Chris Hemsworth Claims ‘Avengers 4’ Will Be “Even More Shocking” Than ‘Infinity War’

We’re still a year away from the release ofAvengers 4, but the clock has already started on the cycle of theories and news stories about the upcoming Marvel film. Naturally,Avengers 4plot details will remain under lock and key until the movie’s release, but at least one cast member has already taken to cryptically teasing out what to expect inAvengers 4.

There’s no question thatAvengers: Infinity Warleft us rattled long after we left the theater. The twists! The tragic fates! Thememes of those tragic fates!

How could the yet-untitledAvengers 4possibly live up to that? By shocking us even more than the shock to the system that wasInfinity War, according toChris Hemsworth. Thor himself toldEsquirethat the script forAvengers 4has even more surprising twists and turns thanAvengers: Infinity War:

“If you were shocked by [‘Infinity War’], I think the second one is even more shocking, for other reasons entirely. That’s what kind of blew me away the first time I read both scripts, is how they managed to orchestrate so many different characters but give them each their own separate shot and moments, and have it be elevated and feel fresh and unique—not just like a messy, thrown-together assembly of these guys.”

The statement sounds a bit hyperbolic, but I wouldn’t put it past screenwritersStephen McFeelyandChristopher Markus, as well as directorsJoe and Anthony Russo,to gun for even more shocking deaths and twists inAvengers 4. After all,Avengers 4will be the climax of 11 years and 21 (!) movies. So we can definitely expect some real stakes and jaw-dropping shocks comeMay 3, 2019.

The next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will beAnt-Man and the WasponJuly 6, 2018, followed byCaptain MarvelonMarch 6, 2019.Avengers: Infinity Waris still playing in theaters.

Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet — the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The fate of the planet and existence itself has never been more uncertain as everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment.