Five New Images from ‘The Avengers’

Earlier this week, The Avengers was featured on the cover of Empire Magazine and inside was a batch of exclusive new pictures of superheroes Nick Fury, Captain America, Iron Man, Bruce Banner, Hawkeye and Black Widow. Marvel has now released the photos online for all to see and you can see them below.

In all, there isn’t really anything too exciting except maybe for the close-up of Nick Fury’s face which is showing ominous sign that the scar under his eye-patch is starting to act up. Marvel’s The Avengers will hit theaters on May 4!

Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the super hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel super heroes Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. 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. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon from a screenplay by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble in summer 2012.