Abstract
- Marvel supremo Kevin Feige has reportedly steered that the MCU might reboot after Avengers: Secret Wars.
- The comfortable reboot would enable Marvel to streamline the timeline, get rid of what’s not working, and doubtlessly convey again beloved characters.
- This might be a game-changer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which Feige says has solely scratched the floor of the story potential from Marvel Comics.
The MCU might reboot after Avengers: Secret Wars in simply 4 years, in line with a brand new quote from Marvel supremo Kevin Feige. The upcoming Avengers 6 will shut out the presently introduced slate of upcoming Marvel films on Might 7, 2027, however Feige has additionally mentioned in a latest interview with Variety, that the MCU has “barely scratched the floor” of the story potential from Marvel Comics. However that potential might include a comfortable reboot within the very close to future to consolidate the timeline, trimming the fats, and most excitingly, bringing again characters who’ve dropped out of the franchise.
Talking on The Watch podcast, creator of latest Marvel ebook MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios Joanna Robinson dropped a bombshell that would change the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline massively:
“Now we have a quote from Kevin Feige form of implying that, like, Secret Wars will function a comfortable reboot through which they will prune every little thing… That is to not use a Loki-ism. [They’ll] prune every little thing that is not working and simply hold what’s [working], or convey again folks you thought had been gone without end.”
Diving into MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios for additional hints, it is notable that the ultimate chapter, titled “How A lot We Have Left” has the next paragraph near the tip, relating a gathering with Feige that concluded with him revealing a poster from 1988 drawn by Ed Hannigan and Joe Rubinstein of lots of of Marvel characters as a sign of what number of new characters might come to the MCU:
“Because the MCU spilled over into streaming packages and the Multiverse Saga, Feige needed to study totally different classes from the comics: how superheroes periodically wanted to be rebooted, find out how to cease variants and spinoffs from spiraling uncontrolled, how an annual mega-crossover occasion might unify a disparate line of characters.“
How The MCU Is Already Setting Up A Reboot
The query of why Marvel would reboot the MCU (even “softly”) is a very urgent one, given how profitable a lot of the franchise’s releases have been. However there’s a must consolidate the timeline, after Marvel got here into possession of the rights to the previous Fox Marvel characters – most notably the still-missing X-Males and the Unbelievable 4 – and with Marvel TV in such a perceived detrimental state that the Disney firm is rebooting their complete method to creating new reveals. As Robinson says, a comfortable reboot would enable Marvel to maintain the weather which can be working and “prune” what is not, in addition to re-introducing main character manufacturers like Iron Man, T’Challa, Thanos, Steve Rogers and each different hero and villain who has both been killed off or retired.
Loki season 2 already reveals a number of clues to Avengers: Secret Wars rebooting the MCU timeline, and changing into that mega-crossover to unify disparate traces and reboot characters. If Feige is studying from the comics, then Secret Wars being the reset level could be logical, given the occasions of the comedian arc, which ended with the destruction of the multiverse and new tales rising from the ashes. Loki season 2 already confirmed that the primary Multiversal Struggle of 2321 reset the timeline as soon as (into He Who Stays “Sacred Timeline”), and Sylvie’s homicide of the timeline guardian, and subsequently emergence of the Council of Kangs units up a repeat of that warfare. And, it’s a must to assume, a repeat of the reset, to “cease variants and spinoffs from spiraling uncontrolled”.
