If ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ is a Marvel comedy, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is a heist film

You’ve talked before about your love of subverting genre. Can we expect that in “Infinity War”?

Anthony: With “Infinity War,” the biggest new element to the movie is Thanos and the fact that he’s entering the storytelling in a very bold, strong way, to the degree that he’s almost one of the leads. We’ve shaped an interesting narrative around him that in some ways leans heavily on a heist film in the fact that he’s going after the infinity stones in a much bolder, successful way than he has in the past. The entire movie has that energy of the bad guy being one step ahead of the heroes. We looked at a lot of movies that had that heist-style energy to them, [and] that brought some inspiration.