<p><ins class="ice-ins ice-cts-1" data-changedata="" data-cid="5" data-last-change-time="1525972178852" data-time="1525972178852" data-userid="162" data-username="Author"><span class="iceBookmark iceBookmark_end" icebookmark="end" style="display: none;">&nbsp;</span></ins></p>

<p><ins class="ice-ins ice-cts-1" data-changedata="" data-cid="5" data-last-change-time="1525972178852" data-time="1525972178852" data-userid="162" data-username="Author">The film was announced in October 2014 as&nbsp;<i>Avengers: Infinity War &ndash; Part 1</i>. The Russo brothers came on board to direct in April 2015 and by May, Markus and McFeely had signed on to write the script for the film, which drew inspiration from&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Starlin" title="Jim Starlin">Jim Starlin</a>&#39;s 1991&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Infinity_Gauntlet" title="The Infinity Gauntlet">The Infinity Gauntlet</a></i>&nbsp;comic and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Hickman" title="Jonathan Hickman">Jonathan Hickman</a>&#39;s 2013&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_(comic_book)" title="Infinity (comic book)">Infinity</a></i>&nbsp;comic. In 2016, Marvel shortened the title to&nbsp;<i>Avengers: Infinity War</i>. Filming began in January 2017 at&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinewood_Atlanta_Studios" title="Pinewood Atlanta Studios">Pinewood Atlanta Studios</a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayette_County,_Georgia" title="Fayette County, Georgia">Fayette County, Georgia</a>, and lasted until July 2017, shooting&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_back_film_production" title="Back to back film production">back-to-back</a>&nbsp;with a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_Avengers_film" title="Untitled Avengers film">direct sequel</a>. Additional filming took place in Scotland, England, the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Atlanta" title="Downtown Atlanta">Downtown Atlanta</a>&nbsp;area, and New York City. With an estimated budget of $316&nbsp;million, it is the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_films" title="List of most expensive films">third-most expensive film ever made</a>.<i><b>Avengers: Infinity War</b></i>&nbsp;is a 2018 American&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero_film" title="Superhero film">superhero film</a>&nbsp;based on the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>&nbsp;superhero team the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers_(comics)" title="Avengers (comics)">Avengers</a>, produced by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios" title="Marvel Studios">Marvel Studios</a>&nbsp;and distributed by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures" title="Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures">Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures</a>. It is the sequel to 2012&#39;s&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Avengers_(2012_film)" title="The Avengers (2012 film)">The Avengers</a></i>&nbsp;and 2015&#39;s&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Age_of_Ultron" title="Avengers: Age of Ultron">Avengers: Age of Ultron</a></i>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe_films" title="List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films">the nineteenth film</a>&nbsp;in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe" title="Marvel Cinematic Universe">Marvel Cinematic Universe</a>&nbsp;(MCU). The film is directed by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo_brothers" title="Russo brothers">Anthony and Joe Russo</a>, written by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Markus_and_Stephen_McFeely" title="Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely">Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely</a>, and features an&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast" title="Ensemble cast">ensemble cast</a>including&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Downey_Jr." title="Robert Downey Jr.">Robert Downey Jr.</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth" title="Chris Hemsworth">Chris Hemsworth</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ruffalo" title="Mark Ruffalo">Mark Ruffalo</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Evans_(actor)" title="Chris Evans (actor)">Chris Evans</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlett_Johansson" title="Scarlett Johansson">Scarlett Johansson</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Cumberbatch" title="Benedict Cumberbatch">Benedict Cumberbatch</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Cheadle" title="Don Cheadle">Don Cheadle</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Holland_(actor)" title="Tom Holland (actor)">Tom Holland</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bettany" title="Paul Bettany">Paul Bettany</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Olsen" title="Elizabeth Olsen">Elizabeth Olsen</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mackie" title="Anthony Mackie">Anthony Mackie</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Stan" title="Sebastian Stan">Sebastian Stan</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danai_Gurira" title="Danai Gurira">Danai Gurira</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Wright" title="Letitia Wright">Letitia Wright</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Bautista" title="Dave Bautista">Dave Bautista</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Saldana" title="Zoe Saldana">Zoe Saldana</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Brolin" title="Josh Brolin">Josh Brolin</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pratt" title="Chris Pratt">Chris Pratt</a>. In&nbsp;<i>Avengers: Infinity War</i>, the Avengers and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(2008_team)" title="Guardians of the Galaxy (2008 team)">Guardians of the Galaxy</a>attempt to stop&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanos" title="Thanos">Thanos</a>&nbsp;from amassing the all-powerful&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Gems" title="Infinity Gems">Infinity Stones</a>.</ins></p>

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