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Marvel Cinematic Universe

Avengers

Age of Ultron

Film · 2015 · 141 minutes · Phase Two

Following their raid on a Hydra base to reclaim Loki's scepter, Tony Stark and Bruce Banner secretly use the scepter's Mind Stone to complete Stark's dormant "Ultron" peacekeeping program, hoping to retire the Avengers from active duty. The program becomes self-aware, decides mankind itself is the threat to global peace, and sets out to force human extinction to save the world. As Ultron builds a synthetic body and allies with the enhanced twins Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, the Avengers must reunite, gain new allies including Vision, and stop Ultron from lifting a Sokovian city into the sky to trigger an extinction-level impact event.

Follows on from

  • The Avengers
    direct-sequel — Picks up with the Avengers as an active team recovering Loki's scepter, the object whose Mind Stone directly enables the creation of Ultron and Vision; ongoing team relationships and the group's status quo carry over directly.

Leads to

  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season 2
    crossover · optional — Coulson's helicarrier joins the evacuation of Sokovia in the film's finale, the moment that brings the two rival S.H.I.E.L.D. factions back together; the season is followable without it.
  • Captain America: Civil War
    direct-sequel — Picks up on the fallout from the Avengers' battle in Sokovia and other civilian casualties across their operations, which directly triggers the Sokovia Accords conflict that drives the film's plot and splits the team into opposing factions.
  • Thor: Ragnarok
    crossover · optional — Explains where Bruce Banner disappeared to after flying the Quinjet away at the end of Age of Ultron -- he crash-landed on Sakaar and has been trapped there as the Hulk, the gladiatorial champion Thor is forced to fight.
  • Avengers: Infinity War
    direct-sequel — Direct continuation of the core Avengers team and roster established after Age of Ultron, including Vision (created from the Mind Stone) and Wanda Maximoff, both central to this film's plot.
  • What If... Ultron Won? — S01E08
    timeline-branch — Reimagines the climax of Avengers: Age of Ultron — instead of the Avengers destroying him, Ultron succeeds in transferring his mind into Vision's body, diverging the timeline into one where he wins outright.