The Avengers 2012 Trailer Preview
Superbowl Sunday’s usual run of breakout commercials didn’t disappoint, as the floodgates to the Marvel Comics universe continued to pour forth adaptations and sequels to our favorite comic book superheroes, antiheroes, and downright gods. Marvel’s The Avengers 2012 trailer showcases the eponymous members of the comic-book company’s foremost team (although The X-Men might have something to say about that), many of whom have had their own movies, with varying levels of success.
In The Avengers trailer, we can see that Robert Downey Jr. is reprising his role as the ultra-successful Iron Man character (the earnings of both movies Iron Man and Iron Man 2 nearly quadrupled their respective budgets), the suit-of-battle-armor invented by billionaire industrialist Tony Stark. Australian actor Chris Hemsworth is thankfully back as the Mighty Thor, fresh off his own box-office hit, which more than tripled its budget in earnings. These two most powerful (constant) Avengers would ordinarily be expected to be able to handle just about any earthly threat whatsoever, so the fact that the 2nd Avengers trailer shows us the remaining crew of heroes resolutely affirms the unearthly threat seen in the first trailer, in the form of the god Loki, who is Thor’s half-brother. Although the most powerful member – arguably – of the Avengers is seen slapping bad guys into oblivion, the Incredible Hulk has always been at best a part-time employee (as seen in the first trailer, the Incredible Hulk is played by actor Mark Ruffalo, after Edward Norton unceremoniously bowed out). From the rousing last scene of the 2nd Avengers trailer, the villain Loki may wish the Hulk, as a character, had bowed out altogether.
Rounding out the group of well-known heroes is Captain America, played by actor Chris Evans, who is also coming off a major success in Captain America: The First Avenger, which made over 2.5 times what it cost to produce, not counting DVD sales yet. In the first Avengers trailer, there looked to be some not-so-brotherly friction between Cap and Tony Stark (which beats having beef with the Hulk); that has been replaced by a darker, more solemn realization of the threat they now face. The last two pivotal characters are Hawkeye, played by breakout actor Jeremy Renner, and Black Widow, played by the lovely Scarlett Johansson. Comic book fans know these heroes well, and the big screen should give them more exposure to the casual movie-goer. And let’s not forget the boss of them all – Nick Fury, head of the government agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D. He is played by the venerable Samuel L. Jackson, who formed the team specifically to deal with threats like the god Loki (Loki is played by actor Tom Hiddleston). The Avengers will be out in theaters on May 4, 2012.
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