Leading Cast
Chris Pratt: Owen Grady
Supporting Cast
Bryce Dallas Howard: Claire
Vincent D'Onofrio: Hoskins
Ty Simpkins: Gray
Nick Robinson: Zach
Jake Johnson: Lowery
Omar Sy: Barry
B.D. Wong: Dr. Henry Wu
Judy Greer: Karen
Irrfan Khan: Masrani
Lauren Lapkus: Vivian
Brian Tee: Hamada
Katie McGrath: Zara
Andy Buckley: Scott
Eric Edelstein: Paddock Supervisor
Courtney Clark: Mosasaurus Announcer
Colby Boothman: Young Raptor Handler
James DuMont: Hal Osterly
Matthew Burke: Jim Drucker
Anna Talakkottur: Erica Brand
Matty Cardarople: Gyrosphere Operator
Michael Papajohn: InGen Contractor
William Gary Smith: Park Ranger
Kelly Washington: Zach's Girlfriend
Isaac Keys: Control Room Security Guard
Patrick Crowley: Flight Instructor
Chad Randall: InGen Soldier
Gary Weeks: Father of Three
Bill Ogilvie: Spanish Parkgoer
Allan Tam: Chinese Parkgoer
Yvonne Welch: Italian Mother
Chloe Perrin: Italian Girl
Timothy Eulich: ACU Trooper
Kevin Foster: ACU Gunner
Bonnie Wild: Park Announcer
Brad Bird: Monorail Announcer
Colin Trevorrow: Mr. DNA
Cameos
Jimmy Fallon: Himself
Production and Technical Credits
Colin Trevorrow: Director
Colin Trevorrow: Screenwriter
Derek Connolly: Screenwriter
Rick Jaffa: Screenwriter
Amanda Silver: Screenwriter
Rick Jaffa: Story Creator
Amanda Silver: Story Creator
Michael Crichton: Based on Characters Created By
Frank Marshall: Producer
Patrick Crowley: Producer
Steven Spielberg: Executive Producer
Thomas Tull: Executive Producer
Ed Verreaux: Production Designer
Kevin Stitt: Editor
Michael Giacchino: Composer
John Schwartzman: Director of Photography
Daniel Orlandi: Costume Designer
John Williams: Song Writer-Jurassic Park Theme By
John Papsidera: Casting Director
Tim Alexander: Visual Effects Supervisor
Glen McIntosh: Visual Effects Animation Supervisor
Patrick Crowley: Unit Production Manager
Chris Castaldi: First Assistant Director
Jason Roberts: Second Assistant Director
Trevor Waterson: Co-Producer
Christopher Raimo: Associate Producer
Russell Allen: Production Supervisor
Doug Meerdink: Supervising Art Director
Christa Munro: Art Director
Sam Avila: Art Director-Assistant Art Director
Mike Piccirillo: Art Department Coordinator
Ron Reiss: Set Decorator
Masako Masuda: Set Designer-Digital Set Designer
Randall Wilkins: Set Designer-Digital Set Designer
Forest Fischer: Set Designer-Digital Set Designer
Ernie Avila: Set Designer
George Lee-McDonnell: Set Designer
Kevin Loo: Set Designer
Todd Cherniawsky: Set Designer
Lorrie Campbell: Set Designer
David Chow: Set Designer
Kirk Francis: Sound Mixer
Stephen M. Rickert,Jr.: Additional Editor
Al Nelson: Supervising Sound Editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle: Supervising Sound Editor
Al Nelson: Sound Designer
Pete Horner: Sound Designer
Christopher Boyes: Re-recording Mixer
Pete Horner: Re-recording Mixer
Kris Cole: Assistant Editor
Heather Mullen: Assistant Editor
Brendan Walsh: Assistant Editor
Melanie DeForrest: Key Make-Up Artist
Vivian Baker: Makeup
Mary Mastro: Hairstylist
Peter Tothpal: Hairstylist
Luca Kouimelis: Script Supervisor
Deanna Brigidi-Stewart: Additional Casting-Casting Associate
Kim Winther: Casting Assistant
Scott Guitteau: Sound Effects Editor
Ben Burtt: Sound Effects Editor
Pascal Garneau: Sound Effects Editor
Brad Semenoff: Dialogue Editor
Chris Manning: Foley Mixer
Frank Rinella: Foley Mixer
Paul Apelgren: Music Editor
Alex Levy: Music Editor
Chris O’ Hara: Stunt Coordinator
Martin Klebba: Stunts
Steve Orlando: Assistant Sound Designer
Steve Orlando: Assistant Supervising Sound Editor
8. The Lion King
The Lion King is the top 8 animation movies of all time. It is released on 24 June 1994. This film has a remake version which is the same name as this movie. The directors of this film are Jon Favreau. Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
