Unlike the first two phases, the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three will consist of more than a dozen movies. Phase One and Phase Two featured six movies each - five standalone movies and one Avengers movie. In Phase Three, there will be two Avengers movies which were announced to be titled Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Part 2.
However, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Walt Disney Studios has officially updated the titles of both movies. The nineteenth MCU installment, which was previously titled as Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1, will simply be termed as Avengers: Infinity War from now on.
The twenty-second one will no longer be called Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2. They have yet to confirm a title for the movie but for the time being, it will be referred to as an untitled Avengers movie.
The release dates of both movies remain intact – Avengers: Infinity War will hit the theaters on May 4, 2018 while the untitled Avengers sequel will release on May 3, 2019.
The Russo Brothers confirmed that the Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Part 2 would be retitled! (Photo Credit – Marvel)
The title changes for the upcoming Avengers movies don't come as a surprise, considering the fact that the Russo Brothers had confirmed that they would change the titles a few months ago.
According to the directors, despite being filmed simultaneously, these are "two very different movies". They claimed that labeling the movies as Avengers: Infinity War – Part 1 and Part 2 is "misleading".
In recent years, studios have come to realize that splitting a movie into two parts doesn't please the audience at all. Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 and Part 2 are the best examples. Part 2 was the lowest-grossing installment in the franchise.
And Marvel Studios isn't the first studio to change the titles of movies originally titled as Part 1 and Part 2. Lionsgate did the same with The Divergent Series: Allegiant Part 1 and Part 2. They retitled the movies as Allegiant and Ascendant.
