Marvel and Disney dropped an early Valentine’s Day present on us late Friday night. We’ve known that filming onAvengers: Infinity Warhas been underway in Atlanta for a couple of weeks now, but Marvel is making it official with a pretty great new behind-the-scenes video kicking off the start of production. The first day of filming was on January 23rd, and in the video we seeRobert Downey Jr.,Chris Pratt, and new Spider-Man himselfTom Hollandall together on that inaugural day getting ready to shoot what looks to be part of a space-set set piece.
Downey Jr. remarks that filming will last for a year, which makes sense. Marvel is shooting bothInfinity Warand the follow-upAvengersmovie, theuntitledAvengers 4, at the same time so they don’t have to try to assemble this ginormous cast together again in a year or so.
The video is a pretty terrific showcase of some brief behind-the-scenes footage, new concept art (Josh Brolinas Thanos! Avengers meet the Guardians of the Galaxy!), and enticing quotes from Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feige, directorsJoeandAnthony Russo, and screenwritersChristopher MarkusandStephen McFeely. Feige teases the epic event thusly:
“Avengers: Infinity Waris the culmination of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe as started in May of 2008 with the release ofIron Man 1, and it really is an unprecedented culmination of a series of films interlinked together, which at the time had never been done before. And for us the important thing is making it all come together. We know they’re gonna face Thanos; we’ve been setting that up sinceAvengers 1. How do you do that in a way that is unexpected, that pits the Avengers against somebody who is more powerful than anyone they’ve faced, and yet make them completely unprepared to face them? Well, tear them apart, which is why we didCivil WarbeforeInfinity War… Thanos shows us why he’s the biggest, the best, the baddest villain that we’ve ever had, and the most frightening villain that the Avengers have ever faced.”
Feige goes on to doubly confirm that yes, inInfinity Warthe Avengers will meet the Guardians of the Galaxy, and it’ll be incredibly interesting to see how the film sets up Thanos since the character has gotten the short-shrift thus far. That won’t last long, as Feige recently revealed that Thanosis essentially the main character ofInfinity War.
Take a look at the video below, followed by some screengrabs, then keep in mind thatAvengers: Infinity Wardoesn’t open in theaters until August 26, 2025. We’ve got a ways to go, folks!
