I was actually surprised to not see a thread on this already. But Variety is reporting that Paul Bettany will play the synthezoid Avenger the Vision in the next Avengers movie.
If Ultron is going to be the main villain, I guess that makes sense (since the comic book Vision was originally created by Ultron.) The fact that Paul Bettany also provides the voice for the “Jarvis” mainframe computer in the Iron-Man movies also seems to suggest that the movie Ultron will be created by Stark, rather than Hank Pym.
Also, with Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch & Vision now officially in the film, it seems that the movie team’s roster is expanding more & more into the second-tier heroes instead of the marquee names - Iron-Man, Thor, Captain America & the Hulk. It’s not that I don’t like Pietro, Wanda or the Vizh (the latter being one of my favorite characters from the series), but adding so many extra heroes into the mix is making it dangerously over-crowded. After all, how many lines did Hawkeye even get in the first film, and now they’re bringing in three more heroes to share the spotlight?
Anyway, anybody have any thoughts on this?