Avengers Endgame theory: REAL reason for five year time jump revealed as writer speaks out

Now one of the film’s writers, Stephen McFeely, has shared how he and the rest of the production settled upon the monumental choice.

Speaking to The Playlist, McFeely considered for a moment.

Oh, God, I don’t know,” he began. “I mean, I think the reason we did it was so that we could push the characters along.

“Particularly the ones that we were going to say goodbye to. Remember, the first movie is basically a Thanos movie.