Avengers: Postgame

What are the remaining Avengers up to after Endgame?

1. CAPTAIN AMERICA

Captain America’s shield has been passed around in the comics before, first going to Bucky Barnes (The Winter Soldier), and then to Sam Wilson (Falcon). Bucky has assumed Captain America’s mantle a couple of times, but it was Falcon’s reign on the throne that made the most waves with fans.

Burdened with great responsibility, Sam’s Captain America had to prove himself worthy in both society’s eye, and the Avengers’ as well. In the end, however, Sam never really got that chance, as Steve Rogers (at this point a member of Hydra) had been working against him to get the shield back.

Now, I doubt the movies will go that way, but ask anyone right now how they feel about Falcon getting the shield and answers will be mixed. He has big shoes to fill, and we’ll see the new Captain thrown into the wringer almost immediately, heading an all-new team and trying his best to lead them despite public opinion.

2. ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT AVENGERS

Speaking of an all-new team, in the aftermath of yet another universechanging comic book event (Secret Wars), the Avengers found themselves in need of rebranding and recruiting. This is due to Marvel deciding to rebrand and freshen up almost all of their running comic series. Tony Stark decided to form an all-new team of Avengers as a result, consisting himself, Captain America (Sam Wilson), Vision, Ms Marvel (not to be confused with Captain Marvel), SpiderMan (Miles Morales), Nova and Thor (Jane Foster).

Almost every member of that team is a new character taking up the mantle of an older hero, and this makes sense for the future of the MCU too. Actors can’t always be kept for decades as the same character. Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr have already left the building, and who knows what other actors the MCU might lose somewhere down the line. Other characters can fill those shoes, and this lends the MCU some longevity it wouldn’t have otherwise.

In the comics, there are also many different Avengers teams: West Coast Avengers, Secret Avengers, Young Avengers, A-Force and many more. We’ve already kind-of seen the A-Force in action for a couple minutes, when all the MCU women came together to fight Thanos.

3. BLACK WIDOW

Not only is a Black Widow movie set to start filming in June, but Scarlett Johansson is expected to reprise her role as Natasha Romanoff/ Black Widow. The only kink in this plan is that her character died in Endgame, a living trade for the Soul Stone. This movie can either be a prequel set in Black Widow’s dark, shadowy past or it could bring her back to the present somehow.

Either way, it sounds interesting. Black Widow has always been someone with more darkness than light in her past, so exploring that might shed some light on a character that could use some fleshing out.

4. ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

I’m very excited to see what the future holds for the Guardians, especially now that they have a certain melted-ice-cream-looking Asgardian on the team. Star Lord was last seen looking for Gamora’s past self, who went missing after the huge battle at the fallen Avengers compound. We can only assume the team will go after her next, this time with the god of lightning in tow.

The Asgardians of the Galaxy have some basis in the comic, being a team of gods and monsters, but it can’t have just one Asgardian. Can we assume a certain trickster god might make a re-appearance?

5. AVENGERS+

Outside of confirmed character movies, Disney’s upcoming streaming service Disney+ already has a slate of MCU shows in the pipeline.

First up, Loki, with Tom Hiddleston will be reprising the role. Then there’s WandaVision, led by the powerful duo of Scarlet Witch and Vision. The only thing is that both Loki and Vision were killed off in Infinity War. Just like the Black Widow movie, there are three ways this can pan out: ressurection, alternate Earth/timeline, or prequel. Except in Vision’s case, there is no prequel since the character was only created during Age of Ultron.

There’s also the upcoming The Falcon and The Winter Soldier series, but at this point it might as well be renamed ‘Captain America and The Winter Soldier’. There’s a lot of potential here, providing our first taste of what a Sam Wilson Captain America is going to be like. Sam and Bucky have never been the best of pals, so it’ll be fun to see them getting along.