Marvel’s ‘The Avengers’ movie to close Tribeca Film Festival
The highly anticipated Marvel’s Avengers movie will close the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 28.
In doing this, the festival will be honoring heroes from police agencies, fire departments, first responders and various branches of the U.S. military. These local heroes will have an opportunity to attend the screening and meet the cast, according to a new release.
The film goes into wide release on May 4 and everyone in Marvel fandom is holding their breath for what we all hope is a spectacular movie bringing together Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Hawkeye, the Black Widow and Nick Fury. The movie is base on Marvel’s comic book series “The Avengers” which started out in 1963.
Joss Whedon, of “Buffy” fame and recently the “Star Trek” reboot, directed the film. “Showing at Tribeca is both an honor and a double homecoming for me, who grew up inManhattan, and for the movie, which wrapped production there. I’m thoroughly psyched to be closing the festival with our intimate little think-piece,” Whedon said in a release.
The movie starts Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Tom Hiddleston, with Stellan Skarsgard and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
