What's Marvel's endgame?

[Matthew Jabour]

We all know how spectacular Marvel is currently doing at the movies, and it looks like we'll be in for more for years to come, with movies leading up to Avengers 3 in the future. It seems that this franchise will last even longer than the Harry Potter multimedia takeover.

But that eventually ended, and so will the MCU. My question is: what comes after Avengers 3?

Because mark my words, Disney will not let their newest moneymaker go quietly, especially if the new Star Wars ends up as bad as it has every possibility to be. Once they reach the 'end' of their plans, where do they go?

 

[Zontar]

Well, they seem to have plans going all the way up to 2028, so they're probably going to do more multu-phase plots given how that's a whole 10 years after Avengers 3, so basically 2 more Avengers movies left.

Honestly though, it's impossible to say because even they don't know (time and again we've seen the movies change due to circumstances). All I know is that eventually the whole thing will come to and end, and when it does it will be rebooted into a second Cinematic Universe. My guess is, at least one character will make the leap between universes to give a connection between the two.

 

[Zontar]

maybe Galactus

Fox owns Galactus, though everyone seems to think that would be a good way to go. Personally I think some big villain team up for Avengers 5 would be good end, with one last movie being the epiloge in an adaptation of the "Marvels" mini-series.

 

[GloatingSwine]

Galactus is part of the Fantastic Four deal, yeah.

Everything I hear about the new Fantastic Four movie makes me groan more and more though, fuck it, do Galactus in Incredibles 2, that's the only way we'll ever get a good version of that story on film I reckon.

The Incredibles was already the best Fantastic Four movie.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I guess they'll just start over with a younger cast. That seems to be everybody's go-to answer these days.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Dunno, Marvel Zombies maybe? That could be pretty cool.

 

[Legomaniac91_v1legacy]

Its quite simple: they want to make (Disney) ALL of the money!

 

[spartan231490]

We all know how spectacular Marvel is currently doing at the movies, and it looks like we'll be in for more for years to come, with movies leading up to Avengers 3 in the future. It seems that this franchise will last even longer than the Harry Potter multimedia takeover.

But that eventually ended, and so will the MCU. My question is: what comes after Avengers 3?

Because mark my words, Disney will not let their newest moneymaker go quietly, especially if the new Star Wars ends up as bad as it has every possibility to be. Once they reach the 'end' of their plans, where do they go?

I imagine they'll make a new run of avengers with a new series of heroes. There are how many heroes in the Avengers? And especially with how popular spider man is, I bet he's going to be the lead hero of the next Avengers trilogy. I bet they'll let avengers cool for a few years and then break out with a new round.

 

[Lilani]

Well, the comic book canon is practically never ending, so I would assume they'd just finish up their infinity gauntlet arc and keep going from there if the franchise still has steam and the actors keep signing on. If not, reboot time. Spider Man's proven you can reboot a series pretty quick without people getting tired of it.

 

[Radoh]

Well, Guardians of the Galaxy just came out and it is the first one to even talk about

Spoiler

the Infinity gems, with one being featured prominently, so at least 4 more movies of that building up to Thanos and the Infinity gauntlet.

So we can have that at the very least for like, 5, maybe 6 more movies, and since it looks like the Avengers 2: Age of Ultron has nothing to do with that that's that many after it.
So yeah, many years of work still.

 

[Elfgore]

Once they finish the Thanos and Eternity Gauntlet arc they're in, I'll assume they may choose another cool villain. Galactus would be cool, but he's out. I wouldn't mind seeing maybe The Beyonder as a villain in one movie, but he might be too much for the cast to handle.

I know I'd like to see more Superheroes and Heroines to join to fight. Like Vulcan, Ms.Marvel, Hercules, maybe Moon Knight.

 

[BraveSirRobin]

Personally I'm hoping that whenever they finish making movies they'll have the rights to Deadpool back and they do a Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe movie. Because what better way to end it than shatter the fourth wall and kill off every possible hero and villain.

On a slightly more serious note I honestly have no idea where they'll go with it but I'm confident that they'll pick a decent direction.

