The Marvel Cinematic Universe to date has been full of surprises.
While comic fans have seen their favourite characters and story arcs come alive on the
big screen, Marvel Studios has been really great at taken creative liberties and adapting
their classic comic stories in new and inventive ways.
So much so that there’s a ton of speculation as to what the future of the MCU will be like,
especially after the events of Avengers Endgame.
So today, we’re returning to our list of the top 10 major marvel MCU movie predictions
with a part two, talking Post Endgame fan theories!
Heads up – there are spoilers for Avengers Endgame and a handful of other MCU movies
on this list (mainly just captain Marvel).
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10 Black Widow’s Solo Film There’s been a lot of talk about Black Widow’s
solo film lately.
Since the character died in Avengers Endgame, fans have been speculating as to when her
solo film will take place, assuming that the character isn’t somehow resurrected – a
theory that some believe, despite many others thinking that her sacrifice for the soul stone
is the one kind of death that can’t be undone by Infinity Stones.
Anywho, there’s a few theories pertaining to this – one is that the solo film will
take place during the five year gap that occurs in Avengers Endgame.
Another theory, thanks to a user on twitter named destielonfire, there’s speculation
that Sebastian Stan, who plays Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes, has stated that the Black Widow
solo film takes place during Captain America Civil War.
This has led to speculation that Chris Evans will be reprising his role as Steve Rogers
after all, appearing in the film alongside of her as the two of them as war criminals.
9 Monica Rambeau The Captain Marvel feature film gave us a
glimpse at a young Monica Rambeau – the daughter of Carol’s best friend and peer
Maria Rambeau, whose call sign was Photon – the name of a superhero who Monica eventually
becomes in the comics.
While Captain Marvel took place in the 90s, in the current timeline when Avengers Endgame
concluded, Monica would arguably be a young adult, even if she was snapped.
Many are speculating that in Captain Marvel’s follow up feature, we’ll see Monica become
Photon, who may end up working with Carol (or against her, resentful that Carol left
her and her mother so many years ago).
8 The Black Knight While Monica seems a given, another potential
hero character that has caused quite the stir amongst fans is the Black Knight – According
to rumours, the character has been discussed a lot by Marvel Studios as a character meant
to join the MCU in the next upcoming phases.
The Black Knight, aka Dane Whitman, is a character who first appeared in the Avengers issue 47
back in 1967.
He is a descendent of the original Black Knight, and is super villain Black Knight’s nephew,
who carries around a mystical sword.
It’s believed the character may have already been ‘introduced’ according to another
fan theory – the Quantum Realm in the Ant-Man and the Wasp film may have had a secret hidden
city located within it – an easter egg that many fans picked up on.
Twitter user Jeremy Conrad made a claim on the social media site that Marvel plans on
using the quantum realm to introduce the character – it’s the only connection between the
two currently.
Plus, Black Knight Dane Whitman’s love interest is also coming to the MCU – Sersi, one of
the Eternals in the upcoming Eternals film, who will be played by Angelina Jolie.
AND!
In addition to that, Marvel has also recently released reprinted comics that feature the
character in them – an interesting marketing choice, perhaps.
7 No More Avengers We mentioned on our part one list that there’s
been a lot of speculation concerning what characters will make up the new Avengers team
moving forward.
But one theory suggests that instead of planning a major story event like the first four Avengers
films, the MCU won’t do something big until after the next two phases, focusing on more
solo adventures, scaling things down.
While this seems to go against how the MCU has progressed in the past (and also doesn’t
seem like it would be as financially viable) there could be another event in the works
that doesn’t lean on the Avengers, and instead, leads to our favourite remaining superheroes
teaming up only to realize that hey, maybe they should re-start the Avengers after all.
6 MJ Is Fury’s Daughter In Spider-Man homecoming, we learned that
Zendaya’s Michelle is MJ, Michelle Jones.
Many assumed that her character will be filling in for the role of Mary Jane Watson.
But one redditor by the name of findmywallet has a theory that she’s more than she appears.
They suggest that perhaps MJ is the daughter of Nick Fury, secretly keeping tabs on Peter
Parker, mainly because Parker has a history of having complex relationships with his friends’
parents – we know that Liz’s father turned out to be the Vulture, played by Michael Keaton.
In the comics, his pal Harry Osborn is the son of Green Goblin Norman Osborn.
From the trailer for Spider-Man Far From Home, we learned that MJ knows that Parker is Spider-Man.
What else could possibly connect her to Fury?
Fury has made an off handed comment about his wife having kicked him out.
MJ is anti-government, which would be a nice trait that could have been derived from Fury
being her dad.
Some of her outfits resemble Fury’s style.
It could explain why Ben Mebdelsohn, the Skrull Talos, appeared in human form at the end of
Endgame in the background of the shot in which Peter returns to school for the first time
with his classmates.
They also theorize that MJ’s mother could be Maria Rambeau, with Maria and Fury having
hooked up after Captain Marvel took off into space at the end of her solo feature.
5 A-Force Jumping back a bit to the No More Avengers
theory we mentioned earlier, this theory could be one of the stand-ins if the Avengers disappear
from the MCU in the next few phases.
One of the biggest ‘fan-service’ moments in Avengers Endgame took place during the
final epic battle with Thanos outside of the Avengers compound – we saw all of the women
of Marvel, the remaining living heroes, take a stand and fight together alongside Captain
Marvel ,with a line throwback to something Black Widow had said during the battle in
Wakanda in Infinity War – she’s not alone.
