When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster.
As fans of
How I Met Your Mother will know, the actresses hair is far shorter in the following pictures than usual. I always thought it was pretty unlikely that they'd convince her to cut her hair as short as the comic book character, and with filming having already begun on
The Avengers, I'd bet that this (or something similar) is the look we'll see in the upcoming movie. Either way, this is our first look at what Smulders looks like with slightly shorter hair. A great casting choice for Maria Hill, eh?
The photos were taken yesterday at the 2011 CBS Upfront at The Tent at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Meanwhile, with an all star cast which includes Chris Evans as Captain America, Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Rufallo as Bruce Banner, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Tom Hiddleston as Loki,
The Avengers is set to be released on May 4, 2012!