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Thursday, August 29, 2013

"The Avengers 2": James Spader Is 'Ultron'



Sneak Peek the following press release from Marvel Studios, confirming that actor James Spader ("The Pentagon Papers") will play 'Ultron' in "The Avengers 2", aka "The Avengers: Age Of Ultron":


"...James Spader will face off against 'Earth’s Mightiest Heroes' as the villain in 'Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron', the sequel to 2012’s record-breaking 'Marvel’s The Avengers'.


"The Emmy Award-winning actor will play 'Ultron' in the Avengers’ much anticipated return to the big screen from writer/director Joss Whedon. The film comes to theaters on May 1, 2015.


"Spader earned three Emmy Awards for his role as Alan Shore on 'Boston Legal' and 'The Practice', and will return to television this fall in NBC’s highly anticipated series 'The Blacklist'. Most recently Spader was seen in the critically-acclaimed film 'Lincoln' directed by Steven Spielberg and has previously worked with a long list of accomplished film directors including David Cronenberg, Curtis Hansen, Sidney Lumet, Mike Nichols, Tim Robbins, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Soderbergh and Oliver Stone. David Mamet also directed Spader in the Broadway play 'Race'.


"'The Avengers: Age of Ultron' will bring the Marvel Universe’s biggest heroes together again to face one of their biggest villains, with "Marvel’s The Avengers" director Joss Whedon returning to write and direct the sequel. "Marvel’s The Avengers" was released in 2012 and went on to earn $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third-largest grossing movie of all time..."


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