[77] In April 2015, Marvel announced that Anthony and Joe Russo would direct both parts of Avengers: Infinity War,[78] with back-to-back filming expected to begin in 2016. "Avengers: Endgame" death predictions has an answer to who dies in "Avengers 4" and the Marvel cinematic universe. [83] Feige and the Russo brothers indicated the title was being withheld because it would give away plot details for this film and Infinity War. Among the fallen (or, as the film refers to them, the Vanished) who are resurrected in Endgame are: Spider-Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, nearly all of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Scarlet. Its unclear if Bruce can or would return to his human form, but we see him at Tony Starks funeral, arm in a sling after suffering an injury from using the Infinity Stones, still in his half-Hulk-half-human form. READ MORE: How to Stream Every Single Marvel Movie. The climax of the film sees the victims of the snap return, and an extravagant, exhilarating battle ensues between the heroes and the forces of Thanos. Heimdall (Idris Elba), who Thanosstabbed in the opening of Infinity War, doesn't return. [192] Richard Roeper, writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the film four stars and praised its "emotional punch", as well as the "funny, well-paced, smart, expertly rendered screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, crisp direction from Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, [] and the universally stellar performances". Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) suggests that Vision is permanently dead at the end of the film when she and Hawkeye reminisce over the loss of Vision and Black Widow, respectively. Avengers: Endgame sees the death or otherwise writing out of several founding members of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, as well as their villains. A lot of characters die or stay dead in Avengers: Endgame. However, Thanos travels from 2014 to the future 2023, to be exact with Gamora to stop the Avengers from executing their plan. The re-release began on June 28 in the United States, across 1,040 theaters. [That means there are Avengers: Endgame spoilers below.]. However, the 2014 versions traveled to 2023 with Thanos, and all got killed by Tony Starks's heroic snap to save the world or in other ways. Answer (1 of 2): Onscreen? (Photo: Marvel Studios) Heimdall was the first on-screen death in Avengers: Infinity War and he wasn't resurrected at any point in Avengers: Endgame. [c] At the Sanctum Sanctorum, Banner convinces the Ancient One to give him the Time Stone after promising to return the various Stones to their proper points in time. Avengers: Endgame ended with Tony Stark snapping his fingers and wiping out Thanos and his army, much in the same way that Thanos wiped out half of the Avengers. [114], Silvestri described the score as having the most versatile tone of the franchise, ranging from "thunderous percussion and powerful brass" for the action sequences to minimalist, jazz-inspired music for Ant-Man and the Quantum Realm. [205] In February 2022, the Avengers assembling moment was named one of the five finalists for Oscars Cheer Moment as part of the "Oscars Fan Favorite" contest for the 94th Academy Awards, despite the film not being eligible for other Academy Awards that year. [108] Lola also aged-up Evans for the final scene where he is portrayed as an elderly man, using some make-up and a stand-in as reference. When Tony snaps his fingers at the end of that battle, Thanos and all his henchman disappear. Afterwards, Nebula survives the fight against her father and presumably will play some role in the Guardians future adventures. I say that because, according to information provided by Marvel executives, from MCU . 2014-Thanos sends 2014-Nebula forward in time to prepare for his arrival. Nick Fury and Maria Hill: S.H.I.E.L.D. [103] Visual effects for the film were created by Industrial Light & Magic, Weta Digital, DNEG, Framestore, Cinesite, Digital Domain, Rise, Lola VFX, Cantina Creative, Capital T, Technicolor VFX, and Territory Studio. Pepper Potts: Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) sits with Tony as he dies. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the direct sequel to Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). [134] The film was released in Australia, China, and other parts of Asia and Europe on April 24,[135] in the United Kingdom on April 25,[136] in the United States and India on April 26,[103][135] and in Russia on April 29,[135] in IMAX and 3D. Avengers: Endgame is a 2019 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers. After the fight, Bucky (Sebastian Stan) and Sam watch as Steve Rogers travels back in time to return the Infinity Stones to previous moments in time. Write to Eliana Dockterman at eliana.dockterman@time.com. A version from the past comes to the future after the Avengers assemble their new Infinity Gauntlet. Captain America grows into an old man by 2023 and hands his mantle to Sam. More than a dozen major characters died in last year's Avengers: Infinity War, and it's worth brushing up on just what happened to them before heading into the final chapter. [110] The Russos started