MCU: Ranking Every Upcoming Project By Anticipation

Everything is leading to this. While Marvel has plans for years beyond Infinity War, the ultimate showdown with Thanos will be the big payoff to what will be by then a decade of storytelling and character building.

There are still loads of questions about the film and the lead-up to it. How big will Thanos' role and his quest to collect the Infinity Stones play in the other Phase 3 films to really establish him as a villain to be feared? Will the Guardians or Defenders or even the Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. all unite to help the Avengers, bringing together the entirety of the MCU?

With a number of contracts set to end with the film, it also raises the stakes in terms of who will survive the ordeal. As the culmination of years of patience and investment, Marvel has every opportunity to make the two-part story one for the ages, giving closure to characters we've loved against the backdrop of universe-bending spectacle. On that idea alone, it's easily the project to be most excited for.