The Avengers (2012 film)

''Marvel's The Avengers'' (classified under the name ''Marvel Avengers Assemble'' in the United Kingdom and Ireland), or simply ''The Avengers'', is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the film features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner as the Avengers, alongside Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Nick Fury and the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. recruit Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, Thor, Natasha Romanoff, and Clint Barton to form a team capable of stopping Thor's brother Loki from subjugating Earth.

The film's development began when Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch in April 2005. After the success of the film ''Iron Man'' in May 2008, Marvel announced that ''The Avengers'' would be released in July 2011 and would bring together Tony Stark (Downey), Steve Rogers (Evans), Bruce Banner (Ruffalo), and Thor (Hemsworth) from Marvel's previous films. With the signing of Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in March 2009 and Renner as Clint Barton in June 2010, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release. Whedon was brought on board in April 2010 and rewrote the original screenplay by Zak Penn. Production began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in August and New York City in September. The film has more than 2,200 visual effects shots.

''The Avengers'' premiered in Los Angeles on April 11, 2012, and was released in the United States on May 4, as the last film of Phase One of the MCU. The film received praise for Whedon's direction and screenplay, visual effects, action sequences, acting, and musical score. The film grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, setting numerous box office records and becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release and the highest-grossing film of 2012, as well as the first Marvel production to generate $1 billion in ticket sales. In 2017, ''The Avengers'' was featured as one of the 100 greatest films of all time in an ''Empire'' magazine poll. It received a nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 85th Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades. Three sequels have been released: '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015), '' Avengers: Infinity War'' (2018), and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019).

Plot

The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the leader of an extraterrestrial race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for retrieving the Tesseract, a powerful energy source of unknown potential, the Other promises Loki an army with which he can subjugate Earth. Nick Fury, director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., arrives at a remote research facility, where physicist Dr. Erik Selvig is leading a team experimenting on the Tesseract. The Tesseract suddenly activates and opens a wormhole, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Loki steals the Tesseract and uses his scepter to enslave Selvig and other agents, including Clint Barton, to aid him.

In response, Fury reactivates the " Avengers Initiative". Agent Natasha Romanoff heads to Kolkata to recruit Dr. Bruce Banner to trace the Tesseract through its gamma radiation emissions. Fury approaches Steve Rogers to retrieve the Tesseract, and Agent Phil Coulson visits Tony Stark to have him check Selvig's research. Loki is in Stuttgart, where Barton steals the iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power, leading to a confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki's surrender. While Loki gets escorted to S.H.I.E.L.D., his adoptive brother Thor arrives and frees him, hoping to convince him to abandon his plan and return to Asgard. Stark and Rogers intervene and Loki is taken to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying aircraft carrier, the Helicarrier, where he is imprisoned.

The Avengers become divided over how to approach Loki and the revelation that S.H.I.E.L.D. plans to harness the Tesseract to develop powerful weapons as a deterrent against hostile extraterrestrials. As they argue, Loki's agents attack the Helicarrier, and the stress causes Banner to transform into the Hulk. Stark and Rogers work to restart the damaged engine, and Thor attempts to stop the Hulk's rampage. Romanoff knocks Barton unconscious, breaking Loki's mind control. Loki escapes after killing Coulson and Fury uses Coulson's death to motivate the Avengers into working as a team. Loki uses the Tesseract and a wormhole generator Selvig built to open a wormhole above Stark Tower to the Chitauri fleet in space, launching his invasion.

Rogers, Stark, Romanoff, Barton, Thor, and the Hulk rally in defense of New York City, and together the Avengers battle the Chitauri. The Hulk beats Loki into submission. Romanoff makes her way to the generator, where Selvig, freed from Loki's mind control, reveals that Loki's scepter can shut down the generator. Fury's superiors from the World Security Council attempt to end the invasion by launching a nuclear missile at Midtown Manhattan. Stark intercepts the missile and takes it through the wormhole toward the Chitauri fleet. The missile detonates, destroying the Chitauri mothership and disabling their forces on Earth. Stark's suit loses power, and he goes into freefall, but the Hulk saves him. In the aftermath, Thor returns with Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard, where Loki will face their justice.

In a mid-credits scene, the Other confers with his master about the failed attack on Earth.

Cast

* Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man:
A self-described genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist with an electromechanical suit of armor of his own invention. Downey was cast as part of his four-picture deal with Marvel Studios, which included '' Iron Man 2'' (2010) and ''The Avengers''. He said he initially pushed Whedon to make Stark the lead: "Well, I said, 'I need to be in the opening sequence. I don't know what you're thinking, but Tony needs to drive this thing.' He was like, 'Okay, let's try that.' We tried it and it didn't work, because this is a different sort of thing, the story and the idea and the theme is the theme, and everybody is just an arm of the octopus." About the character's evolution from previous films, Downey said, "In ''Iron Man'', which was an origin story, he was his own epiphany and redemption of sorts. ''Iron Man 2'' is all about not being an island, dealing with legacy issues and making space for others. . . In ''The Avengers'', he's throwing it down with the others". Downey earned $50 million from the film, "once box-office bonuses and backend compensation erefactored in".
* Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America:
A World War II veteran who was enhanced to the peak of human physicality by an experimental serum and frozen in suspended animation before waking up in the modern world. Evans was cast as part of a deal to star in three Marvel films, in addition to ''The Avengers''. Evans said that Steve Rogers is much darker in ''The Avengers'': "It's just about him trying to come to terms with the modern world. You've got to imagine, it's enough of a shock to accept the fact that you're in a completely different time, but everybody you know is dead. Everybody you cared about. . . He was a soldier, obviously, everybody he went to battle with, all of his brothers in arms, they're all dead. He's just lonely. I think in the beginning it's a fish-out-of-water scene, and it's tough. It's a tough pill for him to swallow. Then comes trying to find a balance with the modern world." Regarding the dynamic between Rogers and Tony Stark, Evans said, "I think there's certainly a dichotomy—this kind of friction between myself and Tony Stark, they're polar opposites. One guy is flash and spotlight and smooth, and the other guy is selfless and in the shadows and kind of quiet and they have to get along. They explore that, and it's pretty fun." Evans earned $2–3 million for the film.
* Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk:
A genius scientist who, because of exposure to gamma radiation, transforms into a monster when enraged or agitated. Ruffalo, who was considered to play Banner in '' The Incredible Hulk'' (2008) before Edward Norton took the role, was cast after negotiations between Marvel and Norton broke down. About replacing Norton, Ruffalo said, "I'm a friend of Ed's, and yeah, that wasn't a great way for all that to go down. But the way I see it is that Ed has bequeathed this part to me. I look at it as my generation's ''Hamlet''." About the character, he said, "He's a guy struggling with two sides of himself—the dark and the light—and everything he does in his life is filtered through issues of control. I grew up on the Bill Bixby TV series, which I thought was a really nuanced and real human way to look at the Hulk. I like that the part has those qualities". Regarding the Hulk's place on the team, Ruffalo said, "He's like the teammate none of them are sure they want on their team. He's a loose cannon. It's like, 'Just throw a grenade in the middle of the group and let's hope it turns out well!" This is the first production in which the actor playing Banner also plays the Hulk. Ruffalo told ''New York'' magazine, "I'm really excited. No one's ever played the Hulk exactly; they've always done CGI. They're going to do the ''Avatar'' stop-action, stop-motion capture. So I'll actually play the Hulk. That'll be fun". The 3D model used to create the Hulk's body was modeled after Long Island bodybuilder and male stripper Steve Romm, while the Hulk's face was modeled after Ruffalo. To create the Hulk's voice, Ruffalo's voice was blended with those of Lou Ferrigno and others; however, the Hulk's only speaking line ("Puny god.") was provided solely by Ruffalo. Ruffalo earned $2–3 million for the film.
* Chris Hemsworth as Thor:
The crown prince of Asgard, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name. Hemsworth was cast as part of a multiple movie deal. He had previously worked with Joss Whedon on ''The Cabin in the Woods'' (2011). Hemsworth said that he was able to maintain the strength he built up for ''Thor'' (2011) by increasing his food intake, consisting of chicken breasts, fish, steak, and eggs every day. When asked exactly how much, Hemsworth said, "My body weight in protein pretty much!" He remarked that Thor's motivation "is much more of a personal one, in the sense that it's his brother that is stirring things up. Whereas everyone else, it's some bad guy who they've gotta take down. It's a different approach for me, or for Thor. He's constantly having to battle the greater good and what he should do vs. it's his little brother there. . . I've been frustrated with my brothers at times, or family, but I'm the only one who is allowed to be angry at them. There's a bit of that." Hemsworth earned $2–3 million for the film.
* Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow:
A highly trained spy working for S.H.I.E.L.D. About the character and her relationship with Hawkeye, Johansson said, "Our characters have a long history. They've fought together for a long time in a lot of battles in many different countries. We're the two members of this avenging group who are skilled warriors – we have no superpowers. Black Widow is definitely one of the team, though. She's not in the cast simply to be a romantic foil or eye candy. She's there to fight, so I never felt like I was the only girl. We all have our various skills and it feels equal". Regarding her training, Johansson said, "Even though ''Iron Man 2'' was 'one-for-them,' I'd never done anything like that before. I'd never been physically driven in something, or a part of something so big. For ''The Avengers'', I've spent so many months training with our stunt team, and fighting all the other actors, it's crazy. I do nothing but fight—all the time." Johansson earned $4–6 million for the film.
* Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye:
A master archer working as an agent for S.H.I.E.L.D. Renner said it was a very physical role and that he trained physically and practiced archery as much as possible in preparation. About the role, Renner said, "When I saw ''Iron Man'', I thought that was a really kick-ass approach to superheroes. Then they told me about this Hawkeye character, and I liked how he wasn't really a superhero; he's just a guy with a high skill set. I could connect to that." Regarding Hawkeye's sniper mentality, Renner said, "It's a lonely game. He's an outcast. His only connection is to Scarlett's character, Natasha. It's like a left hand/right hand thing. They coexist, and you need them both, especially when it comes to a physical mission." Renner said Hawkeye is not insecure about his humanity. "Quite the opposite, he's the only one who can really take down the Hulk with his ranquilizer-tippedarrows. He knows his limitations. But when it comes down to it, there has to be a sense of confidence in any superhero." Renner earned $2–3 million for the film.
* Tom Hiddleston as Loki:
Thor's adoptive brother and nemesis, based on the Norse mythological deity of the same name. About his character's evolution from the film ''Thor'', Hiddleston said, "I think the Loki we see in ''The Avengers'' is further advanced. You have to ask yourself the question: How pleasant an experience is it disappearing into a wormhole that has been created by some kind of super nuclear explosion of his own making? So I think by the time Loki shows up in ''The Avengers'', he's seen a few things." About Loki's motivations, Hiddleston said, "At the beginning of ''The Avengers'', he comes to Earth to subjugate it and his idea is to rule the human race as their king. And like all the delusional autocrats of human history, he thinks this is a great idea because if everyone is busy worshipping him, there will be no wars so he will create some kind of world peace by ruling them as a tyrant. But he is also kind of deluded in the fact that he thinks unlimited power will give him self-respect, so I haven't let go of the fact that he is still motivated by this terrible jealousy and kind of spiritual desolation."
* Stellan Skarsgård as Erik Selvig:
An astrophysicist and friend of Thor under Loki's control who is studying the Tesseract's power. Regarding Loki's control over Selvig, Skarsgård said, "Well with the scene we did in ''Thor'', it was like Loki, one way or the other, entered Erik's mind. And in Avengers, you will see more clarity in how Loki is using Erik's mind." About his role, he said, " y characteris of importance but the size of the role is not big."
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury:
The director of S.H.I.E.L.D. who was revealed in previous films to be coordinating the "Avengers Initiative". Jackson was brought to the project with a deal containing an option to play the character in up to nine Marvel films. Jackson said he does more in ''The Avengers'' than in any of the previous films: "You don't have to wait until the end of the movie to see me". About the role, Jackson said, "It's always good to play somebody hois a positive in society as opposed to somebody who is a negative. . . I tried to make him as honest to the story and as honest to what real-life would seem." Jackson compared the character to Ordell Robbie in '' Jackie Brown'', calling him "a nice guy to hang out with. You just don't want to cross him". Jackson earned $4–6 million for the film.

Clark Gregg appears as Phil Coulson, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who oversees many of the division's field operations. Gregg was cast as part of a multi-picture deal with Marvel. Gregg said his role was expanded in ''The Avengers'': " hatAgent Coulson had become in terms of the import of this particular story, and how important his job is in bringing the Avengers together, it kind of felt a little surreal, like somebody was playing a prank and that wasn't the real script. But it wasn't, it was the real thing, I got to show up and do that stuff, and it felt like such an amazing payoff to what the journey had been and the fact I had been doing it for five years." Gregg said Whedon provided insight into his character's backstory, particularly about Coulson being a fan of Captain America. Cobie Smulders appears as Maria Hill, a high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. agent who works closely with Nick Fury. Smulders, whom Joss Whedon once considered for his unproduced live-action Wonder Woman film, was selected from a short list of potential actresses including Morena Baccarin. Smulders' deal would integrate her into nine films. Regarding her preparation, Smulders said, "I hired this amazing black-ops trainer to teach me how to hold a gun, take me to a shooting range, how to hit, how to hold myself, how to walk and basically how to look. I don't do a ton of fighting in the movie, which is why I wasn't offered a trainer, but I wanted to look like I had the ability to." On relating to the character, Smulders said, "I can relate to her being a mom and being a businesswoman and trying to work full-time and raising a family and having a career. We're asked to do a lot of things these days. I feel she is just all about her job and keeping things going."

