We’re just a few weeks away from the release of Avengers: Infinity War — its release date was recently bumped up a week to April 27th — and now, Marvel has released new trailer to stir up some more excitement for the upcoming superhero showdown.
Infinity War promises to be one of the biggest films Marvel has ever made, combining almost every single superhero from across the 18-film franchise that began 10 years ago with the release of Iron Man in 2008. As the star-studded trailer shows, Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther, Chris Evans’ Captain America, Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, Paul Rudd’s Ant-Man, the rest of the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and pretty much every other ancillary character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe are back.
All these highly paid actors will be joining forces against the villainous Thanos (Josh Brolin), the big bad that Marvel has been teasing in post-credit stingers since the first Avengers film was released six years ago. Thanos is trying to gather the six Infinity Stones, the MacGuffin items of power from across the various Marvel films. And judging by the trailer, it’ll be an uphill battle to stop him.
Avengers: Infinity War has already broken advance ticket sales records on Fandango becoming the best-selling superhero movie ever — and it only took six hours. Tickets went on sale at 6AM PST/9AM EST today.
At this point in time, Avengers: Infinity War is outstripping the first day 24-hour ticket sales of both Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Fandango’s previous superhero first day advance-ticket seller, and Black Panther.
Back in January when we noticed that Black Panther was beating Captain America: Civil War as the highest Marvel pre-seller in 24 hours, we were cautioned by analysts about making lofty box office opening projections given the anomaly that the Ryan Coogler-directed was. No one believed a deeper universe character such as Black Panther would overindex to such great heights. But indeed, Black Panther beat the 3-day opening of Civil War, $202M to $179.1M.
In a Fandango survey of more than 1,000 moviegoers who snapped up Infinity War tickets this morning:
–97% can’t wait to see how dozens of heroes work together in the same film
–94% are excited to see different franchise characters (Guardians, Avengers, etc.) meeting one another for the first time.
–92% see “Infinity War” as the culmination of all of the MCU films before it.
–87% have seen all of the MCU movies.
–71% saw Black Panther on the big screen.
–60% claim Black Panther made them even more excited to see Avengers: Infinity War.
With every Fandango VIP purchase of Infinity War tickets, Fandango FanShop is offering a complimentary poster from the film sketched by artist Kaz Oomori, while supplies last (one example of image above).
"Avengers: Infinity War" hits theaters on April 27, but the new official trailer holds plenty of clues as to what is in store for Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
“Avengers: Infinity War” is the biggest event the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever offered. Pulling together characters and clues from across the franchise, the past 10 years of Marvel Studios’ huge run is finally culminating in a two-part Avengers epic that will rock audiences and change everything. Seriously, everything.
There’s been plenty of speculation about which characters will die and other surprises, but the official trailer for “Avengers: Infinity War” holds plenty of clues about what is to come for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Here’s everything we noticed and what it could mean for the MCU going forward.
The trailer kickstarts with an ominous spaceship over Manhattan. Thanos has arrived! And Gamora, his daughter, explains to Tony Stark just who her father is and why he’s on a quest to wield the Infinity Gauntlet, that badass gold glove that holds all of the Infinity Stones. Once Thanos has all the Infinity Stones, he can easily destroy the universe.
Several of the Infinity Stones have popped up over the course of the MCU films, from “Doctor Strange” to “Guardians of the Galaxy” (and even that really bad Thor movie). There’s still one Infinity Stone that hasn’t been shown, the Soul Stone. This will likely come into play either in “Infinity War” or the second part, the Untitled Avengers sequel film due in the spring of 2019. Maybe Captain Marvel has it?
There’s also a quick shot of three key Avengers: Black Widow and Bruce Banner have reunited! But more importantly, Rhodey is suited up in his Iron Patriot gear. Rhodey was still learning to walk courtesy of Tony’s technology at the end of “Captain America: Civil War,” so this is a big development.
Speaking of the Infinity Stones, Vision currently has the Mind Stone lodged in his head, and an ominous glance between him and Scarlet Witch speaks volumes. Vision is hiding out in Wakanda, but he’s a big target for Thanos. Lucky for him, Scarlet Witch has a soft spot for him, and she just happens to be one of the most powerful beings in the MCU. Wanda already controlled the mind stone in “Civil War,” so she could be the key to keeping Vision alive.
Captain America and Black Widow have arrived in Wakanda, which would arguably be the safest place to hide Vision. The Avengers might have split up after “Civil War,” but just behind them are Rhodey and Bruce Banner. The feud between Captain America and Iron Man must be over, and Rhodey must not harbor any ill-will towards Cap, Falcon, or Vision, all of whom had a hand in his accident. Banner (who was busy with the events depicted in “Thor: Ragnarok”) has also finally teamed back up with his friends.
From here, there are teases of a flashback sequence, giving us some insight into Thanos’ backstory. Thanos is a Titan, but he was born with a physical deformity (the Deviants gene), which made his mother try to kill him at birth. Thanos eventually falls in love with Mistress Death and becomes the powerful, nihilistic murderer shown in the trailer.
That tiny green hand gripping onto Thanos? It seems to be Gamora as a child. In “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2,” Gamora and her sister, Nebula, talked about how Thanos would make them fight as children, training them to be soldiers. Gamora always won, and has Thanos’ favor. She could be a big key in taking down Thanos…or she might be a liability for the Avengers.
“The end is near. When I’m done, half of humanity will still exist.” These words are spoken by Thanos, who grips Thor’s head, making the God of Thunder scream in agony. Thor isn’t a human, but it’s an ominous sign that he is shown in the clutches of Thanos just as he speaks about death. The Russo Brothers have been pretty frank about everyone’s favorite Avengers dying (not to mention many of the actors’ contacts being completed), and it feels like fans might be saying goodbye to Thor this time around.
Just after Thor screams, there’s a quick shot of the Black Order, Thanos’ powerful alien supervillain team. There’s Black Dwarf, Proxima Midnight, Corvius Glave, Ebony Maw…and Loki. Thanos then squeezes the Tesseract, turning it into the Space Stone. It seems like Thor has been betrayed by his brother once more, and Loki definitely stole the Tesseract from Odin’s Trophy Room at the end of “Thor: Ragnarok.” Seems like his change of heart wasn’t permanent.
The battle has come to Wakanda, and even Tony’s Hulkbuster armor doesn’t seem to stand a chance against Thanos. While the sight of Tony with his armor half-destroyed does seem ominous, the Avengers can’t quite exist without Tony, even if he’s just pulling the purse strings offscreen.
Instead, it’s the shot of Thanos pouncing towards Cap that seems more telling. Although Steve is holding back the Infinity Gauntlet, time could be up for Steve Rogers during the Infinity War. The films have quietly teased the Winter Soldier as Captain America, something that happens in the comics, so there could be a very emotional goodbye to one of the MCU’s biggest heroes.
One last thing to note: The Infinity Gauntlet only holds two stones, the Space Stone and the Power Stone (which the Guardians were in possession of). For the moment, it seems Vision and Doctor Strange, who holds the Time Stone in his Eye of Agamotto amulet, could be safe. But there’s always Part Two.
“Avengers: Infinity War” hits theaters on April 27, and advance tickets are now on sale via Fandango. A complimentary “Infinity War” poster is also available with every VIP purchase of advance tickets while supplies last.
The Children of Thanos
Brolin says Thanos may be cruel, but he does not consider himself heartless and professes to care deeply for Gamora. We see some of that supposed tenderness in this shot of the little girl's green hand reaching out to hold his giant one. He thinks he's treating her well. So does every abusive parent.
