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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
By accounts of the characters that may appear.
- Iron Man: Iron Man, War Machine, Pepper. (3)
- S.H.I.E.L.D.: Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Black Widow, Hawkeye (4)
- The Incredible Hulk : Hulk, Thunderbolt Ross, Betty Ross, Samuel Sterns (4)
- Thor: Thor, Loki, Sif and the three warriors (6)
- ''Captain America : Captain America, Falcon, Winter Soldier, Agent 13, Red Skull, Zemo. (6)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Coulson, Bobbi Morse, Quake. (3)
- Guardians of the Galaxy: Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket Groot, Nebula, Irani Rael, Rhomann Dey, Yondu, The Collector (9)
- Avengers: Age of Ultron: Scarlet Witch, The Vision,
- Ant-Man : Scott Lang, Hank Pym, Hope van Dyne (3)
- ! Other Superheroes: Black Panther, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel. (4)
- Big Bad Ensemble : Thanos and Magus (2)
- Result: 46 characters.
edited 11th Jan '16 12:55:15 PM by dantecito
Probably. Studios do that to avoid the fatigue that comes from watching what is effectively one 5 to 9 hour film, and the inevitable "shit's too long!" negativity that follows.
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I wish we could make a comeback to longer films. If you're going to go watch a movie, chances are you've already got a sizeable hole in your schedule to begin with. People tend to bring up Return of the King as a counterpoint, but again that movie wasn't actually much longer than the other two, and its real problem was the pacing of the various ends.

Sad news
, but Marvel was gonna try to get David Bowie to cameo in Guardians 2. RIP.