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DOWNLOAD APP SELECT In-Store Experience SCAN CODE © 2018 Hasbro © MARVEL A SCAN PAGE TO LAUNCH THE MARVEL MUSIC PLAYLIST HERO’SOUNDTRACSK THERE’S NOTHING QUITE SO Chuck Mangione “Feels So powerful as a hero’s theme, a Good” (“Doctor Strange”) musical encapsulation of a Director Scott Derrickson uses character’s identity, but more Mangione’s muzak-friendly jazz in and more often, pop music has an unexpectedly fresh way in the also served as a perfect film’s opening scene, where the soundtrack for their adventures. future Master of the Mystic Arts As “Avengers: Infinity War” smugly prevails over his surgery commemorates ten years of the team with the minutiae of its Marvel Cinematic Universe, we recording and release. take a look back at a handful of the songs that have become Ramones “Blitzkrieg Bop” synonymous with our favorite (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”) super heroes.—Todd Gilchrist After five films untethered to his fellow Marvel super heroes, AC/DC “Back in Black” (“Iron Spider-Man finally swung Man”) As the film that set the beneath Marvel’s umbrella for MCU in motion, Jon Favreau one of his best cinematic perfectly captured Tony Stark’s adventures ever. The Ramones’ bold, rock ‘n roll spirit with iconic song supplies two minutes this hard-rocking classic. and 14 seconds of propulsive punk rock to perfectly mirror the Marvin Gaye “Trouble Man” character’s scrappy energy. (“Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) Exploring decades of Led Zeppelin “Immigrant popular culture he missed while Song” (“Thor: Ragnarok”) frozen in Arctic ice, Steve Rogers Always playing with the power of discovers Marvin Gaye’s cinematic storytelling, director haunting theme to the Taika Waititi skillfully threw Blaxploitation film “Trouble Zeppelin’s classic into the Man,” beautifully hinting at the opening scenes of “Ragnarok” increasingly complex world into almost as a goof, before bringing which he has been catapulted. it back as a manifesto of Thor’s full-circle transformation into the Blue Swede “Hooked on a hero he needed to become. Feeling” (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) It’s a toss-up whether Kendrick Lamar (Feat. SZA) this or “Brandy (You’re A Fine “All The Stars” (“Black Panther”) Girl)” (from “Vol. 2”) is the more It’s the only song on this list iconic “Guardians”-related track, specifically composed for its super but even before bonding with his hero (and its soundwave form is dad over the pleasures of King pictured here), but leave it to Harvest, Star-Lord was self- Lamar and SZA to extrapolate the scoring his misadventures to this themes of the film into an anthem benchmark blast of ’70s AM pop. of resilience, defiance and self-empowerment. 5 POWERED BY SCAN PAGES THE FOR EXPANDED ACTOR MEET STARS PROFILES! ROBERT CHRIS CHADWICK CHRIS DOWNEY JR. EVANS BOSEMAN PRATT TONY STARK | IRON MAN STEVE ROGERS | CAPTAIN AMERICA T’CHALLA | BLACK PANTHER PETER QUILL | STAR-LORD SCARLETT BENEDICT TOM CHRIS JOHANSSON CUMBERBATCH HOLLAND HEMSWORTH NATASHA ROMANOFF | BLACK WIDOW DOCTOR STEPHEN STRANGE PETER PARKER | SPIDER-MAN THOR DID YOU KNOW? “Avengers: Infinity War” is the first “Infinity War” and its 2019 follow-up “Black Panther” star narrative film shot entirely with IMAX’s were filmed back-to-back between Winston Duke picks digital 2D cameras. January 2017 and January 2018. his favorites in an The first “Avengers: Infinity War” trailer “Iron Man” launched the MCU May 2, epic Marvel “Battle broke records with more than 200 million 2008. “Infinity War” is arriving almost Bracket.” views online in the first 24 hours. exactly 10 years later. WATCH THE Get more Avengers: Infinity War trivia FULL EPISODE AT with the IMDb app. IMDB.COM/SHOW 6 MOVIEBILL.COM | 7 AFTER THE WINTER SOLDIER CAUSED A RIFT IN THE AVENGERS’ RANKS, SEBASTIAN STAN TALKS ABOUT COLLABORATING WITH THE GOOD GUYS FOR A CHANGE AND REFLECTS ON HIS TIME IN THE MCU. What journey is the Winter build on, and then you kind of have to Soldier on as he transitions adjust to what happens in the [Marvel from being an assassin to Cinematic Universe], which isn’t always something more heroic? a direct parallel with what happens in I think he’s probably feeling good about the comic books. being on the right side of the battle this time around. It’s taken him a long time How has it felt to keep coming back to regain the trust of certain people, and to this role? Do you learn things from it’s in his best interest to make sure he your other roles that you bring to this proves himself to some extent — espe- character, or vice versa? cially with some of the ties he’s been I think one of the good things about able to establish in Wakanda, and what working on something for a number of that’s meant for him. years is it’s like learning how to ride a bike again — it just happens and comes What is the energy like on set when to you more quickly. But it’s interesting you’re grouped with these other playing a character as you’re growing heroes? up in your own life [because] it’s inev- It was a nice treat this time around itable that certain things are going to to get to know some of these other be either more or less important over guys, like the Guardians, who I’d never time due to where you are in your own worked with before. It was hard to keep life. So there are certain things that a straight face sometimes, just because kind of feel familiar, but then you have everybody was really funny. Paul a newfound wisdom that you bring to Bettany really cracked me up a few the character just by simply having times, and I think in a few scenes it was more wisdom in your life. hard to not laugh because of what was going on. It always felt like you were in Now that Chris Evans has announced the middle of something special. he’s stepping away from Captain America, what are you looking How much do you refer to the source forward to exploring with Bucky? material at this point? I honestly don’t know what’s going to You always have that as a foundation to happen going forward — I have not a to check out EXCLUSIVE behind-the-scenes SCAN THIS PAGE photos from "Avengers: Infinity War" SEBASTIAN STAN By Todd Gilchrist 8 MOVIEBILL.COM | clue.