James Spader Cast As Ultron In The Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Here's some rather unusual casting news that might take the focus off Ben Affleck as Batman for awhile. Marvel has just announced that James Spader will play Ultron in The Avengers: Age Of Ultron. According to the Marvel press release, Spader earned three Emmy Awards for his role as Alan Shore on "Boston Legal" and "The Practice," and will return to television this fall in NBC's highly anticipated series "The Blacklist." Most recently Spader was seen in the critically-acclaimed film "Lincoln" directed by Steven Spielberg and has previously worked with a long list of accomplished film directors including David Cronenberg, Curtis Hansen, Sidney Lumet, Mike Nichols, Tim Robbins, Robert Rodriguez, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone.  David Mamet also directed Spader in the Broadway play Race. "Avengers: Age of Ultron" will bring the Marvel Universe's biggest heroes together again to face one of their biggest villains, with "Marvel's The Avengers" director Joss Whedon returning to write and direct the sequel. "Marvel's The Avengers" was released in 2012 and went on to earn $1.5 billion worldwide, making it the third-largest grossing movie of all time. Spader is represented by ICM Partners and his lawyer Melanie Cook at Ziffren Brittenham. The Avengers: Age Of Ultron is scheduled to be released in movie theaters on May 1, 2015.