James Spader will face off against Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as the villain in Marvel’s "Avengers: Age of Ultron," the sequel to 2012’s record-breaking "Marvel’s The Avengers." The Emmy Award-winning actor will play Ultron in the Avengers’ much anticipated return to the big screen from writer/director Joss Whedon. The film comes to theaters on May 1, 2015.
Spader earned three Emmy Awards for his role as Alan Shore on "Boston Legal" and "The Practice," and will return to television this fall in NBC’s highly anticipated series "The Blacklist." Most recently Spader was seen in the critically-acclaimed film "Lincoln" directed by Steven Spielberg and has previously worked with a long list of accomplished film directors including David Cronenberg, Curtis Hansen, Sidney Lumet, Mike Nichols, Tim Robbins, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone. David Mamet also directed Spader in the Broadway play Race.
"Avengers: Age of Ultron" will bring the Marvel Universe’s biggest heroes together again to face one of their biggest villains, with "Marvel’s The Avengers" director Joss Whedon returning to write and direct the sequel. "Marvel’s The Avengers" was released in 2012 and went on to earn $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third-largest grossing movie of all time.
Spader is represented by ICM Partners and his lawyer Melanie Cook at Ziffren Brittenham.
Source: Marvel
Spade is great actor and i personally can see him as Ultron.
ReplyDeleteDon't know who he is but apparently he's a great actor so Yay!
ReplyDeleteAll I'm wondering is what kind of voice does he have? Is it creepy evil enough for Ultron?
Great casting there, look forward to him joining the Marvelverse
ReplyDeleteinteresting but promising as he has enough quirks that I think that he'd make for a great evil AI... I'm just really curious how they will try to execute it as it seems it might be pretty different from the comics with the sheer number of characters and the time travel aspect... but I'm confident that Joss and Marvel will put out a great product
ReplyDeleteGreat choice! Spader is a great actor and Alan Shore is one of my favourite tv characters so i'm sure he will be awesome in The Avengers..
ReplyDeleteVery good casting. Solid.
ReplyDeleteMeh, disappointing.
ReplyDeleteVery silky and deep.
ReplyDeleteI need to study up on Ultron. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is a good start!
ReplyDeleteBest thing that comes from this casting? The James Spader & RDJ reunion!
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