query: who plays laura in avengers age of ultron

pos: Linda Cardellini Linda Cardellini Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975) is an American actress and voice actress. She is known for playing Lindsay Weir on "Freaks and Geeks" (1999–2000), Samantha Taggart on "ER" (2003–09), Lauren on "Boy Meets World" (1998), and Meg Rayburn on "Bloodline" (2015–17). She received an Emmy Award nomination for her portrayal of Sylvia Rosen on "Mad Men" (2013–15). Cardellini is also known for her portrayals of Velma Dinkley in the "Scooby-Doo" live-action film series (2002–04), Cassie in "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), and Laura Barton in "" (2015). Her other films include "Legally Blonde" (2001), "American Gun" (2005), "Grandma's

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: 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: 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: Avengers: Age of Ultron now seven-year-old franchise." Helen O'Hara of "Empire" praised the interactions between the characters, the action set-pieces and Whedon's ability as a director in her review, stating that the film "redefines the scale we can expect from our superheroes." Conversely, Kenneth Turan of the "Los Angeles Times" said, "Although this movie is effective moment to moment, very little of it lingers in the mind afterward. The ideal vehicle for our age of immediate sensation and instant gratification, it disappears without a trace almost as soon as it's consumed." Scott Mendelson of "Forbes" said, ""Avengers: Age of Ultron" plays like an obligation,

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

neg: 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,

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: 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

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron shot at Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, with additional footage filmed in Italy, South Korea, Bangladesh, New York City, and various locations around England. While in post-production, the film was converted to 3D and over 3,000 visual effects shots were added. With an estimated net production budget of $365 million, it is the second most expensive film ever made. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" premiered in Los Angeles on April 13, 2015, and was released on May 1, 2015, in the United States, in 3D and IMAX 3D. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed over $1.4 billion

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron anticipation" for the film. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on digital download on September 8, 2015, and on Blu-ray and DVD on October 2, 2015. The digital and Blu-ray releases include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes and a blooper reel. The film was also collected in a 13-disc box set, titled "Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Collection", which includes all of the Phase Two films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was released on December 8, 2015. In July 2015, Whedon stated that he did not intend on releasing a director's cut

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: 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: Avengers: Age of Ultron an overstuffed but mostly satisfying sequel, reuniting its predecessor's unwieldy cast with a few new additions and a worthy foe." On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 66 out of 100, based on 49 critics, signifying "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore reported that audiences gave the film an "A" grade on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak reported filmgoers gave it an overall positive score of 90% and a 79% recommend. Todd McCarthy of "The Hollywood Reporter" said, ""Avengers: Age of Ultron" succeeds in the top priority of creating a worthy opponent for its superheroes and giving the

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron as well as art of the Hulk fighting the "Hulkbuster" Iron Man suit. Harley-Davidson partnered with Marvel to provide their first electric motorcycle, Project LiveWire, for use by Black Widow in the film. At the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con, the cast was introduced to promote the film, along with screening footage from the film. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" received the second most amount of social media mentions at the convention, following "", but had a higher intend-to-see response. The first trailer was scheduled to premiere during the airing of an episode of "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." on October 28, 2014. However,

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron latter a few new things to do, but this time the action scenes don't always measure up." Scott Foundas of "Variety" wrote, "If this is what the apotheosis of branded, big-studio entertainment has come to look like in 2015, we could be doing much worse. Unlike its title character, "Age of Ultron" most definitely has soul." Writing for the "Chicago Sun-Times" and giving the film three-and-a-half out of four stars, Richard Roeper said, "Some day, an "Avengers" film might collapse under the weight of its own awesomeness. I mean, how many times can they save the world? But this is

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: Avengers: Age of Ultron composited together into the poster. Mendelson agreed with many of McMillian's observations, and called the poster "hilariously photoshopped". The final trailer was "unlocked" by fans on March 4, 2015, via the use of hashtags on Twitter, ahead of its broadcast debut during the series premiere of "American Crime" on March 5. Mendelson felt "this [was] a fine final trailer, teasing what we already know, hinting at the scale and a few new action beats without telling us much we don't already know" adding, "Here we have the fourth and final "Avengers: Age of Ultron" trailer and we don't know all