Gwyneth Paltrow and Maximiliano Hernández reprise their roles from previous MCU films as Pepper Potts and Jasper Sitwell, respectively. Paul Bettany returns to voice J.A.R.V.I.S. Frequent Whedon collaborator Alexis Denisof portrays "the Other", and Damion Poitier portrays his master, Thanos (unnamed in the film), in a post-credits scene. Powers Boothe and Jenny Agutter appear as members of the World Security Council later revealed to be Gideon Malick and Councilwoman Hawley. Avengers co-creator Stan Lee has a cameo appearance in a news report. Harry Dean Stanton cameos as a security guard, and Polish film director Jerzy Skolimowski appears as Georgi Luchkov, Romanoff's interrogator. Warren Kole has a brief role as a S.H.I.E.L.D. bridge tech who is caught playing '' Galaga''. Enver Gjokaj, who later went on to play Daniel Sousa in the series '' Agent Carter'', appears as a police officer.

Production

Development

Ideas for a film based on the Avengers began in 2003, with Avi Arad, the CEO of Marvel Studios, first announcing plans to develop the film in April 2005, after Marvel Enterprises declared independence by allying with Merrill Lynch to produce a slate of films that would be distributed by Paramount Pictures. Marvel discussed their plans in a brief presentation to Wall Street analysts; the studio's intention was to release individual films for the main characters—to establish their identities and familiarize audiences with them—before merging the characters together in a crossover film. Screenwriter Zak Penn, who wrote '' The Incredible Hulk'', became attached to the film in 2006, and was hired by Marvel Studios to write the film in June 2007. In the wake of the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, Marvel negotiated with the Writers Guild of America to ensure that it could create films based on its comic book counterparts, including Captain America, Ant-Man and The Avengers. After the successful release of ''Iron Man'' (2008) in May, the company set a July 2011 release date for ''The Avengers''. In September 2008, Marvel Studios reached an agreement with Paramount—an extension of a previous partnership—which gave the company distribution rights for five future Marvel films.

Casting began in October 2008 with Downey's signing. Though Don Cheadle was also reported to be reprising his '' Iron Man 2'' role of War Machine for ''The Avengers'', he later stated that he did not think the character would appear in the film. At the same time, two major prospects occurred for Marvel: Jon Favreau was brought in as an executive producer for the film, and the company signed a long-term lease with Raleigh Studios to produce three other big-budget films—''Iron Man 2'', ''Thor'', and '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011)—at their Manhattan Beach, California complex. In February 2009, Samuel L. Jackson signed a nine-picture deal with Marvel Entertainment to play Nick Fury in ''Iron Man 2'' and other films. In September 2009, Edward Norton, who played Bruce Banner in ''The Incredible Hulk'' stated that he was open to returning in the film. The next month, executive producer Jon Favreau stated that he would not direct the film, but would "definitely have input and a say". Favreau also expressed concerns, stating, "It's going to be hard, because I was so involved in creating the world of Iron Man, and Iron Man is very much a tech-based hero, and then with ''Avengers'' you're going to be introducing some supernatural aspects because of Thor .. ixingthe two of those works very well in the comic books, but it's going to take a lot of thoughtfulness to make that all work and not blow the reality that we've created". In March 2009, actress Scarlett Johansson replaced Emily Blunt in portraying Natasha Romanoff in ''Iron Man 2'', a deal that subsequently attached her to ''The Avengers''. The following day, Marvel announced that the film's release date had been pushed back to May 4, 2012, almost a full year later. Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston joined the film's cast in June, returning as Thor and Loki, respectively.

In July 2009, Penn talked about the crossover process, stating, "My job is to kind of shuttle between the different movies and make sure that finally we're mimicking that comic book structure where all of these movies are connected. . . There's just a board that tracks 'Here's where everything that happens in this movie overlaps with that movie'. . . I'm pushing them to do as many animatics as possible to animate the movie, to draw boards so that we're all working off the same visual ideas. But the exigencies of production take first priority". At first, Penn tried to reduce Thor's role in the script because he had doubts about the character's ability to succeed on film. He changed his mind once Hemsworth was cast as Thor. The film had always intended to use Loki as its villain, but Penn noted that early discussion had considered using Red Skull.

In January 2010, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige was asked if it would be difficult to meld the fantasy of ''Thor'' with the high-tech science fiction in ''Iron Man'' and ''The Avengers''. "No," he said, "because we're doing the Jack Kirby/Stan Lee/ Walt Simonson/J. Michael Straczynski ''Thor''. We're not doing the blow-the-dust-off-of-the-old-Norse-book-in-your-library ''Thor''. And in the ''Thor'' of the Marvel Universe, there's a race called the Asgardians. And we're linked through this Tree of Life that we're unaware of. It's real science, but we don't know about it yet. The 'Thor' movie is about teaching people that". In March, it was reported that Penn had completed the first draft of the script, and that Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada and ''Avengers'' comic-book writer Brian Michael Bendis had received copies. Also in March, Chris Evans accepted an offer to play Captain America in three films including ''The Avengers''.

Pre-production

By April 2010, Joss Whedon was close to completing a deal to direct the film and to rework Penn's script, and was officially announced in July 2010. On the hiring, Arad stated: "My personal opinion is that Joss will do a fantastic job. He loves these characters and is a fantastic writer ..It's part of his life so you know he is going to protect it ..I expect someone like him is going to make the script even better". Feige added, "I've known Joss for many years. We were looking for the right thing and he came in and met on it ..we want dto find a director that’s on the verge of doing something great, as we think Joss is." Whedon stated at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, that what drew him to the film is that he loves how "these people shouldn't be in the same room let alone on the same team—and that is the definition of family".

When Whedon received Penn's draft, he told Feige he felt the studio did not "have anything" and they should "pretend this draft never happened". Part of Whedon's issue was the lack of character connections in Penn's draft, which necessitated Whedon to begin "at square one". Whedon went on to write a five-page treatment of his plan for the film, and created the tagline "Avengers: Some Assembly Required", riffing on the "Avengers Assemble" slogan from the comic books. Marvel quickly began working to sign Whedon to write and direct, only stipulating that he include the Avengers against Loki, a battle among the heroes in the middle, a battle against the villains at the end, and he get the film done for its May 2012 release. The script would go through "a lot of insane iterations of what might be" according to Whedon. Whedon explained there was a point when it was not certain Johansson would star in the film, so he "wrote a huge bunch of pages starring The Wasp", and wanted Zooey Deschanel to play the character. He also was "worried that one British character actor Hiddleston)was not enough to take on Earth's mightiest heroes, and that we'd feel like we were rooting for the overdog. So I wrote a huge draft with Ezekiel Stane, Obadiah Stane's son, in it." Once all of the actors were "locked in place the movie stayed on mission." Whedon noted that the characters used do not have the same issue, unlike the X-Men. He felt "these guys just don't belong together" before realizing their interactions could be like ''The Dirty Dozen'' (1967). Whedon also referenced ''Dr. Strangelove'' (1964), ''The Abyss'' (1989), '' His Girl Friday'' (1940), and '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001). Whedon would ultimately share final screenplay credit with Penn, though Whedon noted he "fought" for sole credit and was "very upset about it." Penn felt the two "could have collaborated more, but that was not his choice. He wanted to do it his way, and I respect that."

The casting process continued into much of 2010, with the additions of Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, and Clark Gregg. Ruffalo replaced Edward Norton, whom Marvel declined to have back. "We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title role of Bruce Banner in ''The Avengers''," stated Feige. "Our decision is definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead rooted in the need for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members. ''The Avengers'' demands players who thrive working as part of an ensemble, as evidenced by Robert, Chris H, Chris E, Samuel, Scarlett, and all of our talented casts. We are looking to announce a name actor who fulfills these requirements, and is passionate about the iconic role in the coming weeks." In response, Norton's agent Brian Swardstrom decried Feige's statement, calling it "purposefully misleading" and an "inappropriate attempt to paint our client in a negative light". In October 2014, Norton claimed it was his own decision never to play Hulk again because he "wanted more diversity" with his career, and did not want to be associated with only one character.

In August 2010, it was reported that Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios were planning to start shooting in February. In October 2010, Grumman Studios in Bethpage, New York and the Steiner Studios in Brooklyn, New York City, were announced as filming locations, with set construction slated to begin in November, but as Whedon later explained, "Originally we were supposed to be in Los Angeles, then for a short period we were supposed to be in New York, and then somehow we ended up in Albuquerque." Also that October, Walt Disney Studios agreed to pay Paramount at least $115 million for the worldwide distribution rights to ''Iron Man 3'' (2013) and ''The Avengers''. The deal also allowed Paramount to continue to collect the 8 percent box office fee it would have earned for distributing the film and a marquee credit—placement of the company's production logo on marketing materials and the film's opening titles. As a result, the onscreen production credit reads "Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures" though the film is solely owned, distributed, financed, and marketed by Disney. Paramount's Epix retained pay TV rights.

In December 2010, Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson and Marvel Studios Co-president Louis D'Esposito announced ''The Avengers'' would film primarily in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with principal photography scheduled for April through September 2011. Parts of the film were also scheduled to be shot in Michigan, but a plan to film in Detroit ended after Governor Rick Snyder issued a budget proposal that would eliminate a film tax incentive. Three months later in March, Governor of Ohio John Kasich announced before Mayor Frank G. Jackson's State of the City address that ''The Avengers'' would film in Cleveland.

Concept illustrator and designer of Iron Man's Mark VII armor Phil Saunders stated that "Joss Whedon was looking for something that had the 'cool' factor of the suitcase suit rom ''Iron Man 2'' while still being a fully armored, heavy duty suit that could take on an army in the final battle." To that end, Saunders borrowed ideas that had been proposed in ''Iron Man 2'' as well as some ideas that had been abandoned in ''Iron Man'' and merged them together in a modular suit that has big ammo packets on the arms and a backpack. The Science & Entertainment Exchange also provided science consultation for the film.

Casting reached its final stages the following year. In February 2011, Cobie Smulders was cast in the role of Maria Hill, after participating in screen tests conducted by Marvel for the role of a key S.H.I.E.L.D. member, who Samuel L. Jackson described as Nick Fury's sidekick. Over the successive months, the film's cast expanded to include Stellan Skarsgård, Paul Bettany, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow was cast at Downey's insistence; prior to this, Whedon had not intended the film to include supporting characters from the heroes' individual films, commenting, "You need to separate the characters from their support systems in order to create the isolation you need for a team."

Filming

Principal photography began on April 25, 2011, in Albuquerque, New Mexico at Albuquerque Studios, with the working title ''Group Hug''. In June 2011, stuntman Jeremy Fitzgerald injured his head while attempting a stunt involving a 30-foot fall from a building after getting hit by an arrow. A Marvel spokesperson later told TMZ that despite the injury, Fitzgerald recovered and continued working on set. The following month, secondary filming took place about an hour outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the Butler area. A chase sequence was also shot in Worthington, Pennsylvania at Creekside Mushroom Farms, the world's largest single-site mushroom farm, which provided 150 miles of abandoned limestone tunnels 300 feet below the ground for filming.

Production relocated to Cleveland, Ohio in August 2011, where filming took place over a period of four weeks. The city's East 9th Street was chosen as a double for New York City's 42nd Street to be used in climactic battle scenes. Army Reserve soldiers assigned to the Columbus, Ohio-based 391st Military Police Battalion provided background action during the battle scenes in Cleveland. Staff Sergeant Michael T. Landis stated the use of real soldiers made the scenes more realistic and helped portray the military in a more positive light, explaining that, "It's easy for us to make on-the-spot corrections to tactics and uniforms. The director actually took our recommendation on one scene and let us all engage the enemy as opposed to only the gunners in the trucks engaging". Filming also took place in the large vacuum chamber at the NASA Plum Brook Station near Sandusky, Ohio. The station's Space Power Facility was used to portray a S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility. A series of explosions were filmed at the Chevrolet powertrain plant in Parma, Ohio as part of the battle sequence that began in Cleveland. Scenes from the film were also shot on Public Square and the Detroit–Superior Bridge. Public Square's southwest quadrant was turned into Stuttgart, Germany for filming.

Principal photography concluded in New York City, where filming occurred over two days. Locations there included Park Avenue and Central Park. For scenes taking place in Manhattan, visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison shot aerial footage for over three days to use as background plates, elaborating that his main objective was to "get as much aerial work in as possible for the audience to see the big expanses, the wide establishing shots, while also making sure that the effects work doesn't look too computer-generated". "We're getting much better at making entirely computer-generated environments," Morrison explained, "but there is no substitute for starting with a real image and adding what you need."

Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey stated that he composed the frame with a 1.85:1 aspect ratio to cope with the main characters' varying heights, explaining, "shooting 1.85:1 is kind of unusual for an epic film like this, but we needed the height in the screen to be able to frame in all the characters like Hulk, Captain America and Black Widow, who is much smaller. We had to give them all precedence and width within the frame. Also, Joss hedonknew the final battle sequence was going to be this extravaganza in Manhattan, so the height and vertical scale of the buildings was going to be really important." The film was McGarvey's first venture with a digital camera, the Arri Alexa. The Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 7D digital SLR cameras were used for some shots, and high-speed shots were captured on 35 mm film with the Arriflex 435. About his visual approach, McGarvey remarked, "Joss and I were keen on having a very visceral and naturalistic quality to the image. We wanted this to feel immersive and did not want a 'comic book look' that might distance an audience with the engagement of the film. We moved the camera a lot on Steadicam, cranes and on dollies to create kinetic images; and we chose angles that were dramatic, like low angles for heroic imagery."

