- The Russo brothers tease Iron Man's fate
in exclusive Avengers: Endgame footage!
We're less than three weeks away from Avengers: Endgame
gracing the big screen, and while we'd be content
to ride out the remaining time without learning
anything new about Avengers Four,
Marvel keeps letting cats out of the bag.
Over the weekend, exclusive, unreleased footage
from Endgame was revealed to the media
teasing out how Iron Man might survive
his space adventure with Nebula.
And since we have no impulse control
when it comes to learning everything
that we can about Endgame, we're here to dissect all of it.
Now, before we go any further,
the footage is still locked up,
but we will be breaking down what was seen
and what it means for our heroes.
So if you're trying to make it through
these next three weeks unspoiled,
you might want to ditch this field trip like Spider-Man
and head on out of here.
Spoilers!
- What's the matter with you kids?
You never seen a spaceship before?
Still here, cool.
Over the weekend, Disney invited a bunch of luminaries
in the media, including our very own Dan Casey,
to sit down with the Endgame directors, the Russo brothers,
and get their takes on the upcoming Infinity
saga-ending film.
And to get more on that interview,
be sure to tune in to Nerdist News Edition.
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As part of the interview, Dan and his colleagues
saw about 10 minutes of footage from the film.
And while one clip was previously shown at CinemaCon
last week and later on Good Morning America on Monday,
which we broke down how it revealed several fan theories,
it's the other clip that's creating all the buzz this week
since it reveals some new information about the fate
of Tony Stark and Nebula while they are adrift in space.
We've actually gotten several of the glimpses of this scene
in previous Endgame trailers.
From what we had already seen in promos,
it's looking pretty dire for the pair
as it appears they're about to
run out of food, air, and fuel.
And ultimately, Tony believes he's going to die.
However, in this exclusive footage,
we've learned new details, specifically,
that it's been 22 days since the battle with Thanos
in Infinity War.
Tony and Nebula appear to be onboard
the Guardians of the Galaxy's broken down ship, the Benatar,
which they've managed to limp back into space.
They're passing the time by playing paper football
and, of course, Nebula is unsurprisingly hyper-aggressive
and competitive, but like, in a very fun way.
Eventually, Tony goes off to record his video to Pepper,
and in his sad-boy vlog, he reveals that they are down
to the last dregs of their life-support systems
and they are light years from the nearest 7-Eleven,
so now chance to fill up on some heat lamp hotdogs.
Tony also mentions that Nebula healed
his infected chest wound from when he faced off
with the mad titan.
And at the end of the clip,
having vlogged about his imminent death,
Tony then falls asleep where Nebula then picks up
his sleeping body and kind of tucks him into a chair.
It's really cute.
So, a couple of things to note here,
besides the very sweet Tony-Nebula survival dynamic,
Tony was pretty badly beaten up after his encounter
with Thanos at the end of Infinity War,
with his suit left in scraps
hanging off of his battered body.
As impressive as it is that he and Nebula
managed to repair the ship well enough to leave Titan,
Iron Man is still mostly man, and those nasty wounds
could easily have taken him out.
In the other scene Disney shared with Dan Casey and friends,
we find out that Nebula has, in fact, made it back to Earth
and is in the room with the Earth-side Avengers:
Black Widow, Thor, Captains, both Marvel and America,
Rhodey, and Bruce Banner,
as they discuss their plan for taking on Thanos.
Noticeably absent from this group, however, is Iron Man.
Now, while we're still not sure how exactly
Nebula and Iron Man are saved in space,
many suspect that it's Captain Marvel who swings by
to save the day and give them a tow home.
But we're still sticking to our theory
that Tony and Nebula will be save by Pepper Potts
donning the rescue armor.
Another question remains from this clip,
Nebula clearly made it back alive,
so why isn't Tony in this scene too.
Did he not survive the trip back?
Now, we actually think that Tony is still alive.
If they've just returned to Earth,
it could be that Tony is still in a medical ward
getting treated and healing.
At the end of the day what does all of this
exclusive footage tell us about Avengers: Endgame?
Honestly, we think it plays out
how we have predicted in the past.
Once Nebula and Tony are safely back on Earth,
the surviving Avengers, now equipped
with their secret weapon, Captain Marvel,
will take the fight to Thanos to take the glove
and try to unsnap the snapped.
Some suspect Thanos will soundly beat them in battle again
or the Avengers manage to get the Infinity Gauntlet
from him but won't be able to use it
because either the glove is too degraded
or the stones are too drained to unsnap everything.
We suspect that after they don't succeed,
Ant-Man pops up from the quantum realm
sharing the very interesting information
that time vortexes are a thing
and that maybe they can use them to stop Thanos
before the snap or capture the stones before he uses them.
But what do you folks think?
What are some good Avengers: Endgame theories
that you've heard?
How excited are you for Endgame?
And do you think Mark Ruffalo will accidentally
stream the first 20 minutes of Endgame
from his front pocket?
- Yeah, am I in trouble?
- A little.
- Let's discuss.
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