<P> Avengers : Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . It is the sequel to 2012 's The Avengers and 2015 's Avengers : Age of Ultron , while also picking up plot points from many other MCU movies , most notably Captain America : Civil War , Thor : Ragnarok , Doctor Strange , and the two Guardians of the Galaxy films . The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo , written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely , and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Hemsworth , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson , Benedict Cumberbatch , Don Cheadle , Tom Holland , Chadwick Boseman , Paul Bettany , Elizabeth Olsen , Anthony Mackie , Sebastian Stan , Danai Gurira , Letitia Wright , Dave Bautista , Zoe Saldana , Josh Brolin , and Chris Pratt . In Avengers : Infinity War , the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to stop Thanos from collecting the Infinity Stones . </P>
<P> Avengers : Infinity War is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers , produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures . It is the nineteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe ( MCU ) . It is the sequel to 2012 's The Avengers and 2015 's Avengers : Age of Ultron , while also picking up plot points from many other MCU movies , most notably Captain America : Civil War , Thor : Ragnarok , Doctor Strange , and the two Guardians of the Galaxy films . The film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo , written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely , and features an ensemble cast including Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Hemsworth , Mark Ruffalo , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson , Benedict Cumberbatch , Don Cheadle , Tom Holland , Chadwick Boseman , Paul Bettany , Elizabeth Olsen , Anthony Mackie , Sebastian Stan , Danai Gurira , Letitia Wright , Dave Bautista , Zoe Saldana , Josh Brolin , and Chris Pratt . In Avengers : Infinity War , the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy attempt to stop Thanos from collecting the Infinity Stones . </P>
who do the avengers fight in infinity war
who do the avengers fight in infinity war
Thanos
Thanos