Avengers 2 News, Rumors, Etc. Pictures until release...

One of them better have War Machine/Iron Patriot in it.

 

Marvel Studios panel at Comic-Con is going on now, and they just switched focus from Ant-Man to Avengers: AoU. Cast are now making their entrances. Downey starts it off, throwing roses to the audience.

Live blog for those who want to follow along.

ETA: Pretty much everyone from the main cast showed up except for Scarlett Johansson. All of the "classic" Avengers (minus Johansson), Jackson, Smulders, as well as Paul Bettany, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, and James Spader.

ETA 2: Pic of the group.

ETA 3:

ETA 4: Footage! I so wish I was there. It seems to be a scene of

Spoiler: scene

the gang hanging out at the tower, all trying to lift Thor's hammer ending with evil-Ultron showing up

, followed by a montage.

ETA 5: Josh Brolin (Thanos) just showed up, wearing the Infinity Gauntlet

 

Cobie Smulders was there. Is she confirmed for any Marvel work besides the occasional guest shot on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

 

^ Since she was there with the rest of the Avengers 2 cast, I would say that she is indeed in the movie.

ETA: Description of the footage shown, copy/pasted from the live blog:

Spoiler: Clip descriptions

6:35


Silas Lesnick:
It's the Avengers, hanging out together.
6:35


Silas Lesnick:
They're out of costumes and all trying to lift Thor's hammer
6:35


Silas Lesnick:
Tony can't do it
6:35


Silas Lesnick:
He tries again with an Iron Man hand
6:35


Silas Lesnick:
He still can't
6:35


Silas Lesnick:
Even with War Machine's help, he can't
6:36


Silas Lesnick:
Neither can Banner
6:36


Silas Lesnick:
Cap moves it a little!
6:36


Silas Lesnick:
A big noise distracts them
6:36


Silas Lesnick:
It's an old suit, moving like a zombie, entering the room
6:36


Silas Lesnick:
It's Ultron!
6:37


Silas Lesnick:
"There's only one path to peace," he says, "Your extinction!"
6:37


Silas Lesnick:
A montage of scenes. Black Widow in her new suit with blue lining
6:37


Silas Lesnick:
Banner in a straightjacket?
6:37


Silas Lesnick:
Tanks fighting in the snow
6:37


Silas Lesnick:
"It's the end," says Stark. "The end of the path I started us on."
6:38


Silas Lesnick:
"Nothing lasts forever," says Widow
6:38


Silas Lesnick:
Hulkbuster armor!
6:38


Silas Lesnick:
Going to-to-toe with the Hulk!
6:38


Silas Lesnick:
"Look," says Ultron, seemingly in his finished form, "No string on me"
6:39


Silas Lesnick:
Tony in what looks like a wasteland. All the Avengers are lying, bruised and beaten before him

I like that last Ultron line.

 

Michael Rooker wearing the infinity gauntlet



James Brolin too

 

Wow, James Brolin is looking pretty damn good for 74. Must be the gauntlet.

 

No War Machine in the poster??? Agh!!!

 

Yer just joshing.

 

The Scarlet Witch needs a proper outfit for any future missions as a member of the Avengers. Don't know what Joss Whedon has in mind when it comes to this.

Zack Snyder is very appreciative of the way superheroes look in the comic books, and Watchmen's costume designs were quite faithful to the original graphic novel. Now Snyder has presented Wonder Woman and she looks terrific. She's recognizable as Wonder Woman. Snyder and his designers didn't run away from the comic books. I hope Whedon has noticed. Do we really want Wanda to be running around in a black skirt when she and team face Thanos? Maybe Whedon really hates tights and capes. Fine. Still, there must be a way to modernize Scarlet Witch while honoring her traditional costume.

 

Also, from the impression that I get, she and Pietro will spend most of the movie in an antagonistic role towards the Avengers. We might not not see her "superhero" suit until the end.

 

Here's video of the Avengers: AoU portion of the Marvel Studios panel.

Part 1:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPihX5UxeAo[/yt]

Part 2:
[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4k_PtQY1uQ[/yt]

 

Never a good sign...

Spoiler: SPOILER ALERT?!?

...when an unbreakable shield gets broken.

 

Ultron Mark 1

 

There is something disturbing about seeing that monogram on that prop, knowing what story purpose the prop was designed for.

Further: that is not to say that the sense of disturbance is a bad thing. Not in this context.

 

I really hope they release the footage in some form online officially. It sounds pretty awesome.

 

So it seems Cobie Smulders is really in the cast. Her character Maria Hill works for Stark now. Prediction: Shit happens inside Stark's lab, and Maria nearly becomes Ultron's first casualty.

 

I wonder just how tough the Ultron drones are going to be in this movie. After all, Marvel Studios doesn't have the rights the adamantium, and I don't really see how Stark Industries could have a massive stockpile of vibranium.

 

They could make up any bullshit metal - it's not a problem that isn't solved in one line of dialogue.