Not that we need any further convincing to part with our hard earned cash to go and see Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Marvel Studios has released the official synopsis for the most anticipated movie of summer 2015.
"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."
Okay, so it doesn’t really tell us anything we didn’t already know and there are no revelations about the cast line-up, but in our modern age of spoilers isn’t it nice to not really know that much about such a big movie. A trailer of some kind can’t be far off now, if you’re itching for a Marvel fix in the meantime there’s season 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and the wartime set Agent Carter to look forward to.
Avengers: Age Of Ultron is released April 24, 2015 in the UK and arrives a week later on May 1st for the US. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D season 2 kicks off on September 23rd and Agent Carter is set to broadcast early next year.