Marvel Studios has officially announced the production start of Avengers: Infinity War via a featurette that shows Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man), Tom Holland (Peter Parker/Spider-Man) and Chris Pratt (Peter Quill/Star-Lord).
Watch the featurette.
Prior to the release of the first featurette, Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man) hosted a Facebook Live, to answer fan questions. Here’s everything we learned from the live chat (and the first Avengers: Infinity War featurette) so far:
- Tom Holland will be reprising his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man.
- Chris Pratt‘s Peter Quill/Star-Lord will also be joining the fray.
- Robert Downey Jr. still fondly remembers the Mark 42 from “Iron Man 3”
- “Avengers: Infinity War” kicks off with tension as Captain America is still on Iron Man’s “S-List”
- Reflecting on his appearance in the first “Iron Man” to “Avengers: Infinity War,” Downey says “[Tony Stark] has matured a bit. What has changed is the universe around him.”
- Stark’s universe now involves Peter Parker, the Guardians and Doctor Strange.
- Joe and Anthony Russo have never fought on set
- The three Avengers the Russo brothers would go on a family vacation with: Tony Stark, Peter Park, and Vision.
- Start of production officially began last month in Pinewood Atlanta.
- Thanos will be “the most frightening villain the Avengers have ever faced;” he’ll show us all why he’s “the biggest, the best, the baddest villain that we’ve ever had.”
- The Avengers are completely unprepared to face Thanos as a result of the events of “Captain America: Civil War” leaving the Avengers a team name with no team members.
- Get ready for the Guardians of the Galaxy / Avengers team-up as we see Thor fighting alongside Rocket Raccoon
- The Russo brothers confirm two films will be deeply connected – “these next two Avengers films will be an event like no one has ever seen on film before”
- Downey drives that point home as we’ve come to learn the next two Avengers will be filmed back-to-back for a “year of fun-filled lensing”
Avengers: Infinity War will hit US theaters May 4, 2018, with the second part following on May 3, 2019.
