"Avengers 4" director under great pressure to prevent spoilers: This 10-year story needs to be protected

Avengers 4 is about to be released, and the audience's expectations have almost reached a peak. Recently, director Joe Russo was interviewed by Box Office Pro and answered many questions that everyone was interested in.

Why is it so long?

When asked about the length of the film, Joe Russo did not give an exact answer, but confirmed the three-hour statement. "We still intend to be about this length (three hours). This length has always existed specifically. It has not changed since we first cut the film. Although a lot of shots were shot in the middle, we also made cuts on the side to keep the horizontal line basically at the same height, because the story density is really high."

" We have a lot of characters that we're working with again, and it takes that amount of time ," Russell added. "My brother and I are very much about emotional drive, and emotion requires real substance in the story. When you have a big plot, a lot of characters, and emotional drive, you need time to settle and breathe."

"We've been working really hard on the film. We don't like to go overtime. But it's really hard to wrap up a 10-year story."

Russell also said that their experience shooting TV comedies like "Arrested Development" and "Community" helped them, because in these works, they had to cram a lot of characters into a half-hour episode.

"It's the same with Marvel movies. We try to create a density that makes the story driven, no matter how long it is. We have very high requirements for plot points. We have been in the editing room for months, constantly changing and twisting the narrative until we unlock the best one ."

How to prevent spoilers?

Before the release of "Avengers 3" last year, the Russo brothers wrote an open letter to their fans, asking viewers who had seen the film to keep it confidential and be good citizens who do not spoil the film.

This time, Russell said that the pressure to prevent spoilers for Avengers 4 is even greater, and he plans to write another letter to ask everyone not to spoil the film online . "At some point, I believe we will write another letter this year asking everyone not to post spoilers online. I think there will be more spoilers this time than last time. The current culture is to get everything immediately, and it is getting worse. The world is connected through social media, and information spreads in seconds. If you have been following this story for 10 years, you will want to protect yourself ."

"It's best to watch it with a blank slate. I encourage everyone to watch it on the first week of its release, because I'm sure the internet will explode the moment the movie is released," Russell added.

As the Marvel fan base grows, more and more websites and communities are emerging, using every possible means to dissect promotional materials and reveal all kinds of unofficial news, making the task of "preventing spoilers" more and more difficult.

Russell said that it is fair for fans to want to know secrets, but it is also fair for filmmakers to want to protect the plot of the film from being leaked. He also cited the example of watching "Star Wars" in the cinema over and over again when he was a child, saying that the feature film contained far more information than the trailer, which shocked him.

"This is the experience my brother and I want to give other kids, so we limit the amount of information in the trailer and add confusion," Russell said. "Audiences are very predictive. Everyone has a Ph.D. in content. One little clue in the trailer can ruin a movie."

Finally, Russell also said that "Avengers 4" does not represent their farewell to the Marvel Universe, and "the door is always open."