Marvel Studios/Disney(NEW YORK) — As promised Tuesday, the first full-length trailer for Avengers: Infinity War debuted this morning. And if you’ve been waiting for a movie in which all of the Marvel heroes team up to fight against a big nasty bad guy, this is it.
The plot’s no surprise, since Marvel’s been teasing it for years. There are five Infinity Stones, revealed in movies including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Collect all five, and you pretty much have power to rule the universe.
That’s what Thanos wants. Played by Josh Brolin, Thanos is shown arriving on Earth, whereupon he commences gathering the Infinity Stones to put in the Infinity Gauntlet. Like you do, if you’re the biggest bad guy in the galaxy.
The Avengers: Infinity War trailer’s otherwise packed to the brim with action shots of pretty much all of the Marvel superheroes — including a now-blonde Black Widow, a bearded Captain America, and Spider-Man in a shiny new hi-tech suit — all doing their superhero thing, from New York to Africa to outer space: the trailer ends with Thor meeting the Guardians of the Galaxy. Even Loki’s there, though whether he’s a good guy or bad this time is impossible to tell.
Thanos sums it up: “Dread it, run from it: destiny still arrives.”
Avengers: Infinity War arrives in theaters May 4, 2018 from Marvel Studios and Disney, parent company of ABC News.
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