- How the Hawkeye show could be
setting up the Young Avengers
for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Jeremy Renner app may be dead,
but Hawkeye lives on.
(laughs) This week, Variety reported
that Bumblebee alum, Hailee Steinfeld,
is in talks to take on the role of Kate Bishop
for Disney+'s Hawkeye series.
Well, it's not confirmed just yet.
The casting news already has fans excited
for what it could mean for the greater context
of the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
specifically how this could allude to the formation
of The Young Avengers.
Now for those who might not know,
Kate Bishop is a protege of Clint Barton's Hawkeye,
but she also happens to be a founding member
of the Young Avengers
where she also made her first appearance.
If you're one of the few who missed out
on that 2005 mini-series, don't worry.
We've got your too-long-didn't-read
on the Young Avengers, and how Marvel could be using
Disney+ to set up even more of the team.
Created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung,
the Young Avengers were a team of heroes
inspired by their adult Avengers counterparts.
After the storyline, Avengers: Disassembled,
which saw Earth's Mightiest Heroes take a break
from the whole avenging thing
following the death of Hawkeye,
this group of teens came together
to take on the worldly threats left over
in the wake of this tragedy.
But what does all this have to do with Disney+?
Well, of the Phase 4 shows that have been announced,
namely Hawkeye, WandaVision, and The Falcon and Bucky show,
it appears that Marvel seems to be lining up the debut
of the Young Avengers roster.
How, you ask, let's break down the team and the shows.
First up, the easy one.
Kate Bishop will definitely be appearing in Hawkeye.
It seems pretty obvious that this show
will be passing the torch from Clint Barton's Hawkeye
to Kate Bishop as the bow and arrow-wielding hero.
And once Kate Bishop is established in Hawkeye,
the series, it's not much of a stretch
to see her to start laying the groundwork
for a new superhero team within that show.
But who else could she be recruiting?
Well, how about everyone's favorite rebellious,
teenage version of the villain, Kang the Conqueror.
Iron Lad, while he is a founding member
of the Young Avengers in the comics,
we have yet to see Iron Lad in the MCU.
Or have we?
We're not going to get specific here,
but there have been rumors and theories swirling,
and even an episode of Explainiac by Nerdist's own Dan Casey
about how Harley Keener from Iron Man 3,
you know the kid at Tony Stark's funeral in Endgame
that left everyone saying who that?
Well, could be set up as Iron Lad in the MCU.
Obviously, this is all still speculation at this point,
so we don't know exactly where if Iron Lad will show up
in the MCU, or in Disney+, but based
on how prominent Harley was in the funeral line-up
as well as how Iron Lad is an important member
of the Young Avengers team,
it's not a far stretch to see how Harley could easily
take up the Iron Man mantle with the death of Tony Stark,
especially now that Tom Holland's Spider-man is done
with the MCU. - I don't wanna go.
I don't wanna go, Mr. Stark, please.
- Womp, womp.
Next on the Young Avengers roster, Patriot.
While the OG Captain America might be retired,
the Young Avengers have their own iteration
of America's hero, Eli Bradley, AKA Patriot.
The grandson of Isaiah Bradley, a black solider
who had been tested on by the US government
in an attempt to recreate Captain America's
super soldier serum back in 1942.
We know, Captain America's corner of the MCU
will be continuing on
with the Falcon and the Winter Solider,
AKA the Falcon and Bucky show on Disney+.
So we could see Patriot pop up here,
trying to carry the mantle of Captain America.
Again, it's all still up in the air at this point,
but it would be the perfect place to set him
and his family's legacy up.
But from the super soldier serum to innate superpowers,
there's a chance we could see Wiccan
set up on Disney+ as well.
Wiccan, who also goes by Billy Kaplan,
gained his powers from his magical mom, of sorts,
Scarlet Witch, so where could we see Wiccan on Disney+?
Well, in the Scarlet Witch Vision series, WandaVision,
of course, based on the very weird teaser we've seen,
WandaVision is going to get pretty loopy
and is leaning into the whole nuclear family dynamic,
which means the show
could also debut his twin brother, Speed.
Speed, who goes by Tommy Shepherd by day,
has, you guessed it, super speed.
He joins the Young Avengers a bit later on,
and his, along with Wiccan's origins, are complicated,
to say the least.
As it is revealed that the two are basically the genetic
reincarnations of the twin sons lost by Scarlet Witch
and the android, Vision,
after she created them through magic because comics.
As we mentioned before, WandaVision is already
setting itself up to be a little bat (bleep) crazy.
So we'll have to wait and see if they explore
the storyline further.
The next Young Avenger we can see is the Hulkling,
and no, he is not the Hulk's son.
In the comics, Hulkling is a shape-shifting teen
who usually takes on the shape
and size of a young blonde Hulk
and is the son of the Kree hero, Captain Mar-Vell,
and the Skrull princess, Anelle,
in a space Romeo and Juliet situation.
Why the Hulk though?
Of all the forms that he could take.
- [Man] Yeah, that's really weird.
- Okay. - What was it?
- Blonde Hulk, sure.
Marvel Studios head, Kevin Feige, could've already
planted the seed for Hulkling in the small throwaway line
by Nick Fury, or more correctly, Talos as Nick Fury
in Spider-man: Far From Home.
Rest in peace.
When he mentioned Kree sleeper cells,
a possible Kree sleeper, you say?
Maybe that Kree sleeper found love
in a shape-shifting Skrull, and Teddy AKA Hulkling was born!
Instead.
But hey, if they can make Wiccan and Speed's origin work,
then this should be a walk in the park.
And finally, Stature, who is basically, pretty much
already set up in the MCU.
Statue AKA Cassie Lang is the growing/shrinking daughter
of Scott Lang's Ant-Man.
We already have seen Cassie as a young girl
in the two Ant-Man flicks, but last we saw her,
she had aged up five years in Avengers: Endgame,
putting her close to her age as a Young Avenger
in the comics, so she's already waiting in the wings
to join the Young Avengers.
Whew.
That was a lot.
Now, we have to keep in mind
that this is all serious speculation for now.
We don't know if this is what Marvel has planned
or if they could be saving the Young Avengers
for a theatrical outing instead in Phase 5 or beyond,
but if they do end up on Disney+,
this is how we think those seeds could be planted
at this point.
Rumors have been swirling about how all of these pieces
could come together, but we'll just have to wait
and see how each of the first Disney+ shows play out
when they begin to launch, can't wait.
But what do you folks think?
Would you be down for a Young Avengers series on Disney+?
Who is your favorite Young Avengers?
Blonde Hulk, I mean, come on (laughs).
And do you think we could even see a young Loki
pop up in the Loki show.
I want that.
- Surprise!
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