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AdAge: Marvel, Samsung’s VR experience throws you into epic Avenger’s battle 

To promote the new Galaxy S6 phone and Samsung’s tie-up with the upcoming “Avengers: Age of Ultron” film, which hits theaters tomorrow, Samsung and Marvel worked with 72andSunny to create a film and mobile campaign that also happens to promote the electronics giant’s Gear VR headset.

It begins with “Assemble,” a pair of online “recruitment” films directed by “The Amazing Spider-Man’s” Marc Webb. They show a young boy, a female engineer and pro athletes – surfer John John Florence, soccer star Lionel Messi, Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy and cyclist Fabian Cancellara – receiving mysterious suitcases that match each to an Avenger and send them to a secret hideout.