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In Thor: Love and Thunder, Jane Foster's character won't be called "Thor"
There were a lot of flame wars about this one, on Jane's run as Goddess of Thunder: Thor is not a Superhero Name, but the real name of the Son of Odin. That's the name he was given at birth, and the name his fathers used to call him, the name that all his friends and family used to refer to him. Jane, using the name "Thor" would be exactly as uncomfortable, as Thor calling himself "Jane Foster". It wouldn't be someone honoring his legacy, but stealing his identity.BUT in an What If comic
◊ Jane herself found Mjolnir, raised it and fought as goddess of thunder. She didn't call herself "Thor", but chose the moniker THORDIS. A female form of the name.So, in this new story, she will use that moniker, instead of stealing Thor's identity!
- Alternately, she will take the name Thunderstrike, becoming a Composite Character with Eric Masterson.
- Jossed. Jane is Thor. She does go by "The Mighty Thor", when Thor Odinson is around, to distinguish them. Though if you cannot say "The Mighty Thor", she will also accept "Doctor Jane Foster", in full, as an alternative.
Iron Man, Hawkeye and Drax will all die in The Avengers 2
If Robert Downey Jr. will need a new contract to return and be 50 by the time The Avengers 2 hits theaters, then Tony Stark probably won't survive. Also, Drax does die killing Thanos in the comics so expect a Heroic Sacrifice. Also, Hawkeye can't stand up to an evil alien overlord so he'll just be crushed like a bug, not to mention that he's not popular enough to get his own movie. Joss Whedon promised, "death, death and death" and that's three big deaths that fans will be talking about for a long, long time.- Probably not Downey, as he's been confirmed for Avengers 3.
- Probably not Drax, either, as Ultron will be the villain of Avengers 2 and the Guardians of the Galaxy aren't set to be appearing.
- All Jossed. In fact, the only death was Quicksilver, who was introduced for that film as a villain, joins the Avengers, and dies, in fairly rapid succession.
The Big Bad of The Avengers...
First theory: Thanos.Based on a few revelations from The Stinger of Thor, and a few Early Bird Cameos in Odin's Vault, The Infinity Gauntlet or something very like it is in the MCU. The Stinger has Nick Fury showing Selvig The Tesseract, which is probably going to show up in Captain America: The First Avenger. Now, if BOTH The Tesseract AND The Infinity Gauntlet are hanging around in this Universe, then dollars to doughnuts is that Thanos is kicking around somewhere. Also, according to this
interview, there was something missing from Odin's vault... possible fodder for future movies and Early Bird Cameos?- Unlikely, both based on rumors, and on the simple fact that Loki is the villain who now knows where the Cosmic Cube/Tesseract is. It would be quite a bizarre turn of events for Loki to discover a powerful MacGuffin, and then have it get grabbed by another, completely unrelated villain.
- While it's a stretch, there very well could be a point at which we're introduced to Thanos, after the team has dealt with Loki. It could easily lead to either a Giant Space Flea from Nowhere or a Man Behind the Man situation if it goes that route, though. Hopefully the writers (and Joss Whedon!) will make it good.
- There are rumors surfacing which say that instead of the Skrulls, Thanos will be the second villain in the Avengers movie, alongside Loki.
- Confirmed. Though a brainwashed Loki is the main villain of Avengers 1 and Ultron is the main villain of the sequel, Thanos works in the background as a Greater-Scope Villain, but does not encounter the Avengers until Avengers: Infinity War.
The Masters of Evil will be the villains in an Avengers sequel.
- And it will consist of Baron Helmut Zemo (from Captain America 2), Enchantress and Executioner (from Thor 2), Klaw (from Ant-Man), and Abomination (who they break out). There might be a few other supervillains like Whirlwind or Grey Gargoyle, depending on how they can transcript them into a movie.
- Probably not, since Thanos is set up to be the villain for Avengers 2.
- Not for Avengers 2, though so is Thanos.
- Executioner and Klaw both got offed in Thor Ragnarok and Black Panther, but still a possibility...
