Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 1 The Age of Heroes

The Avengers

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25 April 2012 2h 23m 8.1 on TMDB

Essential 2 post-credits scenes Science FictionActionAdventure

Synopsis

When an unexpected enemy emerges and 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!

Where this sits

The Battle of New York — the event the whole Infinity Saga refers back to.

Connected to

Set up by a post-credits scene in
Iron Man
Fury turns up to talk about the Avengers Initiative.
Set up by a post-credits scene in
Thor
Loki starts pulling Selvig's strings via the Tesseract.
Set up by
Captain America: The First Avenger
Steve wakes up seventy years later.
Sets up
Iron Man 3
Tony's panic attacks are all about the wormhole.

Cast

Robert Downey Jr.

Tony Stark / Iron Man
Chris Evans

Steve Rogers / Captain America
Mark Ruffalo

Bruce Banner / The Hulk
Chris Hemsworth

Thor
Scarlett Johansson

Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
Jeremy Renner

Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Tom Hiddleston

Loki
Clark Gregg

Agent Phil Coulson
Cobie Smulders

Agent Maria Hill
Stellan Skarsgård

Selvig
Samuel L. Jackson

Nick Fury
Gwyneth Paltrow

Pepper Potts