WMG / MCU: Future Characters

The Enchantress is going to be the main villian of Thor 2.

An article said that Loki isn't going to be the main villain of the sequel, so the main villain has to be The Enchantress, and maybe she will get in the way of Thor and Jane's relationship.

• Jossed. It's going to be Malekeith and Loki will appear (apparently skirting the edge of the Moral Event Horizon) but no Enchantress.

The other Captains America exists in this continuity, and Steve has met them

The surviving ones, at least. First he encountered Jeffrey Mace and was told of William Nasland. Then Coulson made a first attempt at talking with Cap and mentioned 'the other Steve Rogers' and 'the Black Captain America', and Fury had to tell him about the other experiments with the Super Soldier Serum, show him what had happened to the '50s Steve Rogers (who was in cryogenic sleep) and let him meet Isaiah Bradley. That's why he was pissed when Fury went to enlist him to deal with Loki: he was furious at the fate of the other Rogers and the fact almost nobody knew of Bradley's courage.

• The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will delve into at least aspects of this concept, with the U.S. government commissioning a new Captain America in John Walker, and Isaiah Bradley is rumored to make an appearance. Steve Rogers himself isn't confirmed to be in the show, and whether he knows about any of this - especially Bradley - is unclear.
• With the series released, this is jossed. Although Isaiah Bradley (at least) is confirmed to exist, Bucky confirms that Steve didn't know about him, and Isaiah never used the title of Captain America. Also, Jeffrey Mace appeared on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., in a form heavily overhauled from the comics.

The Invaders exists in this continuity but have a different line-up

Obviously Captain America and Bucky aren't part of the group, as one of the Union Jack. On the other hand they still existed led by Namor, and mainly fought the Master Man (created by the Nazi with another experiment with their Super Serum, and prompting Hitler to exile Schmidt because the Master Man was not deformed).Also, Namor met Cap at least once, and the Invaders and the Howling Commandos teamed up for at least one mission, and raided Auschwitz with a certain Jewish mutant with magnetic powers using the chaos to run away.

• Or, seeing how Jim Hammond appeared in The First Avenger and Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne fought the Russians from the 50s to the 80s, The Invaders were formed and lead by Peggy, with Falsworth becoming Union Jack in honor of Cap. The rest of the team consisted of Namor, Jim, Toro, Spitfire, The Mighty Destroyer, Golden Girl, Human Top and eventually, Pym and Janet. The Invaders were also the prototype for the Avengers.

The villains of Captain America 2 will be the Grand Director and the Communist Red Skull

We saw in The Incredible Hulk that the US made at least one attempt at recreating the Super Soldier Serum, and Ross almost expected Blonsky to go crazy at a moment's notice: they could have the precedent of the 50s' Captain America, the Rogers' imitator who dosed himself with Super Soldier Serum and went mad, got frozen for it and was brainwashed into becoming the Grand Director after being unfrozen.The Communist Red Skull would be the Grand Director to show that you don't have to be a Nazi to be really evil, have Cap laugh in someone's face (seriously, for someone who fought the original seeing a communist Red Skull imitator would be really hilarious), and give an excuse for the appearance of the Winter Soldier, sent to terminate the crazed spymaster who started dressing up as the Red Skull.

• Jossed. The villains were The Winter Soldier, Batroc the Leaper, Crossbones and HYDRA.

Jane Foster is the daughter of Bill Foster aka Goliath.

Because Selvig stated in Thor that he worked with her father, which establishes him as some sort of scientist, and this franchise is notorious for its lack of coincidences.

• This seems unlikely. Jane Foster doesn't look even the slightest bit mixed race, and I am really doubtful they would white wash Bill Foster.
  • She could be a beloved stepdaughter who took his name or adopted.
• No mention of any children for Bill Foster in Ant Man and the Wasp, where he finally makes his appearance.

A future movie subplot will involve an astral projected Doctor Strange giving help through Doctor Banner

In main stream Comic continuity, Hulk can see the Astral form of Doctor Strange. (I don't know if Banner can either, but it would make sense to tweak it for the movie to the Banner side also seeing it.) Doctor Strange gets trapped somehow and he spends the movie giving advice to Banner in order to have Banner reunite Doctor Strange and his body, along with stopping a threat.

The twist is, no one else can see Doctor Strange, including the audience. Everyone will wonder if Banner has finally lost it until he does something, it works, and Doctor Strange truly appears.

Thanos won't fight the Avengers in Avengers 2 but the Masters of Evil will

• Thanos will gather the Masters of Evil to test the Avengers. After they are beaten he will decide to personally go to Earth.
• Jossed.

Sigyn will appear at some point.

She's become rather popular as of late, and if Marvel does choose to send Loki on a redemption arc, she could play a major part in it. Most likely she'll be adapted to compete with the other female badasses, either remaining as a Goddess, or adapted into a SHIELD agent. Heck, she could even become a Badass Bystander. As for actresses who could play her:

• Emilie de Ravin. She's already playing a strong female character trying to redeem the man she loves. The role would fit.
• Jessy Schram. She has an innocent face which would fit the role, and looks a little bit like Sigyn from Norse Mythology.
• Mia Wasikowska. If Marvel decide to go for a younger Sigyn.
• Jennifer Morrison. If they want a Sigyn with a silver tongue of her own, and can slam-dunk Loki's into led.

Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.

They've been near enough confirmed for The Avengers 2, unless the script changes. So, time for character motivation speculation and casting possibilities.

• The siblings, like in the comic, could start out as villains working for Thanos, or part of the Masters of Evil. They then, for some reason or another, pull a Heel–Face Turn in time for the final battle. Redemption Equals Death could come into play, and one of them or both of them could die.
• Casting choices:
  • Quicksilver: Jeremy Sumpter, Max Greenfield, Tom Felton.
  • Scarlet Witch: Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alexandra Daddario, Rachel Mcadams.
  • This article says that Marvel is looking for actors in their 20s, preferably of British descent; someone edgy for Quicksilver and someone spell-check defying for Scarlet Witch. Saoirse Ronan was mentioned as a choice for the latter. (And out of the choices mentioned already, we have left Tom Felton and Rachel Hurd-Wood fitting the "20's" and "British" descriptions)
• Rights issues with the X-Men films mean that while they can be used in the MCU, they can't be identified as mutants. Instead, they'll be re-imagined as magic-users. Wanda already is one, and it can help tie-in to the planned Doctor Strange movie. You'd be amazed how complicated some of the rights issues over certain characters have gotten. 20th Century Fox still owns he film rights to X-Men which means they automatically own the film rights to any mutant character from the Marvel Comics, even those that are more widely associated with other series. Versions of the characters are going to appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past, played by different actors and totally thematically unrelated to the ones that are going to appear in the MCU; casual viewers might not even recognize them as based on the same characters. In fact there's legal back and forth over which side could use their code names and which ones could use their real names. It's possible they will show up in one of the franchises not as Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch but only identified as Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. Namor was in the middle of the same sort of legal battle because he started in his ownstand alone comic series way back before the X-Men were thought of but it was retconned into being a mutant. In short, lawyers have to argue comic book canon complete with retcons in courts of law.
  • Ironically, despite Disney acquiring the X-Men film rights, WandaVision retconned that Wanda was born with Magic. And that she was foreseen to become the Scarlet Witch after her power was affected by the Mind Stone.
• Both characters have officially confirmed for The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Scarlet Witch will be played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Quicksilver will be played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
  • Considering their appearance in The Stinger for Captain America: The Winter Soldier, they're likely going to be the MCU equivalent of Andrea and Andreas von Strucker (a.k.a. Fenris).