 

[Ratty]

The end game is to get all the money in the world and stick it in their ears. Though seriously this is Disney. They'll make the movies as long as they're profitable, when the public appetite for superheroes dies down (as I'm willing to bet it will before 2028) they'll slow down and maybe even stop producing the movies for a while. But TV shows and merchandizing will continue. Disney still makes tons of money off of merchandising for movies they released 80+ years ago. No reason to think they'll treat the Marvel characters any differently.

Basically traditionally branded "Disney" stuff is now their go-to source for "girls toys" merchandise and Marvel is where they make their "boys toys" merchandise. In the end the movies themselves are just vehicles for selling plastic tchotchkes.

 

[KazeAizen]

I think what the OP is asking really is how are they going to end something like this? Obviously it won't stay dormant for too long but the big question really is. When will this whole damn thing end and exactly how are they going to end it? The guy who plays Bucky has apparently signed a contract for 9 films. 9 FILMS! Its a given that they will go beyond Avengers 3 and more than likely the final Avengers movie will probably be a completely different team than the one that fought Loki back in 2012.

They have decades of this stuff to mine. Giant story arcs that could be used for Avengers movies. Who knows what their end game is. They probably don't even know but what I do know is this. Movies are not like comics. You can't keep the same character kicking around forever in the same status quo because we humans do age and recasting main characters is very hard to do and often jarring. The end game of it all who can say. What I do imagine happening though is probably one of if not the most expensive movie of all time.

 

[Remus]

Well, Guardians of the Galaxy just came out and it is the first one to even talk about

Spoiler

the Infinity gems, with one being featured prominently, so at least 4 more movies of that building up to Thanos and the Infinity gauntlet.

So we can have that at the very least for like, 5, maybe 6 more movies, and since it looks like the Avengers 2: Age of Ultron has nothing to do with that that's that many after it.
So yeah, many years of work still.

Not to mention the space gem

Spoiler

was shown being wielded by a Celestial, Eson the Searcher to be precise

So even if Marvel Studios can't use Galactus, they have an equally large, looming threat that could quickly pick up on the activation of the infinity gems. Maybe we'll see Jarnbjorn, a weapon Thor had crafted specifically to crack celestial armor.

 

[Ratty]

Movies are not like comics. You can't keep the same character kicking around forever in the same status quo because we humans do age and recasting main characters is very hard to do and often jarring.

Meh, it worked for James Bond for decades. Granted the backstory is more intricate in the MCU and all, and there are more characters, but clearly recasting isn't an insurmountable hurtle. Though it may hurt Iron Man more than others. No I think if there's anything that's going to hurt any serious long running continuity in the MCU it's the fact that teenagers 20 years from now will roll their eyes at the prospect of having to go back and re-watch "all those boring old movies" to understand what's happening in "The Avengers 7" or whatever.

 

[KazeAizen]

Movies are not like comics. You can't keep the same character kicking around forever in the same status quo because we humans do age and recasting main characters is very hard to do and often jarring.

Meh, it worked for James Bond for decades. Granted the backstory is more intricate in the MCU and all, and there are more characters, but clearly recasting isn't an insurmountable hurtle. Though it may hurt Iron Man more than others. No I think if there's anything that's going to hurt any serious long running continuity in the MCU it's the fact that teenagers 20 years from now will roll their eyes at the prospect of having to go back and re-watch "all those boring all movies" to understand what's happening in "The Avengers 7" or whatever.

Fair enough. Though you have to consider that the movie landscape was a different beast than it is today and superheroes aren't exactly James Bond. We have different iterations of them but we do end up associating actors with the roles. As for the "Avengers 7" tid bit I kind of agree. However it will still be easier to jump into because the phases are pretty strictly cataloged so you know what you have left to watch and what not.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

It will never end. Pretty soon the entire movie industry will be Marvel-produced, using the endless energy and craziness from Stan Lee to fuel their domination. Soon all world economies will be based on making and advertising their only export, Marvel movies. The ensuing nuclear war from the creative stagnation will be won by Russians.

Of course, Stan Lee will survive the nuclear winter because he is in fact, immortal and probably not human.