Some fans saw this as the beginnings of an introduction to the A Force, an all-female
superhero team.
This rumour has only been further perpetuated by Brie Larson, who plays Captain Marvel,
noting that she’d be super into an all-female Avengers movie, and that it would be cool
to see all of the female heroes interacting.
And according to more rumours, Tessa Thompson, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Scarlett Johannson
and more of the MCU female actors have actually pitched the idea to Marvel Studios.
4 Kang the Conqueror There has been a lot of chatter concerning
who the next big bad of the MCU will be.
Thanos leaves some pretty big titan sized shoes to fill.
But since time travel was one of the core elements of Avengers Endgame, many fans have
begun to speculate that the next primary antagonist in the MCU will be a villain whose jam is
travelling through time – we’re talking Kang the Conqueror.
Kang first came to be in the Fantastic Four issue 19 back in 1963.
The story goes that in the 31st century, a scholar named Nathaniel Richards, who was
possibly a descendant of Reed Richards, becomes fascinated with time travel, and stumbles
upon one of Doctor Doom’s inventions that makes use of time travel technology.
He goes back to Ancient Egypt, becomes a Pharaoh named Rama-Tut, and is later defeated by the
time displaced Fantastic Four.
He eventually reinvents himself as Kang the Conqueror after returning to the 31st century
and conquering a war torn Earth.
But because that earth is dying, he decides to go conquer an earlier version of Earth,
traveling through time again, and becoming an enemy of the Avengers.
So, obviously, there would need to be a lot put in place in order to set up Kang that
hasn’t been established already (ie the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom).
But that being said, it’s quite possible that if the MCU were to introduce Kang, they
could easily work around these missing characters, similar to how Adam Warlock was left out of
the Infinity Saga despite playing a major role in it in the comics.
3 Namor is Black Panther’s Next villain In our previous part one of this list, we
mentioned the line in Avengers Endgame that some believed was a hint to Namor existing
in the MCU.
When Natasha is getting a status update from various heroes scattered throughout the universe,
Okoye, the head of Black Panther’s Dora Milaje, mentions that there was an underwater
earthquake.
While many just took this as a throwaway line, some believe that it was a subtle reference
to the king of Atlantis, who, historically in the comics, has beef with T’Challa and
Wakanda.
There’s also a moment in Iron Man 2 where Fury meets with Tony Stark to talk about the
Avengers Initiative – the two are surrounded by holographic screens, one of which points
out the ocean off of the coast of Brazil, meaning that perhaps Atlantis is situated
in the Atlantic Ocean between Brazil and Africa, where the tectonic plates were noted to have
been shifting in that Endgame comment.
The thing is, despite Marvel Studios having noted they would love to bring Namor into
the MCU, Namor’s rights are still a bit of a legal mess, meaning it’s really up
in the air if the character will be entering into the cinematic universe any time soon.
2 Secret Wars We mentioned on our previous list that many
fan theories have speculated that Secret Invasion would be the next big saga to take place in
the MCU now that the Infinity Saga has wrapped up.
It makes sense, considering the Skrulls were introduced into the MCU during Captain Marvel’s
solo feature.
But the other popular theory about the direction of the MCU that has been getting more traction
since Endgame is that Secret Wars will be the next big story event that will be what
the next phases all lead up to.
There have been two Secret Wars in the comics – the first, and arguably better arc taking
place between 1984 and 1985.
In it, the cosmic entity the Beyonder, observing the 616 universe, decides to teleport heroes
and villains against their will to take part in a competition in Battleworld, a planet
he created.
The Beyonder is basically an omnipotent force, and would be a deadly villain to face off
against, bringing together the MCU characters.
It would also act as a way to easily introduce other new characters to one another, specifically,
the X-Men, the Fantastic Four (Doctor Doom plays a big role in the story) and Deadpool.
The Beyonder could pull from various universes rather than just the MCU-616 one.
Another theory is that rather than the Beyonder, we may see Secret Wars play out in a similar
fashion as Civil War did, except orchestrated by the Grandmaster, whose still kicking around,
assuming that the people of Sakaar haven’t murdered him off screen.
1 Adam Warlock & the Infinity Stones At the end of Guardians of the Galaxy vol
2, we learned in the post credit scenes that Ayesha, the Golden High Priestess of the Sovereign
who has a grudge against the Guardians and tried to kill them on Ego, has been working
on a powerful secret weapon – something that resides within a big golden cocoon that
was implied to be Adam Warlock.
She says, “that, my child, is the next step in our evolution.
More powerful.
More beautiful.
More capable of destroying the Guardians of the Galaxy.
I think I shall call him…
Adam.”
Yeah, seems fitting.
A redditor by the name of dannyjerome0 came up with a theory that suggests thanks to Adam’s
existence, the Infinity Stones, which Thanos destroyed in the prime timeline aren’t actually
gone.
We know thanks to Wong that the Infinity Stones are crucial to universal balance, and from
the Chosen One that removing them from a time line could have dire consequences.
In Endgame, Thanos says he reduced the stones to ‘atoms’, which this theory suggests
is actually an easter egg, referring to Warlock, and that Thanos had actually given them to
the cosmic hero.
While it seems quite unlikely that the mad titan would just give the stones up to someone
we’ve never seen fully on screen before, there could very well be a tie there, considering
the powers and abilities Warlock has, and his history with the stones.
Alright, there we have it friends!
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