they were fighting thanos in avengers infinity war.
they were fighting thanos in avengers infinity war.
who are they fighting in avengers infinity war?
thanos
in october 2014, marvel announced a two-part sequel to "" (2015), titled "avengers: infinity war". "part 1" was scheduled to be released on may 4, 2018, with "part 2" scheduled for may 3, 2019. in april 2015, marvel announced that anthony and joe russo would direct both parts of "avengers: infinity war", with back-to-back filming expected to begin in 2016. the next month, christopher markus and stephen mcfeely had signed on to write the screenplays for both parts of the film, which draws inspiration from jim starlin's 1991 "the infinity gauntlet" comic and jonathan hickman's 2013 "infinity" comic. anthony russo added the film was inspired by 1990s heist films, with thanos "on a smash-and-grab [to acquire the infinity stones], and everybody's trying to catch up the whole movie". producer kevin feige said that the "infinity war" films were subtitled "part 1" and "part 2" "because they [have] such shared elements, it felt appropriate... but i wouldn't call it one story that's cut in half. i would say it's going to be two distinct movies". in may 2016, the russos revealed that they would retitle the two films, to further remove the misconception that they were one large film split in two, with joe stating, "the intention is we will change [the titles], we just haven't come up with [them] yet". that july, marvel revealed "part 1"s title would be shortened to simply "avengers: infinity war".
avengers: infinity war
unlike "infinity war", "avengers: endgame" features mainly an original story that does not draw inspiration from any existing comics. joe russo explained, "i think we're in pretty fresh territory with "avengers 4". if anything, i think it's interesting after to go back and look at some of the marvel films and view them through a different lens. but i can't think of any comics in particular that would have value" to give a basis for the film's story. joe russo also described the second film as "more of an epic adventure in the classic sense, with huge emotional stakes". hope van dyne / wasp and carol danvers / captain marvel both only appear in the sequel, in order to preserve their debuts in "ant-man and the wasp" and "captain marvel", respectively, which were released between "infinity war" and "endgame". other characters, such as hawkeye and ant-man, were excluded in "infinity war" for "a very specific story choice". joe russo said "we have a really interesting story cooked up for both of those characters, and part of that story required that they be under house arrest [in "infinity war"]." the russos also revealed that, despite not appearing in "infinity war", the events of the film killed betty ross and sif, previously portrayed in the mcu by liv tyler and jaimie alexander, respectively.
production of avengers: infinity war and avengers: endgame