Avengers: Endgame is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and set for distribution by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is set to be the direct sequel to 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, a sequel to 2012’s Marvel’s The Avengers and 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo with a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and features an ensemble cast of actors from previous MCU films.
The film was announced in October 2014 as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 2. The Russo brothers came on board to direct in April 2015, and by May, Markus and McFeely signed on to script the film. In July 2016, Marvel removed the title, referring to it simply as Untitled Avengers film. Filming began in August 2017 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, shooting back-to-back with Avengers: Infinity War, and ended in January 2018. Additional filming took place in the Downtown and Metro Atlanta areas and New York. The title was revealed in December 2018.
How long will it be?
Get your butts ready – it looks like we could definitely be in for a three hour trip to the cinema. In a recent interview with Empire Magazine, the Russo Brothers spoke about how they’re struggling to cut down the length as the April release of Infinity War draws ever closer.
According to the pair, “There’s a high probability that this movie will clock in at around three hours. It’s a big movie with a lot of story.”
Joe Russo previously admitted on Instagram that “the running time on Avengers 4 is currently sitting right at three hours. We’ll see if that holds.”
Although that seemed up in the air, it seems they’re definitely sticking to their guns.
Speaking to Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Joe Russo said that early test screenings are reacting positively to the lengthy run time.
“I think the studio is down with what the best story is. Right now, we think the movie is playing well and we’ve had great responses from our test audiences and we’re feeling very good about where it is. We’re still doing work to it. We’re not done with it. Again, this is a culmination film of 22 movies, it’s a lot of storytelling to work into it. Emotion is an intrinsic part of that to us,” he explained.
“When you have to tell a really complicated story and you want strong emotional moments with the characters, it just requires a certain amount of real estate. This one, in particular, feels like three hours worth of real estate.”
Although it sounds like a test for the strongest of bladders, Coming Soon’s Alan Cerny says that there could be an intermission to break things up. A welcome loo break no doubt, but could it also be a chance for us to have a good old cry as some of our favourite Avengers bite the dust? Who knows.
What is the title and release date for Avengers 4?
The film – which is currently going by the title Untitled Avengers Sequel – will be released in the UK on April 26, 2019, and in the US on May 3, 2019.
As for the title, Mark Ruffalo teased fans that he’d accidentally revealed it during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
“I trust that you will cut my spoiler slip on the show tonight. That was “off the record” homey. Please don’t get me in trouble with Marvel (Barry) again. DM me back”, he wrote.
Ruffalo, of course, is known for letting the cat out of the bag – having inadvertently revealed the Infinity War ending a year before it was released.
When the footage aired, it saw Ruffalo’s admission being bleeped. But has he revealed it? Probably not – we think he’s having one over on the fans here.
The Russo brothers were seemingly in on the joke too, telling Mark he’s fired…
Is Avengers 4 the second part of Infinity War?
Nope.
Originally, Infinity War was set to be released in two parts – Part 1 and Part 2 – but on May 4, 2016 the Avengers directors Joe and Anthony Russo revealed that this was no longer the case. The first film will retain the title Infinity War, while the second – aka Avengers 4 – is currently untitled.
“The movies are two very different movies,” Joe Russo said earlier this year. “The intention is we will change it; we just haven’t come up with the titles yet. But yes, we will change it.”
Do we have any idea of the plot for Avengers 4?
Details on the plot of the new film are scarce at present, but the events of Avengers 4 will surely pick up from where Infinity War leaves off next year – especially given that Avengers 4 is being treated as a sequel.
However, an official synopsis has provided a few cryptic clues.
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos,” the synopsis reads.
“With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.”
So, it’s the rescue effort that we expected it to be. Still, that’s one mammoth task.
At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, we saw Thanos (Josh Brolin) successfully collecting all six infinity stones, and managing to complete his grand plan: removing half of the universe’s population from existence. As he did this, we saw him get rid of Black Panther, Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch and Star-Lord, amongst others. The sequel will undoubtedly deal with the loss of all the heroes, and that massive cliff hanger we were left on.
In June 2018, Popbuzz reported that Marvel Studios shared two featurettes to fans at CineEurope in Barcelona – one from Avengers 4 and one from the upcoming Captain Marvel movie. If what has been reported is true, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) have a discussion in the film about multiple realities. This suggests that Ant-Man will have a sizeable part in the movie. But this was all according to a Reddit user who watched the featurettes. Believe what you will.
A new interview with Robert Downey Jr., meanwhile, could have revealed a spoiler for the upcoming movie. Eagle-eyed fans on Twitter have noticed the background in a recent video interview with the actor is suspiciously similar to that of Shuri’s lab in Infinity War.
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