The Avengers (may contain spoilers!)

[Rappy Veteran]

Here's the press release for the film and the first photo from the set :D

Production has commenced today in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Marvel Studios' highly anticipated movie "Marvel's The Avengers," directed by Joss Whedon ("Serenity") from a screenplay by Whedon. The film will continue principal photography in Cleveland, Ohio and New York City. Robert Downey, Jr. ("Iron Man," "Iron Man 2") returns as the iconic Tony Stark/Iron Man along with Chris Hemsworth ("Thor") as Thor, Chris Evans ("Captain America: The First Avenger") as Captain America, Jeremy Renner ("Thor," "The Hurt Locker") as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo ("The Kids Are Alright") as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson ("Iron Man 2") as Black Widow, Clark Gregg ("Iron Man," "Thor") as Agent Phil Coulson, and Samuel L. Jackson ("Iron Man," "Iron Man 2") as Nick Fury. Set for release in the US on May 4, 2012, "Marvel's The Avengers" is the first feature to be fully owned, marketed and distributed by Disney, which acquired Marvel in 2009.

Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in "Iron Man," "The Incredible Hulk," "Iron Man 2," "Thor," and "Captain America: The First Avenger," "Marvel's The Avengers" is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.

Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, "Marvel's The Avengers" brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders ("How I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston ("Wallander") and Stellan Skarsg?rd ("Angels & Demons," "Mamma Mia!") who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios' feature "Thor."

"Marvel's The Avengers" is being produced by Marvel Studios' President, Kevin Feige, and executive produced by Alan Fine, Stan Lee, Louis D'Esposito, Patty Whitcher, and Jon Favreau. Marvel Studios' Jeremy Latcham and Victoria Alonso will co-produce.

The creative production team also includes Oscar nominated director of photography Seamus McGarvey ("Atonement"), production designer James Chinlund ("25th Hour"), Oscar winning costume designer Alexandra Byrne ("Elizabeth: The Golden Age"), Oscar winning visual effects supervisor Janek Sirrs ("Iron Man 2," "The Matrix"), visual effects producer Susan Pickett ("Iron Man," "Iron Man 2"), stunt coordinator R.A. Rondell ("Superman Returns"), and four-time Oscar nominated special effects supervisor Dan Sudick ("Iron Man," "War of the Worlds"). The editors include Oscar nominated Paul Rubell ("Collateral") and Jeffrey Ford ("Crazy Heart").

Marvel Studios most recently produced "Iron Man 2" which was released in theatres on May 7, 2010. The sequel to "Iron Man," starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow as well as Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson and Mickey Rourke, took the number one spot its first weekend with a domestic box office gross of $128.1 million. To date the film has earned over $620 million in worldwide box office receipts.

In the summer of 2008, Marvel produced the summer blockbuster movies, "Iron Man" and "The Incredible Hulk." "Iron Man," in which Robert Downey, Jr. originally dons the super hero's powerful armor alongside co-stars Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow, was released May 2, 2008 and was an immediate box office success. Garnering the number one position for two weeks in a row, the film brought in over $100 million its opening weekend and grossed over $571 million worldwide. On June 13, 2008, Marvel released "The Incredible Hulk" marking its second number one opener of that summer. The spectacular revival of the iconic green goliath grossed over $250 million in worldwide box office receipts.

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=76864

[Rappy Veteran]

In other Avengers news, Chris Evans recently spoke with MTV and revealed that he?ll be sporting a new version of the Captain America costume in the film. It sounds like he was hesitant to retire the original design, but the most recent permutation of the costume still wound up growing on him:

?Yeah, it?s awesome. It?s really cool. I was worried because I started to get really attached to the old one. It?s not that easy to move in, but I started really liking it. The first time I tried the new one on I was like ?Aw, I miss the old one?, but it was early stages ? I was just in Albuquerque a couple days ago and we did a camera test with the new suit and it?s pretty rad.?

Evans also indicated that one aspect of The Avengers that he?s particularly looking forward to is the complicated relationship between Captain America and Iron Man:

?There?s friction between myself and Tony Stark. You know, they?re polar opposites. One guy is flash and spotlight and smooth and the other guy is selfless and in the shadows and kind of quiet ? and they explore that and it?s pretty fun.?

[SidVicious]

:pinch:

[Rappy Veteran]

uh oh!

I sense they will change it anyway

[burnsflipper]

Oh noes! Now Joss will have to unexpectedly kill a character in the third act! :laugh:

[Rappy Veteran]

:pinch:

uh oh!

I sense they will change it anyway

Production Halted!