The Leader will be a villain in an Avengers sequel
- It doesn't look like we'll get a Hulk sequel. So might as well use Sterns for an Avengers movie. He can be creating an army of Gamma Mutates, requiring the Avengers to stop him.
- It doesn't look like we'll get a Hulk sequel until after Avengers 2. Though this still holds some weight; they're looking at Planet Hulk as a possible plotline for it, which would be awesome. If they don't go with Planet Hulk, I'd expect them to go with Future Imperfect, as it's one of the better known and well liked Hulk storylines.
- Seems possible, considering that as of "Nick Fury's Big Week", he's stuck in SHIELD custody as "Project Mr. Blue".
Avengers 2 will feature the Masters of Evil
- It will consist of a cyborg-ized Zola, Abomination, Crimson Dynamo(May or may not be Vanko), a new Whiplash, A new villain from a movie released between the two, and lead by Red Skull. The Avengers will drop Widow and Fury, adding on a hero who got his movie in the interim and War Machine.
- Or the Masters of Evil could be organized by the Leader (since there most likely won't be an Incredible Hulk sequel for him to be the Big Bad of), and it could include Abomination (who they free), Justin Hammer who funds the creation of the Crimson Dynamo, some surviving villains from sequels of the individual heroes' movies, and maybe some more new faces. Then, they find the Red Skull, who takes over their group and makes them a bigger threat due to his experiences after what the Tesseract did to him after Captain America: The First Avenger..
Ultron will be the main villain in an Avengers sequel
- Because being the Avengers Arch-Enemy in the comics, he has to show up sometime. He will first appear in the Ant-Man movie as a pet project of Ant-Man, and later SHIELD will approach Ant-Man with orders from the the Council to create an army of robots under the government's control as a fail-safe in case the Avengers turn against them or break apart from them. Of course, Ultron will be outfitted with tech and weapons probably taken from Stark and maybe the Destroyer armor and used by the government to control the superheroes. Being Ultron, we know what will happen next...
- Confirmed!
Thanos won't be the villain in Avengers 2...
...he will be the villain in the announced Guardians of the Galaxy film. Drax the Destroyer is going to appear, and he is the only person able to kill Thanos.- Thanos wasn't directly the villain of GOTG, but he was the behind the scenes instigator. His actual role was basically a cameo, whilst Ronan the Accuser acted as the primary Big Bad. Thanos, providing the mind gem that, in the MCU, created Ultron, is also the Big Bad of Avengers 2, albeit, again, behind the scenes.
The Avengers 2 will be a loose adaptation of the Kree/Skrull War storyline.
It's already been established that the general public is becoming wary of superheroes in light of the attack on New York. Thanos and/or his agents will seize on this and use it to their advantage. Thanos will recruit people (either shapeshifting aliens who totally aren't Skrulls due to rights issues or polictically-powerful humans willing to sell out their own race) to turn the public opinion against SHIELD and the Avengers. This will keep Earth distracted from Thanos' plans for a second, better-armed and better-planned invasion and leave them vulnerable when he strikes.At the same time, Thanos and/or his agents will secretly form the Masters of Evil, a group of supervillains deliberately designed to mimic the Avengers and attack its members where it would hurt most, making it easier to manipulate them into doing something stupid. While the Masters believe that they've been hired to take care of some political rivals, their true purpose is commit dangerous criminal acts that will turn public opinion further against superhumans. (The justification for the similarities is that if a bunch of people like the Avengers are seen committing heinous acts, people will more easily accept that the Avengers could do the same.
In the end, the Avengers manage to beat the Masters of Evil and learn of Thanos' planned attack. With some help from the Guardians of the Galaxy, they go into space and directly attack Thanos' forces on their own turf. While they're successful, Thanos cuts off their means of escape and they become stranded in space. The film ends on a bittersweet note as Thanos plots anew and the Avengers are cut off from their loved ones.
