Marvel's The Avengers is a 2012 live-action superhero film produced by Touchstone Pictures and Marvel Studios respectively. Being a culmination of the popular franchises of Iron Man, The Hulk, Black/Hawkeye, Thor and Captain America in the popular Marvel Comics superhero team. It is the eighth film of phase 1 in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was released in theaters worldwide on May 4th 2012.