Post-production

In December 2011, Disney announced that the film would be converted to 3D. Said Whedon, "I'm not a big fan of extreme long lens, talky movies – I like to see the space I'm in and relate to it, so 3D kinda fits my aesthetic anyway. And the technology has advanced so far in the past couple years." Whedon also said that "there definitely are movies that shouldn't be in 3D" but "''The Avengers'' isn't obnoxiously 3D. There's no, 'Oh look, we're going to spend 20 minutes going through this tunnel because it's in 3D!' And no one is pointing at the screen the entire time. But it's an action movie. Things tend to hurtle toward the screen anyway". In January 2012, it was reported that the film would be digitally remastered for IMAX 3D and would open in IMAX theaters on May 4, 2012, the same day it opened in regular theaters. The IMAX release followed Marvel's IMAX releases of ''Iron Man 2'' and ''Thor''.

In a May 2012 interview, Whedon said that it was his decision to include Thanos in a post-credits scene, although the character is not identified in the film. "He for me is the most powerful and fascinating Marvel villain. He's the great grand daddy of the badasses and he's in love with Death and I just think that's so cute. For me, the greatest Avengers omic bookwas ''Avengers Annual'' #7 (1977) that Jim Starlin did followed by '' Marvel Two-in-One Annual'' #2 (1977) that contained the death of Adam Warlock. Those were some of the most important texts and I think underrated milestones in Marvel history and Thanos is all over that, so somebody had to be in control and had to be behind Loki's work and I was like 'It's got to be Thanos.' And they said 'Okay' and I'm like 'Oh my God!'" An additional coda involving the Avengers eating shawarma was shot on April 12, 2012, a day after the world premiere. Evans wore a prosthetic jaw while filming the scene to cover the beard he had grown. Shawarma sales in Los Angeles, St. Louis, and Boston reportedly skyrocketed in the days following the film's release. Whedon stated the inspiration for the shawarma scene came from the events surrounding the filming of the scene where Fred dies in Wesley's arms in the ''Angel'' episode, " A Hole in the World". After filming the scene, Whedon and actors Amy Acker and Denisof, who portrayed Fred and Wesley, respectively, "went out for drinks and ended up just sitting around quietly, exhausted from the day's events," which Whedon then mimicked in the scene for the film.

The film contains more than 2,200 visual effects shots completed by 14 companies: Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Weta Digital, Scanline VFX, Hydraulx, Fuel VFX, Evil Eye Pictures, Luma Pictures, Cantina Creative, Trixter, Modus FX, Whiskytree, Digital Domain, The Third Floor, and Method Design. ILM was the lead vendor and shared responsibility for creating many of the film's key effects, including the Helicarrier, the New York cityscape, digital body doubles, Iron Man and the Hulk. To create the on-screen Hulk, Ruffalo performed in a motion-capture suit on set with the other actors while four motion-capture HD cameras (two full body, two focused on his face) captured his face and body movements. Jeff White, ILM's visual effects supervisor, aimed for a "less cartoony" depiction of the Hulk compared to the one the firm created for Ang Lee's 2003 film, stating, "We really wanted to utilize everything we've developed the last 10 years and make it a pretty spectacular Hulk. One of the great design decisions was to incorporate Mark Ruffalo into the look of him. So, much of Hulk is based on Ruffalo and his performance, not only in motion capture and on set, but down to his eyes, his teeth, and his tongue."

ILM digitally recreated the vast majority of the New York cityscape used in the film. In total, ILM artists rendered an area of about ten city blocks by about four city blocks. To do this, ILM sent out a team of four photographers to take pictures of the area in a shoot that lasted eight weeks. Tyson Bidner, the New York location manager on the film, helped by securing the rights to almost every building's likeness in the area ILM needed. Disney and Sony Pictures agreed for OsCorp Tower from ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' (2012) to be included in the film, but the idea was dropped because much of the skyline had already been completed.

Weta Digital took over duties for animating Iron Man during the forest duel from ILM. Guy Williams, Weta's visual effects supervisor, said, "We shared assets back and forth with ILM, but our pipelines are unique and it's hard for other assets to plug into it. But in this case, we got their models and we had to redo the texture spaces because the way we texture maps is different." Williams said the most difficult part was re-creating Iron Man's reflective metal surfaces.

Scanline VFX completed the reveal shots of the Helicarrier, from the moment Black Widow and Captain America arrive on the carrier deck to the point where it lifts off. Evil Eye Pictures composited digital backgrounds into shots filmed against a greenscreen for scenes taking place inside the Helicarrier. Colin Strause of Hydraulx said, "We did the opening ten minutes of the movie, other than the opening set-up in space" including Loki's arrival on Earth and subsequent escape from the S.H.I.E.L.D. base. Luma Pictures worked on shots featuring the Helicarrier's bridge and incorporated the graphic monitor displays that were developed by Cantina Creative. Fuel VFX completed shots taking place in and around Tony Stark's penthouse at Stark Tower. Digital Domain created the asteroid environment, where Loki encounters The Other. Method Design in Los Angeles created the film's closing credits. Steve Viola, creative director at Method Design, said, "This piece was a two-minute, self-contained main on end sequence created entirely in CG. For each of the shots in the sequence, we designed, modeled, textured, and lit all of the environments and many of the foreground objects. We received assets from Marvel to include in the piece, then heavily re-modeled and re-surfaced them to create a post-battle macro sequence. We also designed a custom typeface for the Main Title of ''The Avengers'' as well as 30 credits set in-scene."

Music

In November 2011, Marvel announced that Alan Silvestri, who scored ''Captain America: The First Avenger'', would write and compose the score for ''The Avengers''. Silvestri said, "I've worked on films where there have been a number of stars and certainly worked on films where there have been characters of equal weight in terms of their level of importance and profile in the film, but this one is somewhat extreme in that regard because each of these characters has their own world and it's a very different situation. It's very challenging to look for a way to give everyone the weight and consideration they need, but at the same time the film is really about the coming together of these characters, which implies that there is this entity called the Avengers which really has to be representative of all of them together." Silvestri developed the score with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Whedon said, "The score is very old-fashioned, which is why ilvestriwas letter-perfect for this movie because he can give you the heightened emotion, the /nowiki> /nowiki>Hans_Zimmer">Hans_Zimmer.html"_;"title="/nowiki>Hans_Zimmer">/nowiki>Hans_Zimmer/nowiki>_school_of_'I'm_just_feeling_a_lot_right_now!'_but_he_can_also_be_extraordinarily_cue_and_character_specific,_which_I_love."

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Marketing

Trailers

The film was promoted at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International, during which a teaser trailer narrated by Samuel L. Jackson was shown followed by an introduction of the cast. In June 2011, Marvel Studios announced that it would not hold a panel at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International after studio executives decided it was not prepared to compete with its own past and fan expectations with filming still in production. In July 2011, a teaser trailer that was meant to be the post-credits scene of ''Captain America: The First Avenger'' was briefly leaked online. ''Entertainment Weekly'' speculated it came from a preview screening and described the footage as "shaky, fuzzy, flickering and obviously filmed on a cell phone".

In August 2011, Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios and Marvel Studios presented a look at Walt Disney Studios' upcoming film slate, which included ''The Avengers'', at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, California. The presentation featured footage from the film and appearances by the cast members. Later in August, Disney dismissed Marvel's executive vice president of worldwide marketing, vice president of worldwide marketing, and manager of worldwide marketing to bring their functions in-house.

In October 2011, Marvel Studios held a presentation at the New York Comic Con that featured new footage and a panel discussion including producer Kevin Feige and several cast members. The first full-length trailer was also released in October. ''Comic Book Resources'' said, "The two-minute teaser handily establishes the movie's premise" and is "heavy on the assembling, but fans are also treated to plenty of action, as well glimpses of Iron Man's new armor and, best of all, the new take on the Incredible Hulk. Naturally, Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark gets the best lines". However, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' called it, "Awesome. Or it would be if we hadn't seen all of this before and expected every single thing that we saw in the trailer". The trailer, which debuted exclusively on iTunes Movie Trailers, was downloaded over 10 million times in its first 24 hours, breaking the website's record for the most-viewed trailer. This record was surpassed by the trailer for ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), which was downloaded more than 12.5 million times in its first 24 hours. A second full-length trailer was released on iTunes in February 2012, reaching a record 13.7 million downloads in 24 hours. The theatrical trailers of ''The Avengers'' appeared with many films, including '' Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol'' (2011), '' 21 Jump Street'' (2012), and '' The Hunger Games'' (2012).

In January 2012, Marvel Studios held a global Twitter chat. The 30-minute live tweeting event featured writer/director Joss Whedon, cast members Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, and Clark Gregg and a 10-second tease of the 30-second Super Bowl commercial that would air during Super Bowl XLVI in February. According to the ''Los Angeles Times'', Disney paid an estimated $4 million for the 30-second spot. On May 1, 2012, executives from Marvel Studios, along with actors Tom Hiddleston and Clark Gregg, rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange in honor of the film's theatrical release.

Tie-in comics

In December 2011, Marvel announced that an eight-issue comic-book prelude to the film, written by Christopher Yost and Eric Pearson with art by Luke Ross and Daniel HDR, would be released in March 2012. In February 2012, Marvel announced the release of a second limited series comic book tie-in, ''Black Widow Strikes'' written by Fred Van Lente, who wrote ''Captain America: First Vengeance'', the comic-book prequel to ''Captain America: The First Avenger''. The story is set between ''Iron Man 2'' and ''The Avengers'' and follows Black Widow as she runs down some loose ends from ''Iron Man 2''. Additionally, the title ''Avengers Assemble'' was launched in March 2012, written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Mark Bagley and features the same Avengers lineup as the film battling a new incarnation of the supervillain team Zodiac.

Promotional partners

Paul Gitter, Marvel Entertainment's president of consumer products, commented that the build-up to the film helped strengthen retail partnerships: "Retailers have been less tolerant with ntellectual propertyfilms, so we decided that if we started on this coordinated strategy several years ago, retailers would give us shelf space throughout the years and we would have a more sustainable position in the marketplace".

In September 2011, set photos of Robert Downey Jr. driving a new model Acura were published online. An Acura spokesperson later released a statement confirming the company's involvement with the film, "As you may know, Acura has been in the Marvel Comics Universe films as the official car of their fictional law enforcement agency called S.H.I.E.L.D. That relationship continues for ''The Avengers''. The open-top sports car that was photographed yesterday is a one-off, fictional car that was made just for the movie and will not be produced. That said, as you may also know, our CEO has said publicly that we are studying the development of a new sportscar, but we can't say any more about it at this time." In December 2011, Acura announced that a new NSX styled along the lines of the concept built for ''The Avengers'' would be unveiled at the 2012 North American International Auto Show. A series of 10 S.H.I.E.L.D. SUVs, based on the Acura MDX with modifications by Cinema Vehicle Services, were also made for the film.

In February 2012, it was announced that Marvel has partnered with fragrance company JADS to promote ''The Avengers'' with character-based fragrances. The announcement was just ahead of the Toy Industry Association's annual February exhibition, where representatives held a sampling booth of the products. Other promotional partners include bracelet-maker Colantotte, Dr Pepper, Farmers Insurance, Harley-Davidson, Hershey, Land O'Frost lunchmeats, Oracle, Red Baron pizza, Symantec, Visa, and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. In total, Marvel and its parent-company Disney secured an estimated $100 million in worldwide marketing support for the film. Notable exclusions include Baskin-Robbins, Burger King, and Dunkin' Donuts, who had partnered with Marvel in the past when their films were distributed by Paramount; Disney does not generally promote through fast food outlets.

Video game

A video game based on the film was planned for concurrent release. The game was to be a first-person shooter/ brawler for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U, and Microsoft Windows and published by THQ, with THQ Studio Australia developing the console versions and Blue Tongue Entertainment the PC version. After THQ closed both studios, the game was canceled. Intellectual property rights for an Avengers video game reverted to Marvel, which said it was exploring potential publishing and licensing opportunities.

In May 2012, Ubisoft and Marvel Entertainment announced that they were partnering to develop a motion-controlled game titled '' Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth'' for the Wii U and Xbox 360 Kinect. The game was inspired by the " Secret Invasion" storyline and features 20 different characters. Marvel also announced a four-chapter mobile game titled ''Avengers Initiative'', with one chapter focusing on each of Hulk, Captain America, Thor, and Iron Man.

Release

Theatrical

In February 2012, Disney announced that the film's title would be changed in the United Kingdom to avoid confusion with the British TV series of the same name, as well as its 1998 film adaptation. This led to confusion over the film's actual title. ''Empire'' magazine reported that the film would be titled ''Marvel Avengers Assemble'' while ''The Hollywood Reporter'' said that it would be called simply ''Avengers Assemble''. Marvel's UK website refers to the film as ''Marvel's Avengers Assemble'', although David Cox of ''The Guardian'', in arguing that it was one of the worst film titles ever, considered this to be an error in the production notes, albeit grammatically clearer. According to the British Board of Film Classification and the Irish Film Classification Office, the title is ''Marvel Avengers Assemble''. Frank Lovece in FilmFestivalTraveler.com addressed the discrepancy, writing, "''The Avengers'' — formally titled ''Marvel's The Avengers'' onscreen, though no apostrophe-s appears on he posters. Producer Kevin Feige said there are only two words in the UK title, one more than in the U.S. title, and stated that "decisions like that aren't made lightly and there are lots of marketing research, lawyers and things that get into the mix on it".

