When it comes to Marvel movies, it feels like everyone’s waiting for the next overarching menace to show up so our heroes will be forced to team up to save the world. So far, no Avengers movie has been announced for phase 4 (or anything beyond that) and it’s making people wonder whether we’ll even get a new Avengers movie once it’s all said and done.
All we really need for an Avengers movie is a team, a big villain and high stakes. Let’s take a look at what phase 4 has already shown us so far and find out whether we’ve got all the necessary ingredients so far.
The Old Team
This should probably be the easiest one. Where most of the original Avengers have either died, left the superhero life or just gone off to do different things, there’s plenty of heroes left that could be a part of the next Avengers team. First off, we have Spider-Man. No Way Home was a huge success so it’s impossible to imagine that whatever Marvel has planned next, Spider-Man wouldn’t be a part of it.
Next up: Captain Marvel. We know she has a movie coming where she’ll introduce Ms. Marvel and Spectrum to the world, but Captain Marvel herself is still lacking in a real storyline. So far she’s been used as a deus ex machina – albeit an effective one – and a new Avengers movie would be the perfect opportunity to let her take a more leadership role in the team.
Black Panther is definitely going to be in it, although we can’t really say in what shape or form. We know T’Challa isn’t coming back due to Disney not wanting to recast Chadwick Boseman after his unfortunate death. The next movie is still coming so I guess we’ll get more information then.
