It’s still a year away, but with San Diego Comic-Con coming up Marvel is already starting to leak some official images from AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, who is releasing another Comic-Con issue, we now get our first look at the highly-anticipated sequel, including views of Captain America (Chris Evans) in his new costume, and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is his Iron Man armor. But the real treat is getting our first image of the title villain of the piece. Ultron (voiced by James Spader), the robotic nemesis of the superhero team, is shown on the EW cover with an army of robotic soldiers. In the issue EW talks about Ultron’s origin, in that Tony Stark creates it as a “self-aware, self-teaching, artificial intelligence designed to help assess threats, and direct Stark’s Iron Legion of drones to battle evildoers” …but it’s said Ultron feels the world would be better off with the eradication of the human race. Joss Whedon returns as the director, and outside of Downey Jr. and Evans, the cast includes Mark Ruffalo, Cobie Smulders Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, with Paul Bettany, Samuel L. Jackson, and James Spader. Check out the first official photos from the film and tell us your thoughts in the comments. A few things worthy of note here – we see Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Quicksilver and Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch (pretty awesome), and Don Cheadle is also present… does this mean War Machine or Iron Patriot will make an appearance?
Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff. 
