Avengers: Infinity War — Everything You Need to Know, in 1 Place

When the first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War dropped in Nov. 2017, the internet lost its collective mind. Feel free to watch, rewatch, and repeat, until May.

The big-game trailer gave us another glimpse at the epic sequel.

There's a big shake-up of the Avengers team at the end of Age of Ultron, but now we know most of who is coming back for Infinity War after seeing the trailer. Every Avenger we know so far pretty much makes an appearance in the first trailer, since this is the culmination of everything the Marvel movies have been leading up to. As Chris Evans has said, "It's everybody. The scale is going to be enormous."

We're still waiting on standalone movies for Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), but we do see Black Panther and Spider-Man in the first trailer. It remains to be seen if the film will debut any new characters to the Marvel universe, like Captain Marvel.

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We briefly meet big baddie Thanos, played by Josh Brolin, in Guardians of the Galaxy, and he's the main villain in the Infinity War films. He's after the Infinity Stones, which he'll use to power his Infinity Gauntlet. Once he has them attached to the Infinity Gauntlet, he'll supposedly have God-like abilities.

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Since Thanos is the villain, it only makes sense that the heroes of Guardians of the Galaxy follow him into the new movie. Vin Diesel confirmed in a live Facebook stream that their characters will appear in Infinity War, and then we caught a glimpse of them in the trailer, hanging out with Thor.

Joss Whedon is out, due to the fact that he's exhausted. Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo are set to direct the two-part film event. They're not new to the franchise; they directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War.

Chris Evans revealed the Infinity War shooting schedule to Esquire, saying, "You plan around the Marvel responsibilities. You have to." The movies will be shot beginning in "Fall or Winter" of 2016. "That's going to be like nine months to shoot both movies back to back," he said. As previously announced, Infinity War will be released on May 4, 2018, in the US, and the second film is scheduled for May 2019.

Marvel announced that the movies will be shot entirely with a revolutionary new IMAX camera. The technology was partially used in Captain America: Civil War, but the Infinity War films will be the first movies fully shot with the new camera. According to the studio, the new system will allow for "the highest level of digital image capture for playback on IMAX's xenon and new laser projection systems."