avengers: age of ultron (2015)

avengers: age of ultron is a 2015 american superhero film based on the marvel comics superhero team the avengers, produced by marvel studios and distributed by walt disney studios motion pictures. it is the sequel to 2012’s the avengers and the eleventh film in the marvel cinematic universe (mcu). the film was written and directed by joss whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes robert downey jr., chris hemsworth, mark ruffalo, chris evans, scarlett johansson, jeremy renner, don cheadle, aaron taylor-johnson, elizabeth olsen, paul bettany, cobie smulders, anthony mackie, hayley atwell, idris elba, stellan skarsgård, james spader, and samuel l. jackson. in avengers: age of ultron, the avengers fight ultron, an artificial intelligence obsessed with causing human extinction.
avengers: age of ultron (2015):

1. in the comics, ultron was created by dr hank pym (ant-man). in this film ultron is a dormant project developed by tony stark, while pym gets his own separate story in ant-man (2015).

2. in comics, scarlet witch and quicksilver are born mutants. in this movie, they got their powers due to experimentation of hydra on them. this change has to do with the fact that 20th century fox holds the rights to the x-men films and the whole mutant concept. therefore this change was intended to dis-ssociate the film from the x-men film franchise to avoid legal issues.

3. in an interview with empire magazine, joss whedon said that he wanted to lengthen the scenes with thor at the pool and his vision but executives issued an ultimatum stating that it could be lengthened but it would be in place of hawkeye’s farm scenes. whedon chose to keep the farm scenes.

4. in this film, quicksilver/pietro maximoff is played by aaron taylor-johnson. in x-men: days of future past (2014) quicksilver/peter maximoff is played by evan peters. the two actors were both in kick–ss (2010).

5. this is the first live-action appearance of tony stark’s hulkbuster armor; it had previously appeared in various marvel animated series and movies.

6. at the end of the film, thor admits he’s worried that four infinity stones have appeared already. thor knows about the guardians of the galaxy retrieving the orb from ronan due to his vision when in the seeing pool.