It’s no surprise that a film like “The Avengers,” is filled with an insane amount of effects. But the amount of detail, especially in the film’s final battle scene in the streets of New York, is staggering. This great behind the scenes video from ILM shows great insight into just how much of the city was CG, and how they were able to pull it off so well.
Video of the Week: The Avengers VFX

The especially cool part of this is that this data can all be available for use in future movies as well!