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‘Avengers: Infinity War Part I’ update: Chris Evans to reprise role as Captain America

| Jul 10, 2016 10:31 AM EDT

President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige onstage during Marvel Studios fan event at The El Capitan Theatre on October 28, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

The first part of the upcoming two-part American superhero film ''Avengers: Infinity War Part I'' will be released on May 4, 2018. As per the latest updates, Chris Evans will play the role of Captain America in this series and all the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, too.

The second part of ''Avengers: Infinity War'' will be released on May 3, 2019. Going by the success of the original movie, ''The Avengers'' which was released in 2012 and its sequel ''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' which was released in 2015, the makers MCU decided to come up with two more sequels. The first movie made $1.520 billion in the box office which is a record collection against a budget of $220 million.

''Avengers: Age of Ultron'' did even better than its predecessor and collected $1.405 billion in the box office. The first part is in production now and Anthony Russo and Joe Russo are the directors of both the movies. The character of the ''most dangerous villain'' Thanos is being conceptualised now and as per the speculations of Cinema Blend, this antagonist will continue to appear in many MCU movies in the future.

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures will continue to distribute these movies worldwide. The official website gave some basic details of this upcoming movie."Chris and Steve have been an integral part of the Marvel family since the early days of Phase 1, and their work speaks for itself," said producer Kevin Feige about the billion dollar franchise.

"We couldn't be more excited to have them with us to help guide the Avengers through their biggest story yet," he further clarified.

The plot of the movie will revolve around the antagonist Thanos and the six infinity stones will play a significant part in the conceptualisation of the plot. It is also revealed by the makers that the upcoming video games too will be based on the character of Thanos. Evans has been basking in glory after the phenomenal success of ''Captain America: Civil War'' which was released in cinemas on Apr. 12 and collected $1.150 billion world-wide till date. Watch the trailer of the upcoming movie here. 

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