes and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to evacuate civilians. Pietro dies when he shields Barton from gunfire, and a vengeful

neg: Avengers Assemble (TV series) at the end of season one. Thanos is on the hunt for the Infinity Gems to power his Infinity Gauntlet. While the Avengers are able to defeat Thanos after much hard work, the gems are drained of their power by Ultron who threatens to exterminate the human race after possessing Arsenal's body. After the Avengers ultimately defeat Ultron, Ant-Man becomes a new member of the team. Around the end of season two, Thanos manages to escape from a galactic prison that was meant to contain him with help from the Black Order. The Black Order consist of Black Dwarf, Corvus

neg: Lego Marvel's Avengers eradicate humanity to save Earth, eliminates Stark's A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S. and attacks the Avengers at their headquarters while they and Maria are having a party using the Iron Legion. After defeating the drones, Ultron escapes with the scepter and uses the resources in Strucker's Sokovia base to upgrade his rudimentary body and build an army of robot drones and recruits the Maximoffs to help him. They travel to the base of arms dealer Ulysses Klaue to obtain Wakandan vibranium. The Avengers arrive and battle Ultron, the Maximoffs, and Klaue's men, but Ultron and the Maxioffs manage to escape after Scarlet Witch

neg: Hank Pym Pym creates Avengers Academy, a program to help train young people with newly acquired superpowers. Pym returns to his Giant-Man identity in "Avengers Academy" #7. Pym later joins the superhero team known as the Secret Avengers. When a future version of Pym's sentient robot Ultron conquers the world of the present in the "Age of Ultron" storyline, a time-travel plan involving Wolverine and the Invisible Woman succeeds in having the past Pym make a change in his creation of Ultron, which destroys the robot with a computer virus. Pym and Monica Chang, A.I. Division Chief of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D.,

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron (soundtrack) Avengers: Age of Ultron (soundtrack) Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron Original Soundtrack is the film score for the Marvel Studios film, "" by Brian Tyler and Danny Elfman. Hollywood Records released the album digitally on April 28, 2015, and in physical formats on May 19, 2015. In March 2014, Brian Tyler signed on to compose the film's score, replacing the composer for the first film, Alan Silvestri, while also marking his third film collaboration with Marvel following "Iron Man 3" and "Thor: The Dark World" in 2013. Tyler stated that the score pays homage to John Williams' scores for "Star

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron that they simply liked the title "Age of Ultron" but the plot was taken from decades of Avengers story arcs. Whedon added that Ultron's origin would differ from his comics roots, and that Hank Pym would not be involved with Ultron's creation. Whedon disclosed that Edgar Wright had rights to the character first through his inclusion in "Ant-Man", which was already in development. He also thought that Ultron needed to be conceived through the Avengers and since they already had Tony Stark and Bruce Banner on the team, it would not make sense to bring in a third scientist. Whedon

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron Ultron"" while "Scars" explores the aftermath of the film. In January 2015, a featurette focusing on Ultron was shown at Samsung's "Night With Marvel" event at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Also at CES, Samsung revealed a selection of hardware inspired by the "Avengers" films, as well as a simulation of Avengers Tower via its Gear VR virtual reality device. A second trailer premiered on ESPN on January 12, 2015 during the broadcast of the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship. Mendelson enjoyed the trailer, but wished it did not reveal as many story elements as it did. However,

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron their list of 2015's "Most Valuable Blockbusters". On May 15, 2015, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" became the twenty-first film in cinematic history, the third Marvel Studios film and the eighth film distributed by Disney to cross the $1 billion threshold at the box office. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" earned $84.46 million on its opening day, marking the biggest opening day for a superhero film and the second-biggest opening and second-biggest single-day gross, behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2" ($91.7 million). The film's Friday gross included $27.6 million from Thursday night, which began at 7 p.m., and

neg: Production of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame particular would be "a very important" link to the "Avengers" sequels in Phase Three of the MCU, as was "Thor: Ragnarok". In July 2014, Feige stated that there were "some notions" to where Marvel would want to take a third Avengers film and that the studio was aiming for three years between "Avengers: Age of Ultron" in 2015 and a sequel. In October 2014, Marvel announced a two-part sequel to "Age of Ultron", titled "Avengers: Infinity War". "Part 1" was scheduled to be released on May 4, 2018, and "Part 2" was scheduled for May 3, 2019, with the two

neg: Vision (Marvel Comics) against Ultron's own creator, Dr. Hank Pym (Ant-Man/Giant Man/Goliath/Yellowjacket) and Pym's wife, Janet van Dyne (the Wasp) of the superhero team the Avengers. Ultron sends his new servant to lead the Avengers into a trap. The Wasp is the first to encounter the synthezoid, and describes it as a "vision" while trying to escape. Adopting the name, the Vision is convinced by the Avengers to turn against Ultron. After learning how Ultron created him, using the brain patterns of then-deceased Simon Williams (Wonder Man), the Vision becomes a member of the team. The team initially believes the Vision's body was