If they ever get around to introducing The Wasp, she'll be half-Asian

Like in Ultimate Marvel. Specifically because of the "lack of diversity" criticisms the MCU has been getting.

• Jossed. Both Jan and Hope Van Dyne are white in this continuity.

Janet Van Dyne will have a daughter who will be the new Wasp to Scott Lang's Ant Man.

It's been established that the MCU's Hank Pym will be an older mentor figure to the present-day Ant Man, Scott Lang. Considering the comicbook Ant Man's most infamous moment, it's possible that Janet left Hank and had a daughter with someone else. She then handed down her abilities or equipment (depending on whether Wasp's powers are biological or technological in the MCU) to her daughter.

• Janet's daughter might be Petra Laskov a.k.a. Red Wasp.
• Or the new Wasp could be a half-Asian woman like the Ultimate version of Janet.
  • Janet having a daughter is confirmed; Evangeline Lilly will be playing Hope Pym.

Carol Danvers will appear as a Space Fighter pilot working for SWORD.

SWORD will be formed in response to the Chitauri invasion and will build up Earth's defenses against alien threats. One of these defenses will be a fleet of starfighters flown by the world's best Air Force pilots.

• SWORD is apparently tied up in the rights for X-Men, so it's prboably unusable. The resto fthe guess can still work, though.
  • Jossed. Her movie took place before The Battle of New York, and had no appearance of SWORD.

Marvel will produce a Squadron Supreme movie before Warner Brothers can release a Justice League film.

• It'd be a dick move, but you have to admit it'd be funny.
  • It'd also probably be a better Justice League film than whatever Zack Snyder comes up with.
• Jossed. No Squadron Supreme film is currently in the works.

Marvel will produce a secondary, Darker and Edgier Netflix project consisting of Ghost Rider, Blade, The Punisher, and Moon Knight as the Spirits of Vengeance.

The former three characters are now owned by Marvel again, and are motivated by the loss of someone in their lives. Johnny Blaze for his father, Blade for his mother, and Punisher for his family. If you want to fit Moon Knight in the mix, part of his motivation could be avenging himself.

• Mostly confirmed, but given how dark Daredevil and Jessica Jones got, "darker" probably isn't the right word.
• Ghost Rider appeared in Agents of Shield. Punisher DID get a Netflix series, but Blade and Moon Knight haven't appeared yet.
  • Blade's getting a solo movie.
• Jossed considering the ending of the Marvel-Netflix partnership and the reorganizing of Marvel Television that seemingly rendered virtually all Infinity Saga-era non-film projects non-canon.

Stephen Strange will make an appearance, either in his own movie or as a cameo

Since The Winter Soldier made a point of name-dropping him when HYDRA mole Agent Sitwell was rattling off a list of threats to be neutralized under Project Insight.

• Confirmed, he got his own movie in 2016.

In Thor 3, Amora the Enchantress will make her appearance.

Lorelei, her younger sister, has already made her debut in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. The plot could center around the effect Odin's/Loki's misrule is having on the World Tree, and Ragnarok being unleashed earlier than anticipated. Amora can serve as Loki's Dragon, or even a Dragon with an Agenda, since she's canonically obsessed with Thor. There's also the fact that she's one of Thor's most famous adversaries and has already featured in Avengers: EMH.

Also, she'll be played by Natalie Dormer, because 1) Natalie Dormer can play scheming women with just enough nuance and humanity to keep them from being one-note (see: Margaery Tyrell and Jamie Moriarty/Irene Adler), and 2) It'll make her brief appearance in the first Captain America movie less of a cheeky wink to the audience and more of a very brilliant piece of foreshadowing.

• Jossed.

Marvel will create a movie about the Thunderbolts

With SHIELD presumably dissolved after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and all signs pointing to the Avengers seemingly becoming self-sufficient in Age of Ultron, the government will probably feel like it needs its own group of superhumans to not only protect American interests from superhuman threats, but also deal with shadier missions that traditional heroes wouldn't want to touch. To solve this, the government could put together the Thunderbolts, a team of villains to be used as the government's answer to the Avengers, promising the villains benefits in exchange for their service, and even threatening them into complying. They could recruit previous villains such as Abomination, Crossbones, and Justin Hammer (maybe even with his own suit of armor!), and even some villains we haven't seen, such as Moonstone or the Leader (who was hinted at in The Incredible Hulkbut never shown). Songbird could be a superpowered government operative put in charge as their handler, and while she would try her best to control them, things of course would have to go horribly wrong. Bonus points if the villains, in an attempt at an uprising, reference actual super villain teams (Hammer: "They don't trust us. They call us 'evil.' Well let's show them evil! We'll be masters of evil!")

• The idea could be introduced in The Stinger of a future movie. We would see some government people discussing whether the Avengers could be trusted, since they were assembled by SHIELD, and SHIELD was being controlled by HYDRA. Then a man proposes Thunderbolts as a replacement for the Avengers. Someone turns to the man: "And who would you be?" "Oh, sorry. My name is Zemo."
  • To avoid (or at least downplay) Suicide Squad (2016) comparisons, they'll give a reason other than simply wanting the Avengers to be stopped - "We need a team who isn't afraid to get their hands dirty, and isn't held back by public image".
• Semi-confirmed. All indications suggest the while there may not necessarily be a proper movie or even TV series, the Thunderbolts will be a prominent group (at least narratively) in the MCU at least in Phase 4 and beyond, with elements scattered throughout the various Earth-based projects:

  • Black Widow (2021) features General Thunderbolt Ross, who according to a claimed leaked description of the mid-credits scene, recruits both Yelena Belova and Taskmaster to a new team he's putting together.
  • Mixed. Taskmaster is not recruited by anyone. And Yelena is recruited by Val for Mercenary jobs.
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will have Zemo as a main antagonist, and Ross is rumored to be appearing in this series as well. Leaked set photos have also revealed that Songbird will feature. Additionally, multiple recent purported footage descriptions of the series indicate that the U.S. government (likely through Ross as the overseeing agent) covertly wants Winter Soldier-levels of mind control over their Captain America replacement, and Bucky's arc will see him attempting to settle down and avoid getting caught up in the fray as Zemo (this time armed with a failsafe codeword that wasn't wiped from Bucky's mind since it had never been used before) once again tracks him down for potential recruitment, possibly on the behalf of Ross himself.
  • Mostly Jossed. Ross and Songbird do not appear, with the former having no direct involvement with the show. Sam and Bucky seek Zemo's help (not Zemo) and Zemo can no longer control Bucky. However, Bucky does settle down and attempts to make amends for his actions as the Winter Soldier.
  • She-Hulk is rumored to have Ross once again appear, this time including a change to his Thunderbolts alter-ego, Red Hulk.

