Karen Gillan: Avengers Infinity War will be a ‘cinematic event’

Avengers: Infinity War will also star Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olson, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Don Cheadle, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Pom Klementieff, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Sean Gunn, Tom Holland and Paul Rudd.

The superheroes will battle it out against Thanos, who hopes to possess all of the universe’s Infinity Stones in order to become all-powerful. Director duo Anthony and Joe Russo, who helmed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War, are directing Infinity War as well as the fourth untitled Avengers film, which are being filmed back-to-back. It will be the nineteenth film in Marvel Cinematic Universe. Infinity War is the first step in the culmination of MCU and all the previous movies in the universe have been building up to this moment when Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy will fight the big baddie, Thanos.