AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Check Out The Writers' Plans For The Movie's Final Battle And Time-Travel Scenes

AVENGERS: ENDGAME - Check Out The Writers' Plans For The Movie's Final Battle And Time-Travel Scenes

During Comic-Con, Avengers: Endgame writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely offered fans a glimpse inside their writers room, and we now have hi-res images showing how they dreamed up key sequences.

By JoshWilding - Aug 05, 2019 03:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers: Endgame
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Avengers: Endgame can't have been an easy movie to put together, and some photos shared by writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely shed some light on just how much work went into creating both the time-travel sequences and that massive final battle between Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the Mad Titan, Thanos. 

In the first image, we see how the writers mapped out where each of the Infinity Stones where at key times in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's history in order to establish where the team would have to travel back to in order to bring them into the present day. 

The second image is even more interesting, though, as it reveals how the writers went about creating that final battle. As you can see, there are lots of moments that didn't make the final cut, including Spider-Man and Bucky saving War Machine and a scene with Thanos smashing Mjolnir by the sounds of things (unless that's meant to be a reference to the shield). 

These provide a fascinating insight into Markus and McFeely's process so each photo is well worth checking out. Interestingly, trading cards were used to represent each of the characters!





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This moment is bound to go down in history as being pretty momentous as it's the first time our new Captain America wielded his shield. As you can see, the rebuilt version has been redesigned. 
 
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As you'll see by watching the featurettes on the digital release of Avengers: Endgame, when Cap is swinging Mjolnir in the movie, there's actually no hammer on the end of the weapon's handle!
 
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This behind the scenes shot puts the spotlight on Robert Downey Jr. as he takes advice from the Russo Brothers for what was a pretty momentous moment as he recorded a farewell message.
 
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The diner scene was added in reshoots when the filmmakers decided to scrap Bruce Banner's transformation into Smart Hulk in Avengers: Infinity War. Here, we get to see how that was set-up.
 
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This costume didn't last particularly long, as it was only used in Captain Marvel's post-credits scene and Avengers: Endgame's opening sequence with Iron Man and Thanos on Titan II. 
 
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This was hard to see unless you watched an IMAX version of Endgame, but when Carol Danvers was hanging around the Avengers Compound, she actually had the suit on beneath that tank top.
 
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When the final battle was being shot, Carol Danvers may have had shorter hair, but she was decked out in her original suit. Those tracking marks were there to change it in post-production, though.
 
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The cast stops for a brief moment of levity on the movie's set. It's amazing to see the changes these characters go through in the post-production stage (Iron Man and Spider-Man, for example). 
 
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Marvel Studios' own Trinity assembles here and, as you can see, Robert Downey Jr. isn't even decked out in his armour! Thor, meanwhile, has yet to undergo his Viking-like transformation.
 
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A-Force assembles! These female heroes coming together was a great moment and one that definitely would have inspired a lot of people out there regardless of what gender they happen to be.
 
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Marvel Studios clearly didn't want the paparazzi getting any shots of these characters, hence why massive green screens have been constructed. These shots definitely would have got fans talking!
 
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Who said Brie Larson never smiles, eh? (well, trolls mostly). In this image, we see the Oscar-winning actress holding the Stark Gauntlet as she races through the battlefield.
 
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Marvel Studios clearly didn't ever plan on making practical versions of the Team Suits, which is why the heroes are decked out in their regular outfits for the costumes to then be added down the line. 
 
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Gwyneth Paltrow finally got the chance to suit up in Avengers: Endgame, but just like Robert Downey Jr., she only had to wear the top half of the armour as the rest was added with visual effects.
 
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A-Force runs into action here, and what an awesome sight it makes for. Fans are hopeful that an all-female team could assemble down the line, but nothing has been confirmed yet.
 
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The women of A-Force come together to celebrate finishing their scenes. For these stars, it must have been quite an occasion and things really are changing for female superheroes on screen. 
 
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What a transformation for the God of Thunder! He was completely unrecognisable by the time we caught up with him after that five year time-jump and clearly in a deep stage of depression. 
 
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And now we know how the hunky Chris Hemsworth was transformed into the "Bro" version of Thor. That suit can't have been light, but it's shocking how realistic it looks on the Aussie actor. 
 
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Hawkeye's transformation into Ronin will be explored in his solo series on Disney+, and this stunning behind the scenes shot from his reunion with Black Widow serves as a pretty nice teaser. 
 
