Because people always want to know what’s next with Marvel, fans are eager to find out whatAvengers 4will be called even though Marvel could call it anything and those fans would still see it opening night. It could be calledAvengers: You’re Adopted and Your Parents Hate You, and it would still make well over a hundred million dollars on opening weekend. That’s how little the title matters, but because fans are hungry for any information, we’re going down the rabbit hole.
In a recent interview,Zoe Saldanasays that theGuardians of the Galaxyactors already shot their part forAvengers: Infinity War, but that they have to “go back for Gauntlet” later this year:
This has led fans to speculate that the title ofAvengers 4isAvengers: Infinity Gauntlet, but that doesn’t really square with what we know so far.ProducerKevin Feigerecently told us that the title is a “spoiler”, which implies that the title will have something to do with the events ofAvengers: Infinity War, maybe along the lines of referring a character who dies or an event that takes place. It’s not a spoiler to point out an object that we already saw in the post-credits scene inAvengers: Age of Ultron.
But also look at this from a larger marketing perspective, because titles are designed to sell movies. So from a marketing perspective, you have two titles that sound far too similar and your follow-up sounds fairly underwhelming. A “war” is a dramatic event; a “gauntlet” is a fancy glove.
I’m sure that the Infinity Gauntlet (which is designed to hold the infinity stones; the person who wields the gauntlet and all the stones can reshape reality) is incredibly important in the upcomingAvengersmovies, but I suspect thatGauntletis just a working title forAvengers 4. While I don’t expect the title to be a major spoiler (Avengers 4merchandise is going to have to go into production at some point, and probably beforeInfinity Warhits theaters), I also don’t think it’s going to be something as bland asInfinity Gauntlet.
[Update: And indeed,James Gunnhas confirmed toYahoo!thatInfinity Gauntletis not the title ofAvengers 4. Moving on.]
