Some
spoilers follow:
As everyone whose seen
The Avengers and had the good sense to stay a while longer after the initial
credits should know, Thanos will be the next villain in the film franchise.
Thanos was an alien called The Mad Titan in the comics and sought the
destructive power of a mystical device called the Infinity Gauntlet, a weapon
briefly seen in the Asgardian weapons chamber in Thor. We will most likely see
his power-hungry quest for the Gauntlet as the Avengers try to stop him. Along
with Thanos comes the rest of the Shitari, the aliens from the first film,
which hints at yet another alien invasion.
The Ant-Man film has
been officially announced and is currently in pre-production. Its expected
release is before the Avengers sequel. This assumes the Ant-Man film will
introduce its title hero: Hank Pym along with his wife Janet Pym, the Wasp (two
of the original team members from the comics). If the movie is a hit there is
no doubt the two characters will be integrated into Avengers 2 to join the
original cast of heroes and possibly more additions.
The three main heroes
of the Avengers are announced to have sequels of their own and are already in
production of some of them. These movies, however, are not meant to continue
from the Avengers directly. Each film’s storyline does take place shortly after
the events of the Avengers, but will focus solely on the individual hero. This
will give a chance for the creators and writers to explore the heroes outside
of the team-up atmosphere and frees the films from having continuity between
them, something that was needed in their first films.
In an alternate ending
to the first film, viewable in the special features, shows us Maria Hill
meeting the council on her own. The scene suggests she has taken the role of
acting head of SHIELD away from Nick Fury (a story choice made in recent
comics). Seeing as how Hill was not too fond of the Avengers Initiative in the
first place, who knows how this change of management with SHIELD will affect
their relation with the team in the sequel.
Many have speculated
the coming addition of Vision, a “synthezoid” android created by the robot
Ultron to defeat the Avengers. After researching through various websites and
blogs, fans are desperate to see the character interpreted on the big screen,
by Vin Diesel most likely. The integration of the character would pose new
threats to the team as well as the creators of the film. Adding a character
with this much comic book history into the Avengers sequel, which will also be needed
to establish a new villain and new global threat, will be very, very difficult
and time consuming. The Vision should probably sit this one out or at the very
most, make a guest appearance in an after-credits scene; something Marvel is
famous for.
And finally, why cant
Sony and Marvel and Disney settle their differences already and introduce
Spiderman to the Avenger’s universe? Civil War onscreen? Perhaps my wish will
come true by the time Avengers 3 rolls around in approximately 8 years or so.
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