• Officially confirmed in 2022. While the original theory did not fully pan out as theorized (with the direct aftermath of Avengers: Age of Ultron playing out instead in Captain America: Civil War ), a Thunderbolts film was leaked to the public in 2022, and was later confirmed by Marvel at San Diego Comic-Con.

Patrick Wilson will play a younger Hank Pym in the 60's-70's

• Jossed. While a younger Pym does appear in flashbacks, he's still played by Michael Douglas with the aid of CGI effects.

There will be a Runaways direct-to-Netflx series, coming out after Avengers 2

There was talk of a Runaways movie, but it's been in Development Hell for years. A series/miniseries could perhaps be decompressed enough to be a fairly faithful adaption of the original comic miniseries, and/or could help with nabbing the teen demographic. However, first, they would probably need to introduce magic (via Doctor Strange) & whatever they will call mutants (Via Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver), before they incorporate them into Nico & Molly, respectively. Which is why they would have to wait for Avengers 2 and the Doctor Strange movie for them to release it.

• Semi-confirmed. A Runaways series has been announced, but it's Hulu instead of Netflix.

The Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are Von Strucker's children.

Well, he does have a pair of twin mutant kids in the comics...

• Jossed.

Adam Warlock will join the Guardians of the Galaxy by it's sequel.

His cocoon appears in the Collector's room in Thor 2 and Guardians of the Galaxy. The Guardians' post credits scene shows that it hatched at some point. Adam was a founding member of the Guardians in the comics.

• Perhaps Magus will be the villain of Guardians of the Galaxy 2. This could introduce both the Time Gem (because the plot would involve travelers from the future) and the Soul Gem (Kind of Warlock's signature) at the same time.
• Jossed, he is not a member of the Guardians in the sequel. His "cacoon" shows up in The Stinger.

Squirrel Girl will eventually appear (although not as a Mutant).

• She was confirmed for the canceled New Warriors series. Although at this point, it would make no sense to for them to have her status as a mutant be Adapted Out, given that Disney can now use mutants.

After Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. comes to a close, there will be a second TV series which will feature either the New Warriors, Nextwave, or Avengers Academy

Basically the next generation of heroes is what I'm getting at. And it will be done like a reality show, with each of the young heroes doing individual confessionals/ keeping logs for SHIELD.

The X-Men will appear

In their own show, because Marvel owns the TV rights.

• Confirmed, with the 1990s Animated series being rebooted in 2023 for Disney+.

Ego the Living Planet will appear.

As an expy to Galactus, who Marvel doesn't have the film rights to.

• Since the 2015 Fantastic Four movie bombed, it's likely Marvel will get the movie rights. So we might see Galactus (and Silver Surfer) at some point.
  • Confirmed. Ego confirmed for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Peter Quill's father.

Black Panther's story arc.

When they announced their Phase Three lineup, Marvel all but confirmed that Andy Serkis's character in Avengers: Age of Ultron will be Black Panther villain Ulysses Klaw, and we've known before that part of the movie will take place in Wakanda and that Ultron's final body will be made of vibranium, the metal Klaw specializes in. I believe his role in the movie will be that to create his vibranium body, Ultron finds Klaw and enlists his help. The two then go to Wakanda to seize the vibranium, but King T'Chaka tries to stop them, but is killed by them, with T'Challa watching. After Ultron's new body is completed, Klaw takes the leftover vibranium and leaves, with Ultron leaving him to his own devices. The Stinger of the movie will be T'Challa donning the Black Panther suit and swearing to take revenge on Klaw now that Ultron is (presumably) out of the picture.

In Captain America: Civil War, Tony Stark finds Klaw and recruits him under the Superhuman Registration Act to make vibranium weapons for use against the anti-Registration heroes, which will result in T'Challa joining Cap's side in the conflict, but Klaw escapes in the fallout of the film's final battle, leading into the Black Panther movie, where he'll be The Dragon to another Black Panther villain like Man-Ape or Killraven.

• Jossed. Though he is alluded to, T'Challa never appears in Age of Ultron, nor does his father. While he does have a major role in Civil War, it's as an independent combatant who clashes with Cap's team (and thus has motives that align with Stark's to a degree).
  • Additionally, while correct that Klaue sells Ultron vibranium, the sale is made in the former's Johannesburg hideout with no trip to Wakanda made. Black Panther reveals that Klaue's vibranium was acquired in the early 1990s and he had no role in T'Chaka's death.^note At best it was a tangential involvement: Klaue sold vibranium to Ultron, who then used the vibranium to level Sokovia while fighting the Avengers, the destruction of which inspired Zemo to concoct a plan that would end up killing T'Chaka.

Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's father in this continuity is Maximus the Mad.

There were rumors of them being potrayed as Inhumans rather than Mutants, and having Maximus as their father would allow them to still be depicted as the children of a supervillain.

• Jossed. Their parents were human as were they originally. Also they are not Inhumans but still are called gifted.

The Mandarin will appear in future films.

And not Trevor Slattery from Iron Man 3. Fans were outraged over the Mandarin's role in that film, there was no actual usage of the ten rings; which were set up in Iron Man. As of the Marvel short 'All Hail the King' which shows Slattery being abducted from prison by a (Real) Mandarin's Agent, we know that the real Mandarin exists in Earth-199,999 (The MCU universe).

• Iron Man 4 is the main place he could be used.
• Possibly, and bear with me for this, GOTG 2 or 3. To tie in with the Cosmic origins of the Makluan Rings.
  • Alternatively, he'll be used in the Shang-Chi movie that Marvel supposedly has in the works. Chi could easily be a special operations agent, and the Mandarin could be a target that Chi has to take out.
  • Alternatively alternatively, he could be Shang-Chi's father, replacing Fu Manchu from the source material.
  • CONFIRMED. He's slated to appear in Shang-Chi.

Angela will come from the Once Upon a Time multiverse

She gets ripped out of their story-book version of Heaven rather than the tenth realm, or possibly both realms are the same and the only connection between the MCU and OUAT worlds.

The Time Stone will be used by Kang the Conqueror.

