The Avengers is a 2010 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures, it is the first installament in the Avengers trilogy. Written and directed by Sam Raimi, the film features an ensemble cast including as the Avengers, Ben Affleck, Tobey Maguire, Hugh Jackman, Eric Bana, Nicolas Cage, Thomas Jane, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Garner alongside Michael Gough and Samuel L. Jackson. The film's development began when Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch in April 2003.
In 2007, Marvel announced that The Avengers would be released in July 2009 and would bring together Peter Parker (Maguire), Matt Murdock (Affleck), Bruce Banner (Bana), Logan (Hugh Jackman) and Johnny Blaze (Cage) from Marvel's previous films. With the signing of Johnasson, Snipes and Jane as Natasha Romanova, Eric Brooks and Frank Castle in March 2008, the film was pushed back for a 2010 release. Raimi was brought on board in April 2008 and rewrote the original screenplay by Zak Penn. Production began in April 2009 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in August and New York City in September. The film has more than 2,200 visual effects shots.
The Avengers premiered in Los Angeles on April 11, 2010, and was released in the United States on May 4. The film received praise for Raimi's direction and screenplay, visual effects, action sequences, acting, and musical score, and garnered 2 Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Cinematography in 83rd Academy Awards. The film grossed over $1 billion worldwide, setting numerous box office records and becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time and the highest-grossing film of 2010. In 2015, The Avengers was featured as one of the 100 greatest films of all time in an Empire magazine poll. Two sequels have been released: Avengers 2 (2018) and Avengers 3 (2022).
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- Ben Affleck as Matt Murdock/Daredevil
- Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine
- Eric Bana as Bruce Banner/Hulk
- Nicolas Cage as Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider
- Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
- Michael Gough as M.O.D.O.K
- Thomas Jane as Frank Castle/Punisher
- Wesley Snipes as Eric Brooks/Blade
- Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanova/Black Widow
- Jennifer Garner as Elektra Natchios (cameo)
- Bruce Campbell as Quentin Beck/Mysterio (cameo)
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In November 2009, Marvel announced that Alan Silvestri and Hans Zimmer, would write and compose the score for The Avengers. Silvestri said, "I've worked on films where there have been a number of stars and certainly worked on films where there have been characters of equal weight in terms of their level of importance and profile in the film, but this one is somewhat extreme in that regard because each of these characters has their own world and it's a very different situation. It's very challenging to look for a way to give everyone the weight and consideration they need, but at the same time the film is really about the coming together of these characters, which implies that there is this entity called the Avengers which really has to be representative of all of them together." Silvestri developed the score with the London Symphony Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Raimi said, "The score is very old-fashioned, which is why [Silvestri] was letter-perfect for this movie because he can give you the heightened emotion, the [Hans Zimmer] school of 'I'm just feeling a lot right now!' but he can also be extraordinarily cue and character specific, which I love."
In March 2010, the Indian rock band Agnee released a music video for its single "Hello Andheron", which serves as the theme song for the film's Indian release. Hollywood Records released the soundtrack concept album inspired by the film, Avengers Assemble, on May 1, 2010, the same day as the score.
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