Infinity Waris only a little over 2 months away from hitting theaters and now a new rumor suggests that it will be the longest movie inMarvel Cinematic Universehistory. The overall scope ofInfinity Warwill obviously need some time to cover all of the bases and introduce team ups as well as the members of Thanos' Black Order, so a longer running time makes a lot of sense. Even from the short amount of footage that we’ve seen from the first trailer and TV spot reveal that there’s a lot going on in a relative short amount of time and it truly feels that the promotional footage released thus far has barely scratched the surface.
The newInfinity Warruntime rumor originates from SM Cinema, which is the largest movie theater chain in the Philippines. They reportedly launched their presale tickets for the epic movie today and a Reddit user took a screenshot of the synopsis and other details, including a 2-hour and 30-minuteruntime. Additionally, the screenshot lines up with the international April 25th release date, which is a week before the movie premieres in the United States.
TheRusso Brothersmay still be actually working on the final cut ofInfinity War, so this could very well be a placeholder of sorts, since the movie is still a little over 2 months away. However, the runtime forThe Last Jedileaked in September, well ahead of the December release date, and it ended up true. 150 minutes seems just about right to cover everything, especially considering that the second piece, the still untitledAvengers 4hits theaters almost exactly one year later and will likely be the same length.
Captain America: Civil Warheld theprevious recordat 147 minutes, soInfinity Waris reportedly only 3 minutes longer.Civil Warintroduced some new team ups in the fracture of theAvengersand featured the big screen debut ofBlack Panther, so there was a lot going on there too. Now we’re familiar with all of the characters that will be inInfinity War, so that part is taken care of and we should have a lot of action to look forward to when the Russo Brothers finish the final cut, if it hasn’t been already.
Infinity Warpremieres in theaters on May 4th and on April 25th internationally. It’s important to note that this rumor has not been officially verified by anybody from the MCU, so we’ll take this with a grain of salt for the time being. However, the runtime does fit into what we’ve seen before and makes a lot of sense, considering thehuge scopeof what the movie sets out to accomplish while staying within the attention span of moviegoers. Basically, there’s no reason not to believe this report at this time. TheInfinity Warruntime report originated on Reddit, via theMarvel Studios Sub Reddit.
