Marvel Studios is now officially gearing up for the next two Avengers movies by giving them new names. Well, sort of.
The long-awaited Avengers: Age of Ultron sequel has now been titled Avengers: Infinity War - ditching the Part 1 that had originally been tacked on by Marvel.
However, the previously-named Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2 is now being developed as Untitled Avengers - so clearly we'll be hearing more on that front in the not-so-distant future.
The first sign that Marvel Studios was backing away from directly linking its next two Avengers movies surfaced a few months back.
Directors Anthony and Joe Russo revealed that they were hard at work on new names because they felt calling the Marvel movies Part 1 and Part 2 of an Infinity War saga is "misleading".
"The movies are two very different movies," Joe explained.
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Josh Brolin - who plays Thanos - recently hinted that he's psyched to square off with the Avengers and their intergalactic allies on the big screen.
"I literally can't say one word about it, but it's an incredible story," he told Digital Spy. "There's no script yet. But I do know the story inside and out and it's an amazing story.
"I sat at a table and listened to the story and was completely and utterly blown away. I was told it by all the people involved. It was a large table, I'll put it that way!"
Avengers: Infinity War arrives on April 27, 2018 in the UK and May 4, 2018 in the US - with Untitled Avengers following on April 26, 2019 in the UK and May 3, 2019 in the US.
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