The MovieByte Podcast #136: Loki or Low Key?

Join TJ, Joe, and Clark to discuss this most important film installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’! The highs were high and the lows were low, which makes the conversation great. Also learn about Martin Freeman joining the cast of the upcoming ‘Captain America: Civil War’ and talk of the sequel to ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’.

• Martin Freeman joins ‘Captain America: Civil War’Sherlock and The Hobbit star Martin Freeman is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
• Spider-Man Movie: Sony & Marvel Spin Web Of Directors For New FranchiseThere is 50/50 and Warm Bodies writer/helmer Jonathan Levine; Ted Melfi, writer/director of Golden Globe-nommed St. Vincent; Pitch Perfect helmer Jason Moore; John Francis Daley & Jonathan M. Goldstein, the directors/writers of the updated version of John Hughes’ Vacation; and Napoleon Dynamite and Don Verdean writer/director Jared Hess.
• ‘Kingsman’ Sequel Coming Together at FoxIt was bound to happen, and now there’s some news: a Kingsman sequel is in the works at Fox.
• Theaters Are Fighting With Disney Over ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’Among other things, Disney demanded theaters stop matinee screenings of Avengers: Age of Ultron at 5 PM. It also wants to set the national average ticket price as the minimum on which it’ll split box office revenue — meaning that cinemas won’t make as much money off of Avengers: Age of Ultron if they don’t meet the national average ticket price.
• Joss Whedon Reveals What Thor’s Subplot Was Supposed to Be in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’One of the weirder digressions in Avengers: Age of Ultron has Thor seeking answers to questions that crop up in a nightmare sequence.
• This ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Plot Hole Will Be Filled on ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D’Last week’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. perfectly set up Avengers: Age of Ultron with plenty of references to the film’s opening sequence. Soon, we’ll see another Avengers sequence explained on the show.
• Avengers: Age of Ultron —  IMDbWhen Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it’s up to Earth’s mightiest heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting his terrible plans.
• Avengers: Age of Ultron — Rotten TomatoesCritics Consensus: Exuberant and eye-popping, Avengers: Age of Ultron serves as an overstuffed but mostly satisfying sequel, reuniting its predecessor’s unwieldy cast with a few new additions and a worthy foe.
• Avengers: Age of Ultron — Box Office MojoDomestic Total as of May. 4, 2015: $204,499,664 Distributor: Buena VistaRelease Date: May 1, 2015 Genre: Action / AdventureRuntime: N/A MPAA Rating: PG-13Production Budget: $250 million