Phase Three will focus on Earth as it reacts to the Avengers absence. Wanting to learn what happened to them and suspecting (rightly) that Thanos isn't done, Nick Fury begins assembling a new team of Avengers to go into space, learn what happened to the original Avengers, and make sure that Thanos is stopped once and for all.
- It could be a perfect set up for a Planet Hulk inspired storyline, (likely in the form of a tie-in graphic novel due to there being no plans for one), although you'd think a Kree vs Skrull storyline would fit more in the Fantastic Four reboot.
- That ended up being the plot of the Captain Marvel film, instead.
Black Panther will appear in the Captain America Sequel, and Doctor Strange will appear in the Thor sequel to set up appearances in Avengers 2
Stan ' the man' Lee would love those 2 in the sequel. And we know how good Marvel films are in seamlessly introducing characters even in cameos. Of course Black Panther would have a Ultimate like version with claws and Doctor Strange would have to be played by Johnny Depp.- Black Panther did appear in Captain America: Civil War before getting his own movie, Doctor Strange got his own movie in 2016 and later a cameo in Thor: Ragnorok. Both of the characters then appeared in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
If we ever get a Hawkeye movie...
The first line will be "Okay... This looks bad."- There will be a Disney+ series. Whether the quote will be used in any Hawkeye movie is yet to be seen.
The real Mandarin will be the main villain of a future Avengers movie, probably Avengers 4 or 5.
- The story will be based on the first Avengers King-Sized Special. It will feature the Mandarin assembling the surviving villains from the characters' individual movies, and possibly some new ones, and all surviving Avengers teaming up against them.
- Seems he's being used for Shang-Chi's solo movie, although that alone doesn't joss this WMG; it could be that he returns after dying in the movie, coming back with some other form of power that requires Shang-Chi to get the Avengers back together.
- Or, maybe we will finally see some comic book accurate version arise, with ten comic accurate rings (on his fingers, with varying different powers instead of arm rings with a shared powerset) and complain that he's had to deal with a millenia old "young upstart" copycat for his many millenia of villainry, only to be informed of the even more recent copycat attempt by Aldrich Killian.
Following the fall of SHIELD
- Villains that were kept in SHIELD custody (including Abomination, Leader, Graviton and Blizzard) will escape and form the Masters of Evil.
- Many escaped and some joined HYDRA, but no Masters of Evil so far.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier was to set up a movie about the origin of SHIELD.
Plenty of people have commented on how the MCU seems to be playing around with a lot of different genres. A movie about the rise of SHIELD would be different in that it would be set in the MCU, but would have few, if any, superheroes. Instead it would be almost pure espionage thriller. It would set a new precedent for comic book movies, as well as allowing them to make pretty much any movie they wanted within this shared universe in the future.- Potential plotlines/stories/characters:
- More Peggy Carter. Possibly showing how she met her husband?
- Agent Carter one-shot seemed a bit like a Poorly Disguised Pilot anyway.
- Howard and Maria Stark getting together, and Howard with little!Tony.
- How/when Fury got involved.
- Part of Fury's origin is later shown in Captain Marvel
- How Coulson/Maria Hill/Sharon Carter got hired.
- Hawkeye and Black Widow's backstories and meeting, although they might want to save that for it's own movie.
- The Budapest Mission was later revealed in Black Widow.
- Zola and Hydra
- The Howling Commandos' post-war life (not a big jump to think some of them might have been recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D.).
- Close. TV Show.
- More Peggy Carter. Possibly showing how she met her husband?
If there is a Black Widow movie, Hawkeye/Clint will be her sidekick.
Because:- It'd be funny.
- Clint would have a bigger part and more character development.
- We would still have a female superhero headlining her own movie.
- We would have a female superhero with a male sidekick.
- (Crack reason) They could possibly slip in a Hawkeye Inititiative reference. Maybe Clint would have to disguise himself as a girl and complain about looking ridiculous?
- Budapest.
