Avengers to face 'Age of Ultron' in 2015

Marvel announced the new title Saturday at Comic-Con.

Marvel's Avengers will be facing the super-villain Ultron in the forthcoming sequel to the 2012's blockbuster superhero team-up film.

Marvel made the announced Saturday during its film panel at San Diego Comic-Con Saturday, revealing the 2015 feature has the title, "The Avengers: Age of Ultron."

According The Hollywood Report, actor Tom Hiddleston, who plays Loki in "Thor," "The Avengers" and the upcoming "Thor: The Dark World," started Marvel's panel by arriving in character.

Later, "Avengers" director Joss Whedon introduced a video that revealed Ultron's head, followed by the new title.

Ultron first appeared in 1968 in "Avengers" #54, although his identity was not revealed until the next issue. A robot with artificial intelligence, Ultron has sparred with the Avengers and others off and on for the past 45 years in multiple versions. He most recently appeared in the crossover series "Age of Ultron," in which he enslaves the world and sets out to exterminate the planet's heroes. It is unclear at this time how much this storyline, if any, will be used in the film.

"Iron Man 3" was the first film in Marvel's Phase II series of films leading up to "The Avengers: Age of Ultron," and will be followed by this fall's "Thor: The Dark World" and next year's "Captain America: The Winter Solider."

'Chuck' movie 'a couple years' away, but star Zachary Levi wants it to happen

Actor Zachary Levi, who is at San Diego Comic Con for the third straight year with his Nerd HQ setup, believes a movie based on the NBC series "Chuck" is "a couple years" away.

"Chuck" ran from 2007 to 2012 on NBC.

In an interview with TV Line's Michael Auisello, Levy said of the movie, "I want it to happen. I've talked to Warner Bros. about it. I think that it sits right now in everyone's head as 'yeah, that could definitely be something we could do together.'

"It's not going to happen for a couple of years," he said, pointing out that the series, which ran for five seasons, is still on the air in some countries, and he doesn't was "spoil" the finale for them.

Asked about the Kickstarter route, which has been successful recently for several projects, including the "Veronica Mars" movie, Levi said was more interested in creating a new model, akin to video games in which players pre-buy the game before release and, for a premium, get a "special edition."

He specifically pointed to the situation in which people who paid $10,000 toward other projects earned a walk-on role, adding that he was more interested in a "flat rate" approach. Additionally, he didn't want the project to be entirely dependent on raising a certain amount of money from fans.

Levy will return to Broadway after Comic Con to his part in the comedic musical "First Date," which gave him a week off from previews so he could meet his Nerd HQ committments.

He will next be seen on the big screen in Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World," in which he will be playing Fandral, taking over the part from Josh Dallas, who couldn't appear in the comic book sequel due to his commitments to ABC's "Once Upon a Time."