There are few movies that are quite as massive as Avengers: Infinity War. The film was a huge production effort involving hundreds of crew members, over 30 characters, and likely some very tired special effects technicians. Couple that with the fact that this was filmed back-to-back with Avengers 4 for an entire year, and you’ve got a production for the ages. Filming Infinity War was probably a challenge for all involved and movie fans are no doubt curious about how such a project was tackled. Check out this cool behind-the-scenes look at how Infinity War was filmed, courtesy of Robert Downey Jr. Read More here

YouTube will explore the world of artificial intelligence in a new docuseries, from Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey, Network Entertainment and Sonar Entertainment. The eight-episode hourlong series will premiere exclusively on YouTube Red in 2019. Read More here

Deadpool 2 will be releasing into theaters this weekend as Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War starts to lose Imax screens to the next superhero in this summer’s theatrical bunch. In the meantime, the MCU film enjoyed $62M in its third time at bat. The other two newcomers, New Line/Warner Bros.’ Life of the Party, starring Melissa McCarthy, came up a bit short from Sunday’s estimate to land with $17.8M while Breaking In was a nice little breakout for Will Packer/Universal coming in better than estimated with a total of $17.6M. Read More here

The ceremony is set for June 18 at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles to be hosted by stand-up comedian and Girls Trip breakout Tiffany Haddish (also a nominee this year for Best Comedic Performance). Infinity War is up for a number of awards including:

Warner Bros. has just made it official that they’re releasing Sherlock Holmes 3 on Dec. 25, 2020. Robert Downey Jr. has been talking about a threequel in the press and the project is bound to happen with Jude Law also returning. No word yet on whether Guy Ritchie is set to return as director. Narcos co-creator Chris Brancato is credited as screenwriter with Joel Silver, Susan Downey and Lionel Wigram returning as producers. Village Roadshow is also returning as co-producer. Read More here

Summer will be in full swing next weekend, with 20th Century Fox/Marvel’s Deadpool 2 expected to reignite the box office with a $130 million-$150 million debut. But until then, we have Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, which is enjoying its third weekend at No. 1 with a three-day total of $60M — not to mention it’s the second-fastest title to $500M at the domestic B.O. in 15 days, which is a day earlier than Star Wars: The Last Jedi and five days later than Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Read More here

THURSDAY UPDATE, writethru: Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War has now topped $850M globally with $857.3M through Wednesday. The international box office portion of that is $534.7M off of a $32.2M haul in 52 offshore hubs yesterday. That’s a 50% drop from the offshore Tuesday take which had been boosted by the May Day holiday in many markets. This drop was expected. Still, short of Thanos arriving on Earth with a gauntlet to thwart moviegoing, this Joe and Anthony Russo-helmed juggernaut is set for a speed record to $1B worldwide on Saturday. The Avengers and their brethren are currently pacing 74% above Captain America: Civil War and +66% versus Avengers: Age Of Ultron. Read More here

Ten years after he first donned Iron Man’s suit of armor, Robert Downey Jr. has reprised his role as the billionaire superhero in the Marvel epic “Avengers: Infinity War.” The film finds the universe’s greatest heroes teaming up to stop the deadly Thanos (Josh Brolin) from gathering the infinity stones with the intention of wiping out half of the universe’s population. Downey Jr. first played the role in 2008’s “Iron Man,” and has appeared in eight subsequent Marvel movies. Of course, his career hasn’t been limited to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So in honor of his latest big screen achievement, let’s take a look back on some of his best performances. Tour through our photo gallery above of Downey Jr.’s 20 greatest films, ranked from worst to best. Read More here

May 2nd @ 3:45 PM – Avengers Age of Ultron (Skylight 6)
May 2nd @ 10:00 AM – Captain America Civil War (Skylight 1)
May 2nd @ 10:45 AM – Iron Man (Skylight 3)
May 2nd @ 1:00 PM – Iron Man 2 (Skylight 4)
May 2nd @ 3:15 PM – Iron Man 3 (Skylight 5)
May 3rd @ 3:45 PM – Spiderman: Homecoming (Skylight 6)
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SATURDAY UPDATE: With a Friday that was worth about $83.5M, Disney/Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War has grossed $178.5M in three days at the international box office. As we noted yesterday, the epic from Anthony and Joe Russo is on the path to a superpowered opening above $300M overseas. Combined with the domestic expectation of $245M+, the worldwide bow will be well in excess of $500M and should topple the all-time record set by The Fate Of The Furious ($543M) last year . Read More here