SYNOPSIS: A culmination of 22 interconnected films the fourth installment of the Avengers saga will draw audiences to witness the turning point of this epic journey. Our beloved heroes will truly understand how fragile this reality is and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it.
1. IT'S GONNA BE 3+ HOURS LONG.They're gonna pull a LOTR and the film will be over 3 hours long -
According to the Russos themselves-
2. SO, WHO'S IN IT?Let's start with the surviving characters. At the end of Infinity War we know that our survivors are:
- Hulk/Bruce Banner
- War Machine/Rhodey
- Iron Man/Tony
- Captain America/Mah husband
- Black Widow/Nat
- Nebula
- Thor/Mah other husband
- Rocket
- Okoye
- M'baku/Mah third husband
ALSO SAFE: Ant-man (He survived but he's stuck in the Quantum Realm). And according to
other sources: Howard the Duck, Aunt May, Kraglin, Shuri, Queen Ramonda.
SNAPPED OFF-CAMERA: Actor Loki (Matt Damon), Betty Ross, Lady Sif, Wasp, OG Wasp, OG Antman.
UNKNOWN: Nakia
TOO SPOILERY TO REVEAL: Korg, Miek, Ned and Jane Foster (
Natalie Portman is coming back, apparently)
3. ANY TV CHARACTERS WILL APPEAR?If you're hoping to see the Agents of SHIELD, the Runaways, the Defenders, Cloak & Dagger, The Inhumans, The x-men of the Gifted, or New Warriors, well... don't hold your breath.
The only one two who have a slight chance are Peggy Carter who has appeared many times in flashbacks and Agent Coulson who's coming back to the MCU for Captain Marvel. Especially if Infinity War deals with Time Travelling...
4. SO, IT'S GONNA BE SET IN THE FUTURE?...Basically, yes. We have enough evidence to believe so.
- An older Cassie (Ant-Man's daughter)
has been cast. Which means he could come out of the Quantum Realm many years later to meet his daughter who survived the snap. There's even a picture of Paul Rudd outside Cassie's house but everything is destroyed. We know the scene is not from Infinity War, so most likely it's from his return in A4.
- Gwyneth Paltrow spoiled that in the future Pepper and Tony do
get married and they have a daughter. Which means he somehow returns to earth from Titan. Probably with Nebula.
- Harley Keener (
the kid from Iron Man 3) has a role on the movie.
- The surviving Asgardians from Thanos attack escaped to earth to form 'New Asgardia' and they were lead by Valkyrie. She lives in New Asgardia and is visited by Hawkeye and Black Widow to contact Thor. Filming pics confirmed Asgardia sets are in Scotland and
Tessa Thompson was there.5. KATE, WE HAVE TO GO BACK... IN TIME!! So, there's a lot of evidence telling us that the main plot is about the surviving Avengers going back in time to stop Thanos from getting the stones.
- Evangeline Lilly (Wasp) has said that A4 plot
is very similar to the fourth season of 'Lost', in which the island traveled back in time. Also, Keving Feige has said the plot is
very similar to the finale of Star Trek TNG:
“Captain Picard is slipping back and forth through time and finds out that the reason behind that is he has to save humanity. So in the past, present, and future, he has simultaneously direct three versions of his crew in order to accomplish his mission.” - Probably the biggest proof is the filming pics of Old Tony (who now has a SHIELD uniform), WW2 Captain America, Professor Hulk, Ant-man and 2012's Thor and Loki revisiting the end of the Battle of New york from Avengers 1. You can see all of them have a time traveling gadget.
- How are they gonna travel back in time tho? ... well, we know Ant-man plays a big role, since he's stuck there during the snap. Also, during the press tour
Tom Holland revealed Doctor Strange plays a big role:
'right you're the Quantum Realm, guy!'. Finally, we also know the Quantum realm will play a big role in Captain Marvel.
But there might be more to that plan... they're not only going back in time to stop Thanos, they're going after the Infinity Stones because...
