Avengers: Infinity War is the culmination of ten years of storytelling in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The film centers on Thanos (Josh Brolin) as he journeys to Earth with his Black Order to acquire the Infinity Stones and complete the Infinity Gauntlet.
As Gamora (Zoe Saldana) explaind in the film’s most recent trailer: his ultimate goal is to eliminate half of all life in the universe, which lines up with his mission in the original Infinity Gauntlet storyline in the pages of Marvel Comics.
Considering his babies — The Guardians of the Galaxy — are coming to life under a different set of directors, this seems to be good news.