Infinity War Directors 'Briefly' Considered Marvel TV Characters

Avengers: Infinity War

avenger : Infinity War ’s directors share that they suppose about using Marvel telly characters in the motion-picture show , and explain why they eventually decided against it .

Their third prison term helming a Marvel film and collaborating withCaptain Americatrilogy scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely , Joe and Anthony Russo were tasked to supervise the MCU ’s most ambitious movie yet . The squad attract off the pressure - packed task , with the pic gettinggenerally prescribed reviews , not to cite theenormous box office become out . But even the Russos could n’t be the ones to finally introduce the MCU ’s small screen heroes onto the full-grown screen .

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Speaking withVarietyon the heels of the release ofInfinity War , the Russo blood brother talked about the tight process of crafting the storey for the film and then executing what they make out up with . One of the most interesting takeaways from the interview was Joe actually admitting that they contemplated using the Marvel TV player for a time , but ultimately abandoned the idea :

“ We made the briefest consideration of [ including TV eccentric in ‘ Infinity War ’ ] . When we ’re alone in a room with [ screenwriters Christopher ] Markus and [ Stephen ] McFeely , we view every idea . We care intend of everything . But it seemed like the story that had been told within the movies was so specific and elaborate already that once we started working through the narration , we have it away we had our hands full just with this set of fictitious character and tale . ”

While it ’s a bit frustrating that up until now , Marvel ’s memorable idiot box characters have failed to pop up in any of Marvel Studios ' motion picture - despite strike position in the same universe - it ’s at least courteous knowing that the MCU ’s creatives have been considering adding the small screen heroes to their big screen projects . Still , consider thatInfinity Warand its still - untitled continuation are being billed as the culmination of everything that has transpired in the franchise for the last 10 year , there really would n’t have been a better chance to lastly introduce the Netflix and / orAgents of SHIELDplayers into the premix . With so many things that the twinAvengerssequels have to accomplish though , the Russos ' decision against it was probably for the best .

That sound out , as MCU ’s movie subdivision continues to miss its small-scale screenland counterpart , the Marvel TV world will have to share with the situation that Thanos ' reaching resulted in . ABC’sAgents of SHIELDis alreadytackling the premiseofAvengers : Infinity War . As for the other street - level heroes over at Netflix , what they ’ll do remains to be seen . Next on the streaming help ’s docket isLuke Cage ’s second season which does n’t seem like it ’s going to deal the position . Daredevilseason 3 does n’t seem brace to either , given that it ’ll adapt theBorn Againstorylinefrom the comics . While it ’s potential to view these with the supposition that they all take property prior to Thanos ' comer , at some point they ’ll have to show how the Defenders function after the snapshot - assuming they outlast it .