The Lion King is a 2019 American musical drama film directed and produced by Jon Favreau, written by Jeff Nathanson, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Fairview Entertainment. It is a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The film stars the voices of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver, Florence Kasumba, Eric André, Keegan-Michael Key, JD McCrary, Shahadi Wright Joseph, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, as well as James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original film. The plot follows Simba, a young lion who must embrace his role as the rightful king of his homeland following the murder of his father, Mufasa, at the hands of his uncle, Scar.
Plans for a remake of 1994's The Lion King were confirmed in September 2016 following box office successes for Disney remakes such as The Jungle Book (2016), which was also directed by Favreau. Favreau was inspired by certain roles of characters in the Broadway adaptation and developed upon elements of the original film's story. Much of the main cast signed in early 2017, and principal photography began in mid-2017 on a blue screen stage in Los Angeles. The "virtual-reality tools" utilized in The Jungle Book's cinematography were used to a greater degree during the filming of The Lion King. Composers Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and lyricist Tim Rice, all of whom worked on the original's soundtrack, returned to compose the score alongside Knowles-Carter, who assisted John in the reworking of the soundtrack and wrote a new song for the film, titled "Spirit", which she also performed. The film serves as the final credit for editor Mark Livolsi, and it is dedicated to his memory. With an estimated budget of around $260 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.
The film premiered in Hollywood on July 9, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 19, 2019, in the Dolby Cinema, RealD 3D and IMAX formats. It has grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide during its theatrical run, overtaking Frozen to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time. It also became the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time and the second-highest-grossing film of 2019. The Lion King received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its visual effects, music, and vocal performances (particularly Rogen and Eichner), but criticism for its lack of originality. The film received nominations for Best Animated Feature Film and Original Song categories at the 77th Golden Globe Awards and 25th Critics' Choice Awards. It was also nominated for the 73rd British Academy Film Awards and the 92nd Academy Awards, both for visual effects. A follow-up film is in development with Barry Jenkins attached to direct.
Story
In the Pride Lands of Africa, a pride of lions rule over the animal kingdom from Pride Rock. King Mufasa and Queen Sarabi present their newborn son, Simba, to the gathering animals by Rafiki the mandrill, the kingdom's shaman and advisor.
Mufasa shows Simba the Pride Lands and explains to him the responsibilities of kingship and the "circle of life," which connects all living things. Mufasa's younger brother, Scar, covets the throne and plots to get rid of Mufasa and Simba, so he may become king. He tricks Simba and his best friend Nala into exploring a forbidden elephants' graveyard, where they are chased by a clan of hyenas led by the ruthless Shenzi. Mufasa hears about the incident from his majordomo, the hornbill Zazu, and rescues the cubs. Though upset with Simba, Mufasa forgives him and explains that the great kings of the past watch over them from the night sky, from which he will one day watch over Simba. Meanwhile, Scar visits the hyenas and convinces them to help him overthrow Mufasa in exchange for hunting rights in the Pride Lands.
Scar sets a trap for his brother and nephew, luring Simba into a gorge and having the hyenas drive a large herd of wildebeest into a stampede that will trample him. He informs Mufasa of Simba's peril, knowing that the king will rush to save his son. Mufasa saves Simba but ends up hanging perilously from the gorge's edge. Scar refuses to help Mufasa, instead of sending him to fall to his death. He then convinces Simba that the tragedy was Simba's own fault and advises him to leave the kingdom and never return. He orders the hyenas to kill the cub, but Simba escapes. Scar tells the pride that the stampede killed Mufasa and Simba and steps forward as the new king, allowing Shenzi's clan to live in the Pride Lands.
Timon and Pumbaa, a meerkat and warthog, rescue Simba, who collapses in a desert. Simba grows up in the oasis with his two new friends and other animals in their oasis, living a carefree life under the motto "Hakuna Matata" ("no worries" in Swahili).
A grown-up Simba rescues Timon and Pumbaa from a hungry lioness, who turns out to be Nala. She and Simba reunite and fall in love, and she urges him to return home, telling him that the Pride Lands have become a drought-stricken wasteland under Scar's reign. Feeling guilty over his father's death, Simba refuses and storms off. He then encounters Rafiki, who tells him that Mufasa's spirit lives on in Simba. Simba visits the ghost of Mufasa in the night sky, who tells him that he must take his rightful place as king. Realizing that he can no longer run from his past, Simba decides to return to the Pride Lands.
Aided by his friends, Simba sneaks past the hyenas at Pride Rock and confronts Scar, who was about to fight Sarabi. Scar taunts Simba over his role in Mufasa's death and backs him to the edge of the rock, where he reveals to him that he murdered Mufasa. Enraged, Simba tells the truth to the rest of the pride. Scar attempts to defend himself, but his knowledge of Mufasa's last moment (despite having previously claimed that he arrived too late at the gorge) exposes his role in Mufasa's death. Timon, Pumbaa, Rafiki, Zazu, and the lionesses fend off the hyenas while Scar, attempting to escape, is cornered at a ledge near the top of Pride Rock. Scar begs for mercy and attempts to blame his crimes on the hyenas; Simba spares his life but orders him to leave the Pride Lands forever. Scar refuses and attacks his nephew, but Simba throws him off the cliff after a brief fight. Scar survives the fall but gets attacked and mauled to death by the hyenas, who overheard his attempt to betray them. Afterwards, Simba takes over the kingship and makes Nala his queen.
With the Pride Lands restored to their usual state, Rafiki presents Simba and Nala's newborn cub to the assembled animals, continuing the circle of life.
Lead Ensemble Members
Donald Glover: Simba
Beyoncé Knowles: Nala
James Earl Jones: Mufasa
Chiwetel Ejiofor: Scar
Billy Eichner: Timon
Seth Rogen: Pumbaa
John Oliver: Zazu
Keegan-Michael Key: Kamari
John Kani: Rafiki
Alfre Woodard: Sarabi
Eric Andre: Azizi
Florence Kasumba: Shenzi
JD McCrary: Young Simba
Shahadi Wright Joseph: Young Nala
Supporting Cast
Amy Sedaris: Guinea Fowl
Chance Bennett: Bush Baby
Josh McCrary: Elephant Shrew
Phil LaMarr: Impala
Production and Technical Credits
Jon Favreau: Director
Jeff Nathanson: Screenwriter
Brenda Chapman: Story by
Irene Mecchi: Story based on “The Lion King” by
Jonathan Roberts: Story based on “The Lion King” by
Linda Woolverton: Story based on “The Lion King” by
Jon Favreau: Producer
Karen Gilchrist: Producer
Jeffrey Silver: Producer
Mark Livolsi: Editor
Hans Zimmer: Composer
Caleb Deschanel: Director of Photography
Robert Legato: Visual Effects Supervisor
Adam Valdez: Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrew R. Jones: Visual Effects Supervisor
Elliot Newman: Visual Effects Supervisor
9. Furious 7
In the list of top 9 Furious 7 is here. This movie was released on April 2, 2015. The Director of this movie is James Wan. Distributed by Universal pictures, China film group corporation.
Furious 7 (also known as Fast & Furious 7) is a 2015 American action film directed by James Wan and written by Chris Morgan. It is the sequel to Fast & Furious 6 (2013), which serves as the seventh instalment in the Fast & Furious franchise. The film stars Vin Diesel, Paul Walker (in his final film role), Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Djimon Hounsou, Kurt Russell, and Jason Statham. In the film, Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner, and the rest of their team have returned to the United States to live normal lives after securing amnesty for their past crimes, until Deckard Shaw, a rogue special force assassin seeking to avenge his comatose younger brother, puts the team in danger once again.
Plans for a seventh instalment were first announced in February 2012 when Johnson stated that production on the film would begin after the completion of Fast & Furious 6. In April 2013, Wan, predominantly known for horror films, was announced to direct the film. The casting showed the returns of Diesel and Walker that same month. Principal photography began that September in Atlanta, but was indefinitely suspended in November after Walker's death; filming resumed in April 2014 and ended in July, with Walkers' brothers Caleb and Cody standing in to complete his remaining scenes, causing a delay to its 2015 release date; with other filming locations including Los Angeles, Colorado, Abu Dhabi, and Tokyo. With an estimated production budget of up to $250 million, it is one of the most expensive films ever made.
Furious 7 premiered in Los Angeles on April 1, 2015, and was theatrically released in the United States on April 3, exactly six years after the fourth film was released. Upon release, the film became a critical and box office success, with praise being aimed at the film's action sequences and its emotional tribute to Walker. It grossed $397.6 million worldwide during its opening weekend, which was the highest of all time at the time. The film grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third highest-grossing film of 2015 and the fourth highest-grossing film of all time at the time of release. It was the highest-grossing film of 2015 at the domestic box office. Additionally, Furious 7 became the highest-grossing film of the franchise in the first twelve days of its theatrical release and ranks as the highest-grossing film in the franchise to date. A sequel, The Fate of the Furious, was released in April 2017.
Story
After defeating Owen Shaw and securing amnesty for their past crimes, Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner and the team have returned to the United States to live normal lives. Brian accustoms himself to life as a father, while Dom tries to help Letty Ortiz regain her memory. Meanwhile, Owen's older brother, Deckard, breaks into the hospital where the comatose Owen is held, before breaking into the DSS office in Los Angeles to extract profiles of Dom's crew. After revealing his identity, Deckard fights Luke Hobbs and escapes, detonating a bomb that severely injures Hobbs. Dom later learns from his sister Mia that she is pregnant again and convinces her to tell Brian. However, a letter bomb, sent from Tokyo, explodes and destroys the Toretto house shortly after Han Lue, a member of Dom's team, is apparently killed by Deckard in Tokyo.
Dom travels to Tokyo to retrieve Han's body and acquires the objects found at the crash site from Han's friend, Sean Boswell. As Dom, Brian, Tej Parker, and Roman Pearce mourn Han and Gisele Yashar at Han's funeral in Los Angeles, Dom confronts Deckard in an underground tunnel. Deckard flees when a covert ops team arrives and opens fire, led by a man only known as Mr. Nobody. At his airbase of operations in El Segundo, California, Mr. Nobody says that he will help Dom in stopping Deckard if he helps him get God's Eye, a computer program that uses digital devices to track down a person, and save its creator, a hacker named Ramsey, from a Nigerian terrorist named Mose Jakande. The team soon airdrops their off-road modified cars over the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan, ambush Jakande's convoy and rescues Ramsey. They go to Abu Dhabi and steal the flash drive containing the God's Eye chip from a billionaire hidden in a Lykan HyperSport. With God's Eye near telecommunications repeaters, Dom, Brian, Nobody, and his team track down and capture Deckard, but are ambushed by Jakande and his henchmen and forced to flee while Jakande obtains God's Eye. As Mr. Nobody is med-evaded, the team returns to Los Angeles where Dom plans to singlehandedly fight Deckard alone, while Letty, Brian, Tej, and Roman resolve to protect Ramsey from Jakande. Later on, Brian promises Mia that he will fully dedicate himself to their family after he defeats Deckard and Jakande.
