“THE AVENGERS” Teaser Trailer

Samuel L. Jackson‘s narration sets up  the trailer for the forthcoming film adaptation of Marvel Comics “The Avengers“.

The team, comprised of earth’s mightiest heroes: Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor and Captain America, must unite in order to stop a threat to earth. While no details have officially been released on what exactly this threat will be (though most believe it to be the alien race of shape-shifting galactic conquerors known as The Skrull Empire) this film will be the first of it’s kind as a culmination of plot and star packages.

The film is set to star Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Scarlett Johannson as Natasha Romanov/Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.

Joss Whedon (TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly) is set to direct and The AVENGERS is slated to hit theaters May 4, 2012.