Avengers - Age of Ultron (2015)

Film Type:

Feature

Language:

English

Colour Info:

Color

Sound Mix:

Datasat Digital Sound, Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital

Camera:

ARRI ALEXA M, Blackmagic Cinema Camera, GoPro HD Hero3, Red Epic, Canon EOS C500

Frame Rate:

24 fps

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1 (Scope)

Stereoscopy:

No

Archival Source:

QubeVault

Taglines:

A new age begins

Movie Connection(s):

Dubbed into: Avengers - Age of Ultron (Telugu)
Dubbed into: Avengers - Age of Ultron (Tamil)
Dubbed into: Avengers - Age of Ultron (Hindi)
Referenced in: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (English)
Followed by: Avengers: Infinity War (English)
Followed by: Avengers: Endgame (English)
Reference: Iron Man 3 (English)
Featured in: Captain America: Civil War (English)
Reference: Thor: The Dark World (English)

Filming Locations:

Trivia:

Claudia Kim was already acting in South Korea when she was cast in the movie.

Marks the third time James Spader and Robert Downey Jr. are in a movie together.

To keep production a secret, the working title for the film was "After Party".

During comic con 2014. It was revealed that Josh Brolin would play Thanos in future Marvel movies, as he enter with The infinity gauntlet, that had Thanos for The Six gems

Scarlett Johansson and Mark Ruffalo share the same birthday - November 22.

The Vision was not shown until the 3rd trailer.

Rumored that "The Soul Gem" will make an appearance with "The Vision" as shown in the trailer.

In the comics, Ultron was simply a robot with glowing eyes/mouth. One of Ultron's bodies in the film possesses these features as a homage to his comic appearance.

This is from the Chapter Five of Phase Two in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Follow up of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

Lindsay Lohan auditioned for the role of Wanda Maximoff.

The suit that Iron Man is wearing to fight The Hulk is actually called The Hulk Buster suit and has made appearances before in Marvel comics and cartoons.

Avengers actors Robert Downey Jr, Jeremy Renner, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Scarlett Johansson were called in three months before the release of the film to do several re-shoots by Director Joss Whedon.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson said in an interview that his character, Quicksilver, and his sister Wanda, are to have European accents since both characters were born in Europe.

Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Anthony Mackie (The Falcon) previously worked together in the Best Picture Oscar winner The Hurt Locker (2008)

Sasha Pieterse was considered for the role of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.

Elizabeth Olsen drew on her relationship with her older brother and her twin sisters to prepare for the role.

In comics, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are born mutants. In this movie, they got their powers due to experimentation of HYDRA on them.

Although Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver's costume is significantly different from it's comic companion, the color scheme (blue and white) remains the same.

This is the third film where Robert Downey Jr. and James Spader have appeared together, after Tuff Turf (1985) and Less Than Zero (1987).

Shooting in Korea occurred in the Gangnam district, the area that originated the popular song "Gangnam Style". The cast and crew danced to that song during breaks.

The prelude to this film is on the mid credit scene of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

This is Andy Serkis's second comic-book movie, after working on The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

Ultron's first body is Iron Legion drone 05. In the comics, Ultron's original designation was Ultron-5.

Ultron starts out as as a peacekeeping force. This is a homage to his The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010), where he had a similar origin.

Joss Whedon wanted to get a "number of different looks and textures and moods" to give the film a different and fresh aesthetic from its predecessor, so he shot in different locations around the world, including South Africa, England, Italy and Korea.

This is last time this squad of Avengers will be seen together. After this movie Avenger team will be different.

Most viewed Marvel trailer on YouTube (about 70 million views). This beats Iron Man 3's record on YouTube (about 60 million views).

Elizabeth Olsen stated in an interview that she is happy that her character's outfit is not accurate to the comic book as it would be inappropriate for combat.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen worked back to back with each other first playing husband and wife in Godzilla (2014) and now twin brother-sister in this film.

Avengers: Infinity War - Part I (2018) and Avengers: Infinity War - Part II (2019) were announced before the release of this film.

his film has the most VFX shots for any Marvel movie to date, with over 3000 VFX shots; previously Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) held the record with 2,750 VFX shots.

In the trailer, Ultron compares himself to Pinocchio. Robert Downey Jr. is playing the role of Gepetto in an upcoming reboot of Pinocchio.

The longest Marvel Cinematic Universe film to date, being run for 2 hours and 22 minutes.

In every movie featuring Tony Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Robert Downey Jr.'s character, Tony Stark, is always grabbed by the throat. Thor grabs Tony by the throat, making this the 5th time.

When Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson learned that their roles Wanda and Pietro Maximoff would be based on their "Marvel Ultimates" version, both actors read and studied every single issue in order to prepare for the role.

Emily Blunt and Ruth Wilson were rumored the front runners for the role of Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel, she has since been granted a standalone film in 2018.

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).

Hawkeye's new uniform combines elements of his original Marvel Comic outfit, his Ultimate Marvel outfit, and his Ronin identity.

Black Widow declines trying to pull Thor's hammer. Ironically, in the comics she was deemed worthy to wield it in an alternate reality story.

This film marks the first Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance of Tony Stark without Pepper Potts, with the exception of his cameo role in The Incredible Hulk (2008).

Scarlett Johansson was pregnant during filming of this movie so her scenes had to be shot first before she began to show.

Joss Whedon described Ultron as a perfect villain for the Avengers: "He's got a bee in his bonnet, he's always trying to destroy the Avengers! He's not a happy guy, which means he's an interesting guy. He's got pain."

Aaron Taylor-Johnson was asked to lose weight (muscle mass in particular) because he looked too strong to portray a runner, who is usually trim.

After this film and Avengers 3, Robert Downey Jr. would retire from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, Downey signed on for Captain America: Civil War (2016).

James Spader uses his natural speaking voice for Ultron, with no accent or alteration of his voice.

James Spader was Joss Whedon's first and only choice for the role of Ultron, because of his "hypnotic voice that can be eerily calm and compelling while also being very human and humorous".

At his panel during the Salt Lake Comic-Con, Stan Lee stated that his cameo in this film is his favorite cameo he has done.

On James Spader's first day on set, the cast was so impressed by his performance that they applauded and cheered for him after his first take.

First Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance of Thor without Loki.

Saoirse Ronan was considered to play Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch.

Filming Start Date:

11 Feb 2014