Thursday, May 9, 2019

What's next for the MCU? [Spoilers Ahead]

Avengers:Endgame has been out for almost two weeks now. Its made almost $2.3 billion dollars at the box office and with Spider-Man:Far from Home coming out in July capping off the 3rd Phase of the MCU, the question is what's next? What happens now with the MCU? Disney and Marvel recently announced the schedule of Phase 4 in a press release and the dates of...
  • May 1, 2020
  • November 6, 2020
  • February 12, 2021
  • May 7, 2021
  • November 5, 2021
  • February 18, 2022
  • May 6, 2022
  • July 29, 2022
Phase 4 starts in May of next year, but with what movie? We know three movies already casting or in talks. That being the Black Widow prequel film, The Eternals, and Shang-Chi:Master of Kung Fu film. Marvel has many projects lined up for the Disney+ streaming service, including WandaVision, The Falcon and Winter Solider, Loki, and Hawkeye. These are probably being done to tie up loose ends of Avengers:Endgame.

I'm now going to start discussing my thoughts on what I believe Marvel should do moving forward and this is where spoilers from Endgame come in. SO, if you've seen it stick around and if you haven't come back after you have.

In Endgame, we see many ideas established and set up. We see the death of Tony Stark and Steve Rogers become an old man and pass the shield on to Sam Wilson. I don't believe we will see a new Iron Man and in The Falcon and Winter Solider show, I think that is where we will see Sam Wilson grow into his role as Captain America. When it comes to Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the third awaited movie, I think they will be hunting down the Gamora who is from the past and has entered into the current MCU timeline. When it comes to the Avengers and if we will get more movies, I believe so. The New Avengers and A-Force would be great ways to establish new teams in the MCU and introduce younger heroes into the world.

In some leaked footage from Spider-Man:Far from Home, it is established The Snap ripped holes in the multiverse and to me, this is a great idea. Deadpool is said to be left alone and kept the way he is in how Disney and Marvel want to do the character. That means having Ryan Reynolds continuing to do the part, and this would be a great way to introduced him, Cable, and Domino into the MCU. I think the same could be said for the X-Men and Fantastic Four. 

Avengers:Endgame is a incredible movie and set the stage for Phase 4 of the MCU greatly and hopefully the next phase can give us some great villains, heroes and stories just a memorable as the Infinity Saga!        

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