Vision, the newest member of earth’s mightiest heroes known as Avengers, will be featured on the second Marvel film.
To be played by actor Paul Bettany, concept images of Vision was released by Marvel as part of its latest promotional initiatives for “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” the second film of the series, which will be hitting theaters worldwide on May 1, 2015.
The latest concept art for the movie posted by Comingsoon.net showed Marvel fanatics a close and better look at Vision and the character’s origin, which was originally culled from Marvel comics and modified for the theater version.
In addition to Vision, the latest promo concept art also includes the Incredible Hulk tangling with Iron Man, Thor, Ultron – the film’s major nemesis, and an image that had Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Black Widow, and Hawkeye in it.
Earlier, there was also a report that Doctor Strange, to be played by Benedict Cumberbatch, will also be part of the second Avengers movie. But it seems likely that he would just be playing cameo, in preparation for a solo “Doctor Strange” movie that Marvel is preparing to do soon.
If things go well and fans start swooning on Vision, Marvel might also consider coming up with a solo film for him too.
The origin of Vision and Ultron
Vision was actually a product of the two geniuses in Tony Stark and Bruce Banner. He possesses the ability to fly, exude intense energy beams, and change his density form allowing him to go through objects, as described in the concept art featuring the superhero.
He will be joining the Avengers in fighting against artificial intelligence Ultron to be voiced by James Spader, according to Cinema Blend.
Ultron emanated from a simple computer program that was hidden in the ruins as a result of the Chitauri invasion of New York City. Ultron completed its development into a sophisticated artificial intelligence as a result of the experimentation by Tony Stark.
Upon his complete evolution, Ultron’s first order of business was to destroy humanity, using his power to infiltrate and corrupt any computer systems and his robotic drones.
Although basically a robot himself, Ultron is emotionally unstable, which gives him some sort of personal being.
Powerhouse cast
As expected, “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is packed with a powerhouse cast. Since many of the stars in the movie already have blockbuster films of their own safely tucked in their respective belts, practically everyone shares top billing in the film directed by Joss Whedon.
The movie stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Incredible Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver, Paul Bettany as Vision, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, the voice of James Spader as Ultron, among several others.