TheMCU’s upcoming multiversal crossoversAvengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Warsneed to avoid a team-up mistake fromAvengers: Endgame. One of the most exciting parts about a vast cinematic universe like the MCU is the concept of franchise-wide crossovers, which bring together characters introduced across various individual installments. AllAvengersmovies so far have been wildly successful, and bothAvengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Warsare two ofthe MCU’s most anticipated releases in the Multiverse Saga’s slatedue to their star-studded cast and ambitious premises.
Following Jonathan Majors' firing from Marvel andRobert Downey Jr.’s casting as Doctor Doom, little is still known aboutAvengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Wars' multiversal plots. However, it’s almost a given that both movies will feature large casts of characters, both local to the MCU’s main timeline and hailing from other universes. Characters such asSpider-Man: No Way Home’s multiversal Spider-Men,Deadpool & Wolverine’s multiversal survivor team, andDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness' off-screen heroes could team up to confront Doctor Doom in Phase 6.
Multiversal Avengers Scenes Must Avoid Repeating Endgame’s Awkward A-Force Team-Up
Avengers: Endgame’s Controversial Team-Up Scene Came Out Of Nowhere During The Final Battle
Avengers: Endgame’s"portals"scene is undeniably one of the most exciting action sequences in Marvel movie history, as most of the MCU’s heroes show up to fight Thanos and his army together. However,Avengers: Endgame’s packed final battlehas been criticized for its unexpected female Avengers team-up moment, which may have seemed impressive at first, but raised many questions on repeated viewings.Avengers: Endgame’s female Avengers scene has no narrative explanation, as almost none of the female heroes know each other or have any strategic reason to join forces while they’re busy fighting Thanos' army somewhere else on the battlefield.
Marvel’s Female Avengers Cast (As We Know It)
Marvel Studios has introduced many female superheroes over the years, any number of whom could join forces to form the MCU’s female Avengers team.
The same could happen to a multiversal team of Avengers inAvengers: DoomsdayorAvengers: Secret Wars, where famous heroes from alternate realities are expected to assemble. A team-up scene featuring Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man, Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, and possibly Eric Bana’s Hulk or the 2005 Fantastic Four would be a natural evolution of the Avengers' MCU team-up scenes. But if these heroes immediately seek each other as soon as they return, they would raise the same questions asAvengers: Endgame’s female Avengers.
The MCU’s Multiversal Avengers Need More Screen Time Than Endgame’s Heroes
Avengers: Doomsday And Secret Wars Need A Different Plot Structure Than Infinity War And Endgame
Avengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Wars' surprise characters and cameos might team up similarly toAvengers: Endgame’s final team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. However,Phase 6’s final MCU crossoversneed to assemble their Avengers teams differently this time.Avengers: Endgamewas able to focus on a core team because every main character had already starred in multiple MCU installments beforehand. Since neither the Earth-616 Avengers nor the MCU’s returning multiversal heroes have appeared in the MCU in a long while — let alone together —Avengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Warsneeds to distribute their runtime more evenly and have more main characters than any previous MCU crossover.
