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In our write-up about how The Russo Brothers will film about 15 minutes of Captain America: Civil War with new IMAX digital cameras, Free suggested that one day it'd be possible for an upcoming blockbuster to be shot completely with the new technology. Little did he know that that's exactly what would happen with the filmmakers' next movie.
In a new press release, IMAX confirms that The Russos will shoot the entirety of the two-part Avengers: Infinity War movies using a next-generation IMAX 2D digital camera that's a customized version of ARRI's Alexa 65. Films like The Dark Knight, Interstellar, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens used IMAX film cameras for small sections, but this will be the first Hollywood blockbuster made entirely with a digital IMAX camera.
The Russos released a joint statement:
"The intent with the Infinity War films is to bring ten years of accumulative storytelling to an incredible climax. We felt that the best way to exploit the scale and scope required to close out the final chapter of these three phases, was to be the first films shot entirely on the IMAX/ARRI Digital camera."
We already knew this movie was going to be huge, and it looks as though Marvel decided that IMAX was the only true way to capture the enormity of the epic battles and culmination of the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1 arrives on May 4, 2018, and Part 2 arrives on May 3, 2019.
