The Avengers 2: Age of Ultron New Official Photos Released

The Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters on May 1, and fans are getting more and more excited for the superhero sequel. Marvel has now released 16 official stills from the movie to get fans even more hyped.

Comic Book Movie has collected the photos, which you can check out here.

Digital Spy has published 25 new details about The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the article has a wealth of information about Hawkeye, Black Widow, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and more.

Firstly, director Joss Whedon addressed Hawkeye, whom many fans felt did not get proper service in the first movie. "We got to do some interesting stuff with Hawkeye which is a different kind of dark," he said. "It's been fun for Jeremy [Renner]because he was possessed for so long last time - it's interesting to not be a zombie!"

Next, producer Jeremy Latcham talked about how the team functions as a unit when the movie begins. "This movie starts off and the team is together, on a mission, they're working in tandem, and there are new relationships between them," he said. "Time has passed, so you pick up right in the middle of an action sequence and start trying to catch up. I think that's fun for an audience, to try and figure out, 'Wait, those two are funny together now, there's something going on with them, maybe there's a little tension over there'. You're showing up at a party when it's already a little bit started."

Whednon then talked about Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow and why she is his favorite character to write. "She has a special place in my heart - there is one scene in each movie that was filmed pretty much unchanged from the first draft, and they're both Natasha scenes," he said. "She's just somebody that I feel like I get."

Finally, Latcham explained how the twins, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, align with Ultron and create a different dynamic from Tom Hiddleston's Loki in the first movie. "Instead of Ultron giving a lot of speeches so everybody knows what he's thinking, it'd be nice if he had some allies," he said. "The story that Joss put together with these two kids is really sweet and poignant, and you really understand why they would start on this side of the line. It's a great journey that they go on, from being these rough and tumble kids in Eastern Europe who blame the West, and the Avengers for the plight, the power structure of the world that keeps kids like them down. Over the course of it they realize maybe the Avengers are here for good reason."

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