He's an Avengers villain as well as a Fantastic Four villain, so they could introduce him. He'll be Iron Man's descendant here.

• Jossed. James Gunn says that Marvel cannot use Kang, since his rights belong at Fox.
  • Disney now owns Fox, so it's now unjossed - assuming the Infinity Stones survive Endgame.
    • Jossed, since they didn't survive the events of Endgame. Unless Kang comes from another dimension with their own set of Infinity Stones.

A new version of Midnight Oil will be use during the Vietnam War

being use on some US soldiers including Frank Simpson (Nuke) and Frank Castle

• Jossed. Nuke appears in Jessica Jones, but as a veteran of The War on Terror rather than Vietnam. Similar, Punisher appears in Season 2 of Daredevil, but is far too young to have fought in Vietnam in this continuity.

Wanda's kids will be flung through time

In addition to all the other bizarre reality-warping that they had to go through in order to be born, Billy and Tommy will be sent back in time as infants so that they can grow up to be teenagers by the time a Young Avengers movie is made.

The Soul Gem will be a character instead of an object

The Gems have been different this time around compared to how they're shown in the comics (the Reality Gem is fluid, the Space Gem is also the Cosmic Cube, etc.) so what a twist it would be to reveal that the Soul Gem isn't an ordinary relic like the others, but actually a person with the relic somehow inside them serving as their consciousness. As in, the Soul Gem is actually their soul. If the person is good then it would raise moral questions, i.e. would it be right to kill this person in order to stop Thanos from completing the Gauntlet. The person could also have the Gem's powers, like reading other people's souls and/or copying their abilities (like Peter Petrelli from Heroes). This person could either be a brand new character who has never existed in the comics (like Coulson) or a character from the comics but re-imagined.

• Assuming the rumors that the green Eye of Agamotto is the Time Stone then that leaves orange as the Soul Stone. Adam Warlock would fit here perfectly since he is both closely associated with the Soul Gem and has orange skin.
• Jossed in Avengers: Infinity War. Though the Soul Stone is tied to a certain character in that they knew where it was all this time, and they needed to be sacrificed for Thanos to gain it.

Kid Loki, if he does appear in this universe, will be a "meme loving fuck".

This is a direct quote from his 616 counterpart's article on the Marvel wiki.

He also shows a lot of interest in Midgard and wishes to learn more about it as possible. He became interested in cell phones (he bought a Stark Phone, which he often uses to take pictures) and the Internet, learning about memes and downloading movies.

• Kid Loki finally appeared in Loki (2021), but he has yet to venture to Midgard.

Marvel will pull Loophole Abuse in regards to Kang The Conqueror's film rights.

James Gunn recently revealed the film rights to Kang are owned by Fox, seemingly ruling the character out of the MCU for the time being. To compensate for this, Marvel will use Immortus in his place as a future antagonist Immortus first appeared in The Avengers, after all.

• Moot point now. Disney owns Fox, and Kang will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.

A Young Avengers movie will combine elements of both volumes as well as Loki: Agent of Asgard

This assumes that Loki will be killed and reincarnated as young! after Infinity War. Instead of being brought together by Iron Lad to fight Kang, the Young Avengers be brought together by Loki to fight Old!, and his attempts at leading the team will be equivalent to his redemption arc in his solo series. Instead of a program designed to search them out, it'll be a spell Loki casts. And during the movie he'll make an attempt to usurp Billy's power, but decide to be a better person instead.

We won't be seeing any film or TV adaptation of Young Avengers until 2025 at the very earliest.

Judging by Cassie Lang's age in Ant-Man, any adaptation of Young Avengers is going to have to wait about a decade afterwards if she's going to appear in it as a teenager. In any case, that long a wait is probably necessary for Wiccan and Speed's backstory, to properly develop Scarlet Witch and her relationship with the Vision.

• Cassie's age is somewhat of a moot point, since it's confirmed that there's going to be a Time Skip in Avengers 4 and she'll be older after said skip.

Way down the line, Miles Morales will be introduced as the new Spider-Man if they ever decide to kill Peter Parker off.

Despite the complaining when it was revealed that the MCU Spider-Man would be a third version of Peter Parker, the decision makes sense. Tom Holland can't be expected to stick around playing Peter forever, and Marvel Studios would want the MCU to keep on making movies featuring Spider-Man for much longer than Holland (or any actor) could be expected to stay. So, when the time comes, they still have the option of killing off Peter and introducing Miles as his replacement.

• A Deleted Scene in Homecoming confirms Miles exists in the MCU, but whether he has any powers is yet to be seen.

White Tiger and Nova will make an appearance in the MCU, with or without their own series.

• Because with Spider-Man, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist joining the MCU, those two are all that are needed to create an MCU version of the Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) team.
  • Nova Corps have already been established, so it's only a matter of time.
    • A MCU project about Nova has been officially been given the greenlight.
    • Rumor has it that White Tiger will appear in Daredevil Born Again.

Kamala Khan will appear in The Stinger of the Captain Marvel film

Probably not with her face shown, but it could be similar to her first appearance in the Captain Marvel comics, where she made an unnamed cameo as a young girl putting a Captain Marvel poster on her wall.

• Jossed. She is getting a Disney+ show however.

Monica Rambeau will appear in the Captain Marvel movie

She will appear as Carol's Token Black Friend and play a role similar to Falcon and Rhodey in the Captain America and Iron Man films. Since she was a member of the Harbor Patrol in the comics, that concept could be recycled by having her be a Naval or Air Force officer that serves alongside Carol.

• Then much like War Machine, Marvel could set it up so that she becomes a hero in her own right (Spectrum) in the sequel.
• Semi-Confirmed Monica Rambeau appears in Captain Marvel, albeit as a young child
• Technically confirmed: Monica will appear in the Captain Marvel sequel, The Marvels, with the newfound powers she acquired in WandaVision.

The Runaways will appear in one of the mystery Marvel films

Marvel staked out several release dates for new movies. Runaways could be one of the new franchises since by then, all the necessary pieces will have been introduced.

• Jossed. Runaways has been confirmed as a Hulu series.

If the Runaways do appear, some origins will be altered

Since Marvel cannot use mutants or possibly Skrulls, Molly Hayes and Xavin will need to have their origins reworked.

• Molly and her parents could easily end up being Inhumans, with her parents being banished from Afterlife in the backstory. This fits with their title of "The Outcasts" when the Gibborim created the Pride..
• Since Molly's strength is more important to the plot than her parents powers at all, they could easily be changed to a family of Asgardians that were exiled to Earth. Again, this fits with "The Outcasts".
• For what it's worth, Marvel Studios can use the Skrulls: the rights are shared with Fox, like with Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. Only the Super-Skrull is Fox-only because he specifically has the combined powers of the Fantastic Four. So Xavin could appear with no issue.
  • The problem is that Xavin also has the FF powers, so he/she is probably off-limits too. In any case, Xavin is not in the announced cast for the TV series.