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron base of arms dealer Ulysses Klaue in Johannesburg to obtain Wakandan vibranium. The Avengers attack Ultron and the Maximoffs, but Wanda subdues them with haunting visions, causing the Hulk (Banner) to rampage until Stark stops him with his anti-Hulk armor. A worldwide backlash over the resulting destruction, and the fears Wanda's hallucinations incited, send the team into hiding at a safe house. Thor departs to consult with Dr. Erik Selvig on the apocalyptic future he saw in his hallucination, while Nick Fury arrives and encourages the team to form a plan to stop Ultron. In Seoul, Ultron uses Loki's scepter

neg: Alternative versions of Hawkeye in "The Avengers". Due to Ultron and the Scarlet Witch's manipulations, the team falls into disarray, which ended with the Hulk and Iron Man fighting in full view of the civilian population. Hawkeye takes the team to his farm for safe haven and introduces them to his family as they regroup and lay low. In Sokovia the team are joined by the Maximoffs, who have turned against Ultron, and Hawkeye reassures an overwhelmed Scarlet Witch into using her powers to fight alongside the Avengers. When trying to save a boy from Ultron's quinjet, he is rescued by Quicksilver, who died

neg: Hank Pym after helping the crew of a spaceship under attack. Ultron is now Pym's armor rather than being merged with him. Back on Earth, he rejoins the Avengers, but his teammates and others discover Ultron has gained control and is impersonating Pym. The Avengers end up defeating him by plunging him into the sun, but both Hank and Ultron survive and continue to do battle with one another internally. Hank is later revealed to have had a daughter named Nadia through his ex-wife Maria Trovaya, and Nadia became the latest Wasp. During the "Secret Empire" storyline, the Ultron/Hank Pym had set

neg: Lego Marvel's Avengers uploads J.A.R.V.I.S.—who is still operational after hiding from Ultron inside the Internet—into the synthetic body. Thor returns to help activate the body, explaining that the gem on its brow is one of the six Infinity Stones, the most powerful objects in existence. The newly activated Vision and the Maximoffs accompany the Avengers to Sokovia, where Ultron has used the remaining vibranium to build a machine to lift a large part of the capital city skyward, intending to crash it into the ground to cause global extinction. Banner rescues Black Widow, who helps him transform into the Hulk for the battle.

neg: Erik Selvig have recovered. After the defeat of Ultron, Selvig begins working for the Avengers. Selvig appears in the MCU tie-in comics "The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week" and "Thor: The Dark World Prelude" in the same capacity as he does in the films. In October 2009, Stellan Skarsgård joined the cast of "Thor", which was written by Ashley Edward Miller, Zack Stentz, and Don Payne; Skarsgård signed a five-film deal with Marvel. His character Erik Selvig appears in the post-credits scene at the end of "Thor", which was directed by "The Avengers" director Joss Whedon. This set up Selvig's role in

neg: Annihilation: Conquest and the Supreme Intelligence to soothe him. A Phalanx assimilated Xemnu, along with Shatterax and Korath try to kill Moondragon, Quasar, and Adam. However, Adam Warlock whisks them away to where some miniature Kree are being held by the High Evolutionary. The Phalanx Technarchy's primary director is revealed to be Avengers villain Ultron. Ultron kills Korath and decides to involve himself in the battle personally. Moondragon and Quasar seek to persuade the High Evolutionary to join them in their struggle against the Phalanx. Ultron finds them and apparently kills Moondragon. Ultron and Warlock prepare to battle. Blastaar, who was working

neg: Ultron Sam Wilson's task force by a robot version of Edwin Jarvis, Ultron decides to give his "family" a warm welcome. When Tony Stark A.I.'s team and Captain America's team confront each other, they are captured by Ultron who forces both teams to sit at a dinner table. Ultron argues that he is doing this because the Avengers have become less of a family over the years as so many of them jump to obey Captain America or Iron Man despite past experience confirming that this should be a bad idea, but the Tony Stark A.I. counters that the only reason

