<prompt> Bheka isigaba esingezansi bese uphendula umbuzo emva kwalokho ngolimi olufanayo nesigaba: I-Passage: Imibono yefilimu esekelwe ku-The Avengers yaqala ngo-2003, lapho u-Avi Arad, oyi-CEO ye-Marvel Studios, eqala ukumemezela izinhlelo zokuthuthukisa ifilimu ngo-Ephreli 2005, ngemuva kokuthi i-Marvel Enterprises imemezele ukuzimela ngokuhlangana ne-Merrill Lynch ukukhiqiza uhlu lwamafilimu azosakazwa yiParamount Pictures. I-Marvel yaxoxa ngezinhlelo zabo emhlanganweni omfushane wabahlaziyi baseWall Street; inhloso yesitudiyo kwakuwukukhipha amafilimu ngamanye abalingiswa abakhulu - ukusungula ubunikazi babo nokujwayela izethameli nabo - ngaphambi kokuhlanganisa abalingiswa ndawonye kwifilimu ye-crossover. Umbhali wesikrini uZak Penn, owabhala i-The Incredible Hulk 2008, wajoyina ifilimu ngo-2006, futhi waqashwa yiMarvel Studios ukuthi abhale ifilimu ngoJuni 2007. Ngemuva kwesiteleka se-Writers Guild of America ngo-2007-2008, iMarvel yaxoxisana ne-Writers Guild of America ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ingadala amafilimu asuselwa kozakwabo bamahlaya, kufaka phakathi uCaptain America, u-Ant-Man kanye ne-The Avengers. Ngemuva kokukhishwa ngempumelelo kwe-Iron Man 2008 ngoMeyi, inkampani yabeka usuku lokukhishwa kukaJulayi 2011 lwe-The Avengers. NgoSepthemba 2008, iMarvel Studios yafinyelela esivumelwaneni neParamount - ukunwetshwa kobambiswano lwangaphambilini - olwanikeza inkampani amalungelo okusakaza amafilimu amahlanu eMarvel. Ukusakazwa kwaqala ngo-Okthoba 2008 ngokusayina kukaDowney. Yize uDon Cheadle naye kubikwa ukuthi uzophinda adlale indima yakhe ye-Iron Man 2 yeWar Machine yeThe Avengers, kamuva wathi akacabangi ukuthi lo mlingiswa uzovela kule filimu. Ngasikhathi sinye, kwavela amathemba amabili amakhulu eMarvel: UJon Favreau walethwa njengomkhiqizi ophethe ifilimu, futhi inkampani yasayina isivumelwano sesikhathi eside neRaleigh Studios ukukhiqiza amanye amafilimu amathathu amakhulu-Iron Man 2, Thor 2011, noCaptain America: The First Avenger 2011 endaweni yabo eManhattan Beach, eCalifornia. ULou Ferrigno, owaveza izwi likaHulk kuThe Incredible Hulk, wathi uzobandakanyeka kule filimu. Ngo-February 2009, uSamuel L. Jackson wasayina isivumelwano sezithombe eziyisishiyagalolunye no... Umbuzo: Ubani owashintshwa uScarlett Johansson?  <response>: U-Emily Blunt 