How much will Avengers: Infinity War take place in space?

Director Joe Russo reveals how much of Avengers: Infinity War will take in space.

There’s no question Avengers: Infinity War will be big — and ambitious. It will be Marvel Studios’ largest endeavor to-date. Just the shear amount of characters will make any fan’s head spin. With that many players interacting, you can bet the arena will be huge — because our heroes and villains need some room to do their awesome battles!

For some time now, fans have been wondering just how large and expansive the setting will be. Is most of it taking place in space? Or is it more of an Earthbound movie with some smatterings of cosmic battles.

CinemaBlend was able to ask those very questions to director Joe Russo — one half of the directing duo known as the Russo brothers. Lucky for us, Russo was pretty generous with that info and gave it up in a candid fashion:

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"“A good amount. It’s a lot of different narratives driving towards each other. A lot of different characters, so you have to tell a lot of story. And it’s a good mix between space and Earth.”"

There you have it folks, it’s an almost fifty-fifty split between our lonely rock and the ginormous cosmic vacuum above us. Now the question is: what order will it be in? Will the first half be on Earth, with the team later launching off to do battle with the “purple one who likes to sit a lot”?

From what Russo said, the various plots will most likely drive the different settings. And I wouldn’t be surprised if the final battle has them going from Earth to space and back — especially with the involvement of Doctor Strange and his portals.

Next: SDCC 2017: Each Infinity Stone will have a specific role

Production Details

Avengers: Infinity War — Synopsis

"As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment – the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain."

Avengers: Infinity War will be released on May 4, 2018

It will be directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo, written by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, and star Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Josh Brolin as Thanos, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier, Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, Paul Bettany as Vision, Samuel.L Jackson as Nick Fury, Cobie Smulders as Mria Hill, Benedict Wong as Wong, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Vin Diesel as Groot, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Bradley Cooper as the Voice of Rocket and Sean Gunn as the Motion Reference of Rocket, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector, Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon, and Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa / Black Panther, with Terry Notary in an undisclosed role.