The Avengers

The Avengers (2012)

Directed by: Joss Whedon.
Produced by: Kevin Feige.
Screenplay by: Joss Whedon.
Story by: Zak Penn, Joss Whedon.
Based on: The Avengers by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson.
Music by:Alan Silvestri.
Cinematography: Seamus McGarvey.
Editing by: Jeffrey Ford, Lisa Lassek.
Studio: Marvel Studios.
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures.
Release date(s):
April 11, 2012 (worldpremiere)
May 4, 2012 (United States)
Running time: 143 minutes.
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $220 million
Box office: $1,398,085,968
The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other,the leader of an alien race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for retrieving the Tesseract, a powerful energy source of unknown potential, the Other promises Loki a Chitauri army with which he cansubjugate the Earth. Nick Fury, director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., and his lieutenant Agent Maria Hill arrive at a remote research facility during an evacuation, where physicist Dr. ErikSelvig is leading a research team experimenting on the Tesseract. Agent Phil Coulson explains that the object has begun radiating an unusual form of energy. The Tesseract suddenly activates and opens aportal, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Loki takes the Tesseract and uses his scepter to enslave Selvig and several agents, including Clint Barton, to aid him in his getaway.
In response to theattack, Fury reactivates the "Avengers Initiative". Agent Natasha Romanoff is sent to Calcutta, India to recruit Dr. Bruce Banner; Coulson visits Tony Stark to have him review Selvig's research; Furyapproaches Steve Rogers with an assignment to retrieve the Tesseract. While Barton steals iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power, Loki causes a distraction in Stuttgart, Germany, leading to a...