Marvel Studios has released some early concept art posters for next spring’s The Avengers, including The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Ironman (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson).

The Avengers’ Cast Hits Comic-Con

Director Joss Whedon says the film is  influenced in a big way by the early ’60s “Avengers” comics that he was a fan of while growing up. “In those comics these people shouldn’t be in the same room let alone on the same team – and that is the definition of family.” Boo-yah!

The rest of the cast includes Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson from Ironman, Tom Hiddleston (Loki) and Stellan Skarsgaard (Prof. Selvig) reprising their roles from Thor, Colbie Smulders (“How I Met Your Mother”), Jenny Agutter (American Werewolf in London) and the voices of Paul Bettany and Lou Ferrigno.

As soon as the trailer (that appears at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger and was shown at Comic Con) is officially released online, we’ll post it (everything out there right now is either bootleg or fan-made).

The Avengers assemble nearly all over the planet on May 4, 2012 .