With the Avengers: Infinity War film production underway a couple of weeks ago, Marvel Studios knows how to get the hardcore fans on board early with all the right little teases. The first one comes in the form of a nearly four-minute piece where we get a few of the actors together, the directors, and overall producer talking about how this ten year plan is finally coming together. Of course, for many, the thrill is just in seeing the actors for Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Star-Lord together as it brings so many different pieces into play to face down the biggest threat that they’ll be facing yet.
Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, Paul Bettany as Vision, Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Vin Diesel as Groot, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Benedict Wong as Wong, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector, Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Josh Brolin as Thanos.
Avengers: Infinity War and the sequel are being shot back-to-back as part of one long production in 2016 and 2017, in anticipation of a May 2018 release for Part 1 and May 2019 release for untitled second part.
Plot concept: After the events of Captain America: Civil War, the Avengers remain fractured into two separate factions. However, nothing could prepare both sides for the biggest threat they’ve ever faced: the mad-titan Thanos who will stop at nothing to claim the Infinity Stones and subjugate the universe.
