Avengers by Edward Hopper (not really)

One in a series of concept paintings from early pre-production on The Avengers. Click for a much larger view.

You can get a sense of the tremendous care and talent that went into the movie, as well as the precision with which the visual concepts were worked out far in advance by the art director and his team.

(The movie discussion should probably continue in Octopunk's post, below; I just wanted to get this image up.)