Marvel Comic-Con panel includes 'Avengers,' 'Ant-Man' news
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A Comic-Con panel by Marvel Studios included peeks at the upcoming 鈥淎vengers鈥 sequel, titled 鈥淎vengers: Age of Ultron,鈥 as well as a preview of the movie 鈥淎nt-Man鈥 and news of a 鈥淕uardians of the Galaxy鈥 sequel.
Cast members of 鈥淯ltron,鈥 including Robert Downey Jr., who portrays Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth, who plays Thor, Mark Ruffalo, who plays the Hulk, Jeremy Renner, who portrays Hawkeye, Chris Evans, who plays Captain America, and Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders, who portray Nick Fury and Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., attended the panel as well as actor Paul Bettany, who has previously voiced Iron Man鈥檚 artificial intelligence system called 鈥淛.A.R.V.I.S.鈥 and is now portraying a character called The Vision. Actors Elizabeth Olsen, who鈥檚 playing Scarlet Witch, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who鈥檚 portraying the character Quicksilver, and James Spader, who鈥檚 playing the robot villain Ultron, also made appearances.
Bettany commented on his shift from voice work to physically appearing in the new movie. 鈥淚 used to turn up in a dark room for 45 minutes and get a bag of cash and now I have to work for my money,鈥 he said, according to the Guardian.
Meanwhile, Spader discussed his character of Ultron, saying that he found Ultron to be 鈥渟urprising and challenging and exciting,鈥 according to .
Cast members for the upcoming 鈥淎nt-Man鈥 movie also attended the panel, including actors Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Corey Stoll, and Evangeline Lilly. According to Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige, 鈥淎nt-Man鈥 will be released in July 2015, while "Ultron" will be released in May of that year.
At the end of the panel, 鈥淕uardians鈥 director James Gunn revealed via video message that a sequel to the movie will be released in July 2017. The first film has not yet been released but will hit theaters on Aug. 1 and actor聽Josh Brolin, who鈥檚 portraying the villain Thanos in "Guardians," had showed up for the panel.