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Film: The Avengers

Some Assembly Required.

"There was an idea... called the Avengers Initiative. The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people. See if they could become something more. See if they could work together when we needed them to, to fight the battles that we never could."

— Nick Fury

The Avengers is a 2012 Live-Action Adaptation of The Avengers comic book directed by Joss Whedon and produced by Marvel Studios, with a cast composed of:

Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.)
Captain America/Capt. Steve Rogers (Chris Evans)
Incredible Hulk/Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo/Lou Ferrigno)
Thor (Chris Hemsworth)
Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson)
Hawkeye/Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner)
Loki (Tom Hiddleston)
Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson)
Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders)
Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg)

The story revolves around the heroes of the first five Marvel Cinematic Universe films (Iron Man 1, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger) banding together to form the eponymous super team as they tie up several unresolved plot threads from those movies.

Steve "Captain America" Rogers, found frozen alive and thawed in the modern day, must come to terms with the loss of his past life while trying to cope with the modern world. Meanwhile, Loki (the Big Bad of Thor) manages to make his way to Earth in pursuit of the Tesseract, and an entire army follows him.

SHIELD director Nick Fury recruits Rogers to join The Avengers alongside Tony "Iron Man" Stark, Thor, Bruce Banner (and The Hulk), Black Widow, and Hawkeye to face the threat of Loki's invasion. With conflicting personalities and motivations such as Thor wishing to protect his brother while stopping the invasion, the team must set their differences aside and work together if they hope to save the world.

An eight-issue Prequel comic, The Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week has also been released digitally, tying up loose ends from all movies and setting the stage for The Avengers. A second prequel mini-series focusing on Black Widow's activities leading up to the movie was also released.