We looked at a lot of movies that had that heist-style energy to them, that brought some inspiration. The entire movie has that energy of the bad guy being one step ahead of the heroes. We've shaped an interesting narrative around him that in some ways leans heavily on a heist film in the fact that he's going after the infinity stones in a much bolder, successful way than he has in the past. With 'Infinity War,' the biggest new element to the movie is Thanos and the fact that he's entering the storytelling in a very bold, strong way, to the degree that he's almost one of the leads. Directors the Russo brothers told CNET's Erin Carson as much last year:

We do know it's going to be a heist film, with Thanos at the center of it tracking down all the Infinity Stones. +32 More Plot details: What's going to happen?

(It was a good day, tbh.) If you want to see it opening weekend though, I'd suggest grabbing tickets now: according to Variety, Fandango says the movie is outselling the last seven Marvel movies combined.

Release date: April 27Īfter initially announcing a release date of May 4 in the US, Marvel did an about-face and pushed the date up for the entire world to April 27. That said, we do know Chris Evans is done as Captain America after the 2019 Avengers film. Next year, we'll get the sequel to this huge outing, but we don't even know the name of that film - since it seems like the title could be a spoiler in itself. The MPAA has now officially rated the film as PG-13 not a huge surprise considering every other MCU film has the same rating. Stay tuned for an exact runtime once we've seen it here. has arrived! #Shuri #InfinityWar #WakandaForever /pOeF2F4Yef- Marvel Studios ApHow long is Infinity War?Īs suspected, Infinity War will clock in around 2 hours and 30 minutes ( Fandango says 2:29, to be exact), making it the longest MCU film to date by at least 2 minutes.

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