“Avengers: Infinity War” is the biggest event the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever offered. Pulling together characters and clues from across the franchise, the past 10 years of Marvel Studios’ huge run is finally culminating in a two-part Avengers epic that will rock audiences and change everything. Seriously, everything.
There’s been plenty of speculation about which characters will die and other surprises, but the official trailer for “Avengers: Infinity War” holds plenty of clues about what is to come for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Here’s everything we noticed and what it could mean for the MCU going forward.
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The trailer kickstarts with an ominous spaceship over Manhattan. Thanos has arrived! And Gamora, his daughter, explains to Tony Stark just who her father is and why he’s on a quest to wield the Infinity Gauntlet, that badass gold glove that holds all of the Infinity Stones. Once Thanos has all the Infinity Stones, he can easily destroy the universe.
Several of the Infinity Stones have popped up over the course of the MCU films, from “Doctor Strange” to “Guardians of the Galaxy” (and even that really bad Thor movie). There’s still one Infinity Stone that hasn’t been shown, the Soul Stone. This will likely come into play either in “Infinity War” or the second part, the Untitled Avengers sequel film due in the spring of 2019. Maybe Captain Marvel has it?
There’s also a quick shot of three key Avengers: Black Widow and Bruce Banner have reunited! But more importantly, Rhodey is suited up in his Iron Patriot gear. Rhodey was still learning to walk courtesy of Tony’s technology at the end of “Captain America: Civil War,” so this is a big development.
From here, there are teases of a flashback sequence, giving us some insight into Thanos’ backstory. Thanos is a Titan, but he was born with a physical deformity (the Deviants gene), which made his mother try to kill him at birth. Thanos eventually falls in love with Mistress Death and becomes the powerful, nihilistic murderer shown in the trailer.
That tiny green hand gripping onto Thanos? It seems to be Gamora as a child. In “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2,” Gamora and her sister, Nebula, talked about how Thanos would make them fight as children, training them to be soldiers. Gamora always won, and has Thanos’ favor. She could be a big key in taking down Thanos…or she might be a liability for the Avengers.