Kevin Feige Says Not to Expect Everyone to Come Back for the Next Avengers Films

If Avengers: Infinity War is simply a 9 and Avengers: Endgame is simply a 10, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige tells io9 that Deadpool & Wolverine is an 8 successful presumption of however impactful it volition beryllium connected the aboriginal of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That means there’s a precise bully accidental immoderate happens successful theaters adjacent week volition transportation implicit to Avengers 5 and 6, which are coming successful 2026 and 2027.

But not everything that’s happened successful the MCU successful caller years volition play a role. On the juncture of Deadpool & Wolverine, io9 asked Feige astir the many, galore characters that debuted successful Phase 4. Can fans expect to spot them successful the upcoming Avengers movies oregon is determination a accidental we whitethorn not spot immoderate of them ever again?

“I seldom talk successful absolutes similar that, right?” Feige said. “The conception of ne'er ever seeing idiosyncratic again, we’ve got Tim Blake Nelson successful a movie coming up adjacent year, right? So I ne'er speech successful absolutes similar that. But the information is, you know, we’re going to archer a communicative successful these Avengers movies, and determination won’t beryllium country for 100,000 characters successful it. So choices volition person to beryllium made, that’s for sure. But that doesn’t mean you won’t ever spot anybody ever again.”

Phase 4 famously introduced a ton of caller characters, from projects including Eternals and Shang Chi, to Moon Knight, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, and galore more. It sounds similar immoderate of them volition beryllium playing a portion successful the Avengers movies, but not each of them.

We’ll person much from Feige soon—and that hint of much quality was a notation to San Diego Comic-Con adjacent week, erstwhile Feige volition uncover much astir the aboriginal of Marvel. Deadpool & Wolverine opens July 26.

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