Production of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame are superhero films from Marvel Studios, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. They follow up on *The Avengers* (2012) and *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), standing as the 19th and 22nd installments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Anthony and Joe Russo directed both movies, with Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely writing the scripts. The cast includes many actors from earlier MCU films, led by Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Don Cheadle, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin. In *Infinity War*, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and their allies try to stop Thanos from gathering the six Infinity Stones and wiping out half of all life. In *Endgame*, after failing to prevent that, the surviving heroes use time travel to undo his actions.

Marvel Studios started laying groundwork for a movie based on Jim Starlin’s 1991 comic *The Infinity Gauntlet* early on, introducing the Infinity Stones as plot devices and hinting at Thanos as a future threat. Downey Jr. agreed to return as Tony Stark / Iron Man in June 2013, Brolin was cast as Thanos the following May, and other actors were confirmed over the next few years. The films were officially announced in October 2014 as *Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1* and *Part 2*. The Russo brothers and the writing duo came on board in early 2015. The first film’s title was shortened to *Avengers: Infinity War* in July 2016, while the second wasn’t revealed until December 2018 as *Avengers: Endgame*. The names changed because the two movies were meant to tell separate stories. They were crafted to wrap up the “Infinity Saga” arc running through all prior MCU films and to conclude the journeys of Tony Stark and Steve Rogers / Captain America (Evans).

Both movies were filmed back-to-back at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia. *Infinity War* shot from January 23 to July 14, 2017, with extra filming in Scotland, downtown Atlanta, and New York City. *Endgame* filmed from August 10, 2017, to January 11, 2018, with additional work in downtown and metro Atlanta, New York State, Scotland, and England. Final reshoots for *Endgame* happened in January 2019. These were the first Hollywood productions shot entirely in digital IMAX, using a new camera developed with Arri.