Chris Evans was so perfect for the role of Steve Rogers that Marvel chased him down even though he was already playing a different Marvel hero in the Fantastic Four movies.
The long-awaited The Avengers movie, Avengers Assemble - featuring iconic Marvel superheroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow - finally arrives in UK cinemas on April 26.
When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel Avengers Assemble is packed with action and spectacular special effects.
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CultBox were present at the London press-conference on the day of Avengers Assemble’s European premiere last week, with most of the primary cast present.
Tony Stark – now established publicly as Iron Man – grapples with personal and technological demons, as well as the son of an inventor that his father slighted who's got a bit of a grudge.
Interestingly, Louis Leterrier’s movie doesn't ignore Ang Lee's The Hulk from 2003, but at the same time gently nudges it aside in favour of a slightly revised back story.
Iron Man follows our rich, genius billionaire playboy as he gains scruples after seeing his own weapons tech used by the people it was supposed to be fighting.
The long-awaited The Avengers movie, Avengers Assemble - featuring iconic Marvel superheroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow - finally arrives in cinemas on April 26.
To celebrate, we've got a pair of tickets to the movie's European premiere (at VUE Westfield Shepherd’s Bush in London this Thursday night) to give away to one of our Twitter followers!
When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, directed by Joss Whedon, Marvel Avengers Assemble is packed with action and spectacular special effects.
This competition has now closed. The winner is Sabrina Parmar (@SabrinaSpectre) from London.
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Chris Evans was so perfect for the role of Steve Rogers that Marvel chased him down even though he was already playing a different Marvel hero in the Fantastic Four movies.
Thor was always going to be the trickiest to adapt, given its more overtly fantasy/science-fiction based nature.
To celebrate the release of Avengers Assemble, in UK cinemas on Thursday, we sent our reviewer to a screening of the film earlier this week.