- Mostly jossed. Jeremy Renner did appear in an uncredited voice-over and on-screen photo. Romanoff's and Barton's time in Budapest was explored, and his recruitment of her was discussed in detail with Black Widow's sister, Yelena Belova (who is a Black Widow wearing a white version of the Black Widow uniform, and is based on a comic character called the White Widow, but still goes by Black Widow in the MCU) who then confirms this WMG in reverse, as the new Black Widow (Yelena Belova) is this for the new Hawkeye (Kate Bishop).
When The Infinity Gauntlet is adapted for film, Mephisto's role will be filled by Loki
In the comics, Mephisto joined Thanos to kiss his ass and try to manipulate him with the ultimate goal of stealing the Infinity Gauntlet. He was ultimately unsuccessful. As the MCU is clearly building towards some kind of adaptation of that story, Loki will be the proverbial devil on Thanos' shoulder in a film version.- Jossed. No-one is shown doing that.
Avengers 3 will feature an "Everybody Dies" Ending
- Many of the main Avengers' actors' contracts run out after this movie (notably Downey, Evans, possibly Jackson, and probably a few more). Plus, Avengers 3 seems to be shaping up to be the Infinity Gauntlet story, featuring Thanos, Hero Killer extraordinaire. I foresee some serious Heroic Sacrifices upcoming.
- Jossed, it ends with half of the universe wiped out, including just half of the Avengers, at most. However, most of the people left alive are actually those with contracts set to expire, and there is Avengers 4 to come, so who knows what the final end will be.
In Avengers 3 or Infinity Gauntlet or whatever, the opening narration will be Thanos officially introducing himself.
It will be very Leaning on the Fourth Wall, with Thanos noting that many have wondered exactly who he is. And to put the icing on the cake, if Thanos' plan is to become the new God by collecting the Infinity Stones, he will get the chance to address the audience as "my soon-to-be True Believers".- Jossed.
Avengers 3 will be called Avengers: To Infinity and Beyond.
Buzz Lightyear will appear in the post-credit scene for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and then they will all team up with the Avengers against Thanos, who will have all Infinity Stones.- Jossed.
Howard the Duck will have a prominent role in the future of the MCU.
Howard is the fourth character to be introduced to the MCU through The Stinger. Nick Fury was introduced in Iron Man's stinger, and has been featured in multiple films since then. Thanos was introduced in the Avengers first stinger, and is shaping up to be the Big Bad of the entire MCU. The Collector was introduced in Thor: The Dark World's stinger, and played an important role in Guardians of the Galaxy (explaining the role of the Infinity Gems, which are the Mac Guffins of Phase 2. So it stands to reason that Howard, being introduced in the Guardians stinger, would have a bigger role in a future film - probably in second Guardians film.- Nope...another cameo in Guardians 2, that's it, as of yet. * Well he WAS in the final battle of Endgame so...
- An Alternate Universe Howard had small role in the MCU show What if...?, where he winds up marrying Darcy Lewis!
When and where the other Infinity Stones are
As in, which future films they'll debut in, and in what capacity.- The Mind Stone is under the control of Dormammu and Doctor Strange will take it from him to defeat him once his movie comes 'round. (though there seems to be a theory going around that Loki's scepter has the Mind Stone embedded in the head).
- Jossed. Loki's Scepter it is.
- Although it's the TIME Stone that features in Doctor Strange's movie and is instrumental in Dormammu's defeat. Though Dormammu didn't have it.
- Not sure where the Soul or Time Stones are, but we will first find them in the possession of Adam Warlock's future self, the Magus, in Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Someone will use the Time Gem to try and Set Right What Once Went Wrong and kill Adam Warlock.
- The Time Stone is placed at the center of Captain America's shield by Major Victory.
- Jossed. The Time Stone is with Doctor Strange.
- The Time Stone is placed at the center of Captain America's shield by Major Victory.
- On that note...
Thanos has the last two Infinity Stones already
Think about it: he gives one Stone to Loki, and charges him with retrieving another. Does anybody really think he'd let someone so proven to be untrustworthy as Loki to have access to that much power if he didn't have an ace—or two, for balance—up his sleeve (or glove, as it may be)? The comics have occasionally shown that possessing one gem gives resistance to the use of another against oneself, so Thanos made sure he has two in order to protect Loki from double-teaming the Tesseract and the Scepter against him.- Jossed.