Namor will be played by...

• Daniel Dae Kim
• Ralph Fiennes
• Akshay Kumar
• Richard Armitage
• Brian Tee (who has expressed interest in the potential part)
• Going by the pattern of Illuminati members being played by actors who've portrayed Sherlock Holmes^note Black Panther being exempt due to the fact that Holmes has never been portrayed by a black man, and Marvel wouldn't Race Lift the king, Jonny Lee Miller is the most likely candidate.
• Heavily implied (but not confirmed), that Tenoch Huerta has been cast as Namor.
  • Confirmed.

GwenPool will appear

• Because c'mon! C'MON!
  • Unlikely, the rights are tied up between Marvel, Sony, and FOX. A three-fer, that's rare.
  • Well, not anymore...

Reptil will be introduced by either the end of Phase 3 or the beginnings of Phase 4

He will appear as Humberto Lopez, a teenage prisoner who is arrested due to the Sokovia Accords and placed in the Raft. He will angrily chew out Thunderbolt Ross to his face for infringing on his rights before escaping, foreshadowing the introduction of some of the younger heroes. I'm not sure what movie would suit this scene best though.

• Jossed.

Anthem from the Order will appear helping Tony get through his personal problems post-Civil War

In a supremely meta gag, it will be implied that the MCU version of Anthem is actually Robert Downey Jr. Just don't ask how casting will pull it off.

• Jossed.

Following Avengers: Infinity War, more teams will be introduced, even if the Avengers films continue into Phase Four

This is a way Marvel can both profit from the MCU's established heroes introduce new ones, all in new films that could bring publicity to their comic book counterparts. These teams/films could be the following:

• The Liberators: an adaptation of the Lady Liberators team. This is the one I think would be the most natural, since Black Widow and Scarlet Witch have both been introduced in the Avengers films and Valkyrie and the Hope van Dyne Wasp will both be established before Phase Four begins. To round out the team to an odd number, the hypothetical Liberators film will introduce She-Hulk, Thundra, or Tigra, and have them be united by Valkyrie to fight Amora (who will not be called the Enchantress, but simply an enchantress in order to avoid comparisons to DC's Enchantress) and quite literally liberate a magical realm that she has conquered by brainwashing all the men there. This will essentially turn the original concept, a pretty dated joke meant to poke fun at the rising feminism of the 70s, into a legitimate attempt at a "Girl Power" superhero movie that can still succeed with general audiences (since most of the characters would already have casual fans), using Enchantress as a representative of negative stereotypes about powerful, men disliking women that the heroines will stand in contrast of, rather than having a Straw Misogynist serve as the villain and be seen as preachy.
  • Tessa Thompson and other marvel actresses have actually met with Feige about this very concept, so it could certainly happen.
• Power Pack: It's recently been rumoured that the concept of a Power Pack adaptation are in the and a superhero movie following children could be an interesting new direction. Plus, this would give Marvel Studios four new superheroes that they can use in films for longer than usual, if they do the right paperwork and sign child actors multi-picture deals.
• The Invaders: This will be kind of different in the MCU, since it's pretty clear that the original Invaders team wasn't form in this continuity...but there have been further incarnations of the team in the comics, including a contemporary Invaders team who appeared in 2014, which included Bucky Barnes and the Sam Wilson Captain America alongside Namor, the original Human Torch, and a younger Japanese heroine called Radiance. This could serve as a basis for a modern MCU Invaders, who in this setting are the only Invaders. There would absolutely have to be some changes, most notably in removing the Human Torch, though when it comes to Namor, Marvel Studios could work out a deal with the film rights to him. Either way, this hypothetical Invaders film could feature Sam and Bucky forming a new team with Radiance, and a few others. If they can use Namor, he will join the team alongside one more member. If they can't use Namor, it'll two different members. To take the place of Jim Hammond, I would recommend Bonita Juarez, who has similar fire powers and would win points on the diversity scale since she's a Latina superhero. The character who could possibly take the place of Namor could be Wonder Man (thus possibly giving Nathan Fillion some love)...or possibly Vision, since he's an android like Jim Hammond.
  • Alternately, the film could be a 50s Period Piece, with the team going after Russia, being led by Namor (as Marvel apparently has the rights back), and including other Invaders members such as Spitfire to fill out the team.
• The Howling Commandos: A new Period Piece film starring an incarnation of the team fighting the good fight in a historic war and participating in espionage. If they bring back James Falsworth, it could show him become the first Union Jack, which can set up his successors for future appearances.
• The Sensational Seven: One of the few genres that Marvel has yet to venture into: a western. It would also give them another shot at the criminally underused Red Wolf and unfortunate attempt at making the Rawhide Kid gay (they could play it seriously rather than as a joke the whole time).
• Thunderbolts: A combination of several incarnations, with the core of it being the "attempt to reform past villains" concept. It will be headed by Winter Soldier (who we know wants to redeem himself) and Zemo (who is much more sympathetic than in the comics, and would likely jump at the chance to prove himself superior to the Avengers once again).
  • Production leaks from multiple films and TV series strongly suggest that this will be confirmed, though not necessarily as its own solo franchise.
  • Confirmed, but for Phase 5.
• Black Widows: A solo adventure for Natasha where she has to face off against Yelena Belova, a fellow trainee/result of the Black Widow Ops Program, while trying to search for a missing girl abducted by the Russian mafia, who she had failed to rescue years ago. The girl is Ava Orlova, a Ukrainian girl who was abducted by the Russian mafia after she went on the run from the Black Widow Ops Program when they tried to "recruit" her. Along the way, Natasha is assisted by Nick Fury's ex-wife and retired spy Monica Chang in fighting Belova and the Russian mafia. Ava goes on to appear more later as Red Widow after discovering she's Natasha's biological younger sister, fathered by the same man.
  • Black Widow (2021) seems primed to introduce this concept, however, the premise of the movie is that Natasha ultimately goes after the entire existing Black Widow program to end it once and for all, so the longevity of the program for future appearances is in question.
    • Mostly Confirmed. However, Monica Chang does not appear. Natasha is trying to save ALL of the Black Widows, instead of just 1 girl. And instead of Ava Orlova, Natasha has to free Antonia Dreykov AKA the Taskmaster
• Captain Britain: A standard superhero origin movie where Brian Braddock becomes Captain Britain. It could also involve other British heroes such as Black Knight, Union Jack, Faiza Hussain, and Elsa Bloodstone.
• 2099: A dystopian cyberpunk story taking place years from now and focusing on only a few heroes from that era such as Spider-man, Punisher, and Ghost Rider. Could potentially also involve a time-displaced hero that audiences are more familiar with.

The MCU version of Deadpool will be a deceased S.H.I.E.L.D. agent brought back by Project T.A.H.I.T.I..

