Confirmation (?) That Avengers Are Going To Die In Infinity War/Avengers 4

Rumors, rumors, and more rumors...that's what's surrounding next year's Avengers: Infinity War.  The culmination of 10 years worth of movies set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will start it's two-part climax starting May 4, 2018, ending with Avengers 4 on May 3, 2019.  What happens after that, we have no idea.  We don't even know who will still be around to entertain us afterwards, either.  I know that it seems unlikely that we'll lose any of the core characters from the MCU, but after last week's San Diego Comic Con, that certainty is beginning to waver. 


One of the two directors for the movie, Joe Russo (Anthony Russo is the other), sat down with MTV to talk about the movie while he was at SDCC over the weekend, and when asked about the rumors that some of the Avengers might not make it out of the fight with Thanos alive, Joe had this to say:


“My brother [Anthony Russo] and I believe in stakes. I believe that everything has to have an end at some point in order for it to have value. The audience should be prepared.”


That makes a lot of sense...if you go in to a movie knowing that your hero isn't going to die, then it takes a lot out of the climatic battle.  On the other hand, if you have no idea whether they are going to live or die, your feelings and emotions are invested in the fight.  And it's not just Joe Russo that's preparing fans for the loss of one or more of the Avengers, it's Marvel Entertainment's head honcho Kevin Feige who's mirroring Joe's comments on the matter.


"It'll be emotional for a lot of different reasons.  As all our films try to do, we want to have the laughs, we want to have the heart, we want to have the humor, and Infinity War has all of that."


Okay, so he didn't come right out and say it, but a lot could be read into his statement.  Joe says that their has to be stakes involved in order for it to have value, and Feige said that it will be a very emotional movie.  Both statements put together says that no matter what happens in the end, we'd better prepare ourselves for the worst.