This April the original superhero line up will bow out in Avengers Endgame somehow, before Spider-Man Far From Home kicks of a brand new era of the MCU. Supposedly Endgame isn’t just the end of Marvel Phase 3, but the first MCU saga. Now a new alleged leak on 4chan has made claims of what Kevin Feige’s plans for the franchise are going forward. While a number of fans found the following – possibly spoilerific – information plausible, it should be taken with a pinch of salt.
The “leak” reads: “Post-Endgame, there will be no more phases. Instead, the MCU will be split into two very distinct categories: street level and cosmic. Once the Fox deal is finalised, the Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom will be the links between the two.
“The movies won’t always be linear, either. Some will be prequels, like Eternals and Black Widow, and some will be flash-forwards. Spider-Man Far From Home will kick off the main story arc for the street level side. The overarching villain will be Norman Osborn. Big storylines will be Dark Avengers, Dark Reign and Siege.
“Guardians 3 WAS going to set up the cosmic side, but it looks like that’s going to be Eternals now. No word on the big arcs yet, but Adam Warlock will be important and Annihilus will be a recurring villain ala Loki. Skrulls will pop up from time to time, but there are no plans to do Secret Invasion anytime soon.
“Shang-Chi will be a departure from the usual sci-fi CGI fare. Instead, they’re going to try and make it a homage to the classic kung fu movies of the 60s and 70s.”
It continued: “They want Spider-Man to have four movies instead of three, but there’s no guarantee it’ll happen. They do want to build up to some incarnation of Sinister Six, but they want A-list actors like Keaton and Gyllenhaal for pretty much all of them so it’ll be easier said than done.
“Black Panther 2 is having some trouble at the moment because they can’t decide on a villain. Production may be delayed. Doctor Strange 2 could begin filming by late summer or early fall this year.
“There are no plans to introduce Miles Morales anytime soon. After the success of Spider-Verse, they may re-negotiate with Sony so that they keep him while Marvel gets exclusive rights to Peter. The general trend they’re following seems to be unknown actors for the heroes, A-listers for the villains.”
It added: “As Feige said, they have big plans for Captain Marvel. They’re going to market her the same way the Fox movies marketed Wolverine.
“They still have no idea what the fuck they’re going to do with X-Men or the Netflix characters. or the most part, the Disney+ shows won’t have much effect on the movies.
“Chris Evans is done with Cap, but he’s not done with Marvel. Rumour has it that they’re looking at him to direct stuff, most likely some Disney+ episodes.”
Avengers Endgame is released in cinemas on April 26, 2019.