The Avengers premiered at Hollywood's El Capitan Theatre on April 11, 2012, and was released in the United States on May 4, as the last film of Phase One of the MCU. In Stuttgart, Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power while Loki causes a distraction, leading to a brief confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki's surrender. [264][265] The film has also been nominated for three Critics' Choice Movie Awards,[266] thirteen People's Choice Awards (winning three),[267] eleven Teen Choice Awards (winning two),[268][269][270] six Saturn Awards (winning four),[271] and six VES Awards (winning two), as well as the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Long Form.

The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the leader of an extraterrestrial race known as the Chitauri. [3][7] Frank Lovece in FilmFestivalTraveler.com addressed the discrepancy, writing, "The Avengers — formally titled Marvel's The Avengers onscreen, though no apostrophe-s appears on the posters..."[6] Producer Kevin Feige said there are only two words in the UK title, one more than in the U.S. title, and stated that "decisions like that aren't made lightly and there are lots of marketing research, lawyers and things that get into the mix on it". You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin.

[251], Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter gave a positive review of the film, remarking, "It's clamorous, the save-the-world story is one everyone's seen time and again, and the characters have been around for more than half a century in 500 comic book issues. After THQ closed both studios, the game was canceled. And the technology has advanced so far in the past couple years." [50] Warren Kole has a brief role as a S.H.I.E.L.D. get the heroes' footage (which consists of scenes from the other Marvel movies). Team from 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier, "Earth's mightiest heroes succeed in The Avengers", "7 Questions With … "Common Law's" Warren Kole", "Here's Who Alfre Woodard Plays in 'Captain America: Civil War, "Joss Whedon says Captain America and Iron Man won't be pals in his "Avengers", "The Battle of New York: An 'Avengers' Oral History", "Lions Gate, Marvel Reach Accords With Striking Film, TV Writers", "Marvel Studios Sets Four More Release Dates! "[127], In November 2011, Marvel announced that Alan Silvestri, who scored Captain America: The First Avenger, would write and compose the score for The Avengers. Jared Leto, who already has played the Joker for a … The game was inspired by the "Secret Invasion" storyline and features 20 different characters.

Paul Bettany returns to voice J.A.R.V.I.S. "[257], The performances of several cast members was a frequent topic in the critiques. We also designed a custom typeface for the Main Title of The Avengers as well as 30 credits set in-scene.

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Stark intercepts the missile and takes it through the wormhole toward the Chitauri fleet.

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