Avengers: Endgame (2019)

## **Pre-Production**

**2014**

* **2014 Oct. 28** Marvel Studios announced the two-part Avengers: Infinity War project for release on May 4th 2018 and May 03 2019.

**2015**

* **Apr. 07** Russo Bros. announced as directors.
* **Apr. 27** Russo Bros. begin filming Captain America: Civil War.
* **May 01** Avengers: Age of Ultron released in theaters.
* **May 07** Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeeley announced as writers.
* -- It was later stated that the ending of the film was the first thing conceived, and later confirmed that Captain America and Iron Man's endings were thought of three years in advance.

**2016**

* **May 04** Titles announced to be changing.
* **May 06** Captain America: Civil War released in theaters.
* **Jul.** Avengers: Infinity War announced to be the complete title of the first film, with the second untitled.

**2017**

* **Jan. 23** Filming on Infinity War begins
* **May 04** Photos leaked of a shoot at Durham cathedral with Chris Hemsworth and a Rocket model. This now clearly was an early shoot of scenes in Endgame. Curiously, Tessa Thompson and Cate Blanchett were also spotted at the location.
* **Jul. 14** Filming on Infinity War wraps

## **Production**

**2017**

* **Aug. 10** Production begins at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, GA.
* That same month, filming occurred in The Gulch area of Downtown Atlanta, near the Five Points MARTA station, and Piedmont Park.
* **Aug. 15** Jeremy Renner posted a picture of himself on set sporting his new haircut.
* **Oct. 07** Tony Stark's funeral scene was shot, with the large number of actors involved then posing for a shot to commemorate Marvel Studios' 10th anniversary. This shot would only be revealed in February, with the revelation that the funeral scene was shot that day, obviously, only coming after the release of Endgame.
* **Oct. 08** Renner was photographed on set, giving away his tattooed-up new look.
* **Oct. 24** Jeremy Renner was photographed on set, giving away his Ronin costume.
* **Oct. 25** Chadwick Boseman and Letitia Wright were photographed in-costume in what would ultimately turn out to actually be reshoots for Black Panther, specifically the pre-credits ending scene.

* **Dec. 20** Paul Bettany posts on Instagram that he is done filming.
* **Dec. 21** Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner post on Instagram that they have completed filming.
* **Dec. 23** Scarlett Johansson's stunt double posts that Scarlett has completed filming.

**2018**

* **Jan. 11** Principal photogrphy wrapped.
* **Feb. 08** Marvel Studios 10th anniversary shot, taken on October 7th, revealed to the public.
* Additional filming took place in Upstate New York, in Dutchess and Ulster counties, in June 2018
* **2018 Apr. 27** Avengers: Infinity War was released.

## **Post-Production**

**2018**

* **Sept. 07** Production begins on the third act.
* **Oct. 03** Chris Evans' final day of filming.
* **Oct. 12** Principal reshoots wrapped.
* **Dec. 07** First teaser trailer released, officially revealing the title Avengers: Endgame to the public. The release date was also changed to April 26th.

**2019**

* **Jan.** **15-16** Last days of additional reshoots for Zoe Saldana & Karen Gillan, respectively, based on social media posts.
* **Jan.** The final shot of the film to be filmed was Robert Downey Jr.'s line "And I...am...Iron Man" at Raleigh Studios in L.A., adjacent to the room where Downey had had his first screen test for the role of Iron Man. (the initial script and shoot featured him saying nothing, but this line was thought up by editor Jeffrey Ford)
* **Mar. 08** Editing completed.
* **Mar. 22** Score recording completed.

## **Release**

* **Mon. Apr. 22** Premiere
* **Wed. Apr. 24** Release in China
* **Thurs. Apr. 25** "Advance screenings" in the U.S.
* **Fri. Apr. 26** Official Release

Shortly after the film's release, Chris Pratt and Elizabeth Olsen would share videos of the on-set rehearsals for the climactic battle scene.

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/avengers/avengers\_endgame/avengers-endgame-cast-members-and-directors-share-more-bts-videos-as-the-spoiler-ban-lifts-a168220

## **Behind the Scenes Videos**

Apr. 29: Chris Pratt

Apr. 30: Elizabeth Olsen

May 02: Robert Downey Jr.

May 06: Chris Evans

May 06: Chris Hemsworth

May 07: Robert Downey Jr. (1)

May 07: Robert Downey Jr. (2)

May 07: Chris Evans

May 08: Chris Evans (1)

May 08: Chris Evans (2)

May 08: Elizabeth Olsen

May 12: Chris Evans

Jun. 06: Chris Evanst

## **Main Crew**

Louis D'Esposito
Trinh Tran
Michael Grillo
Jon Favreau
James Gunn
Stan Lee
Christopher Markus
Stephen McFeeley

## **Other Crew**

Shannon Mills
Juan Peralta

## https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBlNiJDzXzI

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13. ↑ https://www.cbr.com/avengers-endgame-reshoots-gamora-nebula/