'Avengers' remake to begin shooting next year

‘The Avengers’ will begin shooting in February 2011.

The Joss Whedon-directed comic book-adaptation – which features an all star cast including Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson and Natalie Portman – will begin shooting in later winter ahead of an expected release date of May 4, 2012.