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From the first teaser (with that haunting ensemble recitation of Nick Fury’s big “There was an idea” speech) to the deluge of “Where will you be when it all ends?” TV spots, to the “MCU at ten” nostalgia featurettes, Infinity War was sold as the culmination of the MCU.
Marvel and Disney led the general audiences to believe that Avengers: Infinity War was the MCU’s answer to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II when it was actually Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I.
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Marketing is about getting folks into the theater, preferably on the opening weekend, not about preserving the theatrical experience or selling an objectively truthful version of the movie in question. As someone who has told white lies in a pre-release review or two to avoid a spoiler, I have no moral objections to this. Yes, there is a case to be made that Marvel lied to the press/fans to preserve the film’s “Buffy stabbed Angel right after he reverted from his Angelus form… sob!” finale. If audiences like part I, cliffhanger or not, they’ll show up for part II. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II earned $1.34 billion six months after Deathly Hallows part I.
It wasn’t the cliffhanger endings that marred the reception to The Matrix Reloaded or Back to the Future part II (my pick for the best cliffhanger in modern cinema history), and Breaking Dawn part II still topped $812m worldwide. You think Lionsgate would rather have one Mockingjay movie that earned $755 million worldwide or two Mockingjay movies that made $1.409 billion at merely twice the price? Being upfront about the episodic nature of these last two Avengers movies may not have hurt the reception. Over the next 3.5 years, little by little, especially after Hunger Games: Mockingjay part II ended the franchise with “only” $653 million worldwide and an under-$300m domestic cume, you started hearing and reading about how Infinity War part I and part II were just working titles and not to be taken literally.Īrtistic integrity notwithstanding, it would be corporate malfeasance not to break up the final book in a popular YA franchise into two movies if possible. But then, Lionsgate's Hunger Games’ last two chapters took a dive and Lionsgate's Divergent didn’t even get to finish its two-part finale.
The plan was to release part I in May 2018 and part II in May 2019. But the big reveal, aside from announcing Chadwick Boseman, fresh off 42 and Get On Up, as the star of Marvel’s biopic about the king of Wakanda, was the reveal of a two-part Avengers: Infinity War movie. They confirmed that Captain America 3 would be Captain America: Civil War and that Phase Three would have feature Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel and Black Panther.
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‘The work was a real mix of full CG shots, plate shots, FX, set extensions, magic spells and a lot of character work.In October 2014, Marvel invited journalists and fans to the El Capitan for a “Here’s our slate for the next six years!” presentation. ‘We were awarded a whole act, which was a really nice body of work’, says Patric Roos, VFX Supervisor. The New York fight sequence sees well-known Marvel characters Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Spider-Man (Tom Holland), Wong (Benedict Wong ) and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) take on members of the Black Order in an action-packed attack. Framestore had the unique opportunity to be creatively involved in the planning of the work, with a team of 160 artists, led by VFX Supervisor Patric Roos and CG Supervisor Rob Allman, crafting the dramatic opening. Well-known characters from across the MCU, including Captain America, Black Panther, Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy, unite to defeat the powerful Thanos, who seeks the infinity stones needed to wreak havoc on the universe. Directed by the Russo brothers, and supervised by Marvel VFX Supervisor Dan DeLeeuw, Avengers: Infinity War marks the 10th anniversary of Marvel Studios and the final arc of the current Marvel narrative.