With The Marvels, a major crossover event is currently running in the cinema, which combines three projects from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in one crazy space adventures united. The film started as a sequel to Captain Marvel. However, the focus of the story is not just Brie Larson as the intrepid Carol Danvers.
Monica Rambeau from WandaVision, portrayed by Teyonah Parris, also returns, while Iman Vellani makes her screen debut as Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel. At the end of the film there is also an exciting teaser that introduces us to a very special Marvel team: the Young Avengers coming to the MCU!
Young Avengers: The surprise ending of The Marvels sets the course for the future of the MCU
Theoretically, the members of the young superhero group have long been in the individual MCU films and series. However, Marvel has never directly stated that they will be joining together as a team. That’s changing now with the end of The Marvels. Because a key scene from Iron Man is repeated here.
Remember when Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) ambushed tech billionaire Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) in the middle of the night to tell him about the Avengers Initiative? This exact scene repeats itself now in The Marvels, but with Kamala Khan as Nick Fury and Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) as Tony Stark.
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Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop in Hawkeye
When Kate comes home with her dog, Lucky the Pizza Dog, Kamala is already waiting for her with a datapad in her hand. She talks about it enthusiastically their Young Avengers plans, all of which don’t seem that mature yet, but are bursting with enthusiasm. Who else is there? Nobody, but Ant-Man has a daughter too, right?
Which characters belong to the Young Avengers in the MCU?
Potential Young Avengers characters have been introduced into the MCU for years. Now, for the first time, the franchise seems to be really serious. Who joins the Avengers 2.0 at? The following figures are possible:
America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez): Since Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, she has recommended herself as Sorcerer Supreme of the Young Avengers.
Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne): Under the name Ironheart, she already follows in Iron Man’s footsteps in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Toussaint (Divine Love Konadu-Sun): At the end of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever we also learn that T’Challa and Nakia have a son.
Eli Bradley (Elijah Richardson): The grandson of the forgotten super soldier Isaiah Bradley first appeared in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Skaar (Wil Deusner): Yes, the Hulk actually has a son. He first appeared in She-Hulk. Now he could join the Young Avengers.
Billy and Tommy Maximoff: Two important characters from WandaVision who, as Wiccan and Speed, are an important part of the Young Avengers in the comics.
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Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
In addition, there are other ways to expand the Young Avengers group. Loki was never a member of the original gang. Kid Loki (Jack Veal) from the Loki series could definitely stop by.
New Marvel team: who leads the Young Avengers?
Kamala Khan gathers the Young Avengers. But who will be their leader? At first glance, Tom Hollands is obvious Peter Parker who has saved the world several times as Spider-Man. Also Black Widow’s successor, the one played by Florence Pugh Yelena Belova, would be conceivable. She was already in contact with Kate Bishop. For now, however, she unites the Thunderbolts under her command.
Will the Young Avengers come as a film or as a series?
What exactly a Young Avengers project in the MCU could look like is still unclear. The crossover could be conceivable as both a film and a series. But first it would have to be clarified whether the Young Avengers get their own project at all or whether they simply get involved in other adventures as a Marvel team. There are really a lot of possibilities here to draw from the large pot of figures.
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