As Jakande pursues Brian and the rest of the team with a stealth helicopter and an aerial drone, Ramsey attempts to hack into God's Eye. Hobbs, discovering the situation, leaves the hospital and destroys the drone with an ambulance. Brian battles and kills Jakande's henchman Kiet before hijacking a signal repeater tower, allowing Ramsey to regain control of God's Eye and shut it down. Meanwhile, Dom and Deckard engage in a one-on-one brawl on top of a public parking garage. Jakande intervenes and attacks them both; Dom uses the distraction to defeat Deckard by causing part of the parking garage to collapse beneath him. Dom attempts to crash his Dodge Charger onto Jakande's helicopter; he leaves a bag of grenades on the helicopter and crashes on the rubble of the garage. Hobbs shoots the grenades, destroying the helicopter and killing Jakande. After Brian and Hobbs help Letty bring out Dom's unconscious body, she cradles him and fully regains her memories by remembering their wedding. Dom regains consciousness after Letty tells him this. Deckard is taken into custody by Hobbs and locked away in a secret, high-security CIA prison.
Later, the rest of the team relax on a tropical beach. Brian and Mia play with their son Jack while Dom, Letty, Roman, Tej, and Ramsey look on, acknowledging that Brian is happily retired with his family. Dom drives away and Brian catches up with him. As Dom recalls his memories with Brian, the two bid each other farewell and drive off in separate directions.
Leading Cast
Vin Diesel: Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker: Brian O'Conner
Supporting Cast
Michelle Rodriguez: Letty
Jordana Brewster: Mia
Dwayne Johnson: Hobbs
Jason Statham: Deckard Shaw
Kurt Russell: Mr. Nobody
Tyrese Gibson: Roman
Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges: Tej
Lucas Black: Sean Boswell
Nathalie Emmanuel: Ramsey
Elsa Pataky: Elena
Gal Gadot: Gisele
John Brotherton: Sheppard
Luke Evans: Owen Shaw
Tony Jaa: Kiet
Djimon Hounsou: Jakande
Noel Gugliemi: Hector
Ali Fazal: Safar
Sung Kang: Han
Ronda Rousey: Kara
Miller Kimsey: Jack
Charlie Kimsey: Jack
Eden Estrella: Samantha Hobbs
Gentry White: Letty Fan
Iggy Azalea: Female Racer
Jon Lee Brody: Male Racer
Levy Tran: Race Starter
Anna Colwell: Hot Teacher
Viktor Hernandez: Doctor
Steve Coulter: Priest
Robert Pralgo: Merc Tech
Antwan Mills: Weapons Tech
J.J. Phillips: Billionaire
Jorge Ferragut: Dominican Priest
Sara Sohn: Hana
Ben Blankenship: Merc Driver
D.J. Hapa: DJ
T-Pain*: DJ
Brian Mahoney: Drone Tech
Brittney Alger: Jasmine
Romeo Santos: Mando
Jocelin Donahue: Advisor
Stephanie Langston: Field Reporter
Jorge-Luis Pallo: Cop
Production and Technical Credits
James Wan: Director
Chris Morgan: Screenwriter
Gary Scott Thompson: Based on Characters Created by
Neal H. Moritz: Producer
Vin Diesel: Producer
Michael Fottrell: Producer
Amanda Lewis: Executive Producer
Samantha Vincent: Executive Producer
Chris Morgan: Executive Producer
Bill Brzeski: Production Designer
Christian Wagner: Editor
Dylan Highsmith: Editor
Kirk Morri: Editor
Leigh Folsom-Boyd: Editor
Brian Tyler: Composer
Stephen F. Windon: Director of Photography
Michael J. Wassel: Visual Effects Supervisor
Kelvin McIlwain: Visual Effects Supervisor
Sanja Milkovic Hays: Costume Designer
Anne McCarthy: Casting Director
Kelly Roy: Casting Director
Michael Fottrell: Unit Production Manager
