It was clear to anyone from the beginning that the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War and it's still untitled sequel Avengers 4 will be an unprecedented endeavor and a film on the scale of which is very rarely seen, serving as a "finale" event of the
Marvel Cinematic Universe that we know up to this point and serving as a springboard into what's beyond.
Serving as the culmination of a decade long continuity
Avengers: Infinity War and
Avengers 4 will not only contain over 60 marvel characters and bring our heroes to confront the big bad first teased in 201
2's The Avengers and finding us at the end of the road that Tony Stark started that universe on back in 2008 but will also according to co-director Joe Russo have the task of touching upon everything that's happened along the way.
In a retrospective called “
Marvel Studios: The First Ten Years – The Evolution of Heroes” on the home video release of
Thor: Ragnarok the actor stated:
“Every story that Marvel has told since Iron Man 1 finds a narrative thread in these next two Avengers movies. It is a culmination of all that storytelling.”
It's a tall order and a high aim what with the number of films that have come out under the MCU banner including ones with sub plots and characters that have seemingly fallen by the wayside, it will be interesting just how these threads manifest themselves in the upcoming Avengers film.
Marvel mastermind Kevin Feige seems confident however as he again spoke about these films pulling together all that has been laid out and leading us forward to a very new MCU:
“With Infinity War, we’re paying off every little thread and every little tease that we’ve had in what will be 18 films prior to Infinity War. There’s never been anything like this. Being able to, film after film, tease at a larger story. Really building these stories up into a giant conclusion. While at the same time introducing an entirely new direction for the future.”
What do you think? Is Avengers: Infinity War going to pull this off? What plot threads would you like the two-part finale touch upon? Are there any that you are desperate to wrap up? And what do you hope for the future? Leave your thoughts below.