It’s official: Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 and Part 2 will have new titles.
Disney announced Friday evening that spring 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 will now simply be called Avengers: Infinity War, without a secondary part title. Avengers: Infinity War Part 2 is now currently Untitled Avengers, but will have a different title.
Joe and Anthony Russo said before Captain America: Civil War was released in May that the move would be coming. “The intention is we will change it, we just haven’t come up with the titles yet,” Joe Russo told Uproxx. “But, yes, we will change it.”
“The movies are two very different movies,” he added.
Production of Avengers: Infinity War is expected to begin later this year. The Russos are directing from a script by the writing team of Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely with a back story based on immensely powerful Infinity Gems described in various Marvel stories.
The Russos directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Civil War, which became 2016’s top worldwide grosser with $1.16 billion. Joss Whedon directed 2012’s The Avengers and 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. The Avengers is the fifth highest grosser of all time at $1.52 billion and Age of Ultron is the seventh highest at $1.41 billion.The Russos were hired to direct the two Infinity War projects last year, written by Captain America collaborators Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner starred in both movies. Downey and Renner have been confirmed to appear in Infinity Wars.
Avengers: Infinity War is scheduled for May 4, 2018, while Untitled Avengers will open May 3, 2019.