
But it certainly means that they will all pass on their respective superhero mantles to a new generation of Avengers - a storied tradition in the comics.
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That doesn’t necessarily mean Iron Man, Cap and Thor will die in that movie. Their Marvel Cinematic Universe contracts are up after Avengers: Endgame, and they have all strongly hinted that it will be their last Marvel film. Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth have all starred in three solo movies in addition to multiple Avengers films. Which brings us to the real-world reasons that all the young heroes will return despite the Avengers: Infinity War ending. Just imagine that stunning disintegration sequence in reverse, the pieces slowly coming together to regenerate the heroes we thought we lost. As he disintegrates, he tells Iron Man that giving up the Time Stone to Thanos in exchange for Iron Man’s life “was the only way.” That means Iron Man plays an integral role in beating Thanos in Avengers: Endgame.Īnd then there’s the way that our heroes “died.” Floating into the aether feels less permanent than a stab wound or an explosion. But Doctor Strange probably figured out that the good guys had to lose the battle with Thanos in order to win the war. Conveniently, he doesn’t offer any details about that actual scenario. He tells Iron Man that he sees only one future in which the heroes ultimately prevail. Doctor Strange watched millions of possible futures before the Avengers fought Thanos.
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The marketing campaign will use old movie cliches like “one last job” or “this time, it’s personal.” Some of them will ride off into the sunset. By the end of that movie, some of the original Avengers will die. Presumably, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, the Hulk and Hawkeye will reunite one last time in Avengers: Endgame to fight Thanos and bring back their friends. The entire original Avengers team - with the possible exception of Hawkeye, who is curiously missing from the entire film - survived Thanos’ attack. The characters who remain at the end of Infinity War offer a clue about the plot of Avengers: Endgame. And the original Avengers would be forced to soldier on through another decade of films.īut that probably won’t happen because Thanos’ seemingly random culling wasn’t so random after all. Rocket could find all-new companions for the Guardians team.

Shuri could become the new Black Panther (as she does in some of the comic books), and the Miles Morales character hinted at in Homecoming could become the new Spider-Man (again, just like in the comic books). Avengers: Endgame could play out like HBO’s The Leftovers: The remaining heroes deal with the emotional and philosophical fallout of half the world disappearing. There is an intriguing scenario in which directors Anthony Russo and Joseph Russo really did kill off all the recently cast heroes. Black Panther just broke every box office record, and Disney is eager to make a sequel. Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 is due out in 2019. It’s all rather devastating - until you look at a calendar of the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and realize that Spider-Man, Black Panther and the Guardians of the Galaxy cannot be gone for good. But, as the villain Thanos assures the audience after he finishes off Loki, “no resurrections this time.” Marvel characters in general, and Loki in particular, have a tendency to “die” and then pop up again in sequels.

Fan favorite Loki was killed off in the first few minutes. This heart-wrenching scene concludes a particularly brutal film. Spider-Man, still just a teenager, begs for his life in Iron Man’s arms before deteriorating into nothing.Īll told, billions of people vanish, and 12 heroes disappear: Black Panther, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Bucky Barnes, Falcon, Scarlet Witch, Star-Lord, Groot, Drax, Mantis, Nick Fury and Maria Hill. Rocket tries to grab on to Groot as he watches his friend die - again. Okoye cries out as her king, Black Panther, dissolves. In a stunning sequence, many of Marvel’s superheroes slowly turn to dust. When he snaps his fingers, people and aliens alike begin to disintegrate.

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