What is one to do with what is no longer a “new” trend, but instead the “new normal”, as studios have taken to releasing character posters for each and every character in their upcoming franchise films to ensure the buzz never ends? The character posters for Avengers: Age of Ultron began Wednesday, February 25, when the actor’s publicists posted an Iron Man character poster on Twitter, which also warned of a “big announcement in 8 days”. What will March 5 hold? Well, it will likely be the day after the last character poster is revealed, giving us a new trailer or something, which will likely play in front of Chappie that weekend.
Today, however, we are now up to five posters, those being for Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) along with a new TV spot.
Age of Ultron is set for a May 1 release and by my math we still have posters for Captain America (Chris Evans), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Ultron (James Spader) and probably Vision (Paul Bettany) yet to come. Oh… joy!