The film's world premiere was April 11, 2012, at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre. ''The Avengers'' closed the 11th Annual Tribeca Film Festival with a screening on April 28. The film received an expanded one-week theatrical push for the 2012 U.S. Labor Day weekend, increasing the number of theaters from 123 to 1,700. ''The Avengers'' was the last film released in Phase One of the MCU.

Home media

The film was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, and digital download on September 25 in the United States and as early as August 29 in various international markets. Producer Kevin Feige said the Blu-ray features a new Marvel One-Shot titled ''Item 47'' (2012) and "a number of deleted scenes and a few storylines that fell by the wayside during the editing process" including "a few more scenes with the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill, played by Cobie Smulders" and "some slightly different versions of Maria Hill and Nick Fury's interaction with the World Security Council".

The film was also collected in a 10-disc box set titled " Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One – Avengers Assembled" which includes all of the Phase One films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was released on April 2, 2013. Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the film on Ultra HD Blu-ray on August 14, 2018.

Some fans have criticized the UK DVD and Blu-ray release for omitting Joss Whedon's audio commentary, and for altering the scene involving Phil Coulson's death from the film's theatrical version. Disney's UK division said the "less graphic depiction of Agent Coulson's confrontation with Loki" occurred because " ch country has its own compliance issues relative to depictions of violence. Unfortunately, another region's elements were inadvertently used to create the UK in-home release".

Upon its first week of release on home media in the U.S., the film topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert chart, which tracks overall disc sales, as well as the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart with 72% of unit sales coming from Blu-ray, a record for a new release in which both the DVD and Blu-ray formats were released simultaneously.

Reception

Box office

''The Avengers'' grossed $623.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $895.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.519 billion, becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film of 2012, the highest-grossing comic book adaptation, the highest-grossing superhero film, and the highest-grossing film ever released by Walt Disney Studios, at the time of its release. The film's worldwide opening of $392.5 million was the fourth-largest. ''The Avengers'' also became the fifth film distributed by Disney and the twelfth film overall to earn more than $1 billion. It reached this milestone in 19 days, matching the record previously set by ''Avatar'' (2009) and ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). Its grosses exceeded its estimated $220 million production cost 12 days after its release. It was the first Marvel production to generate $1 billion in ticket sales.

United States and Canada

The film became the third-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing film of 2012, the highest-grossing film distributed by Disney, the highest-grossing superhero film, and the highest-grossing film based on comics. It opened Friday, May 4, 2012, on around 11,800 screens across 4,349 theaters, and earned $80.8 million, marking the second-biggest opening and second-biggest single-day gross. The film's Friday gross included an $18.7 million midnight run, a record for a superhero film Without midnight grosses, the film earned the largest opening-day gross ($62.1 million). It also set a Saturday- and Sunday-gross record ($69.6 million and $57.1 million respectively). In total, it earned a total of $207,438,708 for its debut weekend, setting an opening-weekend record, including an IMAX opening-weekend record of $15.3 million and a record for opening-weekend grosses originating from 3D showings ($108 million). The opening-weekend audience was evenly split among those under and over the age of 25, with 60% of the audience male, 55% couples, 24% families, and 21% teenagers. Earning $103.1 million on its second weekend, the film set a record for the largest second-weekend gross. Other records set by the film include the biggest weekend per-theater average for a wide release ($47,698 per theater), the fastest film to reach $100 million and each additional $50 million through $550 million, and the largest cumulative gross through every day of release until, and including, its forty-third day (with the exception of its first day). It remained in first place at the box office for three consecutive weekends. The film set a record for the highest monthly share, with its $532.5 million total (through May 31, 2012) accounting for 52% of the total earnings at the box office during May.

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The following are records set by the film upon its theatrical release.

While eight films have reached $100 million after two days, the film's gross by the end of the second day exceeded all of them.

Other territories

The film became the third-highest-grossing film of all time, the highest-grossing Disney-distributed film, the highest-grossing film of 2012, and the highest-grossing superhero film. It opened Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in 10 countries, earning $17.1 million. It opened in 29 more countries on April 26 and 27, earning $73.1 million in three days. Through Sunday, April 29, it earned an opening-weekend total of $185.1 million from 39 countries. It was in first place at the box office for four consecutive weekends. The film set opening-day records in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Iceland, a single-day record in the Philippines, as well as both single- and opening-day records in Singapore and in Thailand. It also earned the second-highest-grossing opening day in Australia ($6.2 million), behind ''Deathly Hallows – Part 2'', in Mexico, in the Philippines, and in Vietnam. It set opening-weekend records in many territories, including Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia, Taiwan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Peru, and Central America. It also earned the second largest five-day opening in Australia ($20.2 million).

In the United Kingdom, the film earned £2.5 million ($4.1 million) on its opening day and £15.8 million ($25.7 million) during the weekend, setting an opening-weekend record for a superhero film. It became the market's highest-grossing superhero film. In Latin America, it became the highest-grossing film ($207 million) and the first film to earn more than $200 million. It also became the highest-grossing film in the Philippines, in Singapore, and in Indonesia. , the film's top international markets were China ($83million), United Kingdom ($80.5million), Brazil ($63.9million), Mexico ($61.7million), and Australia ($54.5million).

Critical response

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of , with an average score of , based on reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Thanks to a script that emphasizes its heroes' humanity and a wealth of superpowered set pieces, ''The Avengers'' lives up to its hype and raises the bar for Marvel at the movies." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100 based on 43 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an "A+ to F" scale.

Todd McCarthy of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' gave a positive review of the film, remarking, "It's clamorous, the save-the-world story is one everyone's seen time and again, and the characters have been around for more than half a century in 500 comic book issues. But Whedon and his cohorts have managed to stir all the personalities and ingredients together so that the resulting dish, however familiar, is irresistibly tasty again." To ''Rolling Stone'' journalist Peter Travers, the film epitomized an exceptional blockbuster. "It's also the blockbuster," Travers said, "I saw in my head when I imagined a movie that brought together the idols of the Marvel world in one shiny, stupendously exciting package. It's ''Transformers'' with a brain, a heart and a working sense of humor." Justin Chang of ''Variety'' wrote, "Like a superior, state-of-the-art model built from reconstituted parts, Joss Whedon's buoyant, witty and robustly entertaining superhero smash-up is escapism of a sophisticated order, boasting a tonal assurance and rich reserves of humor that offset the potentially lumbering and unavoidably formulaic aspects of this 143-minute team-origin story." Kenneth Turan of the ''Los Angeles Times'' complimented the film's frenetic pace, while Roger Ebert of the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' commented that it "provides its fans with exactly what they desire. Whether it is exactly what they deserve is arguable". Conversely, A. O. Scott of ''The New York Times'' believed that "while ''The Avengers'' is hardly worth raging about, its failures are significant and dispiriting. The light, amusing bits cannot overcome the grinding, hectic emptiness, the bloated cynicism that is less a shortcoming of this particular film than a feature of the genre."

The performances of several cast members was a frequent topic in the critiques. In particular, Mark Ruffalo's portrayal of Dr. Bruce Banner/the Hulk was well received by commentators. Joe Neumaier opined that his performance was superior to the rest of the cast; "Ruffalo is the revelation, turning Banner into a wry reservoir of calm ready to become a volcano." Similarly, ''The New Yorker'' Anthony Lane proclaimed Ruffalo's acting to be one of the film's highlights—alongside Downey. ''The Village Voice'' Karina Longworth concluded: "Ruffalo successfully refreshes the Hulk myth, playing Banner as an adorably bashful nerd-genius who, in contrast to the preening hunks on the team, knows better than to draw attention to himself." Travers asserted that the actor resonated a "scruffy warmth and humor" vibe, while Turan felt that he surpassed predecessors Edward Norton and Eric Bana in playing the character. Owen Gleiberman of ''Entertainment Weekly'' wrote that "the smartest thing the filmmakers did was to get Mark Ruffalo to play Bruce Banner as a man so sensitive that he's at war, every moment, with himself. (The film finally solves the Hulk problem: He's a lot more fun in small doses.)"

Referring to Downey, Joe Morgenstein of ''The Wall Street Journal''—despite complimenting Downey's performance—favored his work in ''Iron Man'' over his acting in ''The Avengers'': "His Iron Man is certainly a team player, but Mr. Downey comes to the party with two insuperable superpowers: a character of established sophistication—the industrialist/inventor Tony Stark, a sharp-tongued man of the world—and his own quicksilver presence that finds its finest expression in self-irony." Neumaier praised Evans, stating that he accurately conveyed his character's internal conflicts.

Commentators appreciated the character development and dialogue. Associated Press reviewer Christy Lemire wrote that the script "sparkles as brightly as the special effects; these people may be wearing ridiculous costumes but they're well fleshed-out underneath." Scott suggested that certain parts of the film permeated a charm that he felt was similar to the western film '' Rio Bravo'' (1959). Longworth felt that while Whedon's script demonstrated the backstory of the characters, the film does not explore it "in a substantive way".

Accolades

At the 85th Academy Awards, ''The Avengers'' received a nomination for Best Visual Effects. The film's other nominations include two Annie Awards (winning one), a British Academy Film Award, and three Critics' Choice Movie Awards. In 2017, it was featured as one of the 100 greatest films of all time in ''Empire'' magazine's poll of The 100 Greatest Movies.

Sequels

''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' was written and directed by Whedon, and released on May 1, 2015. Much of the cast returns, with the addition of Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver, Paul Bettany as Vision, and James Spader as Ultron. ''Avengers: Infinity War'' and ''Avengers: Endgame'' were directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. ''Infinity War'' was released on April 27, 2018, followed by ''Endgame'' on April 26, 2019. Much of the cast returns for ''Infinity War'' and ''Endgame'', with additional cast and characters joining from other MCU films.

See also

* " What If... the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?", an episode of the MCU television series '' What If...?'' that reimagines some events of this film

Notes

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{{Cite magazine , last=Everett , first=Christina , date=November 12, 2018 , title=All of Stan Lee's Marvel cameos , url=https://ew.com/movies/stan-lee-marvel-cameos-2/ , url-status=live , magazine=Entertainment Weekly , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201121126/https://ew.com/movies/stan-lee-marvel-cameos-2/ , archive-date=February 1, 2021 , access-date=February 1, 2021

{{Cite press release , title=Downey Jr., Favreau & Cheadle Suit Up for The Avengers , date=October 28, 2008 , publisher= Marvel.com via Superhero Hype , url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/ironmannews.php?id=7763 , access-date=April 14, 2010 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127135949/http://www.superherohype.com/features/articles/97649-downey-jr-favreau--cheadle-suit-up-for-the-avengers , archive-date=January 27, 2011

{{Cite magazine , last=Breznican , first=Anthony , author-link=Anthony Breznican , date=September 29, 2011 , title={{-'The Avengers' Dis-Assembled! Exclusive Cast Portraits Revealed , url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/09/29/the-avengers-dis-assembled-exclusive-cast-portraits-revealed/ , url-status=live , magazine=Entertainment Weekly , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929203514/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/09/29/the-avengers-dis-assembled-exclusive-cast-portraits-revealed/ , archive-date=September 29, 2011 , access-date=July 29, 2011

{{Cite journal , last=Adamek , first=Pauline , date=January–February 2012 , title=Avengers Assemble! , journal= Filmink , publisher=FKP International Exports , pages=70–75

{{Cite web , last=Graser , first=Marc , date=March 22, 2010 , title=Chris Evans to play 'Captain America{{'- , url=https://variety.com/article/VR1118016757.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5yDf7jzfG?url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118016757?refCatId=13 , archive-date=April 25, 2011 , access-date=April 14, 2010 , website=Variety

{{Cite news , last=Marshall , first=Rick , date=April 25, 2011 , title=EXCLUSIVE: 'Captain America' Star Talks 'Avengers,' Looks Forward To 'Friction' With Iron Man , publisher=MTV News , url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2598683/captain-america-avengers-chris-evans-iron-man/ , url-status=live , access-date=April 27, 2011 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701033051/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/04/25/captain-america-avengers-chris-evans-iron-man/ , archive-date=July 1, 2011

{{Cite web , last=Finke , first=Nikki , author-link=Nikki Finke , date=July 23, 2010 , title=Toldja! Marvel & Ruffalo Ink Hulk Deal , url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/07/toldja-marvel-ruffalo-reach-hulk-deal , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519170023/http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/toldja-marvel-ruffalo-reach-hulk-deal/ , archive-date=May 19, 2011 , access-date=July 23, 2010 , website=Deadline Hollywood

{{Cite magazine , last=Jensen , first=Jeff , date=July 29, 2010 , title={{-'Avengers': New Hulk Mark Ruffalo on replacing Edward Norton, plus Oscar buzz for 'The Kids Are All Right{{'- , url=https://ew.com/comic-con/2010/07/29/avengers-new-hulk-mark-ruffalo/ , url-status=live , magazine=Entertainment Weekly , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5yF72hS8x?url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/07/29/avengers-new-hulk-mark-ruffalo/ , archive-date=August 2, 2010 , access-date=August 2, 2010