The Darkhold is an Infinity Stone
Marvel combined the Tesseract/Cosmic Cube and the Space Stone, so it's not far fetched that they'd combine another Stone with an artifact of the Darkhold's power level. Also, scientists are using its information in an attempt to effectively become gods (even moreso than what the Red Skull did with the Tesseract). In all likelihood it's the Soul Stone in a different form.- Jossed.
Gamora will be a prominent part of Avengers 3
Obviously the Guardians of the Galaxy will show up for A3, since it'll feature Thanos and they're a major part of Marvel cosmic. But it'd be overkill to have 8 Avengers, 5 Guardians, any additional members they pick up along the way, and who knows how many other teams, solo heroes, and SHIELD agents as well. Gamora will be the centrepiece because of her intimate connection with her father Thanos. She'll somehow be sent ahead of the other Guardians to warn the Avengers of Thanos' threat, with the rest of her team showing up near the end for a Big Damn Heroes moment.- Confirmed, in that she does has a big role. She doesn't show up on Earth at all, but she interacts with Thanos more than any of the other character.
Phase 4 will start with a Captain America film.
The fifth film in Phase 1 was Cap, then the third in Phase 2, and now the first in Phase 3. There's a pattern here. Plus, if Marvel boosts the number of films per year from two to three like their release dates imply (starting in 2017), then there could be two Cap films in a phase like Iron Man in Phase 1.- Marvel might not be sticking with "Phases" from this point forward, but either way, the first Post-Phase 3 film is set to be a sequel to Spiderman: Homecoming.
- This line of reasoning is jossed; Marvel will be continuing the "Phase" idea, and Spider-Man: Far From Home was actually the last Phase 3 movie, acting as an epilogue to the overall Infinity Saga.
- At the very least, if it does have a Captain America film, it won't be Steve Rodgers as Cap, since Chris Evans has confirmed that Avengers 4 will be the last time he plays the role.
- Jossed, unless Sam takes up the mantle in a future film, it looks like we won't be getting another Cap film anytime soon. Plus as pointed out with the corrections, a Cap film already started Phase 3, and Spider-Man: Far From Home ended Phase 3.
- Phase 4 was supposed to start with Black Widow (2021),
Black Widow and Gamora will briefly fight in the third Avengers film.
Because how can Marvel not resist the awesomeness of this?- Jossed, they don't meet. The heroic female characters who do all meet in the film - Black Widow along with Okoye and Scarlet Witch - are unambiguously allies here. There is a Guardians vs Avengers fight, but it's Star-Lord, Drax, and Mantis against Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange.
Iron Man 4 won't happen.
- RDJ's Tony Stark will be in GOTG 3.
- Possibly because he was stuck in far space after the Infinity War films.
- Stark has been on the team in the past.
- Confirmed. Tony Stark is dead as of Avengers: Endgame.
Avengers: Infinity War will be a loose adaptation of New Avengers.
With the news that Sony and Marvel signed a deal to allow Spider-Man into the MCU, not to mention several characters being confirmed to debut in Phase 3, a New Avengers lineup in the MCU could look like this:- Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel
- T'Challa / Black Panther
- Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange
- Drax The Destroyer
- Doreen Green / Squirrel Girl
- Peter Parker / Spider-Man
- Save Squirrel Girl, all these characters could form an Avengers line-up in the MCU - but it definitely doesn't happen in Infinity War.
At least one movie in Phase 3 will heavily feature time-travel
Because they need to set up the Time Gem for the Infinity War.- It will likely be Doctor Strange, since he's the only one who deals with things like this.
- Jossed. Time is an important theme in Doctor Strange, but no actual time travel happens, only time loops.
- time travel does happen in Avengers: Endgame, though.
- Jossed. Time is an important theme in Doctor Strange, but no actual time travel happens, only time loops.
