Avengers: Age of Ultron

Avengers director Joss Whedon announced during San Diego Comic Con's Marvel Studios presentation that the villain in the next Avengers movie will be Ultron. The movie will be titled Avengers: Age of Ultron.

The product of writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema, the artificial intelligence known as Ultron made its debut in Avengers #54 and its first full blown appearance in Avengers #55.  As its back story goes, Ultron was created by Henry Pym (Ant-Man) and its considerable artificial intelligence is based on Pym's brain patterns.

Ultron was ranked #23 in IGN's 2009 list of comic book villains. It also starred in a major crossover event that concluded this past spring and was known as "The Age of Ultron". Considering the title of the upcoming move, one can only wonder how much of the movie's plot is tied to the "Age of Ultron" crossover event.