Marvel’s The Avengers

May 6, 2012 by admin
Filed under Film, Movie Pictures, Movie Trailers, Recent News

The Avengers Sets New Opening Weekend Record. The superhero team-up earned an estimated $207.4 million this weekend, which smashes last summer’s previous weekend record of $169.2 million set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo and Samuel L. Jackson star in the epic action adventure. See the movie trailer, photos, posters for Marvel’s The Avengers below. Agent Nick Fury (Jackson) assembles a team of superheroes: Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow to battle against the fallen Asgardian Loki (Tom Hiddleston).

Release Date: May 4, 2012 (Disney Digital 3D, RealD 3D, IMAX 3D, 2D)
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Adaptation
Director: Joss Whedon
Screenwriter: Joss Whedon
Official Website: Avengers.Marvel.com
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Gwyneth Paltrow
Running Time: 2 hrs. 22 min.
MPAA Rating: (PG-13) for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action throughout, and a mild drug reference.

Synopsis

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. 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. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins. “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since.