Avengers: Infinity Crusade

Avengers: Infinity Resolutions is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and set for distribution by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It serves as an alternate version of the 2018 film Avengers: Infinity War, expanded with its 2019 sequel Avengers: Endgame, the 19th and 22nd films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo with a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Paul Rudd, Chadwick Boseman, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, and Josh Brolin.

The film was announced in April Fools' Day of 2019. The Russo brothers came on board to direct in that same month, and Markus and McFeely signed on to script the film again. Filming will begin in August 2019 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, and additional filming will take place in the Downtown and Metro Atlanta areas and New York.

The film is scheduled for release in the United States on May 1st, 2020 on YouTube.

Premise
A cinematic journey through the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Dr. Stephan Strange and Black Panther attempt to stop Thanos from amassing the all-powerful Infinity Stones. Although Thanos activates the completed Infinity Gauntlet and disintegrates half of all life across the universe, the surviving Avengers and their allies work to reverse Thanos' damage.

Cast
The leader and benefactor of the Avengers, who is a self-described genius, billionaire, playboy, and philanthropist with electromechanical suits of armor of his own making. An Avenger and the king of Asgard. An Avenger and a genius scientist who, because of exposure to gamma radiation, transforms into a monster when enraged or agitated. A fugitive superhero and leader of a faction of Avengers. World War II veteran, he was enhanced to the peak of human physicality by an experimental serum and frozen in suspended animation before waking up in the modern world. Rogers has a new outfit in the film, visually similar to that of Nomad from the comics. A highly trained spy, a member of Rogers' faction of Avengers, and a former agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. A master archer, who is a former Avenger and agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Barton has a new outfit in the film, visually similar to that of Ronin from the comics. A colonel in the U.S. Air Force and Avenger, who operates the War Machine armor. Following his paralysis during the events of Captain America: Civil War, Rhodes is given an apparatus by Stark to walk again, although he is reluctant to don his War Machine armor and rejoin the Avengers due to his injury. A teenager and Stark's protegé, who received spider-like abilities after being bitten by a genetically-modified spider. The king of the African nation of Wakanda, who gained his enhanced strength by ingesting the Heart-Shaped Herb. An android and Avenger created using the artificial intelligence J.A.R.V.I.S., Ultron, and the Mind Stone. A member of Rogers' faction of Avengers, who can harness magic and engage in hypnosis and telekinesis. A member of Rogers' faction of Avengers and a former U.S. Air Force pararescueman trained in aerial combat, using a specially designed wing pack. An enhanced soldier and Rogers' ally and best friend, who reemerged as a brainwashed assassin after being thought killed in action during World War II. Barnes, who formerly went by Winter Soldier, is given the name White Wolf by the people of Wakanda, who helped remove his Hydra programming. A former petty criminal, who acquired a suit that allows him to shrink or grow in scale and increase in strength. An ex-U.S. Air Force pilot whose DNA was altered during an accident, which imbues her with the powers of superhuman strength, energy projection and flight. A Wakandan traditionalist from the Border Tribe, who is the head of the Dora Milaje, Wakanda's all-female special forces and T'Challa's bodyguards. Thor's adopted brother. The all-seeing, all-hearing Asgardian former sentry of the Bifröst Bridge. King of the Dwarves of Nidavellir. A tough, hard-drinking Asgardian slave trader, who was once a legendary warrior of the Valkyrior and worked for the Grandmaster under the designation "Scrapper 142". The daughter of Hank Pym and Janet van Dyne, who is handed down a similar suit and the Wasp mantle from her mother. One of the Masters of the Mystic Arts, tasked with protecting some of Kamar-Taj's most valuable relics and books. The head of security for Stark Industries and Tony Stark's driver and bodyguard. A member of the Guardians of the Galaxy with emphatic powers. An adopted daughter of Thanos, who was raised with Gamora as siblings. A member of the Guardians and warrior in search of vengeance against Thanos for killing his family. A member of the Guardians, who is an orphan from an alien world and was subsequently raised by Thanos, and is seeking redemption for her past crimes. Ariana Greenblatt portrays a young Gamora. A member of the Guardians, who is a tree-like humanoid. Terry Notary provided motion capture for Groot. A member of the Guardians, who is a genetically-engineered raccoon-based bounty hunter and mercenary, and is a master of weapons and battle tactics. Sean Gunn was again the stand-in for Rocket during filming, with his acting and expressions serving as motion reference for the character. Oreo the raccoon also provided some expressions before his death on February 2019. Stark's fiancée and the CEO of Stark Industries. She also wears Rescue, a powered exosuit of armor like Stark's suits. The original Wasp, who was lost in the quantum realm. She is Hank Pym's wife and Hope's mother. One of the Elders of the Universe, who is an obsessive keeper of the largest collection of interstellar fauna, relics, and species of all manner in the galaxy. A former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, entomologist, and physicist, who became the original Ant-Man after discovering the subatomic particles that make the transformation possible. The former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., who originally recruited the Avengers and continued to be a mentor and leader for the team. An intergalactic despot from Titan, who longs to collect all six of the Infinity Stones in order to impose his will on all of reality, wanting to "re-balance the universe". In addition to voicing for the character, Brolin performed motion capture on set. The half-human, half-Celestial leader of the Guardians, who was abducted from Earth as a child, and raised by a group of alien thieves and smugglers called the Ravagers. Additional actors reprising from the MCU will include: John Slattery as Howard Stark, Tony's father; Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow / Crossbones, the former commander of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s counter-terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team; Letitia Wright as T'Challa's sister Shuri; Cobie Smulders as Maria Hill, a former high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. agent; Hayley Atwell as the voice of Peggy Carter, the late and former founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.; William Hurt as General Thaddeus Ross, the U.S. Secretary of State; Kerry Condon as the voice of Stark's A.I. F.R.I.D.A.Y.; Rene Russo as Frigga, the deceased Queen of Asgard and Thor's mother; Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One, the late Sorcerer Supreme and Strange's mentor; Winston Duke as M'Baku, the leader of Wakanda's mountain tribe the Jabari; Florence Kasumba as Ayo, a member of the Dora Milaje; Jacob Batalon as Parker's friend Ned; Isabella Amara as Parker's classmate Sally; Tiffany Espensen as Parker's classmate Cindy; Ethan Dizon as Parker's classmate Tiny; and Reggie as Davner's pet flerken Goose.
 * Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark / Iron Man
 * Chris Hemsworth as Thor
 * Mark Ruffalo as Dr. Bruce Banner / Hulk
 * Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America
 * Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
 * Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton
 * Don Cheadle as James "Rhodey" Rhodes / War Machine
 * Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange: A former neurosurgeon who, after a car accident that led to a journey of healing, discovered the hidden world of magic and alternate dimensions, and became a Master of the Mystic Arts. Aaron Lazar served as Cumberbatch's stand-in until the latter completed filming on The Current War (2017). At that point, Cumberbatch re-shot scenes where his face needed to be seen. Julian "JayFunk" Daniels once again assisted Cumberbatch with his finger-tutting movements.
 * Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man
 * Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther
 * Paul Bettany as Vision
 * Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch
 * Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson / Falcon
 * Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier
 * Paul Rudd as Scott Lang / Ant-Man
 * Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
 * Danai Gurira as Okoye
 * Tom Hiddleston as Loki
 * Idris Elba as Heimdall
 * Peter Dinklage as Eitri
 * Tessa Thompson as Scrapper 142 / Valkyrie
 * Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne / Wasp
 * Benedict Wong as Wong
 * Jon Favreau as Harold "Happy" Hogan
 * Pom Klementieff as Mantis
 * Karen Gillan as Nebula
 * Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer
 * Zoe Saldana as Gamora
 * Vin Diesel as Groot
 * Bradley Cooper as Rocket
 * Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts
 * Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet van Dyne
 * Benicio del Toro as Taneleer Tivan / The Collector
 * Michael Douglas as Hank Pym
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury
 * Josh Brolin as Thanos
 * Chris Pratt as Peter Quill / Star-Lord

