Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-5157293-20160803170330

I would assume that this takes place before 'Secret Wars' as that saw the entirety of reality condensed into one single world; then the aftermath was the beginning of the All-New, All-Different Universe.

It's revealed at the end of Infinity Finale that Adam Warlock becomes the new Living Tribunal in this new universe, after the death of the original by the Beyonders. So the fact that he is dead means that the Thanos Trilogy - or at least the Finale - takes place after the original Living Tribunals death during the incursions leading up to Time Runs Out/Secret Wars.

But the whole universe seems to be attacked by Annihilus which doesn't seem to match with the events of the Incursions, but the events don't seem like they take place after Secret Wars in the new universe.

Plus i'm sure i read in an interview with Jim Starlin that the trilogy takes place after Infinity, with Thanos in the beginning reflecting on his failures from Infinity.

Thanos & Warlocks face-to-face with Above-All-Others takes place because Adam Warlock accidentally destroys the entire universe and the restoration of the universe implies that the AN-AD universe is because of this event, however Secret Wars shows it to be the work of Reed Richards, so which is true and how can they both have occured? 