Avengers: Infinity War
- by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo
- Feature Film
- Superhero
- YA and Up
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- Avengers: Infinity War by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (premiered at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 23 April 2018).
Given that the Time Stone is a key element to Thanos’s master plan, you’d think that time travel would play a major part in this movie, but not so. Doc Strange does use the stone to view a slew of possible futures, but we know that’s not actually time travel. So where does the time travel come into play? Pay close attention to the final thirteen minutes of the film, after Strange announces “We’re in the end game now,” and you’ll spot one definite time travel moment and a second possible moment.
—Michael Main
Tony, there was no other way.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: presumed time period, updated from the original 20th-century comics
- Timeline Models
- Outside of Time: We believe that young Gamora is trapped in a world of the Soul Stone, outside of time.
- Sensing Many Potential Futures: Dr. Strange views 14,000,605 possible futures.
- Time Runs in Reverse for Some Beings: right after Wanda destroys the Mind Stone
- Time Travel Methods
- Magic Time Travel: via the Time Stone in the Eye of Agamotto
- Wearable Time Object: We consider the Time Stone to be a wearable time object, even though it could be used without being worn
- Themes
- Unusual Aging: Gamora was an adult when she was sacrificed to the Soul Stone, but inside the Soul World, she appears to be a child.
- Real-World Tags
- Stan Lee: on the school bus: “What’s the matter with you kids? You never seen a spaceship before?”
- Fictional Tags
- Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
- Black Widow (Marvel)
- Bucky Barnes
- Captain America
- Dr. Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Fairies, Goblins, Dwarves, Nymphs, Elves, and Others of the Fae: Eitri, the giant king of the dwarves
- Falcon (Marvel)
- General Ross
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Heimdall
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Infinity Stones: all six
- Iron Man (Marvel Comics)
- Loki
- Nick Fury
- Red Skull (Marvel Comics): after he became a stonekeeper
- Spider-Man
- Star-Lord
- Thanos
- Thor
- Vision (Marvel)
- Wanda (Marvel Comics)
- War Machine (Marvel)
- Groupings
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- Avengers: Infinity War by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo (premiered at the Dolby Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 23 April 2018).
Jim Starlin (other contribution)
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- Credits—from the film:
- directed by Anthony and Joe Russo
- screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
- based on the Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
- the producers would like to recognize Jim Starlin for his significant contributions to the film
- Captain America created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby
- Star-Lord created by Steve Englehart and Steve Gan
- Rocket Racoon created by Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen
- Thanos, Gamora, and Drax created by Jim Starlin
- Groot created by Stan Lee and Larry Leiber and Jack Kirby
- Mantis created by Steve Englehart and Don Heck