A Comprehensive Seven-Minute Recap of All of the Marvel Films Leading Up to ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’

Multimedia journalist Abraham Riesman has created a comprehensive seven-minute recap for Vulture of all of the live-action Marvel films in anticipation of the upcoming superhero movie Avengers: Age of Ultron. The new Avengers flick, directed by Joss Whedon, is scheduled to smash into theaters on May 1, 2015.

Here’s everything you need to know before watching “Avengers: Age of Ultron” — we’ve saved you the trouble of catching up on the continuity from the previous movies, TV series, comics tie-ins, and DVD extras. (read more)