Mark Ruffalo Set for Upcoming Film 'The Avengers'

According to an article from Zap2It.com, Mark Ruffalo is set to play Bruce "The Hulk" Banner in the upcoming film "The Avengers."

Also starring in the film will be Jeremy Renner playing Clint "Hawkeye" Barton. Joss Whedon will direct.

Whedon spoke to an audience at Comic-Con and said, "I have had this dream all my life and it was not this good. I want to thank Kevin so much for assembling my dream team. This cast is more than I could have never dreamed of working with. I am going to blow it. I am not up to it. I need your love and your support."

The announcement was made at Marvel Studios' session, which included clips, cast and crew from the upcoming films "Thor" and "Captain America: The First Avenger." Thor is due out in May 2011 while "Captain America: The First Avenger" is due out in July of 2011. The two movies also debuted new art and posters at Comic-Con. "The Avengers" brings together characters from both movies, plus new ones, and is due out May 2012.

Mark Ruffalo is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He portrayed Stan in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," Inspector David Toschi in the 2007 film "Zodiac" and US Marshal Chuck Aule in "Shutter Island". Ruffalo has also appeared as a romantic leading man in "13 Going on 30" (2004), "Just Like Heaven" (2005) and "Rumor Has It" (2005).

In 2006, Ruffalo starred in Clifford Odets's Awake and Sing! at the Belasco Theatre in New York, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play.

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