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: 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: Age of Ultron Caroline and Hippolyta discover that Doctor Doom has died and has been replaced by Hippolyta's father Ares. Hippolyta defeats Ares and takes back command of the Amazons (who were subdued by Ares). There is a five-issue "What If?" miniseries centered on the "Age of Ultron" storyline, four issues looking at what would have happened if one of the other original five Avengers - counting Captain America rather than the Hulk as a founder - had died instead of Pym, and a fifth looking at a world where Pym is the last surviving human under Ultron's reign. It is collected in

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: 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 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: 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 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"

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 Hiddleston's scenes did not make the theatrical cut of the film, with Whedon saying what was shot "didn't play" and he did not want the film to feel "overstuffed". According to Hiddleston, "In test screenings, audiences had overemphasized Loki's role, so they thought that because I was in it, I was controlling Ultron, and it was actually imbalancing people's expectations." Whedon later explained that Elba and Atwell appear in the film because of exploring the psyches of the Avengers from Scarlet Witch's power. In December 2014, Kim's role was revealed as Dr. Helen Cho. Additional scenes were scheduled to be

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: Marvel Cinematic Universe because some people will see "Avengers[: Age of Ultron]" who did not see any of the movies in between or even "Avengers 1"." He also found working in television and script doctoring to be "great training ground[s] for dealing with this ... because you're given a bunch of pieces and told to make them fit—even if they don't." For the Russo brothers and writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely working on "Avengers: Infinity War" and Phase Three, they saw "a through line from "Winter Soldier", through "Civil War", right to "Infinity War"", with films like "Doctor Strange" and "Thor: Ragnarok"

neg: Ares (Marvel Comics) and immortality. On Earth, he set himself up as a builder/carpenter. He would later father a son with an unidentified mother. After the events of the "Civil War" storyline, Ms. Marvel and Iron Man recruit Ares as part of the new Mighty Avengers. He plays a major part in defeating Ultron. During the Secret Invasion, Ares' son Alexander was recruited for Nick Fury's Secret Warriors, by Daisy Johnson, to oppose the Skrull invasion of New York City. During the "Dark Reign" storyline, Ares has joined the Dark Avengers, Norman Osborn's personal team of Avengers. Writer of the "Dark Avengers" series,

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: Star-Lord memories of him, causing her to remember their year together as only a dream. During the 2013 "Age of Ultron" storyline, Wolverine and Susan Storm accidentally create an alternate timeline after traveling back in time and assassinating Hank Pym before he can create Ultron. In the new reality, Star-Lord is seen as a member of the Defenders, who have replaced the defunct Avengers as the world's premier superhero team. Lord Starkill debuted in "Captain Marvel" #126 in 2018. He is an evil version of Star-Lord from an alternate universe. He possesses the Reality Stone and is allied with Thanos. Star-Lord

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron worldwide, becoming the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2015 as well as the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time. A sequel, "", was released on April 27, 2018, and "" is scheduled for release on April 26, 2019. In the Eastern European country of Sokovia, the Avengers—Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton—raid a Hydra facility commanded by Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, who has been experimenting on humans using the scepter previously wielded by Loki. They encounter two of Strucker's test subjects—twins Pietro Maximoff, who has superhuman speed, and Wanda Maximoff, who has telepathic and telekinetic abilities—and apprehend

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 "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Godfather Part II" as inspirations. Feige revealed that Captain Marvel, who is scheduled to appear in her own MCU film in 2019, appeared in an early draft of the screenplay, but was removed since the character had not yet been cast, saying, "It didn't feel like the time. We didn't want to introduce her fully formed flying in a costume before you knew who she was or how she came to be." Whedon went so far as to shoot visual effects plates for Captain Marvel to fly into Avengers Headquarters at the end of

neg: Black Panther (comics) plot manages to be convoluted without ever becoming absorbing". Journalist Shawn Jeffords, citing the lack of appearances of the title character in the first issue, called the new series a "fairly unimpressive launch". Jeffords also said general-audience unfamiliarity was a hindrance. "He's never been a marquee character and to make him one will be tough". T'Challa is Coal Tiger, Sersi kills the Avengers and Coal Tiger is the only survivor. In the 2013 "Age of Ultron" miniseries, Black Panther contacts the Fantastic Four and informs them that Ultron has invaded Earth with an army of Ultron Sentinels. Black Panther was

neg: Joss Whedon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe leading up to "Age of Ultron". He rewrote some dialogue for "", directed the mid-credits scene of "", and suggested that James Gunn make "Guardians of the Galaxy" "weirder" after reading an early draft. Whedon said it was unlikely that he would return to make another sequel, stating that he "couldn't imagine doing this again". He remarked that not having created his own fictional universe in over five years felt wrong and intended to use the proceeds made from "Avengers: Age of Ultron" for such ventures. In January 2016, Whedon announced that he will no