Thanos' henchmen, known collectively in the comics as the Black Order and in the film as the "Children of Thanos", return Terry Notary as Cull Obsidian (a.k.a. Black Dwarf), Tom Vaughan-Lawlor as Ebony Maw, Carrie Coon as Proxima Midnight, and Michael James Shaw as Corvus Glaive. The foursome once again provided voices and motion-capture performances on set for their characters. Ross Marquand returns to voice Johann Schmidt / Red Skull, the "Stonekeeper" of the Soul Stone and former Nazi commander of Hydra during World War II.

The late Stan Lee and Jim Starlin, the writer of The Infinity Gauntlet, will have cameo appearances in the film.

Development
On April Fools' Day of 2019, the Russo Brothers have announced for a remastered version of the 2018 MCU film Avengers: Infinity War. This was to also feature Ant-Man and the Wasp, which was also released in 2018, Captain Marvel, which was released in March 2019, and Avengers Endgame, the direct sequel to Infinity War, alongside deleted scenes from the Blu-Ray set of Infinity War.

Casting
Most of the cast members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are expected to reprise their roles including Downey as Tony Stark / Iron Man, Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America, Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / Hulk, Hemsworth as Thor, Johansson as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Renner as Clint Barton / Hawkeye, Hiddleston as Loki, and Jackson as Nick Fury.

Music
Alan Silvestri has interest in composing this film's score as he did for Infinity War and Endgame.

Release
The film is set to be released on May 1st, 2020, only on YouTube.