Avengers sequel casts James Spader as villain Ultron.

Date: 2nd September 2013

Avengers sequel casts James Spader as villain Ultron.

Emmy award-winning actor James Spader has been cast as the villain Ultron in the second Avengers movie.

Avengers: Age of Ultron will see the Marvel Comics superhero team battle a rebellious artificial intelligence which creates an android to attack them.

Joss Whedon returns as director for the sequel and Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo will reprise their roles as Iron Man and The Hulk.

The first Avengers film was a huge global hit last year, taking more than a billion dollars at the box office.

It also starred Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America and Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow.

Source: Press Release

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