According to our sources close to the production of The Avengers filming has completely halted. The number one reason being that the studio has seen fit to call for a rewrite of the scenes that had been compromised by the release of the photographed script pages. However, this source indicated that the theft Samuel L. Jacksons script DID NOT occur in Albuquerque, but apparently happened in Burbank CA. Our sources gave no indication as to when the film would return to full production

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=36261

[Razorwing]

NOOO DELAYS!

[burnsflipper]

Damn thiefs, look what you've accomplished, I hope you're happy :angry:

[Noveed]

Noooo please do not be a big delay :(

[Rappy Veteran]

Never Had Stopped!

Reports are spreading online that production on The Avengers has been halted after a copy of the script leaked online. I?ve talked to a couple of sources and neither of them can confirm this and believe that the production is trundling along just fine.I?m still waiting for official word from Disney.

UPDATE: I just got off the phone with Disney and this was the first the publicist had heard about it.

Also, the leaked script gives almost nothing away. The Avengers is a movie that most of you could probably plot out beat for beat; Marvel isn?t throwing a bunch of surprises at us in this one (at least not until the end, but there?s a surprise at the end that I don?t think can be rewritten due to Marvel?s long-term planning).

There was some controversy over pages of a script being leaked and that causing delays ? has that impacted any of your work on ?Avengers??

No, I haven?t received any phone calls about it. My start date is still the same. I think it was a pretty old script, though. I got off the plane the other day and I found that out, but I know that script changed a lot, so it?s not the most recent version of it anyway.

[Razorwing]

Yay No delays!

[Growled Member]

Glad to hear there is no delays.

[Rappy Veteran]

Thanks to cincinnati.com, we now have a little more information about the estimated budget of the 2012 summer superhero blockbuster along with a few more details about filming in Ohio:

Kristen Erwin, who is the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Film Commission executive director, has stated that The Avengers will have an estimated budget of $170 million and will be spending about $30 million in Ohio alone.

Erwin also stated that they will shoot in Ohio for two weeks. She could not reveal an exact location, but did say that it would be within 30 miles of Cincinnati and that they're "still negotiation a location agreement" with Marvel Studios.

In short, Cleveland and Southwestern Ohio will be the two main spots for filming of The Avengers when they visit the state.

http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20110508/ENT02/105080324/-Avengers-film-2-weeks-here?odyssey=nav%7Chead

[Rappy Veteran]

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=36747

*pinch of salt spoilers*

[Growled Member]

Kristen Erwin, who is the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Film Commission executive director, has stated that The Avengers will have an estimated budget of $170 million and will be spending about $30 million in Ohio alone.

That's one big budget. I expect a world class movie for that amount of money.

[Rappy Veteran]

That's one big budget. I expect a world class movie for that amount of money.

it's not alot...Dark Knight had more as did Spiderman

[Rappy Veteran]

While not necessarily the most reliable of sources, IMDb have updated their cast list to include Felicia Day as S.W.O.R.D Agent Abigail Brand

[burnsflipper]

While not necessarily the most reliable of sources, IMDb have updated their cast list to include Felicia Day as S.W.O.R.D Agent Abigail Brand

She already cleared that up:)

Felicia Day

Wow, I log off for a few hours, crazy rumors flying around. As cool as it would be, they are not true. Love you all!

[Rappy Veteran]

She already cleared that up:)

Felicia Day

Wow, I log off for a few hours, crazy rumors flying around. As cool as it would be, they are not true. Love you all!

I bet she will be there somewhere its Whedon after all

[Rappy Veteran]

According to very trusted always on point sources, Latinoreview has exclusively learned that the other villain in THE AVENGERS is??THANOS! Now I?m not going to spoil how he is in the movie, but trust me when we tell you that he is in there.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=38110

[LOC Veteran]

According to very trusted always on point sources, Latinoreview has exclusively learned that the other villain in THE AVENGERS is??THANOS! Now I?m not going to spoil how he is in the movie, but trust me when we tell you that he is in there.

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/MarvelFreshman/news/?a=38110

Jumping the shark there a bit imo. Thanos is a major villain (and extremely powerful) and deserves to be the main villain of any movie he's in lol

[Rappy Veteran]

Jumping the shark there a bit imo. Thanos is a major villain (and extremely powerful) and deserves to be the main villain of any movie he's in lol

I would predict he will either cameo or just walk in and say "hey hows it going"

[Yusuf M. Veteran]

If you've seen Thor, there's a scene where

the infinity gauntlet is shown in Odin's treasure vault (with all the gems).

[Growled Member]

The thing I worry about is they will spend too much time on how the team gets together and not enough time on doing stuff. They usually fail on first movies for this reason. I think Thor was an exception. They showed the back story very quickly.

[Rappy Veteran]

If you've seen Thor, there's a scene where

the infinity gauntlet is shown in Odin's treasure vault (with all the gems).