{{Cite web , last=Quigley , first=Adam , date=April 29, 2011 , title=Superhero Bits: Two New 'Green Lantern' Posters; Mark Ruffalo Explains Where The Hulk Fits in 'The Avengers'; Hans Zimmer Comments on 'The Dark Knight Rises' Score; New 'Captain America' Image , url=https://www.slashfilm.com/superhero-bits-two-new-green-lantern-posters-mark-ruffalo-explains-where-the-hulk-fits-in-the-avengers-hans-zimmer-comments-on-the-dark-knight-rises-score-new-captain-america-image/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128135616/https://www.slashfilm.com/superhero-bits-two-new-green-lantern-posters-mark-ruffalo-explains-where-the-hulk-fits-in-the-avengers-hans-zimmer-comments-on-the-dark-knight-rises-score-new-captain-america-image/ , archive-date=January 28, 2021 , access-date=January 28, 2021 , website=/Film

{{Cite news , last=Vilensky , first=Mike , date=September 24, 2010 , title=Mark Ruffalo on 'Actually' Playing the Hulk in The Avengers , work=New York , url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/mark_ruffalo_on_actually_playi.html , url-status=live , url-access=limited , access-date=September 25, 2010 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504131044/http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/09/mark_ruffalo_on_actually_playi.html , archive-date=May 4, 2011

{{Cite magazine , last=Abrahams , first=Stephanie , date=May 9, 2012 , title=The Avengers (2012) - Happy Birthday Hulk: Celebrating 50 Years of the Big Green Monster , url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/10/happy-birthday-hulk-celebrating-50-years-of-the-big-green-monster/slide/the-avengers-2012/ , url-status=live , magazine=Time , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127223952/https://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/10/happy-birthday-hulk-celebrating-50-years-of-the-big-green-monster/slide/the-avengers-2012/ , archive-date=January 27, 2021 , access-date=January 27, 2021 , url-access=limited

{{Cite news , last=de Semlyen , first=Phil , date=March 8, 2013 , title=Leterrier: Mark Ruffalo Nearly My Hulk , work=Empire , url=https://empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36742 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526205149/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36742 , archive-date=May 26, 2013

Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer, and Re-recording Mixer Christopher Boyes at 3:22 of video interview, {{Cite web , date=2012 , title=The Sound of the Avengers , url=http://soundworkscollection.com/theavengers , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602130629/http://soundworkscollection.com/theavengers , archive-date=June 2, 2012 , access-date=June 5, 2012 , publisher=SoundWorks Collection (Colemanfilm Media Group) , quote=Finally I thought, 'I just have to work with human voices.' ... I just started playing combinations and I would give them 10 to 15 variations of roars. And Joss listened to them and came back and said, 'I like this one,' and I went back and I looked at the ingredients of what was in that one. Turned out to be Mark Ruffalo, some Lou Ferrigno and a little bit of me and two people from New Zealand. So I led with that and I started using those combinations but changing it up. But the great thing was that Mark Ruffalo had done an incredible nintelligibleof variety so I was always blending him in. ... Lou Ferrigno seemed to have a real knack for just who this character was. ... They were always a component of it.

{{Cite news , last=Alexander, Bryan , date=May 10, 2012 , title=Assembling all the answers for 'Avengers' fans , work=USA Today , url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-05-10/secrets-of-the-avengers-spoilers/54864850/1 , url-status=live , access-date=May 26, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524034223/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2012-05-10/secrets-of-the-avengers-spoilers/54864850/1 , archive-date=May 24, 2012

{{Cite web , last=Bellington , first=Alex , date=June 7, 2009 , title=Profile on Marvel Studios with Big Updates from Kevin Feige , url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/06/07/profile-on-marvel-studios-with-big-updates-from-kevin-feige , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125000300/http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/06/07/profile-on-marvel-studios-with-big-updates-from-kevin-feige/ , archive-date=November 25, 2010 , access-date=April 14, 2010 , publisher= First Showing

{{Cite web , last=Brian Warmoth , date=July 26, 2010 , title=Comic-Con: Chris Hemsworth Shares Joss Whedon's Fascination With Avengers Drama , url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2597153/chris-hemsworth-shares-joss-whedons-fascination-with-avengers-drama/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307135555/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/07/26/chris-hemsworth-shares-joss-whedons-fascination-with-avengers-drama/#more-38230 , archive-date=March 7, 2012 , access-date=July 26, 2010 , publisher=MTV News

{{Cite news , last=Malkin , first=Marc , last2=Malec , first2=Brett , date=December 17, 2010 , title=Avengers Flick Update: Where's the Script? , publisher= E! , url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b216448_avengers_flick_update_wheres_script.html , url-status=live , access-date=January 5, 2011 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805062220/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b216448_avengers_flick_update_wheres_script.html , archive-date=August 5, 2011

{{Cite web , last=Finke , first=Nikki , author-link=Nikki Finke , date=March 11, 2009 , title=Another 'Iron Man 2' Deal: Scarlett Johansson to Replace Emily Blunt as Black Widow for Lousy Lowball Money , url=https://www.deadline.com/2009/03/another-iron-man-2-exclusive-scarlett-johannson-will-replace-emily-blunt-in-iron-man-2 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008203206/http://www.deadline.com/2009/03/another-iron-man-2-exclusive-scarlett-johannson-will-replace-emily-blunt-in-iron-man-2/ , archive-date=October 8, 2011 , access-date=April 14, 2010 , website=Deadline Hollywood

{{Cite web , last=Biskind , first=Peter , date=December 2011 , title=A Study in Scarlett , url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/12/scarlett-johansson-201112 , url-access=limited , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125031454/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/features/2011/12/scarlett-johansson-201112 , archive-date=November 25, 2011 , access-date=November 21, 2011 , website=Vanity Fair

{{Cite news , last=Kit , first=Borys , last2=Kit , first2=Zorianna , date=June 4, 2010 , title=Jeremy Jeremy Renner near deal to join Marvel's 'Avengers{{'- , work=Reuters , url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-renner-idUSTRE65310E20100604 , url-status=live , access-date=July 27, 2011 , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/60UTnWqQ5?url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/06/04/us-renner-idUSTRE65310E20100604 , archive-date=July 27, 2011

{{Cite web , last=Corinne Heller , date=July 23, 2010 , title=Joss Whedon talks 'The Avengers': Jeremy Renner also confirmed as 'Hawkeye' (Exclusive) , url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/07/joss-whedon-on-the-avengers-jeremy-renner-confirmed-as-hawkeye.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101026062633/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/2010/07/joss-whedon-on-the-avengers-jeremy-renner-confirmed-as-hawkeye.html , archive-date=October 26, 2010 , access-date=July 24, 2010 , publisher= OnTheRedCarpet.com

{{Cite news , last=Farley , first=Christopher John , date=September 17, 2010 , title=Jeremy Renner on 'The Town,' 'The Avengers' and the New 'Mission: Impossible{{'- , work=The Wall Street Journal , url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/09/17/jeremy-renner-on-the-town-the-avengers-and-the-new-mission-impossible , url-status=live , url-access=subscription , access-date=September 18, 2010 , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5zx6liDtR?url=http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/09/17/jeremy-renner-on-the-town-the-avengers-and-the-new-mission-impossible , archive-date=July 5, 2011

{{Cite news , last=Philbrick , first=Jami , date=May 1, 2011 , title=Exclusive: Tom Hiddleston Discusses Loki's Role in 'The Avengers{{'- , publisher=IAmRogue.com , url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/3534-exclusive-tom-hiddleston-discusses-lokis-role-in-the-avengers.html , url-status=live , access-date=May 1, 2011 , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5zxBoOBUw?url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/movie-news/item/3534-exclusive-tom-hiddleston-discusses-lokis-role-in-the-avengers.html , archive-date=July 5, 2011

{{Cite web , last= , date=August 20, 2011 , title={{-'Avengers' Tom Hiddleston Talks the Return of Loki (Video) , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-tom-hiddleston-talks-return-225649 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016184103/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-tom-hiddleston-talks-return-225649 , archive-date=October 16, 2011 , access-date=August 22, 2011 , website=The Hollywood Reporter , quote=(from video) At the beginning of The Avengers, he comes to earth to subjugate it and his idea is to rule the human race as their king. And like all the delusional autocrats of human history, he thinks this is a great idea because if everyone is busy worshipping him, there will be no wars so he will create some kind of world peace by ruling them as a tyrant. But he is also kind of deluded in the fact that he thinks unlimited power will give him self-respect so I haven't let go of the fact that he is still motivated by this terrible jealousy and kind of spiritual desolation.

{{Cite web , date=July 24, 2010 , title=Marvel-ous Star Wattage: Actors Assemble For Comic-Con Panel Including 'The Avengers', 'Captain America', & 'Thor{{'- , url=https://www.deadline.com/2010/07/star-wattage-marvel-assembles-the-avengers-for-comic-con-panel , url-status=live , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5zx6k1EnB?url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/star-wattage-marvel-assembles-the-avengers-for-comic-con-panel , archive-date=July 5, 2011 , access-date=July 25, 2010 , website=Deadline Hollywood

{{Cite web , last=Ching , first=Albert , date=May 3, 2012 , title=Clark Gregg Takes Agent Coulson to AVENGERS and Beyond , url=http://www.newsarama.com/film/clark-gregg-agent-coulson-avengers.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508203925/http://www.newsarama.com/film/clark-gregg-agent-coulson-avengers.html , archive-date=May 8, 2012 , access-date=May 9, 2012 , publisher=Newsarama

{{Cite web , last=Campbell , first=Josie , date=May 2, 2012 , title=Clark Gregg on 'The Avengers' & the Evolution of Agent Coulson , url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38207 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509160411/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?id=38207&page=article , archive-date=May 9, 2012 , access-date=May 9, 2012 , publisher=Comic Book Resources

{{Cite web , last=O'Connell , first=Mikey , date=March 25, 2011 , title={{-'Avengers' star Cobie Smulders on spending her hiatus in a catsuit , url=http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/03/avengers-star-cobie-smulders-on-spending-her-hiatus-in-a-catsuit.html , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627194135/http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/03/avengers-star-cobie-smulders-on-spending-her-hiatus-in-a-catsuit.html , archive-date=June 27, 2011 , access-date=March 25, 2011 , publisher=Zap2It.com

{{Cite web , last=Kit , first=Borys , date=February 3, 2011 , title={{-'V' Star Morena Baccarin Among Actresses on 'Avengers' Shortlist (Exclusive) , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/v-star-morena-baccarin-actresses-95741 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204190322/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/v-star-morena-baccarin-actresses-95741 , archive-date=February 4, 2011 , access-date=February 3, 2011 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite news , last=Graser , first=Marc , date=February 7, 2011 , title=Cobie Smulders joins 'Avengers' cast , work=Variety , url=https://variety.com/article/VR1118031688 , url-status=live , access-date=February 7, 2011 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110214164417/http://www.variety.com/article/vr1118031688 , archive-date=February 14, 2011

{{Cite episode , title=The Best Man , url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-met-your-mother/id464893076?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 , access-date=September 24, 2011 , series=How I Met Your Mother Podcast , series-link=How I Met Your Mother , network= CBS , date=September 20, 2011 , season=7 , number=1 , time=7:40 , archive-date=October 2, 2011 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002091841/http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-met-your-mother/id464893076?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 , url-status=live

{{Cite web , last=Ford , first=Rebecca , date=August 21, 2011 , title={{-'The Avengers' at D23: Cobie Smulders Reveals the Scene that Made her Sweat (Video) , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-at-d23-cobie-smulders-225731 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015040505/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-at-d23-cobie-smulders-225731 , archive-date=October 15, 2011 , access-date=August 22, 2011 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , date=March 3, 2011 , title=Stellan Skarsgård klar för ny superhjältefilm , url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/film/1.2351661/stellan-skarsgard-klar-for-ny-superhjaltefilm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827085737/http://www.expressen.se/noje/film/1.2351661/stellan-skarsgard-klar-for-ny-superhjaltefilm , archive-date=August 27, 2011 , access-date=March 3, 2011 , website=Expressen , language=sv , quote=The Avengers is the dream team of superheroes, a group consisting of among others Iron Man, the Hulk, Captain America and Thor. The film is planned to premier in 3D in May of next year. Stellan Skarsgård confirms to ''TT Spektra'' that he will play the same role as in the upcoming ''Thor'': Doctor Selvig. Not much is yet known about the character apart from that Selvig is a scientist in New Mexico.

