We’re going to fast forward into the future (Picture: Rex Features)

While we’re all wondering what the hecking heck happened after Thanos’ annihilating snap in Infinity War, it has been suggested we won’t get to see the immediate aftermath in the upcoming Avengers 4.

Or, so says a keen pundit who believes the next film will pick up five years into the future – a long time after Thanos dealt the devastating blow with the click, or snap, of his fingers.

Now the heat has died down from Mark Ruffalo being ‘fired’ from the next instalment (good gag, guys) we can resume normal transmission of trying to piece together what little information is floating around about the fourth coming.

Where is old mate these days? (Picture: Rex Features)

Writer Daniel R has put forth his own beliefs that we’re going to see the Avengers five years after the fact, which we really weren’t prepared for.




He wrote on Twitter: ‘Avengers 4 starts YEARS after Infinity War. Not just a few months later as some people were hoping for. Sorry guys.’

Avengers 4 starts YEARS after Infinity War. Not just a few months later as some people were hoping for. Sorry guys. — Daniel R (@DanielRPK) October 7, 2018

When someone asked how many years, and proferred the timeline of five years, Daniel R confirmed it was indeed five. Which was very convenient there.

How he knows this, we can only imagine – but we’ll add this morsel of intel to the brain bank anyway as we try to figure out what Thanos has been up to in that time.

Is he still chilling on his planet in the sun? Has he retired? Kids?

Seeing as concept art from the next movie has been ‘leaked’ that looks kind of probably very futuristic – we’re looking at you, Ruffalo, who plays Bruce Banner / Hulk – this might not be a bad hypothesis.

While the Avengers have more than likely come across some other threat to the universe that has distracted them from old mate Thanos, we’ll bet our bottom dollar some sort of time travel, Tony Stark, science-mind-bending stuff will go down to bring us back to Thanos and The Snap and uncover what happened after he wiped out half of mankind and half our favourite characters.

Or, let’s face the must more dystopic route – they’ve all been kicking about a half-lived universe for half a decade.

Let that settle.

Avengers 4 will be released in 2019.

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