During Marvel’s Comic-Con panel on Saturday night at the San Diego Convention Center, studio boss Kevin Feige and the cast of “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron” unveiled new footage from the forthcoming sequel. The follow-up to “Marvel’s The Avengers,” the 2012 blockbuster that earned more than $1.5 billion in worldwide grosses, is set for release on May 1, 2015. Joss Whedon, who was not present at Comic-Con because he recently underwent knee surgery, is the film’s director. Needless to say, journalists and fans in attendance for the Marvel presentation were impressed with the footage. A compilation of their enthusiastic tweets are below.
Age of Ultron first look has Avengers sitting around drinking beers and trying to pick up Thor’s hammer. Ultron wrecks the party. #SDCC
— Oliver Jones (@oliverjones) July 27, 2014
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— Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) July 27, 2014
Wow, this is a darker, scarier, more apocalyptic #Avengers. #MarvelSDCC
— moviefone (@moviefone) July 27, 2014
Oh wowww, we see Ultron fully formed and HE IS A NIGHTMARE. The roof just blew off Hall H. #MarvelSDCC
— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) July 27, 2014
Wowwwwwww footage for Avengers 2 looks incredible. Hulk vs Iron Man, Hulkbuster, lots of dead bodies, broken shield. Holy shit! Boom.
— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) July 27, 2014
AGE OF ULTRON footage: Final shot, Stark finds all the Avengers’ … bodies! #SDCC #Marvel
— Josh Lincoln Dickey (@NotoriousJLD) July 27, 2014
Age of Ultron looks amazing!! #SDCC2014 #Marvel
— Rudie Obias (@Rudie_Obias) July 27, 2014
‘Avengers 2′ trailer: lots of great stuff but Hulkbuster vs Hulk may take the cake.
— ScreenCrush (@screencrushnews) July 27, 2014
Standing O for the “Age of Ultron” footage
— Ben Fritz (@benfritz) July 27, 2014
One of the first times ever I have seen all of Hall H give a standing ovation to the footage, not the celebs, the footage we just saw. Wow.
— Alex Billington (@firstshowing) July 27, 2014
Avengers footage was INCREDIBLE. Ultron is amazing. A little Andy Serkis. So good. #sdcc
— Brian Truitt (@briantruitt) July 27, 2014
ULTRON footage began with this awesome scene of all the Avengers trying to life Thor’s hammer. Then Utron shows up #SDCC
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) July 27, 2014
Craziest moment during ULTRON footage is the end: Stark stands over a scene where all the Avengers look like they’re dead. Wild stuff #SDCC
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) July 27, 2014
WOW…SHIT…that sizzle reel was fucking hot. Iron Man sees all the avengers dead bodies AWESOME!
— LatinoReview-Kel (@Latinoreview) July 27, 2014
At the end of ULTRON trailer, the Avengers are all dead (sans Tony) at the hands of Thanos. Scarlet Witch-aided flashfwd to AVENGERS 3?
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) July 27, 2014
If you thought 1st AVENGERS was unremarkably shot, you’ll be happy with gorgeous, ambitious-looking AGE OF ULTRON footage.
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) July 27, 2014
“Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron” reassembles Avengers superheroes Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), while also introducing Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) to the mix. James Spader is set to play the villainous Ultron in the film.
In addition to the footage from “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Marvel also announced official casting for “Ant-Man” and revealed that “Guardians of the Galaxy 2″ would arrive in theaters on July 28, 2017.
