At San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Avengers: Endgame writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely revealed a discarded idea where Thanos would have killed a past version of Chris Evans’ Captain America.
Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame featured unique rules of time travel that allowed multiple versions of our heroes to exist in the past without disrupting the well-established Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline. As a result, the writers of Avengers: Endgame toyed with the idea of killing a past version of our heroes that would have led to a gruesome confrontation between Thanos and Chris Evans’ Captain America.
As the Avengers: Endgame writers explained, after learning of our heroes’ plans to collect the stones and reverse his decimation, 2014 Thanos would have traveled to Earth and murdered Earth’s Mightiest heroes before venturing to the main MCU timeline in 2023. However, Thanos would have brought the decapitated head of Chris Evans’ 2014 Captain America with him and use it to taunt the Steve Rogers we know during the battle at Avengers headquarters at the end of Endgame.
Another #AvengersEndgame idea: Before traveling to 2023, Thanos from 2014 would go to Earth, kill the Avengers, and bring Steve's decapitated head with him to 2023 to taunt Steve with
— Aaron Couch (@AaronCouch) July 19, 2019
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Here is the official synopsis for Avengers: Endgame:
The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, “Avengers: Endgame.”
Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers:Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.
Avengers: Endgame will be available on Digital HD starting July 30 followed by a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD release on August 13.
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