The saga of theAvengers 4trailer and title was filled with more twists, deception, and heartbreak than your average James Bond film, so you’d think the sweet, sweet release of finally seeing someAvengers: Endgamefootageon Friday would have ended the hooplah. Folks, the hooplah has just begun. Back in September, the Russo Brothers tweeted a photo of an empty set captioned with the words “Look hard.” Fans, of course, pored over the image like a modern-day Zapruder film trying to see if there was any Captain Marvel concept art on the grassy knoll. But in hindsight, was the titleAvengers: Endgamein front of us, right there in the photo, the whole time?
According to some eagle-eyed Marvel diehards, the answer is yes. If you do, in fact, lookreallyhard, and suspend your disbeliefjustenough, and have aprettywacky concept about what the alphabet looks like, yes, the random junk in that photo does spell the phrase “Endgame.”
It’s but one bump in a very long road to learning the title of the film, a journey that also saw the directors kind of, sort of just straight up lying to protect that information. Speaking toUproxxin May, the Russos said theAvengers 4title was not spoken out loud inInfinity War, a movie that 100% featured Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) saying “we’re in the endgame now.”
Is the title of the fourthAvengersever spoken inInfinity War?
Joe Russo:No.
Okay, because people have been looking for clues in the dialogue.
Anthony Russo:It’s certainly grounded in the narrative that we have been following throughout the MCU – very well grounded…
Of course, Strange didn’t say “we’re in the Avengers: Endgame” now, because that makes no sense, so okay, nottechnicallya lie. But still, be vigilant out there, friends. Be back here next week, when the Russo Brothers accidentally send out a butt tweet that somehow confirms Captain America’s death.
