It may come as no surprise to longtime fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it’s now been confirmed that next month’s Avengers: Infinity War will be the longest MCU outing to date.

Previous speculation had the runtime for the film as somewhere between 140 and 160 minutes, and now Fandango and Latino Review have reached out to their sources and confirmed that Infinity War will clock in at 156 minutes. That equates to just over 2 1/2 hours, topping the 147-minute runtime of 2016’s Captain America: Civil War.

Infinity War was expected to be a lengthy picture given what we already know about the film. Essentially, we’re going to see the culmination of all that’s gone before in the MCU to date as Thanos finally steps out of the shadows to battle Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Then there’s the amount of characters who’ll be featured, with any and all Avengers included in addition to names like the Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Winter Soldier, and Brie Larson’s debuting Captain Marvel joining the fight, not to mention an array of the supporting players who have already played a part in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Infinity War is expected to be a true gamechanger for the MCU, with certain heroes likely to be killed off or taken out of the shared universe’s immediate future. In fact, it appears as if Infinity War itself will seemingly end with Thanos standing tall, having triumphed in his quest to bring together the Infinity Stones and cause ultimate destruction with the Infinity Gauntlet. The to-be-titled Infinity War follow-up is already booked in for May 2019, and it’s expected that we’ll have to wait until then for our heroes to finally topple this most nefarious of big bads.

Avengers: Infinity War hits cinemas worldwide from April 27th.

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