Kevin Feige dubs the first three phases of the MCU as "The Infinity Saga"

("Whatever It Takes" Fanmade poster via reddit user "Reddit/u/nsanespyro")

After releasing the covers to their issue spotlighting one of the most anticipated films of the year, Empire Magazine's feature on "Avengers: Endgame" has come online - and along with it a few trickles of information on why certain things were done to present this kind of scenario where the surviving heroes - including the original six members of the Avengers - were the ones to survive the Snap (which in itself was planned for the beginning of this movie, but instead was kept for the end of last year's Avengers: Infinity War).

One of the glaring reveals from Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was that Endgame - the 22nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe  - would be the culmination of what is dubbed as "The Infinity Saga". That means from Phases 1 to 3 - this journey from Iron Man to Avengers: Endgame will make up the 11 year story of how Earth's Mightiest Heroes gathered, how other parts of the universe were explored, and inevitably how Thanos orchestrated events that led to him collecting the Infinity Stones and bringing us to where we are right now. It is truly epic, and you can bet that there will be a box set collection in the future.

Feige said:

"We wanted to bring to a conclusion a series of movies in a way that had never been done before. Harry Potter had an ending because there were only so many books. Lord of the Rings too. But we thought, 22 movies in, wouldn’t it be fun to bring some finality to the storyline.”

You can read the rest of the bits of the Empire Magazine interview feature from Slash Film and Comic Book Movie.

Avengers: Endgame will be released in theaters on April 24 internationally and April 26 in the US.