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: The Incredible Hulk (film) space and explained why a solo Hulk film did not occur in Phase Two of the MCU by saying, "After the first "Avengers", Iron Man had his own movie, Thor had his own movie, Captain America had his own movie, and Widow and Fury were in "". So it was really about, frankly, "saving" somebody so that the only place you could get Hulk between "Avengers" movies is the "next" "Avengers" movie, so [director Joss Whedon] could continue to play with that in ["Avengers: Age of Ultron"]. Where we go after that, we'll see." In October 2014, again on a

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron Downey with the MTV Generation Award at the 2015 MTV Movie Awards, along with debuting an exclusive clip from the film. On April 27, Downey and Renner along with executives from Marvel Entertainment rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of the film's theatrical release. Disney spent a total of $26.9 million on television advertisements for the film, from an estimated total marketing budget of $180 million. In January 2015, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Traveller's Tales announced a Lego video game adaptation of the first film and "Age of Ultron" for release in late

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron not that day." Peter Travers of "Rolling Stone" wrote, ""Age of Ultron" is a whole summer of fireworks packed into one movie. It doesn't just go to 11, it starts there. [Joss Whedon] takes a few wrong turns, creating a jumble when the action gets too thick. But he recovers like a pro, devising a spectacle that's epic in every sense of the word." Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars, stating that despite being "bigger, louder and more disjointed" than its predecessor, "it’s also got more personality—specifically Whedon's—than any other film in the

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron million), Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands. In the UK, where "Age of Ultron" was filmed, it earned $5.4 million on its opening day and $27.3 million during the weekend, setting an opening-weekend record for a superhero film, Marvel's biggest opening in Britain, the biggest April opening, the eighth-biggest debut. It also set the best single-day earning for a Disney and superhero film with its $9.4 million haul on Saturday. In South Korea, also where part of the film was shot, the film earned $4.9 million on its opening day and $28.2 through the weekend. It held the record for advance-ticket

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: Avengers: Age of Ultron basically had punchy powers … [Quicksilver]'s got super speed. [Scarlet Witch] can weave spells and a little telekinesis, get inside your head. There's good stuff that they can do that will help sort of keep it fresh," though cautioned he was not throwing in more characters for the sake of doing that. Whedon stated that the twins allowed him to add more conflict: "They don't like America, and they don't like the Avengers… The Avengers are like a world power, and not everybody's on board with the Avengers coming in and starting fights, even in the name of justice. So

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: Avengers: Age of Ultron confuse audiences who might associate it with "Joe Fixit", the grey Hulk from the comics. Method Studios created the interior of the new Avengers training facility by digitally designing the training facility, extracting the characters from the original set and placing them into the new CG environment. Method also contributed to Iron Man's new Mark 45 suit and played a key role in creating Scarlet Witch's CG mind control effect. Following the trend in recent years, most of the computer screens in Stark's lab, Dr Cho's laboratory, the Quinjet and other locations in the film were not added in post-production

neg: Avengers: Age of Ultron Vision. Whedon said "juggling" all the characters in the film was "a nightmare" explaining, "They're very disparate characters. The joy of the Avengers is they really don't belong in the same room. It's not like the X-Men, who are all tortured by the same thing and have similar costumes. These guys are just all over the place. And so it's tough. Honestly, this is as tough as anything I've ever done." 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

neg: Captain America: The Winter Soldier the Russos to accurately show the state of each character after the defeat of S.H.I.E.L.D., having read the script of "" to guide their choices. Joss Whedon, director of "The Avengers" and "Avengers: Age of Ultron", wrote and directed the mid-credits scene, which featured Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch, and Baron Wolfgang von Strucker. The title sequences were created by design firm Sarofsky, who had worked with the Russos since "Community". Sarofsky collaborated with comic book artist David W. Mack on the sequences. Anthony Mackie said the Russo brothers relied on minimal use of computer-generated imagery, stating, "The Russos, what they

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: 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