Marvel, meanwhile, haven't taken DC's challenge lying down. Not long after the rather somewhat anti-climactic Warner Bros announcement (a list of their upcoming films leaked after a meeting with investors), Marvel put on a whole big song-and-dance about what they have in store for the next phases of their Cinematic Universe, showing clips and revealing cast members. One such announcement was that, following this summer's Avengers: Age Of Ultron, they would be rounding out the trilogy with Avengers: Infinity War. Nobody was particularly surprised they'd been building up to a conflict against the mad titan Thanos, with the Infinity Stones appearing since the first Captain America but they were surprised by the release schedule. Because, in true Young Adult adaptation fashion/Peter Jackson money grabbing scheme, they're planning on splitting the Infinity War up into two films. Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 drops on May 4, 2018, with the next one hitting a whole year later. That's an interminable wait. And two long films. And twice as much money out of fans' wallets.