neg: Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) to have forced the team's friend Dr. Helen Cho to perfect a new body for him. The Maximoffs turn against Ultron when Wanda's powers reveal his plan to destroy humanity. Rogers, Romanoff, and Barton find Ultron and retrieve the synthetic body, but Ultron captures Romanoff. Returning to their headquarters in New York, the Avengers fight amongst themselves when Stark secretly uploads J.A.R.V.I.S.—who is still operational after hiding from Ultron inside the Internet—into the synthetic body. Thor returns to help activate the body, explaining that the gem on its brow—one of the six Infinity Stones, the most powerful objects in existence—was

neg: Hank Pym "Avengers Academy" from issue #1 (Aug. 2010) through its final issue #39 (Jan. 2013). Pym returned as the Wasp in the mini-series "Ant-Man & The Wasp" (Jan. 2011), and also appeared as a regular character in the 2010-2013 "Secret Avengers" series, from issue #22 (April 2012) through its final issue #37 (March 2013). After "Secret Avengers", Pym joined the "Avengers A.I." after beating his creation, Ultron. Then, he appeared in many comic books like "Daredevil" (Vol. 3 and 4) and the graphic novel "Rage of Ultron". Biochemist Dr. Henry "Hank" Pym discovers an unusual set of subatomic particles he labels

neg: Ultron into an alliance with the Grim Reaper and the villain's allies (Nekra; the Erik Josten Goliath; Man-Ape and the Black Talon) in a bid to destroy Wonder Man. Although the villains are defeated by the West Coast Avengers, Ultron-12 begins to form a relationship with his "father" Henry Pym. Ultron-12 begins calling itself Ultron Mark 12, in an effort to sound more human. Rebuilding itself, Ultron-11 comes into conflict with Hank and Ultron-12. With Wonder Man's assistance, they destroy Ultron-11. Ultron-12 then deactivates, but tells Pym it was glad it could help save him. Doctor Doom rebuilds Ultron using a

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 on a variety of video game consoles. In March 2015, Disney said it planned to broaden its merchandising strategy with "Avengers: Age of Ultron" by expanding the target demographics to women and to fans of the individual superheroes that make up the Avengers. Paul Gitter, senior vice president of Marvel licensing for Disney Consumer Products, said, "For the first film, we primarily focused on the "Avengers" property and the group shots… Now we're broadening the line and scope to create skews that focus on the team and the individuals characters, as well." Disney Consumer Products partnered with Hasbro, Lego,

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron also said the film would have a darker tone due to Ultron's involvement. The title of the film came as a surprise to many fans who were expecting Thanos, the mastermind behind the events of the first film, to be the main villain in the sequel, with Whedon saying, "Thanos was never meant to be the next villain. He's always been the overlord of villainy and darkness." Commenting on finding the right balance between technology- and fantasy-based heroes in "Avengers: Age of Ultron", Feige said "Iron Man is a very technological hero; his movies are always technologically based. The first

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron translations, which were said to be too literal, were thought "to have been done by Google Translate." In December 2015, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences placed "Avengers: Age of Ultron" on their shortlist of potential nominees for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 88th Academy Awards, but ultimately did not nominate it for the award. "Avengers: Infinity War" and "Avengers: Endgame" were directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. "Infinity War" was released on April 27, 2018, with the sequel scheduled for April 26, 2019. Much

neg: Lethal Legion into defeating the Lethal Legion who are handed over to the authorities. A second version, formed by European villain Count Nefaria reappears in the title, composed of Living Laser, Whirlwind and Power Man. He magnifies their powers, but is revealed to be a manipulative ploy to steal their magnified powers in a failed bid to destroy the Avengers. The depowered villains are sent to prison. The Grim Reaper returns in the title "West Coast Avengers", leading a third version against the superhero team consisting of Black Talon (Barone), Goliath, Man-Ape, Nekra, and Ultron-12. Grim Reaper has Ultron lead a squadron

neg: Ultron #55 (1968). Ultron was created by writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema. Thomas, who has acknowledged he finds naming characters difficult, said he liked the -tron suffix and went from there. Thomas said the idea of the character and his appearance were heavily based on Makino, an obscure robotic villain who appeared in an issue of the "Captain Video" comic book. He liked the robot's malicious looking smile, showing this to Buscema. Although Ultron first appears in "Avengers" #54 (1968), the character is disguised for the majority of the issue as the "Crimson Cowl", with his face only revealed

neg: Ultron robotic drones and Morgan le Fay has conquered half of the world. Traveling back in time once more, Wolverine succeeds in stopping himself from killing Pym, and Wolverine, Pym and Susan Storm come up with a different plan. This plan results in a different outcome of the prior confrontation between the Avengers and the Intelligencia - a 'back door' installed into Ultron at his original creation allows Hank and Iron Man to destroy the robot, instead, averting the events that led to the "Age of Ultron". It is later revealed that years earlier, the Avengers had trapped an unidentified iteration