{{Cite web , last=Philbrick , first=Jami , date=August 31, 2011 , title=IAR Exclusive Interview: Stellan Skarsgard talks 'The Avengers,' 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,' and 'Melancholia' , url=http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/4702-iar-exclusive-interview-stellan-skarsgard-talks-the-avengers-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-melancholia.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908121453/http://www.iamrogue.com/news/interviews/item/4702-iar-exclusive-interview-stellan-skarsgard-talks-the-avengers-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-and-melancholia.html , archive-date=September 8, 2012 , access-date=June 2, 2012 , website= I am Rogue

{{Cite news , last=Fleming , first=Michael , date=February 25, 2009 , title=Samuel Jackson joins 'Iron' cast , work=Variety , url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/samuel-jackson-joins-iron-cast-1118000573/ , url-status=live , access-date=April 14, 2010 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629083805/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118000573?refCatId=1236 , archive-date=June 29, 2011

{{Cite news , date=August 4, 2011 , title=Samuel L. Jackson script for Avengers movie 'stolen{{'- , publisher=BBC Radio , url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14404633 , url-status=live , access-date=April 9, 2012 , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BsqbWnvM?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14404633 , archive-date=November 2, 2012

{{Cite news , last=Schwartz , first=Terri , date=May 2, 2012 , title="The Avengers" has two post-credit scenes, mystery actor revealed , work= IFC , url=http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/05/the-avengers-post-credit-scenes , url-status=live , access-date=May 6, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505173141/http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/05/the-avengers-post-credit-scenes , archive-date=May 5, 2012

{{Cite news , last=Stratton , first=David , author-link=David Stratton , date=April 26, 2012 , title=Earth's mightiest heroes succeed in The Avengers , work=The Australian , url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/earths-mightiest-heroes-succeed/story-e6frg8pf-1226338286919 , url-status=live , access-date=August 22, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430133413/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/film/earths-mightiest-heroes-succeed/story-e6frg8pf-1226338286919 , archive-date=April 30, 2012

{{Cite web , last=Gajewski , first=Ryan , date=October 23, 2014 , title=Edward Norton Offers New Explanation for Not Playing Hulk in 'Avengers' Films , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/edward-norton-talks-avengers-he-743265 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027235808/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/edward-norton-talks-avengers-he-743265 , archive-date=October 27, 2014 , access-date=October 27, 2014 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=Harrison , first=Stacey , date=May 8, 2012 , title=7 Questions With … "Common Law's" Warren Kole , url=https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2012/05/08/7-questions-with-common-laws-warren-kole/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523081842/https://www.channelguidemag.com/tv-news/2012/05/08/7-questions-with-common-laws-warren-kole/ , archive-date=May 23, 2020 , access-date=January 22, 2020 , website=Channel Guide

{{Cite web , last=Woerner , first=Meredith , date=July 24, 2010 , title=Joss Whedon says Captain America and Iron Man won't be pals in his "Avengers , url=http://io9.com/5595293/will-joss-whedons-avengers-movie-include-marvels-civil-war-we-asked-him , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725202143/http://io9.com/5595293/will-joss-whedons-avengers-movie-include-marvels-civil-war-we-asked-him , archive-date=July 25, 2010 , access-date=August 31, 2011 , website= io9

{{Cite news , last=McClintock , first=Pamela , date=April 28, 2005 , title=Marvel touts Par's hero worship , work=Variety , url=https://variety.com/article/VR1117921854.html , url-status=live , access-date=August 12, 2011 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805065546/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117921854?refCatId=1350 , archive-date=August 5, 2011 , quote=Marvel Enterprises took care of the past, future and present Thursday as it declared independence by pacting with Merrill Lynch to produce a slate of films that will be distributed by Par and, separately, agreed to pay iconic comicbook creator Stan Lee a $10 million settlement.

{{Cite web , date=September 14, 2006 , title=Marvel Avengers Update , url=http://www.cinematical.com/2006/09/14/marvel-avengers-update , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914070019/http://www.cinematical.com/2006/09/14/marvel-avengers-update/ , archive-date=September 14, 2010 , access-date=August 2, 2010 , publisher= Cinematical

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{{Cite web , date=May 5, 2008 , title=Marvel Studios Sets Four More Release Dates! , url=http://www.superherohype.com/features/articles/96489-marvel-studios-sets-four-more-release-dates , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517213909/http://www.superherohype.com/features/articles/96489-marvel-studios-sets-four-more-release-dates , archive-date=May 17, 2011 , access-date=April 14, 2010 , publisher= SuperheroHype.com

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{{Cite news , last=Marshall , first=Rick , date=January 21, 2011 , title=Don Cheadle Says 'War Machine' Movie Has A Writer, Won't Show Up In 'Avengers{{'- , publisher=MTV News , url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2598162/war-machine-movie-don-cheadle-avengers/ , url-status=live , access-date=January 21, 2011 , archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5zx6nwqVL?url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/01/21/war-machine-movie-don-cheadle-avengers , archive-date=July 5, 2011

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{{Cite news , last=Rick Marshall , date=October 14, 2009 , title=EXCLUSIVE: Jon Favreau Won't Direct 'Avengers,' Explains 'Iron Man 2' Tie-In Process , publisher=MTV News , url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2595235/exclusive-jon-favreau-wont-direct-avengers-explains-iron-man-2-tie-in-process/ , url-status=live , access-date=April 14, 2010 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709233919/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/10/14/exclusive-jon-favreau-wont-direct-avengers-explains-iron-man-2-tie-in-process/ , archive-date=July 9, 2011

{{Cite web , last=Jessica Barnes , date=March 12, 2009 , title=New Dates for Thor, Captain America, and The Avengers , url=http://news.moviefone.com/2009/03/12/new-dates-for-thor-captain-america-and-the-avengers/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210105123/http://www.cinematical.com/2009/03/12/new-dates-for-thor-captain-america-and-the-avengers/ , archive-date=December 10, 2009 , access-date=April 14, 2010 , publisher= Cinematical

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{{Cite web , date=January 26, 2010 , title=Kevin Feige on Upcoming Marvel Studios Films , url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/thornews.php?id=9019 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413153223/http://www.superherohype.com/news/thornews.php?id=9019 , archive-date=April 13, 2010 , access-date=April 14, 2010 , publisher= SuperheroHype.com

{{Cite news , last=Marnell , first=Blair , date=March 3, 2010 , title=First Draft Of 'Avengers' Script Completed , publisher=MTV News , url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2596178/first-draft-of-avengers-script-completed/ , url-status=live , access-date=April 14, 2010 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724002541/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/03/03/first-draft-of-avengers-script-completed/ , archive-date=July 24, 2011

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{{Cite web , date=August 10, 2010 , title=The Avengers to Start Filming in February , url=http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/105479-the-avengers-to-start-filming-in-february , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910134112/http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/105479-the-avengers-to-start-filming-in-february , archive-date=September 10, 2011 , access-date=August 10, 2010 , publisher= SuperheroHype.com

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{{Cite web , date=June 27, 2011 , title={{-'Avengers' Stuntman – SCALPED During 30-Foot Fall , url=https://tmz.com/2011/06/27/avengers-stuntman-scalped-fall-stunt-gone-wrong-jeremy-renner-jeremy-fitzgerald-photo-bloody-hair-head/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430011615/http://collider.com/joss-whedon-the-avengers-cast-interview/159372 , archive-date=April 30, 2012 , access-date=June 27, 2011 , publisher= TMZ

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{{Cite web , last=Sangiacomo , first=Michael , date=August 8, 2011 , title=Avengers workers start transforming East Ninth into scene for epic battle , url=http://www.cleveland.com/avengers/index.ssf/2011/08/avengers_workers_start_transfo.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512111135/http://www.cleveland.com/avengers/index.ssf/2011/08/avengers_workers_start_transfo.html , archive-date=May 12, 2012 , access-date=August 8, 2011 , website=The Plain Dealer , location=Cleveland, Ohio

{{Cite web , last=Sgt. 1st Class Mark Bell , date=November 7, 2011 , title=Captain America, Reserve Soldiers share big screen , url=http://www.army.mil/article/68834/Captain_America__Reserve_Soldiers_share_big_screen/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111011549/http://www.army.mil/article/68834/Captain_America__Reserve_Soldiers_share_big_screen , archive-date=November 11, 2011 , access-date=November 7, 2011 , publisher=United States Army

{{Cite web , last=Jackson , first=Tom , date=August 11, 2011 , title=NASA Plum Brook cast as S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility in the 'Avengers' film , url=http://www.sanduskyregister.com/perkins-twp/news/2011/aug/11/nasa-plum-brook-cast-shield-research-facility-avengers-film , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001065218/http://www.sanduskyregister.com/perkins-twp/news/2011/aug/11/nasa-plum-brook-cast-shield-research-facility-avengers-film , archive-date=October 1, 2011 , access-date=August 11, 2011 , website=Sandusky Register , location=Sandusky, Ohio

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{{Cite web , date=December 22, 2011 , title=Disney Tweaks 'The Avengers,' 'Frozen' Release Schedule , url=https://www.deadline.com/2011/12/disney-tweaks-the-avengers-frozen-release-schedule/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108093820/http://www.deadline.com/2011/12/disney-tweaks-the-avengers-frozen-release-schedule/ , archive-date=January 8, 2012 , access-date=December 23, 2011 , website=Deadline Hollywood

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{{Cite web , last=Storm , first=Marc , date=November 16, 2011 , title=Alan Silvestri to Score Marvel's The Avengers , url=http://marvel.com/news/story/17069/alan_silvestri_to_score_marvels_the_avengers , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120030507/http://marvel.com/news/story/17069/alan_silvestri_to_score_marvels_the_avengers , archive-date=November 20, 2011 , access-date=November 17, 2011 , publisher= Marvel.com

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{{Cite web , date=April 26, 2012 , title="The Avengers" Actors Tom Hiddleston & Clark Gregg To Ring NYSE Opening Bell May 1 , url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38375 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427211044/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38375 , archive-date=April 27, 2012 , access-date=April 26, 2012 , publisher=Comic Book Resources

{{Cite web , date=December 14, 2011 , title=Marvel's The Avengers Prelude Comic in March , url=http://marvel.com/news/story/17852/marvels_the_avengers_prelude_comic_in_march , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107204253/http://marvel.com/news/story/17852/marvels_the_avengers_prelude_comic_in_march , archive-date=January 7, 2012 , access-date=December 15, 2011 , publisher= Marvel.com

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{{Cite web , last=Nunez , first=Alex , date=September 3, 2011 , title=Tony Stark trades his Audi for mystery Acura in The Avengers (UPDATED) , url=http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/03/tony-stark-trades-his-audi-for-an-acura-in-the-avengers/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209111444/http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/03/tony-stark-trades-his-audi-for-an-acura-in-the-avengers/ , archive-date=December 9, 2011 , access-date=December 14, 2011 , publisher=Autoblog

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{{Cite press release , title=Official Marvel Colognes and Perfume to Launch at TIA Toy Fair in New York , date=February 10, 2012 , publisher=JADS International , url=http://www.ereleases.com/pr/official-marvel-colognes-perfume-launch-tia-toy-fair-york-74150 , access-date=May 8, 2012 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508151700/http://www.ereleases.com/pr/official-marvel-colognes-perfume-launch-tia-toy-fair-york-74150 , archive-date=May 8, 2012

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{{Cite web , last=Dibdin , first=Emma , date=April 19, 2012 , title={{-'Avengers' producer Kevin Feige on UK 'Avengers Assemble' name – video , url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a377480/avengers-producer-kevin-feige-on-uk-avengers-assemble-name-video.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421231449/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a377480/avengers-producer-kevin-feige-on-uk-avengers-assemble-name-video.html , archive-date=April 21, 2012 , access-date=April 30, 2012 , website=Digital Spy

{{Cite web , last=O'Connell , first=Michael , date=March 16, 2012 , title=Marvel Sets 'The Avengers' World Premiere for April 11 , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-premiere-joss-whedon-chris-hemsworth-301258 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319190119/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-premiere-joss-whedon-chris-hemsworth-301258 , archive-date=March 19, 2012 , access-date=March 19, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=Zakarin , first=Jordan , date=March 28, 2012 , title={{-'Avengers' to Close the Tribeca Film Festival , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-close-tribeca-film-festival-305349 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330215648/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-close-tribeca-film-festival-305349 , archive-date=March 30, 2012 , access-date=March 29, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite news , last=Kit , first=Borys , date=August 30, 2012 , title='Avengers' Gets Major Labor Day Expansion , work=The Hollywood Reporter , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-labor-day-expansion-366882 , url-status=live , access-date=August 30, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831190844/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-labor-day-expansion-366882 , archive-date=August 31, 2012

{{Cite web , last=McClintock , first=Pamela , date=June 2, 2012 , title=Box Office Milestone: 'The Avengers' Becomes No. 3 Pic of All Time With $1.331 Billion , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-milestone-avengers-number-three-332331 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110140121/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-milestone-avengers-number-three-332331 , archive-date=November 10, 2012 , access-date=June 2, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , title="Marvel's The Avengers" to Cross $1 Billion Globally in 19 Days; Super Hero team-up tallies an estimated $373.2 million domestic, $628.9 million international , url=http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/sites/default/files/20120514_Avengers_v2.pdf , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923002037/http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/sites/default/files/20120514_Avengers_v2.pdf , archive-date=September 23, 2013 , access-date=May 13, 2012 , publisher=Business Wire

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{{Cite web , last=Subers , first=Ray , date=May 13, 2012 , title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Avengers' Reaches $1 Billion Worldwide , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3443&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030053727/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3443&p=.htm , archive-date=October 30, 2012 , access-date=May 14, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , last=McClintock , first=Pamela , date=May 13, 2012 , title=Box Office Report: 'Avengers' Towers With $103.2 Million, 'Dark Shadows' Lacks Bite , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-avengers-dark-shadows-chris-hemsworth-johnny-depp-323793 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818132916/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-avengers-dark-shadows-chris-hemsworth-johnny-depp-323793 , archive-date=August 18, 2012 , access-date=May 13, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite magazine , last=Corliss , first=Richard , date=May 13, 2012 , title=The Avengers Storms the Billion Dollar Club – In Just 19 Days , url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/13/the-avengers-storms-the-billion-dollar-club-in-just-19-days/ , url-status=live , magazine=Time , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814225822/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/13/the-avengers-storms-the-billion-dollar-club-in-just-19-days/ , archive-date=August 14, 2014 , access-date=May 13, 2012 , url-access=limited

