Rumor: ‘Avengers 3’ may not feature stars of Phase 1 and Phase 2
Avengers 3 may not feature the stars of the MCU’s Phase 1 and Phase 2? Interesting. I could see this working, if only because the film is rumored to be split into two halves. The first half features a cavalcade of newbies led by Star-Lord (and perhaps Captain America), only to have the “real” Avengers arrive in Avengers 3.5?
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The Avengers 3 rumor came from Badass Digest. Here’s an excerpt:
Imagine an Avengers 3 without Thor or Captain America, maybe without Black Widow. It’s a movie where the secondary characters from the MCU get to stand up and prove their worth, possibly even setting up their own spin-offs. With Guardians Marvel has shown that their brand is the star, and by the time we get to A3 clearly people will be on board with the entire universe. Keep Iron Man – Robert Downey Jr’s renegotiated contract seems to specify Avengers 3 as his next film – and you have a new launching pad for characters to take over from the current big guns.
Pointed out in that piece, this makes a lot of sense because of dollars and cents. Evans, Hemsworth and others each have two movies on the original contracts. They can make one more movie in their own universe (Captain America and Thor 3 for example) and then do another film – let’s hypothetically call it Avengers 4 – to totally change everything. However, the Badass Digest piece hypothesizes it could be something more along the lines of Marvel’s Infinity Gauntlet or Marvel’s Secret War. And in this film, you could even bring in TV characters and more.
Marvel has a lot of release dates planned in the next five years, so there is certainly lots of room for some unexpected films.
We all assumed Avengers 3 was going to be the big crossover where everything came together in a battle with Thanos. If this rumor is true though, Marvel is one step ahead of everyone again, going with an even bigger plan.
Three questions. 1) Do you think this is true? 2) Is this financial suicide? 3) Would you be cool with the original team not appearing until the flick after Avengers 3?
I’ll go. 1) Maybe. 2) No, Star-Lord and others can carry the flick, especially with promise of the team on the horizon. 3) Yes.