Still playing catchup. Here’s the synopsis for the forthcoming box office record-breaker Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Marvel Studios presents “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the epic follow-up to the biggest Super Hero movie of all time. When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision.
All of this is basically already known, but here are a few things:
- Why aren’t Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver called Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver? Are names tied up at Fox?
- Clearly confirms that JARVIS becomes Vision. Who does that, though, Ultron or Tony?
- If Tony kickstarts an old program, maybe he will find Ultron as an abandoned project of Hank Pym (who will be in Ant-Man). That’d be a nice nod to the comics where Pym created Ultron.
Is it next year yet?