For whatever reason, GH.325 had an even _stranger_ effect on Agent Wilson's mind than it did on the other agents. Fortunately, the maddening effets his particular case overrode the usual subconscious obsession with the alien city, so he gained Medium Awareness instead.

• Problem is that Marvel has so far expressed approval of the Deadpool movies, meaning that if anything, they'd be more likely to incorporate Deadpool in canon (especially since Disney now owns Fox).

Ghost Rider will make an appearence

They're in the same universe! And this troper can dream that Robert Downey Jr. and Nicolas Cage will be in the same movie.

• Ghost Rider does appear in Agents of SHIELD.

Ms. Marvel will appear, but she'll be a mutant, not an Inhuman.

With Marvel not having the film rights to the mutant characters, they've been using the comics to push the Inhumans as an alternative to the X-Men, but they'll have the film rights to the characters. However, most of the Inhumans haven't had as much success as the mutants, and with the Inhumans TV series bombing, the MCU may be reluctant to bring the Inhumans into the films. Feige has expressed interest in bringing in Kamala Khan, so if she shows up, she'll have a different reason for her powers. Now that MCU is getting the rights to the X-Men, they could make her a mutant, which would be the easiest way of giving her powers.

• Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. fans may feel snubbed if the likes of fan favorites like Quake and Yo-Yo are ostracized in the films for the sins of their Attilanian cousins.
• Potentially confirmed in Ms. Marvel. While Marvel has neither confirmed or denied Kamala's status as an Inhuman, the series teased her status as a Mutant in Episode 6. A snippet of the X-Men TV Series Theme is even played as a sly Easter Egg

All-purpose theories for characters

No theory is too outlandish, nothing is out of bounds.

• The Silver Surfer, as mentioned below, will show up as The Cavalry when the team goes up against Thanos. They'd have to buy the rights to him from 20th Century Fox, but it wouldn't feel like a Thanos movie without the Surfer.
  • He didn't show up in either Infinity War or Endgame, but now that Disney bought Fox, it's surely a matter of when, not if.
• The Vision will appear, either as an original character or as a resurrected Phil Coulson, possibly as his LMD.
  • Confirmed, he appears in Avengers: Age of Ultron. However he was a Composite Character of J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision.
• Hank Pym and The Wasp, if only to quiet the fans who weren't happy about them not appearing in this movie (Avengers: Age of Ultron).
  • Ironically among the fans upset about that was Joss Whedon himself, so they'll no doubt be in the sequel, or at least the third film.
  • Ant-Man has his own film.
  • And the Wasp will show up in the sequel!
• Captain Marvel or Ms. Marvel. Since the sequel is definitely going interplanetary, it would make sense to include the Kree as alien allies of Earth. At the very least, Carol Danvers will likely be introduced as one of the team's higher-ups at S.H.I.E.L.D..
  • Confirmed, as Marvel has announced a Captain Marvel film to be released in 2019. However, she did not work at SHIELD.
• She-Hulk, if only to pad out the team's female characters, or to act as an upbeat foil for Bruce Banner. This could also help them get around the issue with Universal still having the rights to a solo Hulk movie.
  • She's getting a TV series on Disney Plus, suggesting that they've at least started to work out the rights issues.
  • Officially premiered in 2022.
• Doctor Strange will introduce elements of magic into the mostly sci-fi themed Marvel Cinematic Universe, and will ultimately use a spell to help turn the tide against Thanos.
  • Confirmed, as of 2016's Doctor Strange (2016)
• Black Panther will be introduced as a powerful African monarch who will become the team's ally when they (inevitably) get involved in some kind of international intrigue. Midway through, they'll discover that he's a powerful warrior in his own right.
  • Confirmed, thanks to 2016's Captain America: Civil War and 2018's Black Panther.
• Spider-Man, if The Amazing Spider-Man is part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This is the real reason the franchise was rebooted.
  • Hasn't that one already be Jossed by Sony?
    • Maybe not.
  • Confirmed! Spider-Man appeared in 2016's Captain America: Civil War. Thanks, Sony!
• Ultron will be one of the new villains if the above Hank Pym theory becomes reality.
  • Confirmed, albeit not related to Pym.
• Howard the Duck will be redeemed from his last cinematic adventure.
  • Confirmed, in The Stinger to Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).
• Goliath. BECAUSE IT MUST HAPPEN!
  • Hey, he and The Avengers are owned by the same company now. You never know...
  • Bill Foster appears in Ant-Man and the Wasp, but does not officially hold the mantle in the film.
• Deadpool. Thanos seemed pretty happy at the idea of "courting death" and he, Deadpool and Death did have a love triangle once. Deadpool's gonna show up and fight for his anthropomorphic personification girl!
  • Most likely jossed for now, thanks to FOX
    • And now unjossed. Disney now owns Fox
• Squirrel Girl, because Thanos, Galactus or any other Avengers-size threat will think twice if faced with endless squirrels.
  • Supposedly appearing in that New Warriors series trapped in Development Hell.
  • The Series has since been scrapped
• Mockingbird, as she's both A) Massively underused and unappreciated, and B) is a relatively petite, snarky badass fighter who fits Joss Whedon's usual character mold perfectly.
  • She appears as a character in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. seasons 2 and 3.
    • A surprise retcon in the finale of Hawkeye (2021), revealed that Laura Barton was actually Agent 19, which foreshadows her future as Mockingbird. It has not been confirmed, whether her real name is Bobbi Morse or if Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is in a seperate universe.But it does explain why Clint trusted his wife to protect their kids by herself
• Taskmaster, same reason as Bobbi: Needs More Love. Also because he would be AWESOME to see in Live Action. Maybe he'll be The Dragon to the Big Bad, whoever the Big Bad is.
  • Confirmed. Taskmaster appeared in Black Widow, but as a she.
• Tigra, she needs more love too.
• The Sentry will be the Big Bad of Avengers III, created as a military attempt at a superhero who can stand up to Thor and the Hulk.
  • Jossed as for the given WMG, since Thanos is the big bad of Infinity War.
• Ares: The casting sheet for The Eternals movie is calling for a male lead that is only identified as a Greek God. While the obvious conclusion for this would be it's for The Incredible Hercules^note who would be a good replacement for Thor, since Hemsworth's contract is up after Endgame, it would be a lot funnier if it was Ares, since all signs point towards the Eternals movie being released in 2020, which would make it a Dueling Works with Wonder Woman 1984 (who fought DC's character of the same name in her debut movie).
  • Jossed for Eternals

Pet Avengers

Since not that many animal characters have actually been introduced, a lot of these will end up being the various sentient inanimate objects of the MCU. Why? Because it's funny:

• Lockjaw
• Dum-E
• Droney
• Cloak of Levitation
• Frog Thor
• Cassie's giant ant
• Cosmo the Dog
• Sleipnr

Potential actors who could play the MCU's Fantastic Four (and associated characters)

Unless Disney's attempt to purchase 20th Century Fox's film and television divisions gets vetoed or falls through, we'll likely see the Fantastic Four join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in some capacity, albeit quite some time later. But when it does eventually happen, who will play the roles?

• Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic:
  • Justin Kirk
  • Esai Morales
  • Jon Krasinski
    • Confirmed. Krasinski portrays a variant of Richards in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
  • Ian Anthony Dale
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• Johnny Storm/Human Torch:
  • Gabriel Basso
  • Shannon Kook
  • Joe Alwyn
• Susan Storm/Invisible Woman:
  • Ana Ortiz
  • Kate Bosworth
  • Emily Blunt
  • Hayden Panatierre
• Ben Grimm/The Thing:
  • Tyler Labine
  • Terry Crews
    • Jossed. Crews has been cast as Centurion Tal Mark in the Epcot attraction, Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind
  • Bruno Starosta Jr.

Who will be the first explicit LGBTQ character in the MCU?

In June of 2018, Kevin Feige announced that the MCU has at least one LGBTQ character in the works. Who do you think it will be?

• Reportedly, The Eternals movie is going to have an openly gay male lead, on top of the bi Starfox also appearing. It could be either Makkari or The Forgotten One^note Zuras's biological daughter is in the film, the reported synopsis suggests that there will be a romance between Ikaris and Sersi, and I doubt Marvel would have it's first openly gay lead play a villain, so it can't be Druig, who don't have a stated sexuality in the comics as far as I know^note I'm leaning towards The Forgotten One, better known as Gilgamesh, since Enkidu was his best friend, and he at least exists in the comics.
• It's possible it was also referring to Valkyrie, who is confirmed to be looking for her Queen in Thor: Love and Thunder. Though Eternals comes out first and it's still very possible the lead (looking to be Ikaris) will be queer there too.
• The first confirmed gay character will be Phastos, who will have a husband in this movie unlike how he has a wife in the comics.
• Because of pandemic related delays, Loki and Sylvie wound up becoming the first significant openly LGBTQ+ characters in MCU, with 2021's Loki (2021) confirming their shared Bisexuality. 5 months later, Phastos was confirmed as Gay in Eternals. It wouldn't be until 2022's Thor: Love And Thunder, that Valkyrie's interest in Women was finally acknowledged (although she hasn't show any romantic interest to Men, despite her comic book counterpart being Bisexual.)

When the X-Men eventually get introduced, the main team members and their prominence will be much different

Possible leads/main team members:

• Storm: She could get to actually lead the field team this time and avert Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping. To contrast her previous portrayals they could also go with a darker-skinned actress with the casting, have her wear something resembling one of her white costumes from the comics, and will put focus on her character relationships by having her be torn between her feelings for T'Challa and Forge.
• Jubilee: Namely, they could actually let her be part of the actual team and not just the student body, let her actually be part of the action, and call her by name on screen for once.
• Forge: He's never appeared in Fox's movies, so he'd bring something new to the table. He could be the team's main tech guy and engineer, being the one who creates the Blackbird and the Danger Room. He could also be Storm's Love Interest, as mentioned above.
• Sunfire: He's also never appeared in the Fox films, not unlike Forge. He could be reimagined as the new token "bad boy" for the team, softening him up to be a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. His fire powers would make for a neat visual element and his being Japanese could be used help emphasize that mutants are a world-wide development.
  • Only problem I could see with him is that Disney might consider him more closely associated with Big Hero 6, and the animated film for that team has no ties to the MCU, so it could be that he's being saved for a sequel.
    • No sequel has been confirmed for that movie, and the TV show sequel seems content to not include any comic book characters at all; if anything, Disney seems to be pulling the team away further from greater Marvel lore.
• Gambit: His film has been in Development Hell for so long it isn't even funny anymore, so why not throw the character a bone and let him play with the big kids instead of just being a brief appearance in a now non-canon movie.
  • Scratch being in Development Hell, it got shelved.
• Emma Frost: We can see her somewhat more heroic side by having her be aligned with the X-Men. It could make for good drama; an "evil" mutant trying to do the right thing and help younger mutants not have to become as cynical as her.
• Dazzler: Heroes in the MCU tend to be fairly publicly known, so why not a literal celebrity who becomes a member of the X-Men or vice versa? It could also lead to jokes about the music industry and cameos from famous musicians who meet and collaborate with Dazzler in-universe.
  • Could be a full Musical Episode for the MCU. Bet that would get critics to shut up about Marvel movies being generic.
• Armor: She could be the team's latest recruit like in Marvel Anime: X-Men and be a viewpoint character, since the X-Men were introduced as teenage students. Her powers would also only really work with the budget for a superhero blockbuster.
• Pixie: A lot of the same appeal as Armor, though she could also bring her father being the villain Mastermind to the table.
• Xorn: He could be given a new, not convoluted story that could be integrated into the comics. It'd also be an organic way to include a popular young Chinese actor, what with how much China's affecting the box office these days.
• Polaris: She was teased in X2 in a Freeze-Frame Bonus, but never showed up; assuming that they keep Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch unrelated to Magneto, they could use Polaris in place of Magneto during stories where the latter is good or Joseph (Magneto's clone).
• Nightcrawler: They could showcase the fun, friendly part of his character. He can function as comic relief while also having serious moments and good character development.
• Vulcan^note I know he's a villain, but he's still connected to them, plus he was technically a member of the team at one point: He didn't appear in Dark Phoenix^note which was the last of the main Fox X-Men movies, so assuming we get MCU versions of Cyclops and Havok, perhaps he'll show up as a villain of an MCU X-Men movie. Alternatively, he'll get a case of Adaptational Heroism and stay a good guy (akin to his current role in Hickman's run on the X-Men).
• Gateway: an obscure choice, but I think he could be an interesting addition for two reasons. First is that his teleportation powers could allow for an interesting approach to the team's globe trotting. Second is that with his Aboriginal Australian heritage, he could provide representation for a people who are extremely underrepresented in popular media. He would be wearing clothes for this though.
• Marrow: She could be a great, sympathetic viewpoint character if handled well. Her powers could also make her a neat kinda-but-not-really replacement for Wolverine on the main team.

Beta Ray Bill will show up wielding Jarnbjorn, and he and Thor will switch weapons at some point

He was supposed to appear in Ragnarok, but got pushed back to another film, and since Thor appears to be part of the Guardians now, it would be a perfect chance to introduce him. Since they can't have Bill pick up Mjolnir, why not have what Thor replaced Mjolnir with in the comics start in Bill's hands?

Orlando Bloom will play a villain at some point

Just so all of the elves will have played Marvel villains.

A future villain will be a Yandere for the hero

This is a motivation they haven't used yet, and it might be compelling.

