Reports Reveal How Marvel Studios Plans to Present ‘Secret Wars’
Ever since Avengers: Endgame, rumors surrounding the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s next triumphant, multi-film arc have been popping up across the internet. Who and what will pose the next great threat, and will there be two final installments as was the case concerning the Infinity Saga?
Evidence suggests that the MCU will likely opt to present an on-screen Secret Wars — an ambitious comic book narrative that could even bring the Russo Brothers back to the filmic landscape, as Nerdist notes.
What is ‘Secret Wars’ about?
Secret Wars is a 12-issue American comic book crossover limited series that was published in 1984 and 1985 (and again, with slight adjustments, in 2015). The original narrative involves a powerful cosmic entity, known as the Beyonder, who observes superheroes and supervillains on Earth. He then transporting them to the “Battleworld” — in a far off galaxy where he orders them to “slay [their] enemies” to receive all that they “desire.”
The world features well-known Avengers like Black Widow, Iron Man, She-Hulk the Wasp, and more. X-Men are also present, and Doctor Doom, Kang the Conqueror, Ultron, and more also pop up.
The MCU may choose to delete certain characters for narrative continuity purposes. However, transporting such an immense narrative and lineup — feature characters from the X-Men, Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and more — will not be easy. Yet, according to recent reports from Marvel and DC insider Mikey Sutton, the studio has a plan.
‘Secret Wars’ will reportedly progress via Disney+ and the silver screen, culminating in a blockbuster film
Well-known Marvel and DC scooper Mikey Sutton recently took to his site, GeekosityMag to share his latent intel concerning Secret Wars. According to his latest reports, the story is too massive for an on-screen depiction alone. He said:
Rather, like the old comic books themselves, it’ll be a line-wide crossover, a series of MCU films and Disney+ TV series telling a different part of the story until they are all linked together in the cinematic finale(s). If it proceeds like it’s being discussed, it will be a mammoth and ambitious undertaking.
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Mikey Sutton has been told that the Avengers will not face off against villains in the story, but against villainous versions of themselves, which is supposedly under development to become the Squadron Sinister in the MCU. As for the X-Men, they may face off against some of their famous and former Fox counterparts. While Secret Wars would be ambitious, if it’s the only way to get the Russo Brothers back, it may be the way to go.
