Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow…
Next year’s Avengers 4 is set to be a landmark moment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having been described as both the end of one era of the MCU and the beginning of another. And, sure enough, Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo has promised that fans can expect another “big game changer” at the end of the as-yet-untitled sequel.
“Obviously Thanos is a very formidable villain and to beat Thanos will come at a very high cost,” Russo told Sway’s Universe. “We’re committed to stakes, we believe in stakes, and we like to shake up the Marvel Universe. We had a big game-changer at the end of Winter Soldier, had a big game-changer at the end of Civil War, a big game-changer at the end of Infinity War. Obviously, there will be a big game changer at the end of Avengers 4.”
As Russo mentions, the ending of Captain America: The Winter Soldier saw the dissolution of S.H.I.E.L.D., the ending of Captain America: Civil War saw the dissolution of The Avengers, and the ending of Avengers: Infinity War saw the literal dissolution of half of all life in the universe. Quite how the Russos plan to top that with Avengers 4 remains to be seen, but past form suggest that it will have some enormous ramifications for the MCU going forward.
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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).
