JOSS WHEDON On AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Villains

Avengers #22 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #22 courtesy Marvel

Joss Whedon is talking about the evil artificial intelligence Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will fight in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 

“I’m having a blast with Ultron. He’s not a creature of logic — he’s a robot who’s genuinely disturbed. We’re finding out what makes him menacing and at the same time endearing and funny and strange and unexpected, and everything a robot never is,” the director says in an upcoming 300th issue of Empire Magazine.

 

Ultron (played by James Spader) is just one of the villains the Avengers will take on in the sequel. Continue reading JOSS WHEDON On AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Villains

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Cast Major Marvel Villain

Baron Von Strucker courtesy Marvel
Baron Von Strucker courtesy Marvel

Are Joss Whedon and Marvel adding a legendary villain to Avengers: Age of Ultron?

 

Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted, Downfall, Stalingrad, King Kong, Dracula) has joined the sequel according to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety Both reports say he’s playing Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker.

 

In comics Von Strucker is an infamous enemy of Captain America and Nick Fury. Continue reading AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Cast Major Marvel Villain