A critical and public success, it earned 1.5 billion dollars at the worldwide box office. The final Phase 1 film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers brings together some of the House of Ideas’ most iconic superheroes for the first time. And even if the city was finally not very busy, it’s hard not to raise your eyes to the sky when you find yourself at the foot of the MetLife Building, waiting to see Iron Man land, pursued by one of the terrifying Chitauri leviathans… The ambitious realization of a fantasy long held by comic book fans, partly filmed in New York.

A pivotal event in the MCU during which many elements were set up for the sequel. Landis, a sergeant of the General Staff, did not fail to welcome the initiative by stressing that the use of real soldiers played a lot in the realism of the sequence and that the fact of having asked the army to get involved, contributed to give a more positive image of the latter.Īlthough it remains invisible on the screen, the MetLife Building has nevertheless somehow witnessed the famous battle of New York. Reserve soldiers are even hired to shoot alongside Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston. Joss Whedon and his actors set up shop in Cleveland, on 9 th Street, which was made up for the occasion to resemble Manhattan’s 42 nd Street as closely as possible. Big Apple is ready for the Avengers! Nevertheless, for the purposes of the film, even New York needs a stand-in. It was then that Tyson Bidner, the person in charge of the filming locations, managed to make numerous agreements with the people in charge of the surrounding buildings to map them. As he walks down Park Avenue, he can easily imagine Iron Man flying over the city, on his way to confront a terrible enemy. For him, this urban environment, immediately recognizable, is a perfect fit. After all, this is the city of Marvel! The director then wants to sack Manhattan to, in his words: “ make the city look like it did when I grew up there in the ’70s” There’s only one way to do that: unleash an iconic villain and pit him against a motley crew of superheroes to orchestrate some totally spectacular urban guerrilla sequences.ĭecorator James Chinlund chose to erase the MetLife Building and replace it with the Stark Tower. For Whedon, it seems obvious that the film’s epic conclusion must be set in New York. A bravura piece of work consisting of an extremely ambitious sequence shot, which required very complex logistics. Afterwards, Joss Whedon’s team moves to Pittsburgh and then to Cleveland where the biggest part of the famous final battle is to take place, when Iron Man and his friends try to counter the attacks launched by Loki. The filming of Avengers began on Apin New Mexico at the Albuquerque studios.

He wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a monument built in the skies with his name plastered… Sonofabitch! Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) The epicentre of this titanic confrontation was orchestrated at the foot of the Stark Tower, where in our world the MetLife Building proudly stands. 24 on Disney+.New York has held a special place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the Avengers fought their first major battle there.

Starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld, Hawkeye is set to premiere Nov. The next Marvel Studios project set for release is Hawkeye, for which the aforementioned interview was publicity. However, Jon Watts - who has directed all three MCU Spider-Man films - is slated to helm that project. It was the original headquarters of the Avengers. At this time, there is no casting information available for the film. Avengers Tower is a fictional location in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Soon after Marvel Studios regained the Fantastic Four, the studio announced a new film starring the team. Finally, in 2019, Disney acquired key assets from 21st Century Fox, resulting in Marvel Studios regaining the rights to the Fantastic Four. The most recent Fantastic Four movie, which was released in 2015, received negative reviews and is generally considered a box office bomb. Those films met with varying degrees of critical and financial success. The film rights to the Fantastic Four didn't belong to Marvel for several decades, with Constantin Film and 20th Century Fox putting out their own projects. The Heroes are having a party when suddenly Avengers Tower comes under Ultron attack from the inside Evil Ultron Mark 1 has assembled himself in the lab.

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