working with Silvestri on the Endgame score in early November 2018,[111] and it was completed in late March 2019. All 13 actors featured on the poster received top-billing except for Danai Gurira, whose name still appeared in the poster's bottom billing block along with Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, and Gwyneth Paltrow (none of whom were featured on the poster). (Ned seems not to have aged five years, which probably means he also disappeared. The film played in 4,662 theaters, 410 of which were in IMAX; it was the widest release ever, surpassing the record of Despicable Me 3's (2017) 4,529 theaters. Twomain characters die in Avengers: Endgame. The film received praise for its direction, acting, musical score, action sequences, visual effects, and emotional weight, with critics lauding its culmination of the 22-film story. Leaves behind. When Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) and Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) went to Vormir, they didnt realize what it would take to get the soul stone. Captain Americadid not die, but Steve Rogers did grow old, and his time as Captain America came to an end. Two other characters who died in Avengers: Infinity War are still technically dead at the end of Avengers: Endgame, yet still have a clear future in the MCU thanks to the film's time travel. [125], The first trailer for the film was released on December 7, 2018. [38][131] The second trailer was viewed 268 million times in the first 24 hours, becoming the second most-viewed trailer in that time period behind the film's first trailer. Next:Avengers: Endgame's Post-Credits Surprise Explained. We wanted to be able to focus and shoot one movie and then focus and shoot another movie. Here, we'll break downevery character who died in Avengers: Endgame (and if you'll ever see them in the MCU again). Despite begging for mercy, Akihiko dies at the hands of Ronin, and, once again, audiences felt no sadness, perhaps only surprise at Clint Barton's actions. Thanos and all his henchman: Iron Man turns the tables on Thanos: When Tony snaps his fingers, he uses the Infinity Stones to wish Thanos and his minions out of existence. [161] The film grossed $120140million in pre-sales alone. [120] Feige spoke to this in June 2018, stating that these dead characters would not be featured in any marketing for the film. But for a few characters we've grown to . Hulk/Bruce Banner: During Endgame, Bruce revealed that he has finally reconciled his two halves the scientist and the big, green superhero to create a medium-sized, smart Hulk. Danvers also arrives and destroys Thanos's warship, but Thanos overpowers her and seizes the gauntlet. 2023 Nebula: 2023 Nebula (Karen Gillan) kills the 2014 version of herself. She kills 2014 Nebula, who, unlike her sister, remains on the side of her father in the colossal battle. Black Widow isn't exactly broken up about it when she witnesses the death, so the audience isn't either. In Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Thor and Cap exchange small talk while people are actively dying in the background due to it being a war zone. Reveals Kraglin's Unseen Appearance in New Avengers: Endgame Photo", "Avengers: Endgame explained: Does Natalie Portman's Jane Foster return? Not that it's really over, of course: Disney and Marvel are still working out new wrinkles in the time-money continuum. This is where the Avengers locate and find him in a desperate bid to gain the Infinity Gauntlet and reverse the snap. Thanos took the stone from him, but we dont know if Thanos killed the Collector or left him alive. Stark steals the Stones and uses them to disintegrate Thanos and his army, at the cost of his life. RELATED: 5 Reasons Avengers: Endgame Was The Perfect End To The Infinity Saga (& 5 Reasons It Wasn't). It's become a pattern in superhero movies for "faceless armies" to be the ones to take the brunt of theheroes' hits. Still from 'Avengers: Endgame' featuring Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd). Despite rumors swirling, he did not die in "Avengers: Endgame," but Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) certainly isn't joining another fight. Who Dies In Avengers: Endgame (& Who Stays Dead)? MARVEL [Extreme spoilers for Avengers: Endgame turn back now, or else]. 2014 Nebula then travels back to 2023, masquerading as 2023 Nebula, and pulls Thanos and his army forward in time to attack the Avengers. Part of the journey is the end. [2] The website eventually calculated the film's final net profit as $890million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box office grosses and home media revenues placed it first on their list of 2019's "Most Valuable Blockbusters". However, at the end, Wanda does suggest she wants to find a way to bring him back - which she surely will given that the pair have the WandaVision show coming to Disney+. InEndgame, there are two versions of Thanos, and the one whose death was less sad was the Thanos who traveled from 2014 to 2023. Goslin said, "The scene surrounding this line in Age of Ultron is one of the most important ones in the movie. Still from 'Avengers: Endgame' featuring Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) and War Machine/James Rhodey (Don Cheadle). Present-day Nebula convinces 2014-Gamora to betray Thanos, but is unable to convince 2014-Nebula and kills her. Many characters perished and some deaths were sadder than others. FULL SPOILERS ahead for Avengers: Endgame!. Growing up in the English countryside on a mixture of Star Wars, The Simpsons and Aardman, Alex is a lifelong movie obsessive. Marvel has often been criticized for its inability to kill characters, with death fakeouts all too common - Loki, Nick Fury, Grootand Loki again have alldied only to return (usually in the same movie). 