Last week, Avengers: Infinity War screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely revealed that they briefly considered including Adam Warlock in the Marvel blockbuster, but directors Anthony and Joe Russo have now told fans that it was never in their plan to use the character.
“That’s a James Gunn thing — we never intended to put Adam Warlock in Infinity War,” said Anthony (via CBR). “We have so many heroes we have to service that you guys love and give them screen-time… You want to see the hero and villain to have an emotional connection. You wouldn’t have a connection to [Warlock] and he doesn’t have a connection with Thanos and a built-up story.”
Although he’s absent from Infinity War, Adam Warlock fans may not have too much longer to wait until the character makes his MCU debut; he was teased in a post-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and director James Gunn has teased on several occasions that he could feature in 2020’s Guardians Vol. 3.
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An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Avengers: Infinity War stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Paul Bettany (Vision), Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Don Cheadle (War Machine), 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), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Benicio Del Toro (The Collector), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Letitia Wright (Shuri), Winston Duke (M’Baku), Terry Notary (Cull Obsidian), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Ebony Maw), Carrie Coon (Proxima Midnight), Michael James Shaw (Corvus Glaive) and Peter Dinklage (Eitri).
