Things you need to know before Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War hits theatres
With more than 38 hours worth of MCU films leading up to the new release, we recap the notable things to remember – and what you can expect to see
Avengers: Infinity War will hit the big screen in a few days and we’re all very excited to see our favourite superheroes, and watch the culmination of 10 years’ worth of Marvel movies.
So much has happened to our characters over the three phases and 18 movies since the release of the first Iron Man movie in 2008, so here’s what you need to know before watching the much-anticipated Avengers: Infinity War.
Thanos
For the past 10 years, Marvel has been building up it’s ultimate big bad – Thanos, the purple, mad titan we saw sitting on a floating chair in the post-credit scenes of Marvel’s The Avengers (2012).
What does he want? We can’t be sure, but we know his objective is to collect the six infinity stones, unite them in his Infinity Gauntlet and, with the unprecedented amount of power they provide, probably take over the galaxy.
Infinity stones
There are six infinity stones that slot into Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet. Unsure of what they are? That’s why you’re reading this.
1. The Space Stone
We get our first look at an infinity stone during the post-credit scenes in Thor (2011), when S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury hands Erik Selvig the Tesseract – which we now know is the Space Stone – and asks him to study it.
We find out more about the Tesseract and its powr, which can alter the fabric of space, as well as how it fell into the hands of The Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). We last saw the Tesseract seemingly in the hands of Loki in Thor: Ragnarok (2017).
2. The Mind Stone