neg: Secret Empire (comics) Steve's aid are the both recently deceased James Rhodes and Rick Jones. Meanwhile, Black Widow is training the young heroes in interrogation techniques. Even though the others argue that the victim is too low-level to know anything, Widow kills the Hydra Agent when he attempts to escape. Having tracked the next fragment of the Cosmic Cube, the Underground and Hydra Supreme alongside the Hydra Avengers confront each other, but are captured by the Ultron/Hank Pym hybrid, who forces both teams to sit at a dinner table. During "dinner," Ultron reveals information about the Hydra Avengers like Odinson working with Hydra

neg: Ultron hopes to achieve "true techno-organic perfection" but is eventually forced to abandon Adam's body by the Technarchy Warlock and is later destroyed in combat by Wraith and Quasar. In the limited series "Avengers/Invaders", it is revealed that S.H.I.E.L.D. Life Model Decoys have been partly replaced with versions of Ultron. When the original Human Torch appears in the present, they covertly parasitize the Human Torch's unique android physiology and become more human. The combined super teams (but mainly the Human Torch himself), however, discover the plan and destroy the androids. In the "Mighty Avengers", Ultron is shown to infiltrate Jocasta and

neg: Ultron over time and space, ends up destroying this version. Later, also in "Avengers", a cabal of super-intelligent supervillains discover a Galadorian Spaceknight's inert body and attempt to reactivate its power source, hoping to exploit. Although the Avengers interrupt their attempts, the body activates, revealing that Ultron's consciousness was contained within and had escaped destruction after "Annihilation: Conquest". The new version escapes and Iron Man gravely foresees that when he returns, it will bring the apocalypse for humanity. During the "Age of Ultron" storyline, which takes place in an alternate universe, Ultron has returned and conquers the world while slowly remolding

neg: Jocasta (comics) time, Jocasta and Machine Man developed feelings for each other. But in a final confrontation with Ultron, Jocasta intentionally detonated a weapon Ultron was holding, knowing she would be caught in the resulting blast. She was destroyed, but Ultron nevertheless survived, until Machine Man reached down his own throat to tear out vital circuitry. The Avengers held a memorial for their fallen ally, and Machine Man attended, realizing love for Jocasta. Jocasta was reassembled some time later by technicians of the High Evolutionary. Jocasta retained enough of her programming to send out a signal to the Avengers. The team had

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron from Marvel's YouTube channel, which broke the previous record held by "Iron Man 3" with 23.14 million views. In comparison, the original "Avengers" teaser received 20.4 million views in 24 hours after its debut. In response, Marvel agreed to air footage from "Age of Ultron" during the episode of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." that was originally scheduled to premiere the trailer. At the end of October, Marvel Comic's Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso stated there were comic tie-in plans for the film. In November 2014, ABC aired another one-hour television special titled "", which featured behind the scenes footage of "Age of Ultron".

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron of which $17.5 million came from IMAX theaters—the biggest ever. "Age of Ultron" also opened at number one in Japan in early July 2015 with $6.5 million, the highest opening weekend for an MCU release. , it is the seventh-highest-grossing film, and the fourth-highest-grossing 2015 film. Its largest markets were China ($240.1 million), South Korea ($78 million), and the UK, Ireland and Malta ($76.6 million). The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 75% approval rating based on 340 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Exuberant and eye-popping, "Avengers: Age of Ultron" serves as

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015, and in physical formats on May 19. At the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International, Whedon introduced a teaser trailer for the film, which included a look at an Ultron helmet and a title treatment. Footage of the teaser, as well as a brief interview with Whedon, was made available as part of "Iron Man 3"s second screen companion app for its Blu-ray release on September 24, 2013. On March 18, 2014, ABC aired a one-hour television special titled, "", which included a sneak peek of "Avengers: Age of Ultron". The special debuted concept art for Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch,

neg: Lego Marvel's Avengers has her use her synthetic-tissue technology, together with vibranium and the scepter's gem, to perfect a new body for him. Before he can upload himself into the body, Scarlet Witch reads his mind and learns his plan for human extinction, leading the Maximoffs to turn against Ultron. Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye fight Ultron and his drones in a stolen truck and succeed in retrieving the synthetic body, but Ultron captures Black Widow. The fight causes a train to derail, but Captain America manages to stop it with the Maximoffs' help. The Avengers argue over Iron Man's plan to

