Next year’s Avengers: Infinity War and its as-yet-untitled sequel are set to serve as the culmination of everything we’ve seen from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date, with Marvel suggesting we’ll be seeing a very different landscape in Phase Four as the focus shifts from some of the original Avengers towards the more recent additions to the MCU.
Speaking to Joblo, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has confirmed that Infinity War will mark the “final chapter” for certain characters, although he refused to confirm or deny whether this would include Chris Evans’ Captain America and Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, instead deflecting the question by responding that: “We have another two years of hard work to even finish these movies, and they [the actors] have a lot of hard work to do, so thats all we’re thinking about, is completing those and delivering on the promise of those. Where it goes beyond that, we’ll see.”
Marvel has come in for some criticism in recent years for refusing to kill off any of its major characters, but it seems that could be about to change when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes go up against Thanos. That being said, it’s also possible that characters could survive and simply hang up their capes until a new threat (and a new contract) comes calling.
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Which characters do you think we’ll be saying goodbye to in Avengers: Infinity War? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment – the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.
Avengers: Infinity War opens on April 27th 2018 in the UK and May 4th 2018 in the US and will feature an all-star cast including Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Sean Gunn (Rocket) Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Sean Gunn (Kraglin), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Winston Duke (Man-Ape) and Peter Dinklage and Terry Notary in unconfirmed roles.
Dave Mullins says
There must always be a Stark in the MCU
Brodie Marschall says
Yeah, I agree. There must always be A Steve Rogers And Thor in the MCU Cause I hope RDJ, Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth sign up For Iron Man 4, Cap 4 and Thor 4 since they want to keep playing the characters As long as they want, regardless of their age. If everything goes well with Infinity War, They’ll convince Marvel To Renew their contracts for more movies Cause I wanna see Iron Man take on the Mandarin in Iron Man 4 combing storylines like World’s Most Wanted, The Secret Origin of Tony Stark and the Rings of The Mandarin, the Secret Empire and The Ballard of Beta Ray Bill Storylines in Cap 4 and Thor 4. Even if They killed off some of the mainstay heroes, They’d still have unfinished stories to tell. Cause I wanna see Vision/Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and Black Widow movies set after Infinity War. You See, Disney doing Toy Story 4 in 2019 might actually convince Them to do franchises beyond 3 movies And make them realise that they’ve got so many stories to tell left with these characters, least of all, Iron Man, Cap and Thor and all the other MCU heroes. Hopefully, This means we’ll get A Star Wars Episode 10 And Indiana Jones 6 depending on the fourth movie and Indiana 5’s success.
Dave Mullins says
I think that there’s also this idea that keeping the actors and characters young-ish is the way to go. But it robs the films of interesting stories. I mean, you could totally do an Unforgiven type story with Cap or Iron Man, down the track (or Spider-Man: Reign, which is something I’ve been dying to see adapted). I think that writing or adapting interesting stories will keep the actors returning to the roles. But we’ll see
Brodie Marschall says
Yeah, Maybe they Could make the MCU a floating timeline where the characters don’t age just like how The 616 Universe is. That’s Why Marvel Studios should take this idea to keep the actors around for as long as they want.