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However, he and his army cant handle all the returned superheroes. "[38] However, Marvel Studios released an updated poster later that day with Gurira in the top billing. Banner, Lang, Rogers, and Stark time-travel to New York City during Loki's attack in 2012. All Rights Reserved. They likely return to the Sanctum Sanctorum. Presumably it will be a prequel. At the end of that battle, Tony Stark wishes all of Thanos allies away. Steve's decision nearly caused the death of the symbol of Captain America and set up the events of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. In perhaps one of the most impactful deaths in Avengers: Endgame, Iron Man aka Tony Stark dies. [117][118], The marketing campaign for Endgame cost over $200 million, the most for any Marvel Studios film. She does have an Iron Man suit though if she wants to use it. [155], On May 4, the film's earnings at the global box office passed the entire theatrical run of Infinity War and became the fastest film ever to gross $2billion worldwide, amassing the amount in only 11 days (beating Avatar, which did so in 47 days). The focus is on seeing the heroes prevail, not seeing if Thanos' team can survive. Benchmarks For Marvel Pic", "Avengers: Endgame Inches Closer to $2.5 Billion Worldwide in Pursuit of Avatar Record", "More Proof That 'Avengers: Endgame' Is Headed Toward A Record Opening: Marvel Pic Is Fandango's Biggest Preseller Of All-Time", "Avengers: Endgame' Rests At $357M+ Opening Record; Eyes $33M+ Monday & Record $180M 2nd Frame; Weekend Biz Hits $401M+ High", "Box Office: 'Avengers: Endgame' Scores $36.7M Monday", "Disney's Busy Weekend: 'Lion King' Rips Up July Record With $192M Following Marvel Slate Announcement, 'Endgame' Notching All-Time $2.8B B.O. If all those who were willed. Meanwhile, 2014-Nebula, impersonating her future self, uses the time machine to transport 2014-Thanos and his warship to the present, which he then uses to destroy the Avengers Compound. This presumably means that there are two Steve Rogers in this universe: The one who was frozen in the lake, woke up and fights with the Avengers, and the time-traveling one who assumes a secret identity and spends his life with Peggy. She was sacrificed by Thanos to gain the Soul Stone in Infinity War, so is permanently dead much like Black Widow. You have reached your limit of free articles. Clint had gone into retirement during Avengers: Infinity War but became a vigilante warrior after his entire family disappeared during the Snapture. He still may play a role in future Guardians movies. Not everybody makes it out of Avengers: Endgame alive: here's who dies (and who stays dead from Infinity War). The 2018 versions of Ebony Maw, Corvus Glaive, Cull Obsidian, and Proxima Midnight all got killed in various ways inInfinity War. Among the fallen (or, as the film refers to them, the Vanished) who are resurrected in Endgame are: Spider-Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, nearly all of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Scarlet. 3 will center on the Guardians hunt for this old Gamora and Star-Lord starting up a romance with her, again. [106] Jeffrey Ford and Matthew Schmidt served as the film's editors. Among the fallen (or, as the film refers to them, the Vanished) who are resurrected in Endgame are: Spider-Man, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, nearly all of the Guardians of the Galaxy, Scarlet. In Tokyo, Romanoff recruits Clint Barton, who became a vigilante after the death of his family. She is nowhere to be seen after the battle, but Star Lord (Chris Pratt) begins to search for her once he returns to his ship. And TBH we're still extremely shook. [210] Feige later stated that the Russo brothers would not be returning to direct the films. ", "Russo Brothers Confirm: 'Avengers: Infinity War 1 And 2' Will Be Retitled", "Marvel's 'Avengers: Infinity War' Will be One Movie, Not Two", "Why Avengers 4 Doesn't Have A Title Yet, According To Kevin Feige", "Here's why we won't get Avengers 4's title until after Infinity War", "Avengers: Infinity War Appears to Have Wrapped Filming", "Marvel's 'Avengers: Infinity War' to be Shot Entirely With Imax/Arri 2D Camera", "What's filming in Atlanta now? Considering that Gamora was fighting on the side of the Avengers, that means that she is probably still alive. Technically, this happened in Infinity War, but its worth noting that he seems to be the only character whose death stuck from the 2018 film. In a sense, the original lineup of teams that fans were familiar with "died" in Avengers: Endgame. Ruffalo still has two movies left on his Marvel contract. [68] James D'Arcy reprises