{{Cite magazine , last=Corliss , first=Richard , date=May 6, 2012 , title=Beyond Marvel-ous: The Avengers Smashes Records with $200.3 Million , url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/06/beyond-marvel-ous-the-avengers-smashes-records-with-200-3-million/ , url-status=live , magazine=Time , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508223829/http://entertainment.time.com/2012/05/06/beyond-marvel-ous-the-avengers-smashes-records-with-200-3-million/ , archive-date=May 8, 2012 , quote=''The Avengers'', with a $220 million production cost, already is in the black, with no ceiling in sight. , url-access=limited

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{{Cite web , last=Subers , first=Ray , date=April 29, 2012 , title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'The Avengers' Assemble $185.1 Million Overseas Debut , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3431 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503221100/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3431 , archive-date=May 3, 2012 , access-date=April 29, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

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{{Cite web , title=2012 Overseas Total Yearly Box Office Results , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/yearly/?yr=2012&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029144429/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/yearly/?yr=2012&p=.htm , archive-date=October 29, 2012 , access-date=November 2, 2012

{{Cite web , last=Finke , first=Nikki , author-link=Nikki Finke , date=April 25, 2012 , title=Marvel's 'The Avengers' Breaking Records Overseas After Today's Early Release , url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/04/marvels-the-avengers-breaking-records-overseas-already-after-todays-early-release/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502221527/http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/marvels-the-avengers-breaking-records-overseas-already-after-todays-early-release/ , archive-date=May 2, 2012 , access-date=April 25, 2012 , website=Deadline Hollywood

{{Cite web , last=Finke , first=Nikki , author-link=Nikki Finke , date=April 28, 2012 , title=Marvel's 'The Avengers' Amasses $73.1M Overseas: Continues Breaking Box Office Records , url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/04/marvels-the-avengers-breaking-records-overseas-already-after-todays-early-release/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502221527/http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/marvels-the-avengers-breaking-records-overseas-already-after-todays-early-release/ , archive-date=May 2, 2012 , access-date=April 29, 2012 , website=Deadline Hollywood

{{Cite web , last=Segers , first=Frank , date=May 6, 2012 , title=Foreign Box Office: 'The Avengers' Dominates Overseas, Grossing More Than $440 Million In 12 Days , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-american-pie-reunion-five-year-engagement-320755 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508055242/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-american-pie-reunion-five-year-engagement-320755 , archive-date=May 8, 2012 , access-date=May 8, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=Segers , first=Frank , date=May 13, 2012 , title=Foreign Box Office: 'The Avengers' Continues To Mop Up Overseas, Grossing Nearly $630 Million , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-dark-shadows-johnny-depp-american-pie-reunion-323811 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517030340/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-dark-shadows-johnny-depp-american-pie-reunion-323811 , archive-date=May 17, 2012 , access-date=May 13, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite news , last=Segers , first=Frank , date=May 20, 2012 , title=Foreign Box Office: 'Avengers' Hits $720 Million Overseas, Tops 'Dark Shadows,' 'Dictator' , work=The Hollywood Reporter , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-sherlock-holmes-dark-shadows-johnny-depp-dictator-327004 , url-status=live , access-date=May 20, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525100006/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-sherlock-holmes-dark-shadows-johnny-depp-dictator-327004 , archive-date=May 25, 2012

{{Cite web , last=McClintock , first=Pamela , date=April 25, 2012 , title=Box Office Report: 'Avengers' Makes First Strike Overseas, Breaks Records , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-joss-whedon-international-box-office-316665 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429213739/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-joss-whedon-international-box-office-316665 , archive-date=April 29, 2012 , access-date=April 26, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=McClintock , first=Pamela , date=April 29, 2012 , title=Box Office Report: 'Avengers' Smashes Records With $178.4 Mil Foreign Debut , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-avengers-marvel-joss-whedon-robert-downey-jr-317871 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501175242/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-avengers-marvel-joss-whedon-robert-downey-jr-317871 , archive-date=May 1, 2012 , access-date=April 29, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite news , date=June 11, 2012 , title=UPDATED: International Box Office: 'Madagascar 3' Sets Records , publisher= boxoffice.com , url=http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-06-10-international-box-office-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-grabs-246-million , url-status=dead , access-date=June 12, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613171948/http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-06-10-international-box-office-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-grabs-246-million , archive-date=June 13, 2012

{{Cite news , last=Finke , first=Nikki , author-link=Nikki Finke , date=July 1, 2012 , title='Ice Age 4' Foreign Debut $78M And No. 1 in All 34 Markets: Already Breaking Records , work=Deadline Hollywood , url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/07/ice-age-4-box-office-already-breaking-records-overseas/ , url-status=live , access-date=July 1, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703205519/http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/ice-age-4-box-office-already-breaking-records-overseas/ , archive-date=July 3, 2012

{{Cite web , last=Segers , first=Frank , date=April 29, 2012 , title=Foreign Box Office: 'The Avengers' Conquers Overseas; Sets Opening Records in Latin America and Asia , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-marvel-battleship-robert-downey-jr-317875 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501225934/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/foreign-box-office-avengers-marvel-battleship-robert-downey-jr-317875 , archive-date=May 1, 2012 , access-date=April 30, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=Finke , first=Nikki , author-link=Nikki Finke , date=May 7, 2012 , title={{-'Avenger' Actuals: $654.8M Weekend = $207.4M Record Domestic, $447.4M Foreign , url=https://www.deadline.com/2012/05/avenger-update-205m-record-domestic/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510022501/http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/avenger-update-205m-record-domestic/ , archive-date=May 10, 2012 , website=Deadline Hollywood

{{Cite web , title=Australia Box Office April 26–29, 2012 , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/australia/?yr=2012&wk=17&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119051304/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/australia/?yr=2012&wk=17&p=.htm , archive-date=November 19, 2012 , access-date=May 5, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , date=April 27, 2012 , title={{-'Avengers Assemble' takes £2.5 million on opening day in UK , url=https://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/avengers-assemble-takes-25-million-on-opening/266987 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501192346/http://www.nme.com/filmandtv/news/avengers-assemble-takes-25-million-on-opening/266987 , archive-date=May 1, 2012 , access-date=April 27, 2012 , website= NME

{{Cite web , title=United Kingdom Box Office April 27–29, 2012 , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2012&wk=17&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113160212/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/uk/?yr=2012&wk=17&p=.htm , archive-date=November 13, 2012 , access-date=May 5, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , last=Reynolds , first=Simon , date=May 2, 2012 , title=Marvel's 'Avengers' torpedoes 'Battleship' at UK box office , url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a379500/marvels-avengers-torpedoes-battleship-at-uk-box-office.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211014458/http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a379500/marvels-avengers-torpedoes-battleship-at-uk-box-office.html , archive-date=December 11, 2015 , access-date=May 4, 2012 , website=Digital Spy

{{Cite news , last=Loveday , first=Samantha , date=June 11, 2012 , title=The Avengers crowned UK's number one superhero movie of all time , publisher=Toy News Online , url=http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/36405/The-Avengers-crowned-UKs-number-one-superhero-movie-of-all-time , url-status=live , access-date=June 22, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226134208/http://www.toynews-online.biz/news/36405/The-Avengers-crowned-UKs-number-one-superhero-movie-of-all-time , archive-date=February 26, 2013

{{Cite news , last=McClintock , first=Pamela , date=August 9, 2012 , title=Box Office Milestone: 'Ice Age 4' Becomes Top Fox Film in Latin America, No. 2 of All Time , work=The Hollywood Reporter , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-ice-age-latin-america-international-360471 , url-status=live , access-date=August 11, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811124145/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-ice-age-latin-america-international-360471 , archive-date=August 11, 2012

{{Cite news , last=Hecht , first=John , date=June 8, 2012 , title='The Avengers' Makes Box Office History in Latin America , work=The Hollywood Reporter , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-box-office-latin-america-335337 , url-status=live , access-date=June 8, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613173458/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-box-office-latin-america-335337 , archive-date=June 13, 2012

{{Cite news , date=June 4, 2012 , title=UPDATED: 'The Avengers' Hits $1,359,400,000 Worldwide , publisher= boxoffice.com , url=http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-05-04-the-avengers-grabs-187-million-from-midnight-shows , url-status=dead , access-date=June 4, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604102015/http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2012-05-04-the-avengers-grabs-187-million-from-midnight-shows , archive-date=June 4, 2012

{{Cite web , title=All Time Domestic Box Office Results , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101065311/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm , archive-date=November 1, 2012 , access-date=November 2, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , title=2012 Domestic Grosses , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2012&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104022206/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2012&p=.htm , archive-date=November 4, 2012 , access-date=November 2, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , title=Buena Vista All Time Box Office Results , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?view2=allmovies&view=company&studio=buenavista.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102002836/http://boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?view2=allmovies&view=company&studio=buenavista.htm , archive-date=November 2, 2012 , access-date=November 2, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , title=Opening Day Records at the Box Office , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025212219/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=open&p=.htm , archive-date=October 25, 2012 , access-date=May 8, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , title=Top Grossing Movies in a Single Day at the Box Office , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=single&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131127/http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/?page=single&p=.htm , archive-date=November 2, 2012 , access-date=May 8, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , last=Ray , first=Subers , title={{-'Avengers' Scores Highest Superhero Midnight Opening Ever , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3436&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115072539/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3436&p=.htm , archive-date=November 15, 2012 , access-date=May 4, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite news , last=Fritz , first=Ben , date=July 20, 2012 , title='Dark Knight Rises' collects $30.6 million from midnight screenings , work=Los Angeles Times , url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-midnight-dark-knight-rises-20120720,0,2133469.story , url-status=live , url-access=limited , access-date=August 4, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722232309/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-midnight-dark-knight-rises-20120720,0,2133469.story , archive-date=July 22, 2012

{{Cite news , last=Subers , first=Ray , date=May 5, 2012 , title=Friday Report: 'Avengers' Amazes with $80.5 Million , publisher=Box Office Mojo , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3437&p=.htm , url-status=live , access-date=May 5, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024175901/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3437&p=.htm , archive-date=October 24, 2012

{{Cite web , title=Single Day Records: Highest Grossing Saturdays at the Box Office: Saturday , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sat&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131303/http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sat&p=.htm , archive-date=November 2, 2012 , access-date=May 8, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite web , title=Top Weekend Theater Averages for Wide Releases: Sunday , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sun&p=.htm , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104193402/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/days/f-th.htm?page=Sun&p=.htm , archive-date=November 4, 2012 , access-date=May 8, 2012 , publisher=Box Office Mojo

{{Cite news , last=Subers , first=Ray , date=May 6, 2012 , title=Weekend Report: 'Avengers' Smashes Records , publisher=Box Office Mojo , url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3438&p=.htm , url-status=live , access-date=May 6, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024175946/http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3438&p=.htm , archive-date=October 24, 2012

{{Cite web , last=Vlessing , first=Etan , date=May 7, 2012 , title={{-'The Avengers' Sets Domestic, Global Opening Weekend Records for Imax , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-imax-opening-weekend-320946 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510050908/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/avengers-imax-opening-weekend-320946 , archive-date=May 10, 2012 , access-date=May 8, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite magazine , date=May 6, 2012 , title=Box office report: 'The Avengers' scores biggest opening weekend of all time with $200.3 mil , url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/06/box-office-report-avengers/ , url-status=live , magazine=Entertainment Weekly , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108071708/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/06/box-office-report-avengers/ , archive-date=November 8, 2012 , access-date=May 6, 2012

{{Cite news , last=Staley , first=Eddie , date=July 24, 2012 , title=From Earlier: The Dark Knight Rises Generates Opening Weekend Box Office Results Of $23.8 Million In IMAX® Theatres Worldwide , publisher=benzinga , url=http://www.benzinga.com/news/12/07/2768386/from-earlier-the-dark-knight-rises-generates-opening-weekend-box-office-results-o , url-status=live , access-date=August 4, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923054727/http://www.benzinga.com/news/12/07/2768386/from-earlier-the-dark-knight-rises-generates-opening-weekend-box-office-results-o , archive-date=September 23, 2013

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{{Cite web , last=McCarthy , first=Todd , author-link=Todd McCarthy , date=April 20, 2012 , title=The Avengers: Film Review , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/review/avengers-film-review-robert-downey-jr-scarlett-johansson-samuel-l-jackson-314291 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421194001/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/avengers-film-review-robert-downey-jr-scarlett-johansson-samuel-l-jackson-314291 , archive-date=April 21, 2012 , access-date=April 19, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter , quote=It's clamorous, the save-the-world story is one everyone's seen time and again, and the characters have been around for more than half a century in 500 comic book issues. But Whedon and his cohorts have managed to stir all the personalities and ingredients together so that the resulting dish, however familiar, is irresistibly tasty again.