The final movie of the MCU will be an adaptation of AvX
- What better way to signify the end of the X-Men embargo than the already-made basis for the crossover?
Alternatively to the above for the final MCU movies, an adaptation of the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games, with elements from both 2015!Secret Wars and the Galactus Trilogy
After all, who couldn't resist to see the MCU Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and having some of the Live-Action Spider-Men unite together to defeat a stronger eviler version of Galactus in a 2 parter like Infinity War and Endgame did.- And maybe, as a real Grand Finale and an Earn Your Happy Ending story for the MCU's Avengers, there will be a massive Dance Party Ending where a lot of Marvel Comics fans of all ages became Promoted Fan(s) with all of the Heroes do a cover of Heal the World from the late Michael Jackson altogether too as well? It would end up being one of the happiest, yet the greatest endings in cinemaric history.
Agent Coulson, possibly along with his new S.H.I.E.L.D. team, will appear for a Big Damn Heroes moment in either Civil War or ''Infinity War.
This will be the first time any of the Avengers have had any sign that Coulson is alive. If it happens in "Civil War," it may lead to additional disorder in the ranks due to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s habit of keeping secrets.- Jossed.
Avengers: Infinity War will end with Cap and Iron Man trapped on another planet, so far away that not even the Guardians of the Galaxy can retrieve them.
This could just apply to Tony, but I think it'll happen to both of them. It's no secret that Marvel's been kicking themselves for years for not locking Downey Jr. in at a cheaper price, but they were willing to foot the bill when the whole MCU had Iron Man as it's staple, but they've now built up the popularity of other heroes to the point where RDJ is just an unnecessary drag on their budget. Evans, on the other hand, has finished 3 Cap movies, and his contract will expire after Infinity Wars, so he's in a position to negotiate for something closer to Robert's deal. Jettisoning both characters and bringing them back in Phase 5, either negotiating their salaries down or outright replacing the actors, seems like a sensible move.- Confirmed for Iron Man, but jossed for Cap - Iron Man is on Titan with Nebula (and possibly someone else, assuming Strange cast a spell to make it seem like Stark and Nebula were the only survivors of Thanos's snap, while Cap is on Earth).
Thanos will not be the main villain of both Avengers: Infinity War and the fourth Avengers film - someone else will take him out of the picture and take his place as the central villain by the fourth movie.
For those unfamiliar with the original The Infinity Gauntlet story Nebula steals the Gauntlet from Thanos and serves as the Final Boss of the comic. And since the MCU has hyped up seemingly major antagonists only to kill or otherwise remove them from play several times before such as Trevor Slattery's "Mandarin", Wolfgang von Strucker, Ulysses Klaue, Cottonmouth, or Alexandra, it wouldn't be surprising if Thanos is usurped of the Gauntlet and he either dies or is forced to join forces with the heroes to reclaim it. The villain takes the Infinity Gauntlet in either Infinity War's cliffhanger ending or sometime early on in the fourth movie.- Confirmed! ...Well, Thanos gets killed by the Avengers in the opening minutes of Endgame, actually. But he does get replaced (rather than usurped) himself from 2014.
Young Avengers is being set up by Avengers: Endgame.
One of Marvel's most famous young superhero teams may be headed for the big screen. Avengers: Endgame features a Time Skip of roughly five years, aging Cassie Lang to about the same age as when her comics counterpart started fighting crime under the name Stature. Furthermore, Clint returns in this movie, but not was Hawkeye. Rather, he dons a new identity as Ronin. That was the same identity he had in the comics for a time after Kate Bishop took on the mantle. Patriot was also intended to appear in Black Panther but was cut because of the large cast. All of this adds together to the idea that Marvel is planning to utilize the Young Avengers, especially if there are even more deaths and mantles to take on.- The theory is shaping up. Cassie will adopt her Stature persona in Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Kate Bishop appeared in is briefly seen in 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier''.
