Warning: This post contains spoilers for Avengers: Endgame.
Avengers: Endgame marks the end of an era — and the beginning of a new one. Though many characters died or retired — again, spoiler alert! — others earned new titles or set off on missions across the universe. The movie set up several upcoming Marvel movies, including solo superhero films for old favorites like Black Panther and newcomers like Valkyrie. It also teased several series that are set to premiere on Disney‘s streaming service, Disney+, launching this fall.
The end-credits, which featured signatures from the first six Avengers cast members — Robert Downey Jr. (as Tony Stark/Iron Man), Chris Evans (as Steve Rogers/Captain America), Chris Evans (as Thor), Scarlet Johansson (as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow) and Jeremy Renner (as Clint Barton/Hawkeye) — also emphasized that the original Avengers team is done. That leaves room for a new set of superheroes to team-up onscreen.
Here are all the TV shows and movies coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and which characters might make up that new Avengers team.
Is Avengers: Endgame the last Marvel movie?
No. Well, kind of. Avengers: Endgame is the last movie in Marvel’s Phase Three, which launched in 2016 with Captain America: Civil War. The film ostensibly wraps up the franchise’s main storylines while promoting other secondary and tertiary characters to center stage in future films and TV shows.
What Marvel movies will come after Avengers: Endgame?
Marvel has remained tight-lipped about what movies will premiere after Avengers: Endgame. A date for the Spider-Man sequel, Spider-Man: Far From Home, had been announced but that is it. There’s probably a good reason for that: after all, the identities of those who perished were closely held until Endgame premiered. All we know for certain is that Marvel is planning three movies for 2020, three movies for 2021 and three movies for 2022. But Marvel Studios has cast a few new characters and hired script writers for several movies, so we can puzzle together what they might have in the works.
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Spider-Man: Far From Home (July 2, 2019)
Tom Holland will return as the web-slinger, and Jake Gyllenhaal is set to play villain Mysterio.
Spider-Man 3 (TBD)
Holland has signed a contract for three solo Spider-Man movies.
Black Panther 2 (TBD)
The critically acclaimed Black Panther became the first superhero movie to ever be nominated for Best Picture. So it’s fortunate for Marvel that director Ryan Coogler has agreed to return for the second installment with star Chadwick Boseman.
Doctor Strange 2 (TBD)
Writer-director Scott Derrickson has agreed to return for the Doctor Strange sequel. Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict Wong will also return to star.
Captain Marvel 2 (TBD)
Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel will almost certainly get a sequel film, given the box office success of her first outing.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (TBD)
Guardians fans will have to wait a couple years before they see Groot and Rocket in action again: James Gunn, who has helmed the last two Guardians movies, was fired in 2018 after offensive old tweets resurfaced. He was rehired by Marvel in March 2019. In the interim, Gunn agreed to write and direct the forthcoming Suicide Squad 2, which means he can’t begin production on Guardians 3 until 2021. Hopefully the wait will be worth it: Thor joins the Guardians at the end of Endgame, which means he could be onboard for the new movie.
A Black Widow prequel (TBD)
Marvel has confirmed that Black Widow is getting her own standalone movie, directed by Cate Shortland (Lore). Scarlett Johansson will reprise her role from the Avengers films, with Florence Pugh also appearing.
Shang-Chi (TBD)
Marvel Studios is working on its first feature film with an Asian lead. In the comics, Shang-Chi is a master of martial arts. Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984) will write and Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12) will direct.
Eternals (TBD)
Marvel has begun casting for an ensemble movie based on the Eternals, an evolutionary offshoot of the human race. Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani have signed on to the project.
Ms. Marvel (TBD)
Kamala Khan, a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, has become a beloved character in the comics. She is an Inhuman who can stretch her body and idolizes Captain Marvel. Marvel head Kevin Feige has said that there are plans to introduce Ms. Marvel to the MCU.
Another superhero team-up movie (TBD)
Given the already-staggering box office success of Avengers: Endgame, it’s hard to imagine that Marvel would give up the chance to make more superhero team-up movies, which tend to draw from across fandoms and sell more tickets. They will probably drop the Avengers name, but our guess is a new team will emerge. They will occasionally have to join forces to stop particularly massive threats. See more details on who we think will be a part of this team further down in the post.
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What Marvel TV shows will come after Avengers: Endgame?
WandaVison
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany will star as Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) and Vision. Presumably, the show is a prequel to Avengers: Endgame because Vision remains quite dead at the end of that movie. But here’s a surprising twist: Olson recently said that the show is actually set in the 1950s. Maybe the couple uses some extra Pym Particles to time travel together?
Loki
RIcky and Morty writer Michael Waldron will serve as showrunner for this series about everyone’s favorite trickster god. Thanos killed the 2018 version of Loki in Avengers: Infinity War. But when the Avengers travel back in time to 2012 in Avengers: Endgame, that version of Loki steals the Tesseract and escapes. The show will likely follow this 2012 Loki across time and space.
Hawkeye
Hawkeye was going back to retirement at the end of Endgame — but not for long. A Hawkeye series in which Jeremy Renners’ Clint Barton trains his protege Kate Bishop is in the works at Disney+.
Falcon & Winter Soldier
Steve Rogers passed the Captain America mantle to Sam Wilson (a.k.a. Falcon) at the end of Avengers: Endgame, so Falcon & Winter Soldier will probably take on the more spoilery title Captain America & Winter Soldier. (The show cannot be set before the events of Endgame, since Bucky was either evil, in hiding or in a coma the entire time that Sam was Falcon.)
