From the moment that Marvel first changed up its plans for Avengers: Infinity War – Part I and Avengers: Infinity War – Part II, the studio remained tight-lipped about the title for Avengers 4, referring to it simply as Untitled Avengers until the end of the first trailer where we finally got the big Avengers: Endgame reveal.
Earlier this year, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige claimed that Endgame was always going to be the title, but it seems that may not have been the case after all, as directors Anthony and Joe Russo have revealed to the Happy Sad Confused podcast that for “a long time”, the film was going by the title Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet.
Now, if you’d been following Infinity War and Endgame closely during their production, you may recall that Guardians of the Galaxy star Zoe Saldana referred to the latter as Infinity Gauntlet during the premiere of Guardians Vol. 2 back in 2017, although director James Gunn quickly downplayed the incident, suggesting that Saldana was misspeaking and simply confusing Infinity War for Infinity Gauntlet. Riiiiiight.
The Russos never went on to elaborate on the reason for the title change, although we suspect it was likely more to avoid any potential audience confusion with Infinity War rather than Saldana letting it slip early.
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Given the plot of Endgame, Infinity Gauntlet would certainly have been an appropriate title had they decided to stick to the original plan. But which do you prefer? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @FlickeringMyth…
Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang), Don Cheadle (War Machine), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Chris Pratt (Star-Lord), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Dave Bautista (Drax), Bradley Cooper (Rocket), Vin Diesel (Groot), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Gwyneth Paltrow (Pepper Potts), Evangeline Lilly (The Wasp), Letitia Wright (Shuri) and Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie).
Originally published May 10, 2019. Updated November 24, 2019.