Albert Cho: First Assistant Director
Jeff Bilger: Second Assistant Director
Spiro Razatos: Second Unit Director
Spiro Razatos: Stunt Coordinator
Karen Murphy-Mundell*: Visual Effects Producer
Adam McCarthy: Co-Producer
Brandon Birtell: Co-Producer
F. Valentino Morales: Associate Producer
Desma Murphy: Supervising Art Director
Jonathan Carlos: Art Director
Alan Hook: Art Director
Jay Pelissier: Art Director
Brian Stultz: Art Director
Danielle Berman: Set Decorator
Tim Earls: Set Designer
Mayumi Konishi-Valentine: Set Designer
Sarah Forrest: Set Designer
Anne Porter: Set Designer
James Mackinnon: Makeup
Sarah Mays: Makeup
Autumn Butler: Makeup
Linda Flowers: Hairstylist
Jennifer Santiago: Hairstylist
Nava Sadan: Costume Supervisor
Brenda Wachel: Script Supervisor
Dan Sudick: Special Effects Coordinator
Peter Brown: Sound Designer
Jon Taylor: Re-recording Mixer
Frank A. Montano: Re-recording Mixer
David Kern: Additional Editor
Anna Mackenzie: Supervising Dialogue Editor
Stephen P. Robinson: Sound Effects Editor
Ann Scibelli: Sound Effects Editor
Jay Wilkinson: Sound Effects Editor
Dino DiMuro: Sound Effects Editor
Glynna Grimala: Sound Effects Editor
Frederick H. Stahly: Dialogue Editor
Paul Rabjohns: Supervising Music Editor
Joe Lisanti: Music Editor
Matthew Llewellyn: Music Editor
Robb Boyd: Music Editor
Joel Kramer: Supervising Stunt Coordinator
Oakley Lehman: Stunt Coordinator
Troy Robinson: Stunt Coordinator
Marty Eli Schwartz: First Assistant Director (Second Unit)
Marty Eli Schwartz: Second Unit Director
Igor Meglic: Second Unit Camera
Andy Gill: Stunt Coordinator-Second Unit
Jack Gill: Second Unit Director
Brett Robinson: First Assistant Director/Second Assistant Director/Second Second Assistant Director
10. The Avengers
And here is the last movie on our list The Avengers. The directors of this movie are Joe Russo, Anthony Russo and Joss Whedon.
Marvel's The Avengers (classified under the name Marvel Avengers Assemble in the United Kingdom and Ireland) or simply The Avengers, is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the sixth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the film features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner as the Avengers, alongside Tom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg, Cobie Smulders, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson. In the film, Nick Fury and the spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D. recruit Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, and Thor to form a team capable of stopping Thor's brother Loki from subjugating Earth.
The film's development began when Marvel Studios received a loan from Merrill Lynch in April 2005. After the success of the film Iron Man in May 2008, Marvel announced that The Avengers would be released in July 2011 and would bring together Tony Stark (Downey), Steve Rogers (Evans), Bruce Banner (Ruffalo), and Thor (Hemsworth) from Marvel's previous films. With the signing of Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in March 2009, the film was pushed back for a 2012 release. Whedon was brought on board in April 2010 and rewrote the original screenplay by Zak Penn. Production began in April 2011 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, before moving to Cleveland, Ohio in August and New York City in September. The film has more than 2,200 visual effects shots.
