Samuel L. Jackson Confirms Scarlet Witch

It shouldn't be long to go before Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are officially confirmed for Avengers: Age of Ultron, we've been reporting rumours for months now and it seems Samuel L. Jackson has let slip that Elizabeth Olsen is definitely Scarlet Witch.

Avengers: Age of Ultron Comic-Con Teaser!

I've been careful to use the words 'Comic-Con teaser', because what we are presenting to you has absolutely no footage from the next Avengers film. However it's still an extremely exciting little video.

Like I said, nothing really happens, apart from seeing Ultron's steely helm form from Iron Man's, whilst lines from the heroic team are played back from the first film.

Avengers: Age of Ultron is again directed by Joss Whedon, and due out for 1st May, 2015.

Reminder to UK readers- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. begins tonight, 8pm on Channel 4!

James Spader to Play Lead Villain in Avengers: Age of Ultron

James Spader (Boston Legal, The US Office) will be battling against Earth's mightiest heroes in Joss Whedon's sequel to The Avengers, as the titular baddie, the villainous artificial intelligence Ultron.

The Avengers 2 Subtitle Revealed... And Villain?

Avengers director Joss Whedon took to the stage for Marvel's Comic-Con panel and told audiences, “I actually don’t have much to say, but I do have something to show you.” What a tease.

A small teaser for The Avengers 2 played, including the official title card for the film: Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Vin Diesel for The Avengers 2?

He shared on his Facebook just last month that he'd been talking to Marvel, and Vin Diesel has just updated his page again with news of having an official meeting with Marvel, sharing with his fans, along with the above image:

Marvel meeting today…

Only the people in the room can tell you what was discussed…

This Week on A113Animation (17th - 23rd June, 2013)

This week has brought some cool stuff. Pun intended. Disney finally thawed the ice on Frozen, their winter animated release by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, releasing some new stills and the first trailer for the film. We also got trailers for The Lego Movie and Free Birds. As well as some Marvel news, Pixar's Monsters University opened this week, so there's unsurprisingly some posts about that. For all that, your usual features (and a new one) and more, check out our weekly recap below.

Robert Downey, Jr. Signed on For The Avengers 2 and 3

There has been an official update on Tony Stark's attachment to future Marvel films. We can all breathe now because... Robert Downey, Jr. has finally signed a new contract with Marvel!

The two-picture contract means that Downey Jr. will again play Tony Stark/Iron Man in The Avengers 2 and The Avengers 3.

The Avengers 2, which is being written and directed by Joss Whedon, is due to start production in March 2014, with a release date of May 2015.

Via Marvel.com

Aaron Taylor-Johnson for Quicksilver in The Avengers 2?

We've posted before about news of brother-sister act Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch joining The Avengers 2, it now appears that Marvel are looking to cast Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass) as Quicksilver.

This news comes quite soon after Bryan Singer announced Evan Peters (also from Kick-Ass) will play Quicksilver in X-Men Days of Future Past, where the cast list seems to be forever growing, despite the fact the film should be finished production soon.

Avengers 2 Cast, Characters and Contract Updates

A lot of fresh character news has risen about Joss Whedon's The Avengers 2, involving two new characters, an update on the return of Iron Man, a possible non-returning character and location details for another possible character. Like I said, a lot.