To be excited about superhero movies is to always wonder, what’s next? Even when Marvel Studios unveiled years worth of release dates and film titles in October, a series of movies forming what’s known as Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we had to ask how the franchise continues afterwards.
New characters are getting their own movies (Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and Doctor Strange), familiar characters are getting sequels (Thor, Captain America, and the Guardians of the Galaxy), and there’s even one getting a reboot (Spider-Man). All of these stories are really just chapters in a larger long story, one that seems to culminate in Avengers: Infinity War. We don’t know much about what happens after this two-part movie event outside of Inhumans, because no other films have been announced, and most of the leading actors have contracts that expire by then.
For that reason, it’s becoming increasingly interesting to follow major events in Marvel Comics, a medium that seems to reshape itself to somewhat follow and somewhat setup events in the far-more-lucrative movie business. Last year alone, we met a new version of Iron Man, a mysterious female character becoming Thor, and another supporting character (Falcon) picking up the mantle (and shield) of Captain America to form a new Avengers team. It’d be crazy to think that beyond the obvious goal of boosting diversity in lead Marvel characters that some of these decisions aren’t laying groundwork for Marvel’s film division to have more options when it comes to continuing successful brands without the leading actors who started each series.
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