The Avengers premiered in Los Angeles on April 11, 2012, and was released in the United States on May 4, as the last film of Phase One of the MCU. The film received praise for Whedon's direction and screenplay, visual effects, action sequences, acting, and musical score, and garnered numerous awards and nominations including Academy Award and BAFTA nominations for achievements in visual effects. The film grossed over $1.5 billion worldwide, setting numerous box office records and becoming the third-highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release and the highest-grossing film of 2012, as well as the first Marvel production to generate $1 billion in ticket sales. In 2017, The Avengers was featured as one of the 100 greatest films of all time in an Empire magazine poll. Three sequels have been released: Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Story
The Asgardian Loki encounters the Other, the leader of an extraterrestrial race known as the Chitauri. In exchange for retrieving the Tesseract, a powerful energy source of unknown potential, the Other promises Loki an army with which he can subjugate Earth. Nick Fury, director of the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., arrives at a remote research facility, where physicist Dr. Erik Selvig is leading a team experimenting on the Tesseract. The Tesseract suddenly activates and opens a wormhole, allowing Loki to reach Earth. Loki steals the Tesseract and uses his sceptre to enslave Selvig and other agents, including Clint Barton, to aid him.
In response, Fury reactivates the "Avengers Initiative". Agent Natasha Romanoff heads to Kolkata to recruit Dr. Bruce Banner to trace the Tesseract through its gamma radiation emissions. Fury approaches Steve Rogers to retrieve the Tesseract, and Agent Phil Coulson visits Tony Stark to have him check Selvig's research. Loki is in Stuttgart, where Barton steals the iridium needed to stabilize the Tesseract's power, leading to a confrontation with Rogers, Stark, and Romanoff that ends with Loki's surrender. While Loki gets escorted to S.H.I.E.L.D., his adoptive brother Thor arrives and frees him, hoping to convince him to abandon his plan and return to Asgard. Stark and Rogers intervene and Loki is taken to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s flying aircraft carrier, the Helicarrier, where he is imprisoned.
The Avengers become divided over how to approach Loki and the revelation that S.H.I.E.L.D. plans to harness the Tesseract to develop powerful weapons as a deterrent against hostile extraterrestrials. As they argue, Loki's agents attack the Helicarrier, and the stress causes Banner to transform into the Hulk. Stark and Rogers work to restart the damaged engine, and Thor attempts to stop the Hulk's rampage. Romanoff knocks Barton unconscious, breaking Loki's mind control. Loki escapes after killing Coulson and Fury uses Coulson's death to motivate the Avengers into working as a team. Loki uses the Tesseract and a wormhole generator Selvig built to open a wormhole above Stark Tower to the Chitauri fleet in space, launching his invasion.
Rogers, Stark, Romanoff, Barton, Thor, and the Hulk rally in defence of New York City, and together the Avengers battle the Chitauri. The Hulk beats Loki into submission. Romanoff makes her way to the generator, where Selvig, freed from Loki's mind control, reveals that Loki's sceptre can shut down the generator. Fury's superiors from the World Security Council attempted to end the invasion by launching a nuclear missile at Midtown Manhattan. Stark intercepts the missile and takes it through the wormhole toward the Chitauri fleet. The missile detonates, destroying the Chitauri mothership and disabling its forces on Earth. Stark's suit loses power, and he goes into freefall, but the Hulk saves him. In the aftermath, Thor returns with Loki and the Tesseract to Asgard, where Loki will face their justice.
In a mid-credits scene, the Other confers with his master about the failed attack on Earth.