neg: Ultron of Ultron in deep space after sealing him inside a Vibranium Quinjet. In the present, the Quinjet crash lands on Titan, freeing Ultron. By hijacking the ISAAC computer, he transforms Titan into Planet Ultron, and launches a plan to infect the entire universe with a nanite virus that transforms organic creatures into Ultron Sentries. The ensuing confrontation with the Avengers leads to Ultron inadvertently merging with his maker, transforming the two into a human/machine hybrid. The resulting creation playing on Hank's self-loathing of his own human weakness causes an acceptance of this new state. He is defeated when Starfox's powers

neg: Lego Marvel's Avengers is informed of Loki's failure, and the Avengers are shown eating food in a restaurant (with Hulk taking all of it for himself). A disguised Strucker steals Loki's scepter (with a S.H.I.E.L.D. logo falling off a truck to reveal a Hydra symbol) and takes it back to his base where he and Dr. List begin experimenting on Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, ending the flashback. Returning to the Avengers Tower, Iron Man and Banner discover an artificial intelligence within the scepter's gem and decide to use it to complete Stark's "Ultron" global defense program. The unexpectedly sentient Ultron, believing he must

neg: Ultron Ultron has taken complete control and is using Pym's face to fool his maker's old friends. After Ultron incapacitates Deadpool, Cable, and the Human Torch, the Wasp initiates the Icarus Protocol and Iron Man is called in to help stop Ultron with the aid of the Hulkbuster Armor. The Avengers end up defeating Ultron by plunging the hybrid into the sun, but both Hank and Ultron survive and continue to do battle with one another internally. During the "Secret Empire" storyline, Ultron's fused form had set up a base in a unidentified forest. Upon being alerted by the approach of

neg: Joss Whedon been unfaithful to her and that he "does not practice what he preaches" in regard to feminism. In 2013, Whedon revealed that he suffers from workaholism. This arose during the time that followed the completion of "Much Ado About Nothing", which was made in the span of a two-week vacation from "The Avengers", and after making the pilot for "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." amidst the pre-production for "Avengers: Age of Ultron". "It is actually a problem. Sometimes it's adorable ... and sometimes it's not ... Not to get all dark and weird, but it is something I need to address". Whedon

neg: Civil War (comics) Marvel in opposition to each other was adapted in the four-part Season 3 finale of "Avengers Assemble". In this version of the storyline, the Registration Act targets new Inhumans, and teams of Avengers come into conflict over the issue, as in other adaptations. It is revealed in Part 3, however, that the Inhuman Registration Act is actually part of a plan by Truman Marsh (actually Ultron in disguise) to begin the Ultron Revolution by manipulating humans and Inhumans into destroying each other, which is foiled by the combined efforts of the Avengers. Civil War (comics) "Civil War" is a 2006–07

neg: Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) continue to be featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe regardless of Downey's involvement. Also in March, Downey said he was open to extending his contract, stating he feels "there's a couple other things we've gotta do" with the character. In June 2013, when Downey signed on to return as Iron Man in "Avengers: Age of Ultron", he also signed on for a third "Avengers" film. In a July 2014 interview during the filming of "Avengers: Age of Ultron", Downey expressed his interest in continuing to play Iron Man. "It's down to Kevin [Feige] and Ike [Perlmutter, CEO of Marvel Entertainment]

neg: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (season 2) up and we know what's going on with that and look forward to seeing it, but it's pretty cool to find ways to tie-in stuff and connect things." In December 2014, ABC confirmed the series would tie-in with "Avengers: Age of Ultron", with Whedon saying, "You should expect something. "The Avengers" is the big tent that all the franchises play under. Obviously, we're included in that." The episodes "The Frenemy of My Enemy" and "The Dirty Half Dozen" feature "Easter eggs, plot threads and other connective tissue leading into the opening scene of "Avengers: Age of Ultron"" while "Scars" explores

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron female and 59% were over the age of 25. In its second weekend, the film fell 59%, earning $77.7 million, which was the second-biggest second weekend gross behind "The Avengers" $103 million (both were surpassed a month later by "Jurassic World"s $106.6 million). It holds the record for the second-biggest loss between first and second weekends with $113.6 million, only behind "Deathly Hallows – Part 2"s $121 million loss between its first and second weekends in 2011. It became the third-highest-grossing film of 2015. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" earned $200.2 million in its first weekend from 44 countries, opening in

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron by war monuments such as the Iwo Jima memorial. For the main titles, Marvel wanted the typeface to be a direct continuation of the first film. Perception made the typeface a marble texture to mimic the main-on-end titles and changed the title's rotation (away from the camera instead of towards the camera in "The Avengers"), before "Age of Ultron" overtakes "Avengers" in a vibranium texture. In March 2014, Brian Tyler signed on to compose the film's score, replacing the composer for the first film, Alan Silvestri, while also marking his third film collaboration with Marvel following "Iron Man 3" and

