Director: Joss Whedon
Cast:
Robert Downey Jr. . . . Tony Stark / Iron Man
Scarlett Johansson . . . Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
Samuel L. Jackson . . . Nick Fury
Jeremy Renner . . . Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Chris Evans . . . Steve Rogers / Captain America
Chris Hemsworth . . . Thor
Runtime: 2 hours, 35 minutes
Marvel's The Avengers (classified under the name Marvel Avengers Assemble in the UK and Ireland), or simply The Avengers, is a 2012 American superhero film produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures,1 based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. It is the sixth installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film is scripted and directed by Joss Whedon and features an ensemble cast that includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Nick Fury, director of the peacekeeping organization S.H.I.E.L.D., recruits Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor to form a team that must stop Thor's adoptive brother Loki from subjugating Earth.
