This has been a long time coming, building for several years and multiple movies, but we’re getting our first full look at The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon.
While it starts out shaky, by the end of the trailer, confidence is restored that it won’t be a ‘greatest hits’ film but something that works as something coherent and entertaining. We don’t get a very good look at The Hulk, but that’s presumably because his CGI isn’t finished yet. And Robert Downey Jr. appears to steal the show.
When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.
The Avengers opens May 4, 2012.