Marvel
just announced that they have casted actor James Spader (Boston Legal, Lincoln
and Stargate) to play Ultron in the upcoming The Avengers: Age of Ultron. At this
point it’s still unclear if the actor will only lend his voice or if he is
going to do motion-capture, regardless he is a good actor and I’m really want
to see what he does with the character.
Spader
will hopefully be seen in the tv series The Blacklist, which if picked up for a
full season might not give him enough time to work on The Avengers sequel.
The
Avengers: Age of Ultron opens on May 1, 2015.
Press
Release:
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.
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