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'Avengers: Infinity War' — Blockbuster First Trailer Brings D23 to Its Feet
By Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter
The Avengers assembled for the most anticipated footage of D23, closing Disney’s live-action panel on Saturday in the biggest way possible.
Marvel’s Kevin Feige brought out a giant stable of talent to introduce the trailer: Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Pom Klementieff, Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista, Don Cheadle, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, and co-director Joe Russo.
The trailer — screened exclusively for attendees and not simultaneously released online — begins with the Guardians of the Galaxy on their ship, floating through a creepy section of space. Star-Lord tells his crew to put on their “mean faces” because things could get dangerous. Suddenly, a body hits their spaceship. It’s an unconscious Thor (Hemsworth), wearing his gladiator garb for Thor: Ragnarok (smart money is on the end of November’s Ragnarok leading directly into 2018’s Infinity War). They bring him inside the ship, and Mantis (Klementieff) wakes him up.
Thor looks around, sees Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and asks the natural question: “Who the hell are you guys?”
Next we are on Earth, where our heroes are dealing with death and destruction. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) has the Tesseract (the Infinity Stone he played around with in Avengers), and he’s up to no good. In New York, Peter Parker is on a school bus and sees his armhair is rising (Spider-sense?)
It’s hard to break down how wild this trailer is, but here’s just some other small observations:
— Spider-Man has a new suit that looks quite advanced, a la the one at the end of Spider-Man: Homecoming or from the Spider-Man 2099 comics.
— Captain America has a beard and looks like he’s been through a lot. It’s clear he’s been off doing something away from Iron Man‘s Avengers and this is their first time seeing him.
— Thanos wears the Infinity Gauntlet, and pulls down part of a moon to battle the Avengers on an alien planet.
— Doctor Strange battles alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy and Iron Man on this planet
Brolin, whose villain Thanos has been teased since 2012’s The Avengers, was the first star Feige brought out to introduce the trailer, and it’s clear he was getting into the role.
When Feige suggested that Bautista’s Drax might be able to take Thanos down, Brolin responded: “Drax ain’t s–t.
More and more Avengers kept stepping out to the panel, and Feige kept asking if Brolin was nervous. The answer was always no.
Co-director Joe Russo was in Anaheim for D23, while his brother Anthony remained in Atlanta to continue shooting. Avengers. Infinity War wrapped on Friday, and they are working on an untitled Avengers 4.
Infinity War opens in May 2018, ten years after the Marvel Cinematic Universe launched with Iron Man, and is billed as the capstone of a decade’s worth of storytelling. It will pit most of the MCU against Thanos, a sinister alien who hopes to possess all of the universe’s Infinity Stones in order to become all-powerful.
Avengers: Infinity War opens May 4, 2018.
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