New Behind-The-Scenes Image Of Director Joss Whedon & Scarlett Johansson For ‘The Avengers’

This new behind-the-scenes image has found its way online from Marvel’s upcoming ensemble superhero flick‘ ’The Avengers,’ providing us with a new look at director Joss Whedon and Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow. The film also features Chris Evans (Captain America/Steve Rogers), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye/Clint Barton), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man/Tony Stark), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), and Tom Hiddleston (Loki). The likes of Cobie Smulders, Don Cheadle, Clark Gregg, and Stellen Skarsgard co-star. ‘The Avengers’ opens in cinemas May 4th, 2012.

Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in “Iron Man,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” and “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers” is the super hero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. 

Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1963, “Marvel’s The Avengers” brings together the mightiest super hero characters as they all assemble together on screen for the first time. The star studded cast of super heroes will be joined by Cobie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother) as Agent Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D., as well as Tom Hiddleston (“Wallander”) and Stellan Skarsgård (“Angels & Demons,” “Mamma Mia!”) who will both reprise their respective roles as Loki and Professor Erik Selvig from the upcoming Marvel Studios’ feature “Thor.”