Read on at your own risk! There are plenty of glorious, wondrous plot details which in all honesty have made me beyond excited for both AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON as well as ANT-MAN and I sincerely hope all of them are true. None of them are particularly major and do not give away the plot of either film but should still be regarded as spoilers. The details are taken from the exclusive over at Joblo.
First up is AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON:
According to Kevin Feige, the new Avengers Tower is the largest ever for a Marvel film, featuring a large landing platform and garage for the new Quinjet within a large space that is full of windows, screens, and “techno stuff” but “really chic” with a lab directly in the middle where Stark and Banner work together.
There will, in fact, be a “party” or “celebratory” scene that will take place early in the film, which we’ve heard rumors of already and is said to be “Stark style” in nature, meaning excessive and over-the-top (IRON MAN 2, anyone?)
The Quinjet redesign features more chairs to accommodate all Avengers, much like the X-Men’s Blackbird. The overall design is less military and more sleek with a bigger array of weaponry.
Black Widow’s costume update will feature not only the previously reported batons, but her suit is said to be more “TRON-style” in nature with blue lights and electricity around the suit. Her enemies will now receive electric shocks or a “widow’s sting” when she hits them, giving her more of a “superhero” edge amongst her super-powered counterparts.
More corroboration about Hulk’s “extendable” pants (dark purple in color) that expand and shrink with his Hulk/Banner transitions and will also feature the Avengers “A” logo on it that adorns all new costumes for the team.
Stark wears the Mark 43, a suit with less gold on it than IRON MAN 3, but still more than in THE AVENGERS. The chest core reactor will be back to the circular shape favored by director Joss Whedon. The Mark 44 is the Hulkbuster and will be his other suit in the film.
As reported before, Ultron will be more than just a helmet, with his full face being articulated, including the mouth. All movements from James Spader’s face are used to bring more personality to the villain. The suit mock-up is reminiscent of the weapon that Agent Coulson used to shoot Loki in THE AVENGERS, which was made from the parts of the defeated Destroyer in THOR. The suit is said to have a “red firelight underneath”, giving him a kind of ‘Balrog’ effect from LOTR.
Ultron will have an army of drones that are similar in appearance to himself, minus the glowing red “energy” effect. Similar to other reports, The Vision will be entirely Paul Bettany with his face and body all in metallic form, very shiny with gold, red, and green (as well as the yellow cape).
I feel like we have a LOT to be excited for here, with a lot of indicative plot elements hinting at events that may or may not occur in this and future films. It sounds as if everyone is juicing up in AGE OF ULTRON, even the little things like the ‘electricity’ surrounding Black Widow’s suit, and I feel as if that’s definitely not a bad thing.
Joss Whedon is directing and will feature the likes of Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, James Spader, Paul Bettany, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Thomas Kretschmann and reportedly, Josh Brolin. The film will now open in the UK on 24th April 2015, seven days before it arrives in US screens on 1st May.
And now, for the details regarding ANT-MAN:
The story begins with Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) being a thief and single dad who has fallen on hard times and one day breaks into Hank Pym’s apartment and steals the Ant-Man suit.
The main villain’s name is Darren Cross who, in the comics, runs Cross Technological Enterprises, a competitor company for Stark Industries and Oscorp. His cousin is the villain known as Crossfire. It’s unknown if this role will be played by Patrick Wilson or Corey Stoll. He will have a suit with a similar feel to Ant-Man’s but more military [in] style, yellow and black in color, and with a tendril-looking apparatus coming off it’s back (like with Agent Venom). It’s to note that in the comics Cross looks more like a pink Hulk, so there may well be some merging of attributes from other characters for this role or multiple villains at that (Yellowjacket, perhaps?).
The ANT-MAN suit will be much more elaborate than we’ve seen so far with the helmet being able to open and close much like Iron Man and an assortment of red lights all over the suit, again in “TRON” fashion. The helmet eyes will also glow red when closed. It’s said to be a much more complex and futuristic suit than we’ve seen so far.
Ants (the actual insect) are the main ally and superpower for ANT-MAN in the film. Lang will speak to the ants via his helmet, just as in the comics, which is said to be a special element to the overall story.
It seems as if both films are getting a bit jazzy with the tech, which is a plus, considering these are stories which heavily rely on rapid advancements in emerging scientific fields. In some cases, these advancements are made or established by the characters of the stories themselves, as is the case with Hank Pym and Pym Particles. I’m not wholly sold on the use of ants as an ally AND superpower for Ant-Man, but the film is assumedly in the comedic vein, meaning it might be the only genre they could pull it off in.
UPDATE: This just in, expanding on the Ant-Man villain details, Jeff Sneider has tweeted that Corey Stoll will be playing Darren Cross, with Patrick Wilson playing his cousin, who becomes Crossfire in the comics, typically regarded as one of Hawkeye’s main nemesis:
I’m told Corey Stoll is playing ANT-MAN villain Darren Cross & Patrick Wilson is playing his cousin, who may or may not become Crossfire.
— Jeff Sneider (@TheInSneider) June 19, 2014
The film will be directed by Peyton Reed. Adam Mckay will be rewriting the script by Wright and Joe Cornish, and will also star Evangeline Lily, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña and Matt Gerald. It is set for a 17th July 2015 release.
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Source: Joblo
