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Here's Where Everyone Is in the MCU Before 'Infinity War'

What every character you should care about in the MCU is up to before 'Infinity War'.

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The entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will band together for the first time in Avengers: Infinity War, the third official team-up film in the franchise. Most of the MCU’s A-listers have banded together or clashed in one way or another before, but Infinity War will bring together a whopping 67 characters. Given the span of the MCU, we thought we’d round up the location of every important hero (and villain) you should care about in Infinity War.

The main Avengers fell apart during Captain America: Civil War, with fan favorites Tony Stark’s Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Steve Rogers’ Captain America (Chris Evans) pitted against each other, forcing the remaining members of the Avengers to choose sides; the Guardians defeated Peter Quill’s father, Ego, in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and a host of newbies will join up with all of them for Infinity War.

Here’s where everyone you care about in this glorious mess is right before Infinity War.

Tony Stark, Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Spider-Man: Homecoming; Tony Stark was preparing to propose to Pepper Potts in front of a gaggle of reporters after Peter Parker’s Spider-Man turned down an official role on the Avengers team.

Current (probable) location: upstate New York, New Avengers headquarters.

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Steve Rogers, Captain America (Chris Evans)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; Steve Rogers flew his old pal Bucky Barnes to Wakanda to put him on ice while the Wakandans figured out a way to deprogram his brain of all the nasty shit Hydra did to him.

Current (probable) location: Um, Russia? Hanging out with the Inhumans on the moon? As a rogue agent on the run from his own government, Steve probably doesn’t stick around one place for too long.

Peter Quill, Star-Lord (Chris Pratt)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2; Peter and the rest of the Guardians defeated his father, Ego, and flew off aboard the Milano in search of their next adventure — which will apparently involve wiping Thor off their windshield.

Current (probable) location: somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Thor: Ragnarok; we gotta wait for Ragnarok to premiere before we know Thor’s fate pre-Infinity War. Don’t get ahead of yourselves, people. The only thing we do know is that Thor gets owned in an opening scene of Infinity War, though we’re not sure how he got into space…

Current (probable) location: somewhere in space?

Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; Natasha was approached by Tony Stark at the end of Civil War and was accused of only being good at one thing: betraying people. She threatened him, then ran.

Current (probable) location: unknown, presumably on the run from Thaddeus Ross and Tony Stark.

Bruce Banner, the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Thor: Ragnarok; there’s no telling yet what will happen in Ragnarok. Bruce and Thor will team up to save Asgard and the universe and somehow end up back on Earth.

Current (probable) location: We don’t know; be patient.

Clint Barton, Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; Steve Rogers broke Clint out of the Raft along with the rest of their team members at the end of Civil War.

Current (probable) location: hunkered down with his family at a safe house. Don’t you dare try to find them and blow their cover.

Gamora (Zoe Saldana)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2; Gamora and the Guardians beat down Peter Quill’s dad, Ego, and saved the galaxy — again.

Current (probable) location: somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Peter Parker, Spider-Man (Tom Holland)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Spider-Man: Homecoming; Peter Parker turns down Tony Stark’s offer to be an official member of the Avengers in order to focus on school, become a better hero, and be a kid for a little while longer.

Current (probable) location: Queens, New York, hanging out with Ned and Aunt May.

Scott Lang, Ant-Man (Paul Rudd)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; Scott tried to be clever and one-up Tony Stark, but he was deemed irrelevant. Luckily for him, that didn’t stop Steve from breaking him and the rest of their team out of the Raft.

Current (probable) location: maybe San Francisco, but he’s got to be hiding like all the other Raft escapees.

T’Challa, Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Black Panther; fans will have to wait and see what happens in Black Panther.

Current (probable) location: Wakanda.

Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2; this trash panda worked with the rest of the Guardians to defeat Ego the Living Planet and save the galaxy (and his best friend, Groot).

Current (probable) location: somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Stephen Strange, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Thor: Ragnarok; we already know that Doctor Strange will be instrumental in helping Thor and Loki locate their father, Odin, in New York City.

Current (probable) location: the Sanctum Sanctorum in New York City.

Sam Wilson, the Falcon (Anthony Mackie)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; Steve Rogers broke Sam and the rest of their team out of the Raft prison.

Current (probable) location: hanging out with Steve Rogers somewhere in the world.

Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; after a grueling showdown against Tony Stark, Steve took Bucky to Wakanda on King T’Challa’s offer of protection. Bucky, determined to be deprogrammed of his Hydra training, was put in stasis until someone can figure out what’s going on with him.

