The much-loved Marvel characters, The Avengers, are coming back in May of 2015. The sequel to the very popular movie was announced back in May of 2012 after the box office smashing success of the first Avenger movie. The sequel is titled Age of Ultron.

The movie will still be directed by Joss Whedon, who also directed the TV series Firefly and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The award-winning director was said to have submitted the final draft for the script in April 2013 and casting was finalized in June 2013. The movie is set and filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa and started filming in February 2014. Filming also occurred in Aosta City, which is situated in the north of Italy, as well as in South Korea around the end of March 2014.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron has excited Marvel fans and boasts a powerhouse cast which includes:

  • Chris Hemsworth (Thor)
  • Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill)
  • Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow, Natasha Romanov)
  • Elizabeth Olsen (the Scarlet Witch, Wanda Maximoff)
  • Chris Evans (Captain America, Steve Rogers)
  • James Spacer (Ultron)
  • Robert Downey, Jr. (Iron Man, Tony Stark)
  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Quicksilver, Pietro Maximoff)
  • Mark Ruffalo (Hulk, Bruce Banner)
  • Paul Bettany (Vision, Jarvis)
  • Soo-hyun (Soo-hyun Kim)
  • Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye, Clint Barton)
  • Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury)
  • Don Cheadle (War Machine/Iron Patriot, Col. James Rhodes)
  • Anthony Mackie (the (rumored) Falcon, Sam Wilson)
  • Thomas Kretschmann (Baron Wolfgang von Strucker)

The next installment in the series will be distributed by the Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It has been set for worldwide release on May 1, 2015. The first movie was released in 2012 and has broken several box office records. Be sure to also check out Captain America: Winter Soldier.