The Avengers: Age of Ultron

This is the big one. Most of this is rumors and speculation, but here we go.

WHO
Directed, written, and produced by Joss Whedon (aka god)

Confirmed Returning Cast:

Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man/Tony Stark
Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Hulk
Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye (See below)
Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America
Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
Cobi Smulders as Maria Hill
Tom Hiddleston as Loki (minor role)

Unconfirmed Returning Cast:

Chris Hemsworth as Thor (same as above)

Rumored new cast:

Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man. This is the source of most of the hype. While Spiderman is owned by Fox/Sony he can easily appear in the Disney Marvel Universe, and several prominent members of Marvel and Sony have tweeted to say the same. Apparently they've worked out a mutually beneficial deal, involving corporate fat cats on either side making bank. I don't really care how they do it honestly, I'm in a very "Shut up and take my money" kind of mental state about this movie. Now I'm not saying he will be there 100%, but at this point he's as likely as any other candidate. One thing that points to Spiderman appearing is a Marvel insider stating that Oscorp would play a role in Avengers 2. I, for one, would probably cry true tears of joy if this happened.

Hugh Jackman as Wolverine. Also owned by Fox, but same deal as above. An anonymous Marvel insider stated that Wolverine may have a cameo role, as he's a well known Avenger and deserves to make an appearance.

Evan Peters as Quicksilver. Not confirmed for Avengers 2 yet, but he's playing the same character in X-Men: Days of Future Past because Fox and Disney both own it (yep). Hey may very well be recast for Whedon's movie though, to keep him completely seperate.

Vin Diesel as Vision (probably.) He'll definitely be playing a villain in the movie, and he isn't Thanos, and he isn't Ultron... so it's pretty evident who he'll be.


So now the casting notes. Hemsworth has not stated yes or no to whether he'd be returning, and is awaiting an offer of more money from Disney. While you make think that's greedy, in order to be Thor, this man has live on basically an all egg white diet with 3 hours of workout a day. That deserves some more money. He enjoys playing Thor and is planning to return, but has not confirmed it for anyone  yet. So fingers crossed. I'd hate to have a new guy playing Thor.


Renner is a definite yes. There were for some reason rumors running around he'd not return, but he recently debunked them in an interview.


The big X-Men issue is scarlet witch and quicksilver being used first by Days of Future Past. Whedon confirmed that the siblings will appear in the Avengers 2 but cannot say the word "mutant " nor mention their relation to Magneto. So that's pretty dumb.

WHAT
So Thanos will not be the main villain, and it will of course be Ultron with his minion Vision the android. Good news is that Tom Hiddleston will return as Loki in an unspecified way. I'm thinking like a Silence of the Lambs thing where he's in prison and he knows something about Ultron and they have to question him. I'd really enjoy that.

Whedon stated that he has turned in the script to Disney execs for review, so we'll see what happens.

Anything else comes up, I'll let you all know.