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron he added, "the marketing thus far [for the film] has been far superior to much of what sold "The Avengers" three years ago, both in terms of the specific footage and the artistic choices being made… I'm sold, and I imagine most of the general moviegoers are already onboard too." On February 3, 2014, Marvel "stealth released" a one-shot digital-only tie-in comic, "Avengers: Age of Ultron Prelude—This Scepter'd Isle". Written by Will Corona Pilgrim and illustrated by Wellinton Alves, it reveals how Strucker came into possession of Loki's scepter and the origin of the Maximoff twins' abilities. At the end

neg: Avengers A.I. left in peace. Avengers A.I. has been collected in the following paperbacks: Avengers A.I. Avengers A.I. was an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that was released in July 2013, as part of the company's Marvel NOW! initiative. The series takes place after the events of Age of Ultron, where the world has been colonized by A.I.s "who may or may not have positive feelings about the way humanity has been treating them for the past 100 years." The series ended in April, 2014. Marvel Comics announced Avengers A.I. by the creative team of Sam Humphries and Andre

neg: Ultron combination of all of Ultron's previous personalities with a particularly strong dose of Ultron-12, believing this mix will make Ultron subservient. Instead, all 12 iterations coexist as separate personalities, resulting in a form of madness which culminates with Ultron-12 mutilating himself in an attempt to remove some of his other personalities. Karnak, Daredevil and Gorgon destroy Ultron by severing his neck cables. Another version, known as Ultron-13, appears and is stopped by the West Coast Avengers. After escaping captivity, this version attempts to obtain a new form of vibranium called Nuform, but is repelled by the combined efforts of Iron

neg: Sentry (Robert Reynolds) usually apologizing for his mistakes (apologizing for damage to a building and being thrown into a blimp in #1). In the battle against the female Ultron, the two prove to be evenly matched. Neither is able to win until Ultron uses a virus to down Stark's Helicarrier. Ultron then initiates "Plan B" and kills Lindy, the Sentry's wife. An enraged Sentry attacks Ultron once more. In an exchange of blows, Sentry is knocked away as Ares and Ant-Man proceed to infect Ultron with a virus intended to destroy it. Soon after, Sentry once again attacks Ultron, almost compromising the Avengers

neg: Avengers Assemble (TV series) with A.I.M.'s Scientist Supreme, the Avengers are shocked when Ultron returns after his apparent demise and absorbs A.I.M.'s Super-Adaptoid technology and the unknown space metal used to make the Adaptoids. Now Ultron is seeking revenge on the Avengers for foiling his plans with the Infinity Gems' power, while continuing his plot to replace humanity with robots. One plot to eliminate humanity involved the attack on the Inhumans' city of Attilan where he planned to use Black Bolt to power his cannon which ended with Black Widow and Hulk throwing the Terrigen Mist into the cannon resulting in some the humans

neg: Ultron Man, the Black Panther and Spider-Man. Ultron-13 next briefly appears as a captive of a highly advanced Doombot, but is freed when the Doombot is defeated by Deathlok. Ultron-13 escapes from prison and upgrades into the Ultimate Ultron (technically Ultron-14), and captures the West Coast Avenger Mockingbird to use Mockingbird's brain patterns to create the new robotic mate Alkhema. Alkhema aids Ultron but both are eventually jettisoned into space through a ruse by the Vision. The character reappears with Alkhema, and together they plan to create a "volcanic winter" by placing bombs underneath several volcanoes. The West Coast Avengers stop

neg: Hank Pym assemble a new team called the Avengers A.I., consisting of Pym, Victor Mancha (his grandson), the Vision, and a Doombot. The team is later joined by Alexis, who is eventually revealed to be one of six sentient A.I.s to be spawned from the Ultron virus along with Dimitrios. Months later, Pym, again using the Yellowjacket identity, is shown as a member of the Illuminati. Later, an accident merges Pym and Ultron during Ultron's latest attack. After the hybrid human/machine eventually abandons Earth, a funeral service is held in Pym's honor, and Scott Lang receives one of Hank's labs. Pym/Ultron resurfaces

neg: Age of Ultron achieving sentience. It eliminated Dane Whitman when he tried to infiltrate the Masters of Evil and killed the Avengers before creating a drone army that overwhelmed the remaining heroes. Although the zombies and the Ultron drones eventually form an alliance by combining the two "species", a resistance to Ultron exists in the Deadlands, led by surviving heroes the Vision, Wonder Man, and Jim Hammond, who gather those exiled beyond the Wall into a secure city they have established. They eventually manage to rescue a version of Hank Pym exiled from a Wild-West-era zone. He is able to use his counterpart's

