Adam Warlock will not be saving the day in 'Infinity War' sequel

Comic book favorite Adam Warlock will not be swooping in to save our heroes in Avengers 4. Many fans suspected the character would appear due to his importance in The Infinity Gauntlet, which inspired much of Infinity War.

"Yeah [he]'s not showing up in our stories," Joe Russo told ComicBook.com. "Look, our job as we said a million times is to tell the story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not to do direct adaptations of the comics because we're comic book fans."

"I have no interest as a director in telling a story that's already been told or in seeing one that's already been told," Russo added. "If I know all the events story as they're going to happen then what's the point of going to the film? We want to keep surprising audiences and continue the story that started with Iron Man."

Russo said as much earlier in the week, describing Adam Warlock as "a James Gunn thing," that was never supposed to be in the Avengers films. Gunn directed both Guardians of the Galaxy films and introduced Adam in the post-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Before Infinity War, some fans even speculated that Adam might hold the key to the Soul Stone.

"We never intended to put Adam Warlock in Infinity War," Russo said at an Iowa high school. "We have so many heroes we have to service that you guys love and give them screen-time.”

Adam was always part of the Guardians universe, so now it's likely we'll first see him in the untitled Guardians threequel, due in 2020. The untitled Infinity War sequel releases in 2019.