The Avengers
Director: Joss Whedon
Genre: Action, Science Fiction
Year: 2012
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hiddleston, Lou Ferrigno, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner, Cobie Smulders, Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow, Paul Bettany, Jenny Agutter, Ronald Hamilton, Amanda Righetti, Scarlett Johansson
The Avengers (titled Avengers Assemble in some countries) is an upcoming American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the sixth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is written and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast, which includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, and Samuel L. Jackson. In The Avengers, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, and Captain America to save the world from destruction.
Development of The Avengers began when Marvel Studios received a grant from Merrill Lynch in April 2005. After the success of the film Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel announced that The Avengers would be released in July 2011. With the signing of Scarlett Johansson in March 2009, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release. Whedon was brought on board in April 2010 and rewrote the screenplay that was originally written by Zak Penn. Production began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving
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