neg: Production of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame so powerful that it's fun to stick Rocket next to him. Rocket does not seem to have much he could help Thor with, but it brings out new things in Rocket that you wouldn't have expected." Captain America's group continues from the events of "Civil War", showing he, Black Widow, and Falcon have been on the run, in part by their different appearances (Rogers with a beard and Romanoff with blond hair). The writers also did not dwell on the romance between Romanoff and Banner, as established in "Age of Ultron", beyond including a "loaded look between the two", because

neg: Avengers: Endgame of the MCU... [as] the visual language used in the trailer does a great service by highlighting these characters' humble beginnings", and concluded it leaves viewers with "just as many questions as we had before". Austen Goslin of "Polygon" pointed out that the title not only references a line Doctor Strange tells Tony Stark in "Infinity War", but also a line spoken by Stark in "". Goslin, who felt this was "probably [not] an accident", said, "The scene surrounding this line in "Age of Ultron" is one of the most important ones in the movie. Things look dark, and the

neg: Avengers A.I. Avengers A.I. Avengers A.I. was an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that was released in July 2013, as part of the company's Marvel NOW! initiative. The series takes place after the events of Age of Ultron, where the world has been colonized by A.I.s "who may or may not have positive feelings about the way humanity has been treating them for the past 100 years." The series ended in April, 2014. Marvel Comics announced Avengers A.I. by the creative team of Sam Humphries and Andre Lima Araujo in March 2013. Humphries has confirmed that Hank Pym and

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron dealer, smuggler and gangster who is a former acquaintance from Stark's weapons-dealing days, and Julie Delpy appears as Madame B., who mentored Black Widow into becoming an assassin. Kerry Condon voices the artificial intelligence F.R.I.D.A.Y., a replacement for J.A.R.V.I.S., while Spader also voices Stark's Iron Legion droids. Josh Brolin makes an uncredited appearance during the mid-credits scene as Thanos, reprising his role from "Guardians of the Galaxy". Avengers co-creator Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance in the film as a military veteran who attends the Avengers' victory party. Tom Hiddleston was to reprise his role of Loki, but his scenes

neg: Registration Acts (comics) regulation and frame-working for the military/law enforcement deployment of enhanced individuals, particularly the Avengers, called the Sokovia Accords. The Accords divide the Avengers, leading Captain America to come into conflict with Iron Man, who believes that the Avengers need to be held responsible for their actions, especially after he created Ultron and was responsible for the destruction in Sokovia, while Captain America believes that the Accords will restrict the Avengers' freedom and therefore opposes it. This leads to them each forming their own sides as they battle over the Accords, as well as Winter Soldier being framed for the bombing

neg: Bryan Hitch #100, which was released 11 July at the San Diego Comic-Con. The following year, Hitch illustrated the Image Comics series "America's Got Powers", with writer Jonathan Ross. He illustrated six issues of the ten-issue miniseries "Age of Ultron". Hitch and writer Brad Meltzer collaborated on a retelling of Batman's first appearance for "Detective Comics" vol. 2 #27 in January 2014. March 2014 saw the debut of Hitch's creator-owned series, "Real Heroes", written and illustrated by Hitch, who describes the concept as "the cast of "Avengers" does "Galaxy Quest"." In 2015, Hitch returned DC to write and draw "Justice League of

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron and Romanoff prepare to train new Avengers: Rhodes, the Vision, Sam Wilson, and Wanda. In a mid-credits scene, Thanos, dissatisfied by the failures of his pawns, dons a gauntlet and vows to retrieve the Infinity Stones himself. Thomas Kretschmann and Henry Goodman reprise their roles as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker and Dr. List, Hydra leaders who specialize in human experimentation, advanced robotics, and artificial intelligence from "". Linda Cardellini portrays Laura Barton, Hawkeye's wife, Claudia Kim portrays Helen Cho, a world-renowned geneticist who helps the Avengers from her office in Seoul, Andy Serkis portrays Ulysses Klaue, a South-African black-market arms

neg: Ultron the wall. Ultron was ranked number 23 by IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villains list, was listed number 189 in "Wizard's" Top 200 Greatest Villains Ever list, and was ranked as the 189th Greatest Comic Book Character Ever in "Wizard"'s list of the 200 Greatest Comic Book Characters of All Time. Ultron Ultron () is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is most recognized as a nemesis of the Avengers, and has a quasi-familial relationship with his creator Hank Pym. He was the first Marvel Comics character to wield the fictional metal alloy

