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“Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe” Teases Spoiler for “Avengers 2”

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021114 TheAvengersCast?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1395222138261Buena Vista(NEW YORK) — ABC on Tuesday aired Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe, a special taking a look at how the comic book company became a cinematic titan thanks to its carefully interlacing projects that started with 2008’s The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, eventually leading to The Avengers and beyond.

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige had promised a peek at the sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, and while there wasn’t much to show in terms of actual footage, as the movie really just began shooting, one glimpse of a piece of concept art from the “Phase 2” Marvel movie caused an immediate nerdgasm across the Interwebs: Avengers 2 will apparently feature a face-off between the Hulk and Tony Stark’s super-sized “Hulkbuster” Iron Man armor, which according to the comics, he designed specifically to tackle the not-so-jolly green giant.

“There is just, literally, not enough thumbs [on] Facebook to show how much I like that!” one fan commented seconds after the reveal.

“OMG Hulkbuster,” enthused others.

The circumstances of the fight are obviously unknown as of yet — specifically, if Stark himself is inside the suit, duking it out with the alter-ego of his pal Dr. Bruce Banner, or if the suit is being controlled by Ultron, the super-powerful robot that’s being voiced by James Spader. But the suit’s appearance could tease a comic storyline that has an out-of-control Hulk banished by the rest of his Avengers buddies.

Other Avengers-related glimpses revealed first-ever peeks of writer/director Joss Whedon’s vision for Avenger Scarlet Witch, who will be played by Elizabeth Olsen in the film, and an artist’s rendering of Quicksilver, Witch’s super-speedy brother, who will be played by Aaron Johnson in the 2015 film, which on the special Whedon called “more grown up” and “scarier” than its blockbuster predecessor.

Other peeks included never-before seen snippets of on-set action from August’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and some footage from Marvel’s other 2015 release, Ant-Man, which will be written and directed by Edgar Wright; that footage, really a “proof of concept” action scene, was only officially screened at San Diego Comic-Con in 2012.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, starring Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson, hits theaters April 4.

Guardians of the Galaxy, starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Glenn Close, and the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper, opens Aug. 1.

The Avengers: Age of Ultron opens May 1, 2015, featuring the returning superhero team including Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo, and Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas, crawls into theaters July 17 of that year.

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