AVENGERS (SHOOTING BEGINS)

• AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!

Director Joss Whedon

Marvel's The Avengers has begun shooting in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Marvel.com has released the first on-set photo. Think of it as a little teaser for all us fans.

The picture really doesn’t reveal much, except that you can see the reworked S.H.I.E.LD. logo  in the background! However, it does give us the sense of occasion and the magnitude of this project by having all these guys in one film!!!

Avenger Photo from the Set

Marvel also confirmed that Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgard would be reprising their roles from Thor, as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig, in the Avengers, which is scripted and directed by Joss Whedon (THE MAN THAT HAS ALL THE PRESSURE ON HIS SHOULDERS TO PROMISE US A CLASSIC FILM).  

Joss Whedon              &        Fans' Concept Art

Bear in mind this  will Whedons’ First major block buster that he will be directing, with his other film credits just being Serenity, a film he directed back in 2005. Don’t let that get you worried as Whedon is a very good writer andis known as the man that created Buffy: The Vampire Slayer. He has worked with Marvel before and is a huge fan of thee Avengers. He also co-wrote Captain America: The First Avenger. We can probably assume that Whedon will stay true to the characters, but will he be able to pull them all in each others realities without destroying the realities that was set in each characters film?? The fighting and explosons will have to be BIG!! However, the storyline will have to be as well for this film not to be considered one of Hollywood’s most expensive and star studdered FLOPS!!! 

Fans' Concept Art Avengers

Official details of the plot - including who will be the movie's main villain - have yet to be confirmed, but Marvel have revealed a bit of the plot; "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."

The film will continue principal photography in Cleveland, Ohio and New York City.

The cast so far includes, Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, along with Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Mark Ruffalo as Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill.

The Cast of Avengers