neg: Ultron their minds to be enacted at a later time. Ultron also has the ability to convert electromagnetic radiation into electrical energy for use or storage. Ultron has a genius intellect, a capacity for creative intelligence and self-repair, superhuman cybernetic analytical capabilities, and the ability to process information and make calculations with superhuman speed and accuracy. The character is an expert roboticist and strategist. Ultron's outer armor is usually composed primarily of adamantium, which is almost completely impervious to damage (the first use of the term "adamantium" in Marvel Comics was made in reference to Ultron in "Avengers" #66, published in

neg: Age of Ultron notes to devise a means of shutting down the hive mind of Ultron's drones at the cost of sacrificing the Vision and Wonder Man. Wonder Man's android lover is reconfigured so that she can die in Hammond's place. On July 20, 2013, Joss Whedon and Marvel Studios announced at the San Diego Comic-Con International that the sequel to the 2012 film "The Avengers" would be titled "" and feature Ultron as the titular main antagonist but the film is not based on the comic book, simply borrowing its title. Age of Ultron "Age of Ultron" (abbreviated AU) is a 2013

neg: Avengers Assemble (TV series) the New Powers Act, the Avengers are given Truman Marsh as their government liaison who even replaces the Bruce Banner-regressed Hulk with Red Hulk until the incident where Leader gamma-enhances him enough for Hulk to return. As the Avengers disassociate themselves with Truman Marsh during the Inhuman Registration Act that involves Registration Disks placed on them, Truman Marsh assembles Red Hulk, Black Panther, Songbird, Ant-Man, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Vision as the Mighty Avengers. The superhero fight lasts when the Inhumans Karnak, Gorgon, Inferno, Haechi, Flint, Iso, and Ms. Marvel get mind-controlled through the disks by Ultron posing as

neg: Vision (Marvel Comics) teenage reincarnation of one of his sons. Following the "Age of Ultron" storyline, Vision joins Hank Pym's Avengers A.I. alongside Monica Chang, Victor Mancha, and a reprogrammed Doombot. He also upgraded himself and is now actually composed of millions of microrobotic automatons or nanobots. In the miniseries "Ultron Forever", the Vision and Black Widow of the present are drawn into the future by what appears to be Doctor Doom to join a team of Avengers from various points in the team's history, including an early Hulk, James Rhodes as Iron Man, Thor when he was afflicted by the curse of

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron in time for their inclusion. The film contains 3,000 visual effects shots, completed by ten different visual effects studios, including Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Trixter, Double Negative, Animal Logic, Framestore, Lola VFX, Territory, Perception, Method Studios, Luma Pictures and The Third Floor. ILM opened a facility in London, citing "Avengers: Age of Ultron" as a catalyst for the expansion, and developed a new motion capture system for the film called Muse, which can better capture an actor's performance and combine different takes. About the motion capture process, Ruffalo called it "more of a collaboration" since the technology is advancing,

neg: Age of Ultron although by this point it had been over a year since the event had been originally announced. Neil Gaiman's Angela character was introduced into the Marvel Universe in the last issue of the "Age of Ultron" miniseries, although the issue was shipped in a polybag to prevent other details of the story's ending from being publicized too early. An "Age of Ultron" #10 A.I. one-shot by writer Mark Waid and artist Andre Lima Araujo will delve into the repercussions of the storyline for Hank Pym. Following the conclusion of "Age of Ultron", a new ongoing series titled "Avengers A.I." by

neg: Erik Selvig that film. After also appearing in "Thor: The Dark World" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron", Skarsgård noted in February 2015 that he had one more Marvel film in his deal, that he would not be appearing in "", and that he possibly could appear in another "Avengers" film. Erik Selvig Erik Selvig is a character portrayed by Stellan Skarsgård in the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). An astrophysicist who becomes involved with the Asgardian Thor and the government organization S.H.I.E.L.D., he first appeared in the 2011 film "Thor". Skarsgård went on to reprise the role in "The Avengers"

neg: Ant-Man (film) films as journalist Christine Everhart, reporting for the faux news program "WHIH Newsfront". In the program, Everhart discuses the fallout from the events of "Avengers: Age of Ultron", Lang's imprisonment, and events leading to "Captain America: Civil War". Also in July, Michael Douglas and executives from Marvel Entertainment rang the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of the release of "Ant-Man". Disney spent $34.8 million on television advertising for the film, more than the $26.9 million spent for "Avengers: Age of Ultron", since the former was a new property. In December 2015, to commemorate the home