The most-anticipated movie of 2019 doesn’t have a title.
The follow-up to Avengers: Infinity War, which made a staggering $2 billion at the worldwide box office, is unofficially known as Avengers 4 (not that it matters — this thing could be called Avengers: The Squeakquel, and still earn ALL the money). But on Wednesday, co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo, through their shared Twitter account (which is kind of weird?), may have given a cryptic hint about what the film, the 22nd in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will be titled.
“Look hard…” reads the tweet, accompanied by a black-and-white photo.
https://twitter.com/Russo_Brothers/status/1042411495072645120
That’s Joe Russo, presumably on the set of Avengers 4, but does the picture have any other significance, beyond the fact that Thanos exists in a MacBook? The theories, most of which have to do with the film’s title, are flying.
The most common assumption? Avengers Assemble.
ITS AVENGERS : ASSEMBLE GUYS, THEY'RE TRYING TO TELL US THAT THE TITLE IS AVENGERS : ASSEMBLE AND YOU CANNOT CHANGE MY MIND pic.twitter.com/3CLj1Pjh9H
— ℘ gιgι ℘ (@qweenofthegeeks) September 19, 2018
There's an object on the left that appears at the Avengers facility in Infinity War. The chapter on the Blu-ray where that scene takes place is called… Avengers Assemble. pic.twitter.com/MKU5YnToK8
— Erik Mathews (@BoyMeetsWorld94) September 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/vaIyrianstark/status/1042543193185812480
The problem with that speculation? The Avengers, the one written and directed by Joss Whedon, was released in some markets as… Avengers Assemble. That’s too confusing and frankly, not very exciting. There are other possibilities.
I see an A and an E, which seems to tell me that Avengers Eternity might be the title for A4 … After all, the Russo Brothers did say that the closest title to A4 they got was "Avengers Forever"…. https://t.co/7Ma2PHq4mR
— christian⁷ (@delgado709) September 19, 2018
WAIT… A, E. Avengers: Eternity? @Russo_Brothers @MarvelStudios pic.twitter.com/mPOxOS9jI5
— ts (@spideyscomics) September 19, 2018
"Avengers: Look Hard" is clearly the title.
— Christine Leone (@hotgreenteamama) September 19, 2018
AVENGERS: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO @Russo_Brothers pic.twitter.com/bzd7h0FuQ0
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) September 20, 2018
OMG I found the secret #Avengers message pic.twitter.com/judYAyTPRB
— Rob O'Panda (@tinhatkat) September 20, 2018
I figured out your secret code. #Avengers4 pic.twitter.com/jJXFiixpLI
— Charles Skaggs (@CharlesSkaggs) September 19, 2018
@Russo_Brothers pic.twitter.com/SNF2ViIeDA
— withM (@withmanesh) September 19, 2018
Avengers: Endgame is tempting, but the Russos have said that the Avengers 4 title isn’t spoken in Infinity War, where Doctor Strange uses the word “endgame,” so it’s not that. Besides, the obvious ACTUAL answer is this one.
https://twitter.com/Adrian_Barnello/status/1042583085781590016
Avengers: Shrek comes out May 3, 2019.