- In addition, Billy and Tommy Maximoff (Wiccan and Speed) are introduced in ''WandaVision
Possible big plot points in Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars
- Incursions start happening on such a large scale that the entire Multiverse is in peril. The heroes of the MCU (especially the upcoming Fantastic Four), the heroes of Earth-838, the Guardians of the Multiverse, X-Men, Peter 2, Peter 3, the heroes of Sony's Spider-Man Universe, the Spider-Gang, Ghost Rider, Blade, etc. must all work together to stop this threat, with Kang and the TVA acting as the masterminds behind the crisis. Doctor Doom gets involved as well. However, the heroes fail, and we get another Downer Ending cliffhanger ala Infinity War, only this time, everyone in every universe dies. However, Doctor Doom kills Kang and is given free reign to create his own reality, much like how He Who Remains created the Sacred Timeline. From the salvaged remains of the dead universes, Battleworld is born.
- All who died in the Incursions are resurrected on Battleworld with their memories locked away (to prevent existentialist Ship of Theseus debates), where they go out on adventures in colorful costumes much like previously, but now revere Doctor Doom as their God-Emperor. Among the Domains:
- Doomstadt: The capital of Battleworld and from where God-Emperor Doom rules.
- Kingdom of New York: Made from 616's signature New York City, but turned into a whole global superpower.
- Mutopia: The remains of the X-Men's universe, where Professor X's dream of human-mutant coexistence is realized.
- Arachnia: A combination of the New Yorks of the various Spider-people across the multiverse.
- Wakanda: Now loyal to Doom, but otherwise the same as how it was on Earth-616.
- Doomgard: Asgard restored, but now watches over Battleworld and is the headquarters of the Thor Corps.
- Sentinel Territories: Made from the remains of the X-Men's Bad Future seen in X-Men: Days of Future Past.
- Wastelands: Made from the remains of the other X-Men Bad Future seen in Logan.
- Deadlands: Made from the remains of Earth-89521.
- Alternate mystical dimensions such as Ta-Lo, the Noor Dimension, and the Dark Dimension now physically coexist with what used to be parts of Earth.
- The heroes will actually win against the main Kang causing trouble but will be blindsided by a more powerful and more dangerous Kang who goes on to create Battleword.
- Spider-Man will be a Spanner in the Works for Kang's plans because of the Cosmic Retcon at the end of No Way Home, which will leave Kang dealing with someone who functionally doesn't exist in the timestream.
- Sersi will take Molecule Man's place as the source behind Battleworld and numerous other Eternals will be captured to power her up to the point she can do so.
- The Beyonder will be a variant of Kang who's more interested in what he deems interesting experiments, hence a Battleworld as a result. He'll comment how he's "beyond" the normal drive of conquest that most Kangs have.
- The Ten Rings and Kamala's bangle will turn out to be artifacts left behind from the first Multiversal war and those along with others yet to be revealed will be of interest to Kang.
- Kang will be after Man-Thing for his unique connection to the Nexus of All Realities. Jack and Elsa will appear to help him with Kang.
- Loki will try to assemble the Avengers of the Sacred Timeline to fight against Kang but will be caught off guard because the Avengers he's familiar with aren't really a thing anymore.
- Kang seeks to abduct the Avengers who were present at the Battle for Earth against Thanos, deeming them worthy of his Battleworld. These abductions will prompt their allies into action against Kang and ultimately lead into Secret Wars.
Mephisto will be the Big Bad for Secret Wars
He's already painted as a Greater-Scope Villain, and he has been teased for years. Might as well put the Big Red Devil in the villain spotlight. Spider-Man will get a Super Mode, and/or the MCU's Anti-Venom suit
Strange will be the one to hit the Reset Button after Secret Wars
He'll rewrite the Multiverse back to normal on Spidey's request, only with certain events edited and several differences. None of them involve making the world forget Peter Parker. Secret Wars will crossover with properties from other companies.
Disney did it twice before. And they own Marvel, so a third round should be a shot. Ultron will be revived for Avengers: Secret Wars
He will pick a fight with "Galactus" from Rise of the Silver Surfer. Needless to say, it won't end well for him. Personally I think it would be hilarious.