This Sunday Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson star in The Avengers.
Check out these cool facts about the movie.
The first Avengers comic was published in September 1963.
The movie is directed by Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the vampire slayer.
The Avengers made $1.518 billion, making it the highest grossing film of 2012, the highest grossing Disney movie of all time and the third highest grossing film of all time!
In an interview with The Guardian, Tom Hiddleston, who plays the villain, said that early in its production the code name for the film was 'Group Hug'.
The script was under tight security, but was stolen and leaked online. It emerged that Samuel L. Jackson had used a printer while in Canada, and a digital copy of the script was left behind. So, ironically, the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the source of the leak.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. research facility in the movie was actually NASA’s Plum Brook Station, the world’s largest space environment simulation chamber, which is used to test rocket engines and space stations.
Army reserve soldiers assigned to Ohio’s 391st Military Police Battalion provided background action during the battle scenes.
To prepare for his role as Hawkeye, Jeremy Renner trained with Olympic archers.
Natalie Portman was set to return as Jane Foster for a cameo in the film, but she fell pregnant and opted out.
Robert Downey Jr. asked the Marvel production team for permission to keep the letter ‘A’ that was on the Stark Tower, but they said no. However, on his next birthday the manager gave it to him as his birthday gift.
Don’t miss The Avengers on Sunday, 19 June at 8PM.