Current (probable) location: Wakanda, on ice.

Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Drax and the Guardians beat down Peter Quill’s dad, Ego, and saved the galaxy — again.

Current (probable) location: somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy.

## Wanda Maximoff, Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; Steve broke into the Raft to save Wanda and their teammates at the end of Civil War.

Current (probable) location: following Steve Rogers around the world.

Vision (Paul Bettany)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; the human-esque manifestation of the Mind Stone sided with Tony Stark and the U.S. government and fought against Cap’s team.

Current (probable) location: upstate New York, New Avengers headquarters.

Teen Groot (Vin Diesel)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Groot, in baby form, kind of helped the rest of the Guardians defeat Ego. He’s been growing quickly, though, and is expected to be in teenager form by the time Infinity War rolls around.

Current (probable) location: somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Loki (Tom Hiddleston)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Thor: Ragnarok; fans will have to wait to discover Loki’s true fate in Ragnarok, but he’s expected to help his brother Thor in the fight against Hela.

Current (probable) location: Asgard?

Nebula (Karen Gillan)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Nebula left Gamora and the Guardians behind in order to go off in search of Thanos. Something tells us she’ll find him pretty soon.

Current (probable) location: flying through space, searching for her father.

Mantis (Pom Klementieff)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; Mantis broke her servitude to Ego and helped the Guardians defeat him before joining up for good.

Current (probable) location: somewhere in the Andromeda Galaxy.

Thaddeus Ross (William Hurt)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; This piece of work, Thaddeus Ross, was last seen locking up Steve Rogers’ team and going bug-eyed at the idea that Steve could ever break them out of the Raft.

Current (probable) location: a U.S. government building.

James Rhodes, War Machine (Don Cheadle)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Captain America: Civil War; Rhodey was hospitalized for his injuries in Civil War but is expected to make a full recovery.

Current (probable) location: yelling at Tony Stark in upstate New York at the New Avengers headquarters.

Thanos (Josh Brolin)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Avengers: Age of Ultron; disappointed by Loki and Ronan the Accuser’s failures, Thanos vows in an end-credit scene to take matters into his own hands.

Current (probable) location: somewhere in space, hurtling toward Earth.

Everett Ross (Martin Freeman)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Black Panther; fans will have to wait to see just how involved Everett Ross will be in the film, but Black Panther trailers have already depicted Ross as having a role.

Current (probable) location: a U.S. government building.

Taneleer Tivan, the Collector (Benicio del Toro)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Guardians of the Galaxy; the Collector survived the blast caused by his servant Carina as she tried to use the Power Stone to escape captivity and had a drink with Howard the Duck and Cosmo the Spacedog.

Current (probable) location: nowhere.

Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Spider-Man: Homecoming; Pepper popped out of nowhere at the end of Homecoming, returning to Tony’s life and dealing with the press only to have Tony propose.

Current (probable) location: upstate New York, New Avengers headquarters, keeping Tony Stark in line.

Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Thor: Ragnarok; we’re not exactly sure what Valkyrie’s role will be in Ragnarok yet, but it seems that she’ll start as a foe and end up befriending Thor along the way.

Current (probable) location: We have no clue; wait for Ragnarok.

Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Spider-Man: Homecoming; Happy drove Peter Parker upstate to the New Avengers headquarters so Tony Stark could introduce Peter to the press. When Peter turned down the offer, Happy pulled an engagement ring out of his pocket so Tony could propose to Pepper Potts.

Current (probable) location: upstate New York, New Avengers headquarters, doing Tony’s bidding.

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Okoye (Danai Gurira)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Black Panther; Okoye is kicking ass and taking names in Wakanda as a member of the Dora Milaje. Y’know, when the movie actually premieres.

Current (probable) location: Wakanda.

Wong (Benedict Wong)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Doctor Strange; Wong handed the metaphorical reins of the New York Sanctum to Stephen Strange, revealing that the Eye of Agamotto is actually one of the Infinity Stones.

Current (probable) location: Kamar-Taj.

Shuri (Letitia Wright)

Last appearance before Infinity War: Black Panther; T’Challa’s sister, Shuri, will make her debut in Black Panther and carry on her legacy into Infinity War, but we’ll have to wait to figure out exactly what her role will be.

Current (probable) location: Wakanda.

Avengers: Infinity War premieres in theaters on April 25, 2018.

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