“Avengers: Infinity War” debuts first footage

Arguably one of the biggest blockbusters of all time is scheduled to land in less than a year, as the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe to this point has been building towards the showdown with Thanos in “The Avengers: Infinity War”.

Disney gave anticipating fans a peek of the tentpole, at the D23 Expo. The morning's main event in Anaheim, California was Disney's big live-action panel - celebrating the upcoming titles from Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and more - and part of that experience was a debut peek at “The Avengers: Infinity War”. And while there are still two Marvel Studios movies to go before the huge film lands, the film looks like it could be one of the most epic blockbusters ever created, says Cinemablend. 

Following a quick look back at the Marvel movies of the past, the footage begins with the Guardians of the Galaxy flying out in space, with Mantis (Pom Klementeiff) telling the group that they are arriving at their destination. Their aircraft arrives to space filled with destruction -- and the group is surprised when the body of Thor hits their windshield.  

From there, the footage gave us a closer look at some of the other major things happening in the Marvel Universe -- primarily wrapped around the image of a giant ship seemingly crashing towards Earth. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) can be seen presenting the Tesseract like a prize finally won; the hair on the arm of Peter Parker (Tom Holland) standing on end as his spider-sense tingles while riding the bus; and the voice of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) explain that the one advantage they have is that “he's coming to us.” As the ship continues to fall, a voice-over from Thanos (Josh Brolin) can be heard, who notes “Fun really isn't something one considers while balancing the universe, but this does put a smile on my face.”

Getting dramatic and thrilling, the footage gets into some of the action, and it looks dark and intense -- from Star-Lord jumping around on what looks like digital platforms that he's generating, to Spider-Man not wearing his normal costume, but instead the specially designed armor featured at the end of “Spider-Man: Homecoming”; Captain America (Chris Evans) makes an appearance sporting a heavy beard. 

The big showstopper arrives at the end of the footage, however, as Thanos' full power is on display. He pulls a planet/moon out of the sky and creates a giant wave of meteors raining towards Earth. 

Unless Marvel Studios plans on pulling off some kind of huge surprise move at San Diego Comic-Con next week, it will probably still be a little while before the first footage from “The Avengers: Infinity War” arrives online. 

“The Avengers: Infinity War” is set to drop in theatres on May 4, 2018.

Source: Cinemablend