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This is clearly from a costume test as Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder sits back in his new attire and a rather snazzy pair of Crocs. Who could have guessed we'd ever see this on the big screen? 
 
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Some have accused Marvel Studios of using Bro Thor solely for comedic purposes, but his story arc was a lot of fun and his transformation into this version of the God of Thunder was definitely awesome. 
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Robby
Robby - 8/5/2019, 3:55 AM
Can someone explain to me what Valkyrie 1945 under the Space stone means?
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 8/5/2019, 4:01 AM
@Robby - I think that may be a reference to Red Skull's ship
Bokis
Bokis - 8/5/2019, 3:57 AM
That’s honestly a real cool insight to their thought process. Must have been really hard to decide which movies/moments to go back to. I’m happy with the once we got though!
case
case - 8/5/2019, 4:18 AM
I feel like they could’ve done better than Morag.
Kurne
Kurne - 8/5/2019, 4:39 AM
@case - I think it was the easiest way, at least when you look back at its possession in GotG 1. After Quill stole it there, they had it for the rest of the movie.

Only other option I can think of is sending Rocket and someone else to steal it from the Guardians when they were delivering it to the Collector. They might even have had to reveal themselves and try to cooperate with them. Very risky tho.
case
case - 8/5/2019, 5:03 AM
@Kurne - Definitely the easiest. And seeing Quill dance without the sound was pretty fun... Xandar or the Kyln would’ve been a lot more fun though, if it didn’t blow the budget out even further. Maybe I just wanted more Groot and Rocket.
Nebula
Nebula - 8/5/2019, 4:40 AM
As much as they had a tough job set for them, that seems like a [frick]ton of fun.
Nebula
Nebula - 8/5/2019, 4:42 AM
Also seems like art imitating life, what with this scene (which I loved)..
Kurne
Kurne - 8/5/2019, 4:44 AM
Them choosing to collect the Space, Mind and Time stone in 2012 was absolutely the best option they had. All in one place. Even knowing that Tony screwed up, any other way still would have been more risky/difficult considering they had limited particles to get in and out.
Vigor
Vigor - 8/5/2019, 5:22 AM
@Kurne - that was Natasha's idea 🙂
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 8/5/2019, 2:41 PM
@Kurne - From a storytelling perspective, I really like how they tied Pym Particles to the time jumps. Without some limited resource like that, the team could have just made six separate trips at full strength. Very smart plotting to break them into teams (even if we didn't get quite as much of the heist itself as I would have wanted).
BertieGregory
BertieGregory - 8/5/2019, 7:40 AM
I was thinking also that when they lost the Tesseract and Loki in 2012, there was a way that Tony could've conclusively found a time and place to get the cube and Pym particles. He could've gone back to Stark tower while the Avengers were out eating Schwarma or whatever, and asked Jarvis to pull up all the data from Howard Stark and Shield - remember he had successfully hacked into all of Shield's mainframe on the Hellicarrier the day before, and he had all of Howard Stark's notes from IM2. It's a good thing his memory was good enough!
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 8/5/2019, 7:53 AM
Wait... this is the first time I'm realizing that the Avengers made a mistake with their plan. It says here (and the way I remember it) was that the Eye of Agamotto was in Kamar-Taj until Doctor Strange took it. And only after that it was in New York.

But the Avengers assumed Strange was in New York in 2012 with the Eye and were wrong. So, if they hadn't met the Ancient One there, they would have been shit out of luck.

It doesn't matter much to the movie itself, but it's a neat little character wrinkle. Doctor Strange is sort of a loner and nobody in the Avengers actually knows anything about him, so they were just guessing. The only time that any of them 100% knew he was in New York would have been Thor in Ragnarok. But... Thor's memory ain't what it used to be.

Skrull
Skrull - 8/5/2019, 10:38 PM
@Spock0Clock - The obvious answer is that TAO took the Eye to the New York sanctum when she went there to defend it. As Sorcerer Supreme, she was the only person who could use the Time Stone in battle. Was it a fortuitous coincidence? Yes. But it made perfect sense for her to have the stone there.
geekarchitect
geekarchitect - 8/5/2019, 9:09 AM
Is the Pegasus Project by Mar-vell also at Camp Lehigh?
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 8/5/2019, 2:38 PM
@geekarchitect - Based on how I remember the terrain, I wouldn't think so.

This board was probably made before the details of Captain Marvel's script was worked out (and at the very least the Tesseract spent a couple of years in the 90's in orbit).
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