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Marvel just dropped a second official trailer for Avengers: Age Of Ultron during ESPN’s coverage of the inaugural College Football Playoff National Championship. We get more of the evil A.I.-gone-haywire Ultron, the Avengers team in distress and that haunting Pinocchio theme. The 1:40-minute peek aired during…

EXCLUSIVE: Robert Downey Jr is set for another huge payday from a mega-hit Marvel movie, this time Iron Man 3. I’ve learned he’s already made $35 million from the actioner, which grossed $680 million worldwide in its first 12 days. He should exceed his biggest payday to date — that $50M from The Avengers which I’ve…

RELATED: Hot Trailer: 'Much Ado About Nothing' THURSDAY PM: Joss Whedon is making a much anticipated appearance at SXSW to present his indie modern retelling of the Shakespeare comedy Much Ado About Nothing. That’s the microbudgeted pic he shot in 12 days in secret under his Bellwether Pictures banner while working on…

UPDATE: Marvel Studios has weighed in with a statement that confirms the 2015 release date that Deadline had heard about the sequel to The Avengers. “Joss Whedon has signed an exclusive deal with Marvel Studios for film and television through the end of June 2015. As part of that deal, Whedon will write and direct Marv…