6. HONEY, WE'RE BUILDING OUR OWN INFINITY GAUNTLET.Ok, so where are they getting the stones from?
Reality Stone: There's a chance the Avengers will go back in time to right after 'Thor: The Dark World' and contact Jane Foster -
since Natalie Portman is coming back-. She tells them when and where she came into contact with the reality stone during the Convergence.
Power Stone- They're probably gonna go back in time to 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1'. there's a big chance Nebula is gonna be in charge of visiting the Guardians and at one point,
she fights her murderous past self.
- Zoe Saldana posted to her
Instagram a video from set where she is dressed as Guardians of the Galaxy-era Gamora -- and Karen Gillain is dressed as Guardians of the Galaxy-era Nebula.
Time Stone- Mark Ruffalo has mentioned in a podcast
filming with Tilda Swinton (The Ancient One) for A4. Since they never met before, chances are Hulk is gonna travel back in time to 'Doctor Strange' and seek the help of The Ancient One to get the Time Stone.
Space Stone- Casting call for people in the 1940, pretty much give away they're gonna go back to 'Captain America: The First Avenger' to recover the Tesseract, and
Chris Evans was filming there with Hayley Atwell who posted an
IG pic in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Old timey Steve can be seen in the Battle of New York, so chances are he joins them in their time-travelling quest.
- Recovering the Tesseract would mean Red Skull never gets sent to Vormir to watch over the take care of the soul stone.
Mind Stone- Apprently Hawkeye has adopted his new assassin identity: Ronin,
according to filming pics. He joins Black Widow to travel back to 'Age of Ultron' to retrieve the Mind Stone before it's put in Vision's body. His body is in Tokyo and Natasha and Clint have to fight a lot of Yakuzas according to casting calls.
Soul Stone- Most actors and the Russos have been careful with their words saying that the characters snapped at the end of Infinity War are not 'dead' but 'gone'. There's a theory the soul stone is actually holding the souls of everyone snapped (That's why Thanos saw Gamora right after the snap).
- There's a screenshot from a BTS video in which you can see Doctor Strange tell Spiderman: "Peter! Protect them. They're not dead." which is a dialogue that we know does not happen in IW.
7. YOU HAVE AN ARMY? WE HAVE A HULK...AND ALSO AN ARMY!- Thor's storyline is centered around him building a new army, so he goes to Hel to assemble an Army. Filming took place at Durham Castle/Cathedral (where his vision from Hel was filmed). Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce/Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), and Rocket were there. Mjolnir was on set, Tessa Thompson with fan and a Rocket stand-in spotted. Chances are while in Hel, Thor runs into his mom (
Rene Russo's personal stylist was there) and Tom Hiddleston was
spotted as well. Also, Mark Ruffalo revealed
Hela is the movie during the same podcast. You can expect Surtur to join the army as well.
- Also, casting for a lot of
viking type actors was released.
- Someone noticed the same statue from Thor's vision from Hel
is spotted on set during A4.
8. THE BIG FIGHT! WHO DIES?- Hawkeye plays a
MAJOR role in getting the Stark Gauntlet. At one point, he must protect the unfinished Stark Gauntlet from Thanos' minions. He plays an "instrumental" role in Thanos' defeat.
- So, we know -somehow- all the characters come back to life and there's a huge fight (The 'all-together' scene) with 60+ Avengers. This has been confirmed by
Anthony Mackie (He said Spiderman and Drax were next to him) and by
Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana.
- Since they're going back to 'Age of Ultron', Quicksilver's dead could be retconned.
Aaron Taylor Johnson was spotted filming.
- Sebastian Stan
confirmed Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Michael Douglas (OG Ant-man) and Michelle Pfeiffer (OG Wasp) are also part of the big fight:
"There was one scene, I think, we had where everybody was there. I can’t really talk about that scene, but I knew it took them three months in planning this scene to have everyone there. You look around and you just saw everyone from Samuel L. Jackson to Michael Douglas to Michelle Pfeiffer. Everybody was there."- Gwyneth Paltrow posted an
IG story using the same mo-cap RDJ uses for IronMan and later confirmed
Pepper is having her own suit. Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana confirmed she's joining the Avengers as 'Rescue'.
- We know Black Widow survives the final fight since her movie was just
greenlighted.
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28ONTD. Are you excited?!