Scarlett Johansson praises 'Avengers 2: Age of Ultron' script and calls it 'cerebral'

Scarlett Johansson will play Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow for the fourth time when The Avengers: Age of Ultron aka The Avengers 2 hits theaters in Summer 2015. The actress has gotten her hands on the script and revealed in a recent interview what fans could expect from Joss Whedon's sequel.

Parade Magazine asked Johansson if she had started plans for her wedding, and the actress replied, "No, I'm busy planning Avengers 2 right now! That's my main focus. I've never been a big planning kind of person. I'd never share it with anybody, but I think more than anything I feel really fortunate to have had this amazing year professionally..."

The magazine then asked what fans can expect from Age of Ultron, and Johansson responded with the following take:

"Oh boy! Well, we can expect the Avengers. Joss, again, is back, wrote the script, and is directing. I think the script is dark and it's dry, it's got this amazing one-liner, glass-cutting sense of humor. Obviously the script is very cerebral. It doesn't lose that exciting comic book aspect that people enjoyed in the first film, but it's smart and it feels like the next installment. It doesn't feel like a rehashing, it feels like these characters are moving forward, plotlines are moving forward. It's deep and I think that's why people really respond to the Marvel universe, because the films are fun and exciting and have all that flashy stuff, but there's a gravity to them. People can expect that gravity this time around."

Whedon's presence on the sequel really cannot be understated. Without him, it's very possible that the entire thing could have suffered from a horrible case of "sequel slump," but his direct involvement in the film has mostly assuaged those concerns.

What do you think, Marvel fans? Do you trust Whedon to deliver a stellar sequel? Let us know in the comments below.