Avengers: Age of Ultron start shooting in Seoul on 30th.

Avengers: Age of Ultron is about to start shooting in Seoul, Korea beginning on Sunday 30th, 6am at Mapo Grand Bridge , and director Joss Whedonhe has apologized to the people of Seoul for blowing up city on camera and promised to try and minimize the inconvenience to Seoul citizens while shooting the film.

As the Seoul government also signed the paper to promise cooperation, traffic control is planned from 30th of March and continues until April 14. The major spots that will be closed due to the shooting will be Mapo Bridge, Banpo Floating Island, Sangam-dong Digital Media City Road, Chungdam Bridge, Gangnam areas and Kaywon University of Arts & Design.

As these places are connected with 72 bus routes and have floating population, the Seoul government announced that temporary routes and stations will replace the original ones. Moreover, the government promised to minimize the inconvenience by placing fire trucks at every shooting locations.

The 1.6-kilometer Mapo Bridge is expected to be heavily cordoned off, making it unlikely that the public and press will have access to the actual shooting or the stars.

Filming scheduled for April 6 in Gangnam Daero, however, is restricted to one side of the road, meaning people in cars and passersby may get a glimpse.

Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Korea are keeping details under wraps and the public has been warned not to post photos that might amount to spoiler images as they will face possible lawsuits.

Scarlett Johansson has said she will not come to Korea due to her pregnancy. Johansson has reportedly filmed much of her actions scenes earlier than originally planned.


Meanwhile, ‘The Avengers: Age of Ultron’ is a sequel to ‘The Avengers’ released in 2010. Since the film is produced by the same director Joss Whedon, the casts will be the same as well except for Korean actress Kim Soo Hyun(Claudia Kim)’s join as an important supporting character.