Reports are now circulating that actor Thomas Kretschmann has signed on to play another main villain known as Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in the upcoming film, Marvel’s The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. The report comes just a month after rumors circulated around the internet that the character, a H.Y.D.R.A. leader and former Nazi soldier whose body was augmented to the point of near invincibility and invulnerability would be brought on as a secondary villain with specific ties to the characters Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch, being played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olson, respectively.
The news also comes on the heels of recent updates that the film’s shooting schedule will include London, and locations in
South Africa, with word that actor
Mark Ruffalo‘s return as The Hulk would also be
accompanied a love interest in the new film, with actor
Jeremy Renner‘s character, Hawkeye, given a much larger part. Furthermore, recent reports also highlit actor, Iron Man performer
Robert Downey Jr.‘s
interest in bringing actor Mel Gibson and actress Jodie Foster in on the sequel’s production, whose script, written by director
Joss Whedon as part of the film’s second of three phases of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe, was recently described as
“dark” and
“dry” with an
“amazing one-liner, glass-cutting sense of humor.” in a
recent interview with actress
Scarlett Johansson who plays Black Widow in the film.
Opening nationwide on May 1, 2015,
Kretschmann will star with
Taylor-Johnson,
Olsen,
Ruffalo,
Downey Jr. and
Johansson returning in
Marvel’s The Avengers: Age Of Ultron with actors
Chris Hemsworth,
Chris Evans,
Cobie Smulders and
Samuel L. Jackson with and
James Spader playing the titular villain. The film opens
May 1, 2015 following the
April 4, 2014 release of
Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, with
Evans,
Johansson and
Jackson.
Kretschmann will also appear in the forthcoming one week engagement of director Fedor Bondarchuk’s bilingual biographical World War II epic,
Stalingrad 3D this February in IMAX 3D.
In other Marvel news, actor and co-star of David Ayer’s upcoming World War II thriller
Fury,
Michael Peña and actor
Clifton Collins Jr. are reported to be
officially signed for roles in director Edgar Wright’s July 31, 2015 entry into the MCU for
Ant-Man with actors
Paul Rudd, and the newly announced
Michael Douglas. Meanwhile the recently buzzed rumors of actor
Johnny Depp for the role of the
otherwise confirmed Dr. Strange movie remain
exactly that.
Stay tuned for more info.
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