Leading Cast
Tom Hiddleston: Loki
Lead Ensemble Members
Robert Downey, Jr.: Tony Stark/Iron Man
Chris Evans: Steve Rogers / Captain America
Mark Ruffalo: Bruce Banner / The Hulk
Chris Hemsworth: Thor
Scarlett Johansson: Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
Jeremy Renner: Clint Barton / Hawkeye
Samuel L. Jackson: Nick Fury
Supporting Cast
Clark Gregg: Agent Phil Coulson
Cobie Smulders: Agent Maria Hill
Jenny Agutter: World Security Council
Jerzy Skolimowski: Nick Fury
Stellan Skarsgård: Selvig
Gwyneth Paltrow: Pepper Potts
Paul Bettany: Jarvis
Alexis Denisof: The Other
Tina Benko: NASA Scientist
Kirill Nikiforov: Weaselly Thug
Jeff Wolfe: Tall Thug
M'Laah Singh: Young Girl
Rashmi Rustagi: Calcutta Woman
Powers Boothe: World Security Council
Donald Li: World Security Council
Warren Kole: Carrier Bridge Tech
Alicia Sixtos: Carrier Bridge Tech
Jesse Garcia: Carrier Bridge Tech
Maximiliano Hernández: Agent Jasper Sitwell
Dieter Riesle: Gala Scientist
Kenneth Tigar: German Old Man
Walter Perez: Young Shield Pilot
Harry Dean Stanton: Security Guard
Josh Cowdery: Maintenance Guy
Ashley Johnson: Waitress
Katsumi Komatsu: Japanese Family
Yumiko Komatsu: Japanese Family
Momoko Komatsu: Japanese Family
Robert Clohessy: Police Sergeant
Enver Gjokaj: Young Cop
Fernanda Toker: Office Woman
Andrea Vecchio: News Reporter
Robin Swoboda: News Reporter
Brent McGee: Faceless Pilot
Jamie McShane: Celebration Montage Interviewee
Michael Zhang: Celebration Montage Interviewee
William Christopher Stevens: Celebration Montage Interviewee
Kelley Robins Hicks: Celebration Montage Interviewee
Romy Rosemont: Shawna Lynde
James Eckhouse: Senator Boynton
Damion Poitier: Man
Narrator(s)
Arthur Darbinyan: World Security Council
Cameos
Stan Lee: Random Citizen
Thomas Roberts: Himself
Pat Kiernan: Himself
Production and Technical Credits
Joss Whedon: Director
Joss Whedon: Screenwriter
Zak Penn: Story Creator
Stan Lee: Based on the Marvel Comics by
Jack Kirby: Based on the Marvel Comics by
Joe Simon: Captain America was created by
Jack Kirby: Captain America was created by
Kevin Feige: Producer
Louis D’Esposito: Executive Producer
Patricia Whitcher: Executive Producer
Victoria Alonso: Executive Producer
Jeremy Latcham: Executive Producer
Seamus McGarvey: Cinematographer
Jeffrey Ford: Editor
Lisa Lassek: Editor
Alan Silvestri: Composer
Dave Jordan: Music Supervisor
James Chinlund: Production Designer
Richard L. Johnson: Supervising Art Director
Ben Edelberg: Art Director
Jann Engel: Art Director
Greg Hooper: Art Director
William Hunter: Art Director
Randy Moore: Art Director
Victor J. Zolfo: Set Decorator
Alexander Byrne: Costume Designer
Steve Durkee: Music Editor
Jose Antonio Garcia: Sound Mixer
Frank Eulner: Supervising Sound Editor
Christopher Boyes: Supervising Sound Editor
Christopher Boyes: Sound Designer
Lora Hirschberg: Re-recording Mixer
Dan Sudick: Special Effects Supervisor
Janek Sirrs: Visual Effects Supervisor
Jeff White: Visual Effects Supervisor
David J. Grant: Associate Producer
Lars P. Winther: Assistant Director
John Mahaffie: Second Unit Director
Brad Shield: Second Unit Camera
Sarah Halley Finn: Casting Director
Randi Hiller: Casting Director
Robin Buday: Assistant Editor
The End
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