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{{Cite news , last=Ebert , first=Roger , author-link=Roger Ebert , date=May 2, 2012 , title=The Avengers , work=Chicago Sun-Times , url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120502/REVIEWS/120509997 , url-status=live , url-access=limited , access-date=May 3, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505224845/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120502/REVIEWS/120509997 , archive-date=May 5, 2012

{{Cite news , last=Scott , first=A. O. , author-link=A. O. Scott , date=May 3, 2012 , title=Superheroes, Super Battles, Super Egos , work=The New York Times , url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/movies/robert-downey-jr-in-the-avengers-directed-by-joss-whedon.html , url-status=live , url-access=limited , access-date=May 3, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508144943/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/04/movies/robert-downey-jr-in-the-avengers-directed-by-joss-whedon.html?_r=1&ref=movies , archive-date=May 8, 2012 , quote="I'm always angry," he says at one point, and while "The Avengers" is hardly worth raging about, its failures are significant and dispiriting. The light, amusing bits cannot overcome the grinding, hectic emptiness, the bloated cynicism that is less a shortcoming of this particular film than a feature of the genre.

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{{Cite news , last=Longworth , first=Karina , author-link=Karina Longworth , date=May 2, 2012 , title=Superheroes Bump Superegos in Joss Whedon's All-Star Avengers , work=The Village Voice , url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-05-02/film/superheroes-bump-superegos-in-joss-whedon-s-all-star-avengers/ , url-status=live , access-date=April 30, 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504041237/http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-05-02/film/superheroes-bump-superegos-in-joss-whedon-s-all-star-avengers/ , archive-date=May 4, 2012 , quote=On ''The Avengers''{{' comparatively minute canvas of two and a half hours, Whedon effectively creates a sketch of a working universe and tells us that his characters are emotionally damaged but doesn't explore that damage in any substantive way.

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{{Cite web , last=Child , first=Ben , date=September 20, 2012 , title=Avengers fans angered by missing extras on UK DVD and Blu-Ray , url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/sep/20/avengers-missing-extras-home-video , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019025119/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/sep/20/avengers-missing-extras-home-video , archive-date=October 19, 2012 , access-date=September 21, 2012 , website=The Guardian

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{{Cite web , last=Lien , first=Tracey , date=September 15, 2011 , title=What Was THQ Brisbane Working on Before the Studio Closed? , url=http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/09/what-was-thq-brisbane-working-on-before-the-studio-closed/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925173904/http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/09/what-was-thq-brisbane-working-on-before-the-studio-closed/ , archive-date=September 25, 2011 , access-date=September 15, 2011 , publisher=Kotaku

{{Cite web , last=Sinclair , first=Brendan , date=September 19, 2011 , title=Marvel looking for Avengers game partner , url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6335430/marvel-looking-for-avengers-game-partner , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923231205/http://www.gamespot.com/news/6335430/marvel-looking-for-avengers-game-partner , archive-date=September 23, 2011 , access-date=September 20, 2011 , publisher=GameSpot

{{Cite web , date=May 10, 2012 , title=Ubisoft and Marvel Assemble The Avengers in Battle For Earth , url=http://marvel.com/news/story/18710/ubisoft_and_marvel_assemble_the_avengers_in_battle_for_earth , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513085933/http://marvel.com/news/story/18710/ubisoft_and_marvel_assemble_the_avengers_in_battle_for_earth , archive-date=May 13, 2012 , access-date=May 22, 2012 , publisher=Marvel.com

{{Cite web , date=September 5, 2012 , title=Watch the Official Avengers Initiative Launch Trailer , url=http://marvel.com/news/story/19327/watch_the_official_avengers_initiative_launch_trailer , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908010534/http://marvel.com/news/story/19327/watch_the_official_avengers_initiative_launch_trailer , archive-date=September 8, 2012 , access-date=September 5, 2012 , publisher=Marvel.com

{{Cite web , last=Graser , first=Marc , date=August 7, 2012 , title=Joss Whedon will return for 'The Avengers 2' , url=https://variety.com/article/VR1118057576 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810022119/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118057576 , archive-date=August 10, 2012 , access-date=August 7, 2012 , website=Variety

{{Cite web , last=Kit , first=Borys , date=August 16, 2012 , title=Disney Sets Release Date for 'Avengers 2' , url=https://hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-disney-release-date-363250 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817221418/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/avengers-disney-release-date-363250 , archive-date=August 17, 2012 , access-date=August 16, 2012 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=Bishop , first=Bryan , date=July 20, 2013 , title=Marvel and Joss Whedon announce 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' to cap off Comic-Con panel , url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/20/4542046/marvel-announces-avengers-age-of-ultron , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407232154/https://www.theverge.com/2013/7/20/4542046/marvel-announces-avengers-age-of-ultron , archive-date=April 7, 2021 , access-date=April 7, 2021 , website=The Verge

{{Cite web , title=Avengers: Age of Ultron , url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5553f76f56805 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319215204/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/5553f76f56805 , archive-date=March 19, 2021 , access-date=March 19, 2021 , publisher=British Film Institute

{{Cite web , last=Ward , first=Rachel , date=April 7, 2015 , title=Russo Brothers set to direct Avengers Infinity War , url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11491390/Russo-Brothers-set-to-direct-Avengers-Infinity-War.html , url-access=limited , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407044745/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11491390/Russo-Brothers-set-to-direct-Avengers-Infinity-War.html , archive-date=April 7, 2021 , access-date=April 7, 2021 , website=The Daily Telegraph

{{Cite web , last=Myer , first=Joshua , date=October 22, 2021 , title=Joss Whedon Wanted Zooey Deschanel To Play The Wasp In An Early Draft Of The Avengers , url=https://www.slashfilm.com/638925/joss-whedon-wanted-zooey-deschanel-to-play-the-wasp-in-an-early-draft-of-the-avengers/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022210046/https://www.slashfilm.com/638925/joss-whedon-wanted-zooey-deschanel-to-play-the-wasp-in-an-early-draft-of-the-avengers/ , archive-date=October 22, 2021 , access-date=October 20, 2021 , website=/Film

{{Cite web , last=Yamato, Jen , date=April 30, 2012 , title=Marvel's Kevin Feige on Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Universe-Building, and Elektra , url=http://movieline.com/2012/04/30/kevin-feige-on-avengers-marvel-universe-building-and-the-legacy-of-elektra/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031002713/http://movieline.com/2012/04/30/kevin-feige-on-avengers-marvel-universe-building-and-the-legacy-of-elektra/ , archive-date=October 31, 2012 , access-date=May 3, 2012 , publisher=MovieLine , quote=But as we were working on them we started to keep track of some things that the writers and filmmakers of one movie were doing anyway and we started to track them and realized that we could utilize those later down the line. That's how the Cosmic Cube came about; what started as a little seed would grow and grow and grow to ''The Avengers''.

{{Cite web , last=Stewart , first=Andrew , date=May 10, 2013 , title=Paramount's Super Payoff for 'Iron Man 3' , url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/iron-man-3-paramount-disney-1200479325/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224034526/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/iron-man-3-paramount-disney-1200479325/ , archive-date=December 24, 2014 , access-date=July 27, 2013 , website=Variety

{{Cite web , last=Bibbiani, William , date=November 8, 2013 , title=Exclusive Interview: Kevin Feige on Thor and Marvel's Future , url=http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/601057-exclusive-interview-kevin-feige-on-thor-and-marvels-future/2 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109093750/http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/601057-exclusive-interview-kevin-feige-on-thor-and-marvels-future/2 , archive-date=November 9, 2013 , access-date=November 9, 2013 , publisher=CraveOnline , quote=It is. I don't know when we'll actually divulge that necessarily, but it's the space stone.

{{Cite web , last=Plumb , first=All , date=April 30, 2012 , title=Kevin Feige Avengers Spoiler Podcast , url=https://empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33806 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114203509/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33806 , archive-date=November 14, 2012 , access-date=May 2, 2012 , website=Empire , format=audio at 02:09 , quote=All you need is one person in the back of the theater to go, 'Oh, it's Thanos!' for people to start going, 'Who's...? Oh, that must mean something, who's that?' and they start to learn and they start to dig deeper.

{{Cite web , last=Brown , first=Todd , date=May 31, 2013 , title=Meet Robert Redford's S.H.I.E.L.D. Team from 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' , url=http://twitchfilm.com/2013/05/meet-robert-redfords-shield-team-from-captain-america-the-winter-soldier.html , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219061212/http://twitchfilm.com/2013/05/meet-robert-redfords-shield-team-from-captain-america-the-winter-soldier.html , archive-date=February 19, 2014 , access-date=May 31, 2013 , publisher=Twitch Film

{{Cite magazine , last=Abrams , first=Natalie , date=October 15, 2015 , title=Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. adds Powers Boothe in 'incredibly menacing' role , url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/15/agents-shield-powers-boothe , url-status=live , magazine=Entertainment Weekly , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017204927/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/15/agents-shield-powers-boothe , archive-date=October 17, 2015 , access-date=October 15, 2015

{{Cite web , last=McNary , first=Dave , author-link=Dave McNary , date=May 7, 2015 , title='Avengers: Infinity War' Movies Land 'Captain America' Writers , url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/avengers-infinity-war-to-be-written-by-captain-america-scribes-1201490001/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407044856/https://variety.com/2015/film/news/avengers-infinity-war-to-be-written-by-captain-america-scribes-1201490001/ , archive-date=April 7, 2021 , access-date=April 7, 2021 , website=Variety

{{Cite web , last=Sampson , first=Mike , date=April 5, 2016 , title=Here's Who Alfre Woodard Plays in 'Captain America: Civil War' , url=https://screencrush.com/captain-america-civil-war-alfre-woodard/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407045602/http://screencrush.com/captain-america-civil-war-alfre-woodard/ , archive-date=April 7, 2016 , access-date=April 6, 2016 , publisher=Screen Crush

{{Cite web , last=Dolloff , first=Matt , date=October 26, 2016 , title=Avengers: Infinity War Working Title Revealed , url=https://screenrant.com/avengers-infinity-war-working-title/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509132430/https://screenrant.com/avengers-infinity-war-working-title/ , archive-date=May 9, 2019 , access-date=April 12, 2020 , website=Screen Rant

{{Cite magazine , last=Breznican , first=Anthony , author-link=Anthony Breznican , date=March 1, 2018 , title=Avengers: Infinity War release date moves up a week , url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/03/01/avengers-infinity-war-release-date-week-early/ , url-status=live , magazine=Entertainment Weekly , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302103917/http://ew.com/movies/2018/03/01/avengers-infinity-war-release-date-week-early/ , archive-date=March 2, 2018 , access-date=March 1, 2018

{{Cite web , last=Whitbrook , first=James , date=March 16, 2018 , title=Everything We Learned About the Avengers' Fight Against Thanos in the Latest Infinity War Trailer , url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-we-learned-about-the-avengers-fight-against-1823834309 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316215744/https://io9.gizmodo.com/everything-we-learned-about-the-avengers-fight-against-1823834309 , archive-date=March 16, 2018 , access-date=March 16, 2018 , website= io9

{{Cite web , last=Couch , first=Aaron , date=March 29, 2018 , title='Ready Player One' Screenwriter Zak Penn Looks Back at His Hits (and Famous Early Miss) , url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-screenwriter-zak-penn-his-best-worst-movies-1097883 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330104207/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ready-player-one-screenwriter-zak-penn-his-best-worst-movies-1097883 , archive-date=March 30, 2018 , access-date=April 1, 2018 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=Patches , first=Matt , last2=Failes , first2=Ian , date=April 23, 2018 , title=The Battle of New York: An 'Avengers' Oral History , url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-avengers-battle-of-new-york-joss-whedon , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429051945/https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-avengers-battle-of-new-york-joss-whedon , archive-date=April 29, 2018 , access-date=May 28, 2018 , publisher= Thrillist

{{Cite web , last=Bonomolo , first=Cameron , date=June 8, 2018 , title='The Avengers' and 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Coming This Summer to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray , url=https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvel-the-avengers-age-of-ultron-4K-ultra-HD-bluray/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208224956/https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/marvel-the-avengers-age-of-ultron-4K-ultra-HD-bluray/ , archive-date=February 8, 2021 , access-date=February 8, 2021 , website= ComicBook.com

{{Cite web , last=Strykowski , first=Jason , date=July 27, 2012 , title=CCI: Penn & Murphy Talk Avatar's "Hero Worship," Marvel Movies , url=https://www.cbr.com/cci-penn-murphy-talk-avatars-hero-worship-marvel-movies/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913112118/https://www.cbr.com/cci-penn-murphy-talk-avatars-hero-worship-marvel-movies/ , archive-date=September 13, 2018 , access-date=September 12, 2018 , publisher=Comic Book Resources

{{Cite web , last=Belloni , first=Matthew , date=May 15, 2012 , title=Marvel Moolah: Robert Downey Jr. 'Avengers' Pay Set to Hit $50 Million , url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-moolah-robert-downey-jr-avengers-iron-man-324639 , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019145122/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/marvel-moolah-robert-downey-jr-avengers-iron-man-324639 , archive-date=October 19, 2018 , access-date=October 11, 2018 , website=The Hollywood Reporter

{{Cite web , last=Truitt , first=Brian , date=December 7, 2018 , title=It's finally here! Watch the first trailer for Marvel's newly titled 'Avengers: Endgame' , url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/12/07/avengers-endgame-watch-first-trailer-marvels-anticipated-film/2212076002/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207154503/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2018/12/07/avengers-endgame-watch-first-trailer-marvels-anticipated-film/2212076002/ , archive-date=December 7, 2018 , access-date=December 7, 2018 , website=USA Today

{{Cite web , date=March 20, 2018 , title=The 100 Greatest Movies , url=https://empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328170003/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-movies/ , archive-date=March 28, 2019 , access-date=March 21, 2019 , website=Empire

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