Here Is How Marvel Decided Who Would Die In ‘Avengers: Endgame’

With the release of Avengers: Endgame less than a month away, the people behind the film at Marvel have opened up a bit on how they decided who would survive to see the end credits.

While speaking to Comicbook.com, Avengers: Endgame producer Trinh Tran discussed the process of deciding which character would die in the film. At first, she played a bit coy, saying that the people at Marvel threw a bunch of character cards in the air before picking them up. She then  got more serious, stating that they then try to decide what would make the best story arc:

Look, it all starts with us just being in the room with the Russo Brothers, and [Christopher] Markus, and [Stephen] McFeely. We started four years ago when we were finishing filming Civil War. We came back and we were beating out both of these movies [Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame] and you just throw up the character cards, and then you’re just brainstorming, trying to figure out, what is the best story to tell?

She continued by referring to a nearby poster asking what is the best character arc for the people on the poster and explained how that went into their way of thinking:

What is the best character arch for all of these characters up on this poster? And, how we can tell it in a way where we’re closing a chapter to Phase Three. What is going to be the most exciting thing for audience to see? Audiences who have invested the last over 10 years, since Iron Man. What’s gonna be the most satisfying? So, we went with that and just took us to a direction.

From the look of things, the people behind Avengers: Endgame really wanted any character deaths to make sense within the story and not just to have a body count!

What do you all make of this? Are you looking forward to Marvel story arcs that end in character deaths? Let us know what you think in the comments below!

Here’s the synopsis for Marvel’s next film, Avengers: Endgame:

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Brie Larson, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt.

Avengers: Endgame is scheduled to be released in theaters on April 26, 2019.

Source: Comicbook.com