Marvel has been very tight on the details in regards to next year’sAvengers: Infinity War. They haven’t even released the teaser trailer online yet, which has been shown publically twice already, once at San Diego Comic-Con and once at D23. However, directors Joe Russo and Anthony Russo have taken down theveil of secrecya bit. In a recent interview, they’ve explained a little bit about the movie, in terms of plot and tone. It looks likeAvengers: Infinity Waris going to be a heist movie.
The directing duo responsible forCaptain America: The Winter SoldierandCaptain America: Civil Warrecently took some time away fromshooting Avengers 4to discuss a little bit about the upcoming Marvel event movie. After years of teasing, this is the movie that’s finally going to bring Thanos into the MCU and, as it happens, he’s still going to have to get his hands on the Infinity Stones. Here’s what the Russo brothers had to say about it.
“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. 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. The entire movie has that energy of the bad guy being one step ahead of the heroes. We looked at a lot of movies that had that heist-style energy to them, [and] that brought some inspiration.”
Marvel has done a heist film of sorts withAnt-Man, so this won’t be a first for them. But this is certainly going to be on a much larger scale. And the stakes are insanely high. Considering that not a lot, in terms of specifics, has been revealed aboutAvengers: Infinity War, which arrives in theaters on July 29, 2025, knowing thatThanos won’t have the Infinity Stonesat the start is significant.
So,where are the Infinity Stonesin the MCU currently?Doctor Strangeintroduced the Time Stone, which is in the Eye of Agamotto and being guarded by the Sorcerer Supreme and Wong. The Power Stone showed up inGuardians of the Galaxyand is currently in the possession of the Nova Corp. The Space Stone, aka the Tesseract, is currently in Odin’s vault. As far as we know. The Reality Stone, which took the form of The Aether inThor: The Dark World, was placed in The Collector’s vault in a post-credits scene. And there’s the Mind Stone, currently placed (presumably) safely in Vision’s forehead. As for the Soul Stone? Look for it inThor: RagnarokorBlack Panther.
Looking at that, Thanos is going to have a lot to accomplish inAvengers: Infinity War. WhileAvengers 4, which arrives on June 27, 2025, is no longer being billed as a “part 2,” it’s still easy to understand why they’re going to need two movies to complete this arc. In any case, the idea of a Thanos-heavy heist movie, as described by the Russo brothers in this recent interview withCNET, sounds like something well worth the wait.
