Avengers: Infinity War

***Avengers: Infinity War*** is a 2018 film and seventh in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Phase Three. It was produced by Marvel Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film was directed by Anthony & Joe Russo, from a screenplay written by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, with both teams having worked together on *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* and *Captain America: Civil War*.

Its scale is both grander and tonally different than *The Avengers* and *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (which were both written and directed by Joss Whedon), being a culmination of what Marvel Studios celebrates as a ten year journey bringing together various different aspects and threads from several different film series across eighteen different films for the biggest crossover event in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The story was concluded the next year with *Avengers: Endgame*.

## Release dates

* Dolby Theatre, United States: April 23, 2018
* United States: April 27, 2018

## Briefing

Intergalactic despot Thanos has emerged from the shadows to personally acquire all six Infinity Stones, which he plans to use to wipe out half of the universe's population to restore an unbalanced order. To combat this threat, the disbanded Avengers will have to reunite and band together all of their allies to prevent this universal devastation.

## Cast

### Main

* Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark (Iron Man).
* Chris Hemsworth as Thor Odinson.
* Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner (Hulk).
* Chris Evans as Steve Rogers (Captain America).
* Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff
* Don Cheadle as James Rhodes (War Machine).
* Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange (Doctor Strange).
* Tom Holland as Peter Parker (Spider-Man).
* Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa (Black Panther).
* Zoe Saldana as Gamora.
	+ Ariana Greenblatt as young Gamora.
* Karen Gillan as Nebula.
* Tom Hiddleston as Loki Laufeyson.
* Paul Bettany as Vision.
* Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch).
* Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson (Falcon).
* Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes (White Wolf).
* Idris Elba as Heimdall.
* Danai Gurira as Okoye
* Peter Dinklage as Eitri.
* Benedict Wong as Wong.
* Pom Klementieff as Mantis.
* Dave Bautista as Drax.
* Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot.
	+ Terry Notary provides on-set motion capture for Groot.
* Bradley Cooper as the voice Rocket.
	+ Sean Gunn provides on-set motion capture for Rocket.
* Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts.
* Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan (Collector).
* Josh Brolin as Thanos.
* Chris Pratt as Peter Quill (Star-Lord).

### Supporting

* William Hurt as Secretary of State Thunderbolt Ross.
* Letitia Wright as Shuri.
* Terry Notary as Cull Obsidian.
* Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw.
* Carrie Coon as Proxima Midnight.
	+ Monique Ganderton provides the majority of on-set motion capture as Coon was pregnant at the time of filming.
* Michael James Shaw as Corvus Glaive.
* Blair Jasin as street pedestrian #1.
* Matthew Zuk as street pedestrian #2.
* Kerry Condon as the voice of F.R.I.D.A.Y., Stark's suit A.I.
* Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds.
* Isabella Amara as Sally.
* Tiffany Espensen as Cindy.
* Ethan Dizon as Tiny.
* Stan Lee as bus driver.
* Laura Miller as Scottish news reporter
* Michael Anthony Rogers as Secretary Ross's aide 1.
* Stephen McFeely as Secretary Ross's aide 2.
* Ameenah Kaplan as Gamora's mother.
* Ross Marquand as Red Skull (Stonekeeper).
* Florence Kasumba as Ayo.
* Winston Duke as M'Baku.
* Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, former Deputy Director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

## Mentioned-only characters

* Morgan
* Harry Winstone
* Hela
* Frigga
* Odin
* Ego
* Meredith Quill
* Kevin Bacon
* Clint Barton
* Scott Lang (Ant-Man)
* Ovette
* Camaria
* J.A.R.V.I.S.
* Ultron
* A'Lars
* Cameron Klein

## Notes

* Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders are uncredited as Nick Fury and Maria Hill, respectively.
* Some of the film's plot and tone wasn't even written in the earliest drafts, with most of it being changed due to how *Thor: Ragnarok* and *Black Panther* turned out, as they were being developed and/or filmed at the same time.
* The film continues moments after the mid credits scene of *Ragnarok*.
	+ A lot of Thor's arc comes from *Ragnarok*, such as the death of his father and mother, his new look, and lose of his eye.
* Meredith Quill's death happened in *Guardians of the Galaxy*.
* Star-Lord had to kill Ego, his father, in *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2*.
* Rogers, Wilson, and Romanoff went on the run due to not signing the Sokovia Accords in *Captain America: Civil War*.
	+ Barnes and Lang have been put under house arrest, the latter's shown in *Ant-Man and the Wasp*, which was released directly after *Infinity War*.
* There is some awkward tension when Banner reunites with Black Widow, as they had an affair during *Avengers: Age of Ultron*.
* Vision was created by the combination of the J.A.R.V.I.S. A.I. being fused with the Mind Stone embedded in a synthetic body made of Vibranium, which were supposed to be for Ultron, in *Age of Ultron*. Ultron was destroyed in said film.
* Barnes had been put in a Wakandan cryogenic chamber in *Civil War*, until his Hydra brainwashing could be removed, which is revealed to have succeeded in the post credits scene of *Black Panther*.
	+ Barnes lost his arm due to Hydra experimentation and replaced it with a cybernetic one with their insignia on it, which he had removed before going into suspended animation.

## Trivia

* This is the first time Peter's spider-sense is shown in the MCU.
* Spider-Man's web shooters have been upgraded so they can instantly appear around his wrist in a similar fashion to Stark's armor.
* Rocket's penchant in taking other people's cybernetic appendages is continued when he gives Thor a new eye and wants Barnes's arm.

## Cultural references

* When first meeting Ebony Maw, Tony calls him Squidward, a character from the cartoon series *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Although in the French dub, he calls him Voldemort, the villain of the *Harry Potter* book/movie series.
* Peter references *Alien*.

## Trailers

Infinity War - Teaser TrailerInfinity War - Trailer 21st full-length trailer.Infinity War - Trailer 32nd full-length trailer.
## References

1. ↑ Peters, Megan (April 30, 2018). "'Avengers: Infinity War' Makes A Hilarious 'Harry Potter' Reference". *Comicbook*. Retrieved March 15, 2020.

## See also

* List of unnamed characters in Avengers: Infinity War