After the 2012 mega-blockbuster The Avengers, you have to wonder how Marvel Studios will manage to top the superhero epic with the eagerly-anticipated 2015 sequel The Avengers: Age of Ultron, but it seems that writer-director Joss Whedon is set to turn things up to eleven – at least, according to the God of Thunder himself, Chris Hemsworth.
“Everything in [Age of Ultron] is ramped up,” said the Thor star during a Q&A at the Wizard World Comic Con (via CBM). It kind of blew me away reading [the script]. I don’t know how Joss does it, but everyone has gone up another notch and the whole thing is bigger and more exciting and crazier. Yeah, he’s a genius… I’m really excited to start Avengers 2 in 2 months and get back on set. We’re going to meet in London and shoot there for 3 months, so I’m excited to get back together with everyone and catch up.”
The Avengers: Age of Ultron is set for release on May 1st 2015, with Hemsworth joining by returning MCU stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (The Incredible Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury) and Paul Bettany (JARVIS / The Vision) alongside new additions Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2) as Quicksilver, Elizabeth Olsen (Oldboy) as the Scarlet Witch, James Spader (The Blacklist) as Ultron, and Thomas Kretschmann (Dracula) as Baron Strucker.
Originally published March 10, 2014. Updated December 13, 2019.