Doctor Doom will appear as a satire of Victor Orban

Trump is a bit too obvious, and Orban is also from the same geographic region

Galactus will appear

But he will be an incomprehensible Eldritch Abomination whose true form we never see. Most of his work will be done by creepy Heralds.

The Mandarin will be Shang-Chi's father

Making him a composite character with the characters original father Fu Manchu/Zheng Zu.

• Confirmed.

Jimmy Woo will appear in the stinger for Shang-Chi

He'll recruit him into the Agents of Atlas, specifically one inspired by the iteration spinning out of War of the Realms.

• Jossed. Jimmy doesn't appear in Shang-Chi. Instead it's Wong who recruits Shang-Chi for something.

The Fantastic Four will be introduced in The Multiverse of Madness

Since the film is going to have Alternate Versions such as Supreme Strange, The Fantastic Four will likely appear in The Multiverse of Madness.

• Partially Confirmed. Only a variant of Reed Richards appears.

X-Men will be introduced in The Multiverse of Madness

Since the film is going to have Alternate Versions such as Supreme Strange, the X-Men will likely appear in The Multiverse of Madness.

• Mixed. Mutants are never referenced, but a variant of Professor Xavier makes a cameo in the movie.

Deadpool will be introduced in The Multiverse of Madness

Since the film is going to have Alternate Versions such as Supreme Strange, Deadpool will likely appear in The Multiverse of Madness.

• Jossed.

Enchantress will be the villain of Thor: Love and Thunder

She can kick off the plot in one of three ways.

• She puts a love spell on Thor, forcing Valkyrie and Jane! to chase after her.
• She puts a love spell on Valkyrie, forcing Thor and Jane! to chase after her.
• She puts a love spell on Thor and Valkyrie, forcing Jane! to save them both.
• Alternatively, she'll be part of the Big Bad Ensemble with another Thor villain - since Love and Thunder is likely his final solo movie, they might as well use Mangog.
• If she does appear, it will be Loki's female variant, Sylvie, who will officially become the Enchantress.
• Jossed. The Enchantress did not appear.

The Blade reboot will be the 1st MCU movie to have an R-rating

• Jossed, it's actually going to be Deadpool 3.

Ragnarok from the comics will appear in the What If? episode of Thor: Ragnarok

"What if Ragnarok caused Ragnarok?"

If Iron Fist appears in the movies someday, they won't be Danny Rand

Nor would it be Colleen Wing. Instead, the identity will belong to Pei, the young girl from K'un-Lun who also bore the Iron Fist power for a time. This will allow for creative freedom from the Netflix series without necessarily having to "reboot" it. Pei could be introduced in a Shang-Chi sequel.

How Gorr the God Butcher will be introduced into Thor: Love and Thunder

Given that Knull is most-likely off the table due to primarily being a Venom character and that Hela's weapon in Thor: Ragnarok has been stated to be the MCU version of the Necrosword, it seems likely that she will fill the role of the "dark god who crash-lands on Gorr's homeworld" — having been launched through space by the destruction of Asgard — and that Gorr will take the Necrosword from her.

• Jossed. While Knulls were indeed written out of the movie, it is never explained how the Necrosword landed on Gorr's planet is never explained.

Rama-Tut will appear in Moon Knight

• Jossed for at least the 1st Season. He actually showed up in The Stinger of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania instead.

The Anachronauts will be reimagined as Variants of He Who Remains

Completely original heroes and villains will be introduced in the future

Marvel Studios isn't afraid to take increasingly bigger risks with their films (Iron Man, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Eternals are good examples of this), so Marvel should eventually take its biggest risk yet and introduce completely original protagonists and antagonists to the MCU—not side characters like Phil Coulson, Darcy Lewis and Alligator Loki or reimagined versions of existing characters in What If...?. This would not only make the MCU stand out completely from the comics, but it gives Marvel Studios endless possibilities on who they can bring to the table next.

• Confirmed! What If...?'s second season will introduce Kahhori, a hero created exclusively to the MCU.

If the Dark Avengers are featured in a future film, their in-universe name will be The Ultimates

Possible Ideas for Future MCU Heroes

• X-Men:
  • Professor X
    • Confirmed. A variant of him appeared in Doctor Strange 2
  • Magneto
  • Mystique
  • Beast
  • Jean Grey
  • Cyclops
  • Storm
  • Nightcrawler
  • Colossus
  • Gambit
  • Rogue
  • Emma Frost
  • Wolverine
  • Kitty Pryde

• Fantastic Four:
  • Richard Reeds
    • Confirmed. A variant of him appeared in Doctor Strange 2
  • Invisible Woman
  • Fire
  • Thing

• Silver Surfer
• Squirrel Girl
• Reptil
• Sentry
• Dazzler
• Venom
• Black Cat
• Gwen Stacy
• Mary Jane Watson
  • Except, she will become Jackpot.
    • Mixed. Michelle was officially confirmed to be the MCU version of MJ in Spider-Man Homecoming and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Her name was altered to "Michelle Jones-Watson". However, she has not assumed the role of Jackpot.
• Norma Osborn
• Harriet Osborn
• Firestar and Iceman
• Nova
  • Confirmed
• White Tiger
• Silk
• Deadpool
  • Confirmed for future Deadpool film
• Hercules
  • Confirmed in Thor: Love and Thunder.
• Betsy Broddock
• Layla Miller
  • Confirmed. Her character was reworked for ''Moon Knight as "Layla El-Faouly" and was The Scarlet Scarab, instead of the alias of "Butterfly".
• Moonstar
• Banshee

Cindy Moon will become Silk

Since her Comic Book Version became Silk in the Marvel Comics, it is implied that she will become Silk in the future.

Bug will debut in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.

The reason Bug hasn't made an appearance in all three movies despite James Gunn's efforts is because Hasbro has the movie rights to the Micronauts franchise. Having Bug show up in a TV special is his loophole.

• Jossed. Though, Go Bots gets an Easter Egg joke

Hulkling will be a Composite Character of Hulkling and Skaar, Hulk's son.

With the Young Avengers likely forming, this means that Hulkling must be coming to the fold. However, his comic backstory will have to be rewritten for the MCU, as his father, Mar-Vel, was Gender Flip to a female (Wendy Lawson) in Captain Marvel. Hulkling's backstory and identity will change to Skaar, the illegitimate son of the Hulk, who was conceived on Sakaar. Skaar will initially be an adversary for Bruce and Jennifer, but will ally with them by the end of the She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. He will choose to live on Earth and pass himself off as a Human, under the new alias of "Theodore Altman".

• At the end of She-Hulk season 1, Skaar is introduced.

The MCU version of Nate Richards/Iron Lad will be changed to African-American descent.

Because of Iron Lad's future as a known variant of Kang, it would make sense to change Iron Lad's race from the comics.