After a fan-packed screening of Avengers: Infinity War in LA, directors the Russo Brothers did a marathon Q&A with the audience. For two whole hours.
Of course, they kicked of by saying they wouldn’t be answering any questions about the fourth Avengers film, which still doesn’t have a trailer or even a title. (There goes that theory.)
But they did confirm a few details that rule things out for A4. Spoilers for Infinity War start here, but honestly, why are you still reading?
For one thing, Loki is definitely, definitely dead.
The Russo’s were asked about a fan theory that Bruce Banner is really Loki in disguise. They answered. That “Loki is dead.”
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) November 29, 2018
OK then. Sorry, Hiddlestans.
Also dead? 3/4 of the Asgardians who made it onto the ship in Thor: Ragnarok. Half of them were murdered at the beginning of Infinity War, just before Loki ate it, and then half of the ones left over were dusted in the Snappening.
Brutal.
The @Russo_Brothers confirm that the asgardians did lose half their ppl again after the snap. #ColliderScreenings #InfinityWar #ArchlightCinemas pic.twitter.com/BJhORmUpuU
— Dorian Parks @ #E32019 (@DorianParksnRec) November 29, 2018
And that flash-forward from Homecoming you’re clinging to as hope that Peter Parker eventually becomes not-dead? Cancelled… sort of.
When asked about the Spider-Man Homcoming “8 years later” the Russo’s said they didn’t make Spider-Man Homecoming and their film is right.
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) November 29, 2018
Also, they totally tried to involve the Netflix MCU heroes in Infinity War – Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Daredevil might have been helpful on some level, surely? But it was too hard to coordinate the various timelines.
They talked about involving the Netflix Marvel characters in Infinity War, but they say it was too complicated to correlate story between not only the other marvel films in production but also the tv productions. They decided the best way to tell the story was to keep it MCU.
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) November 29, 2018
Yeah, we kind of got that from the way Luke Cage S2 and Daredevil S3 had zero indication half the population on New York were turned into ash.
Either way, depending on how that was phrased, exactly, that’s the firmest confirmation we have so far that the TV shows aren’t considered exactly “MCU” anymore.
And they shared some nice details about the late, great Stan Lee: that he never rejected a cameo idea, and that he had jokes.
They would tell Stan Lee about his cameo before he came to set. Stan never turned down any of their cameos. Stan’s joke on set was “why do I always only get one line.”
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) November 29, 2018
The whole Q&A will be up on Collider.com soon, but for now, here’s a whole Twitter thread from a journo in attendance. Feel free to torture yourself with every detail.