his role as Edwin Jarvis from the MCU television series Agent Carter, marking the first time a character introduced in an MCU television series appears in an MCU film. He defeated and killed many heroes, a couple permanently, and a lot temporarily. It really breaks our hearts to say this, but the fate of Iron Man is written. [105] Downey, Evans, Ruffalo, Hemsworth, Johansson, and Renner were de-aged to their 2012 appearances for scenes recreated from The Avengers (2012). The actor has said he wont be making a Hulk solo movie, but he could show up in some of Marvels unannounced projects. [72] Avengers co-creator Stan Lee has a posthumous cameo in the film, appearing digitally de-aged as a car driver in 1970; this was his final film appearance. The first happens early on in the film; after the Avengers attack him in the Garden, he reveals he's destroyed the Infinity Stones, putting an end to their plan, so Thor corrects his Infinity War mistake and goes for the head. 2014 Gamora: The Gamora who traveled with Thanos from 2014 to 2023 helps defeat her father. The Infinity Stones werent meant to be used by the average human. [144] The film was released on both Digital HD and Blu-ray on September 2 in the UK. Bucky Barnes, Black Panther, Groot, Scarlet Witch, Falcon, Mantis, Drax, Star-Lord, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man, Maria Hill, Nick Fury Marvel With all the Infinity Stones in place on his gauntlet,. [159][160], Due to the high demand when pre-sale tickets became available in the U.S. on April 2, 2019, customers on both Atom Tickets and Fandango experienced long wait times and system delays, while AMC Theatres' website and app crashed completely for several hours. "[196] Matt Zoller Seitz, also of RogerEbert.com, gave the film a positive assessment as compared with Infinity War, which he considered "too crowded, too rushed and yet too long". This is a reference to Marvel being absolutely physically and psychologically incapable of going 2 minutes without including a shitty joke line. [177][178][135] The film was initially projected to gross $250280million in China in its opening weekend,[135] but made a record $107.5million (RMB 719 million) in the country on its first day, including $28.2million (RMB 189million) from midnight, 3 AM and 6 AM screenings, beating The Fate of the Furious's (2017) previous record of $9.1million. [81] In May 2016, the Russos revealed that they would be retitling the two films, to further remove this misconception. [115] The film also uses the Ant-Man (2015) theme by Christophe Beck, the Doctor Strange (2016) theme by Michael Giacchino, and the Captain Marvel theme by Pinar Toprak. When 2014 Nebula jumped forward in time, she created a new parallel timeline. [41][66] Katherine Langford was cast as an older Morgan, but her scene was cut from the final film. However, the 2014 Gamora came to the present with Thanos and then sided with the modern Nebula. Thanos overpowers Stark, Thor, and a Mjolnir-wielding Rogers and summons his army to retrieve the Stones, intent on using them to destroy the universe and create a new one. Due to the record-breaking first day, partnered with word of mouth (with a 9.1 on local review aggregator Douban and a 9.3 on ticket website Maoyan), debut projections were increased to over $300million. Now that the movie is out and dominating at the box office, we. Going into the movie, many fans predicted the death of the man who kicked off the whole Infinity Saga, and who had such an apparent influence on most of the films within it. [179] It also made $21.6million over its first four days in Russia after a delay of its premiere that was caused by the Russian government. With an estimated budget of $356400million, the film is one of the most expensive films ever made. Natasha has always had red in her ledger, so it wasnt surprising to see her want to sacrifice herself for the greater good. "[128] The trailer was viewed 289 million times in its first 24 hours, becoming the most viewed trailer in that time period, surpassing the record of Avengers: Infinity War (230 million views). [158], In late December 2018, Endgame was listed as one of the most anticipated films of 2019, ranking second by IMDb, and first by Fandango and Atom Tickets. agent Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders) shows up for the battle against Thanos and Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) appears later at Tony Starks funeral. 114K views 3 years ago #AvengersEndgame #EndgameSpoilers We've all been wondering, who's going to die in Avengers: Endgame? [187] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare "A+" grade on an A+ to F scale, the third Marvel film to earn the score after The Avengers and Black Panther (2018), and those at PostTrak gave the film 5 out of 5 stars and an 85% "definite recommend". Steve Rogers aka Captain America (Chris Evans)doesn'tdie in Avengers: Endgame, but his story did come to a close and he was essentially written out of the story. Each death in the movie propels the plot forward to a new point, so they aren't exactly wasted on the audience, but only a handful of deaths in Avengers: Endgame are the kind that the audience truly connect with. The 2014 Gamora helps to stop Thanos and his minions.