Scarlet Witch actress Elizabeth Olsen has prompt she won’t be in both Avengers: Secret Wars or Avengers: Doomsday.
Marvel Cinematic Universe followers had hoped to see The Scarlet Witch return following the occasions of Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness.
Warning! Spoilers for Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness and Agatha All Along Season 1 observe.
Scarlet Witch apparently died on the finish of the 2022 MCU movie and did not make a dramatic return in Disney+ present Agatha All Along, a lot to the frustration of followers. Olsen had said she’d be up for enjoying Scarlet Witch as soon as once more, “if there’s a great way to make use of her.”
Then, MCU boss Kevin Feige issued a tease that received Scarlet Witch followers excited. “We had Agatha Forever on Disney+ simply now, and that sequence was nice for us,” he stated. “Since then, there have been a variety of questions on Wanda on followers’ minds… So all I can say is that we’re excited to search out out when and the way the Scarlet Witch may return.”
If that return to the MCU does occur, it apparently gained’t be in Avengers. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Olsen insisted she gained’t be in London for the filming of the Russo brothers’ two upcoming Avengers films, Doomsday and Secret Wars.
Why? She desires to deal with her non-Marvel films proper now. Doomsday and Secret Wars will quickly begin capturing in London through back-to-back productions, whereas Olsen is about to movie a pilot for FX drama Seven Sisters.
Is this a ruse? Could Olsen offer a diversion in her response to The Hollywood Reporter’s query? It wouldn’t be the primary deceptive misdirection from a member of the MCU’s solid. Perhaps everybody desires Scarlet Witch’s involvement in Avengers to be an enormous shock if and when it occurs, and ruling it out in interviews will assist.
Here’s what we all know: Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. is ready to return as Doctor Doom, and Benedict Cumberbatch returns as Doctor Strange in Secret Wars. Elsewhere, we’ve imprecise rumblings about who will flip up within the movie, with everybody from The Fantastic Four to the Thunderbolts rumored to be within the solid.
All eyes will likely be on London to see which MCU stars are on the town when the filming takes place. Expect loads extra studies from eagle-eyed followers to hit the web within the coming months.
The MCU rumbles on regardless. Thunderbolts* comes out in May 2025, TV present Ironheart is out in June, and Phase 6 kicks off with The Fantastic Four: First Steps in July.
Earlier this month, the Russo brothers stated they see Avengers 5 and 6 as a “new starting” that can lay the muse for no matter comes subsequent in Phase 7 of the MCU.
“The solely factor I’ll say concerning the film is that this: we love villains who assume they’re the heroes of their very own tales,” Joe Russo stated. “That’s once they change into three-dimensional they usually change into extra attention-grabbing. When you’ve gotten an actor like Robert Downey, it’s important to create a three-dimensional, effectively formed character for the viewers. That’s the place a variety of our focus goes.”
Avengers: Doomsday is presently set to reach in theaters May 1, 2026 and Secret Wars arrives a few yr later in May 2027.
Late final yr, Feige teased the introduction of X-Men characters within the “subsequent few” MCU films. Feige advised an viewers on the Disney APAC Content Showcase in Singapore that followers would see “some X-Men gamers that you simply may acknowledge” within the subsequent few MCU films, however he stopped in need of saying which characters or what films.
On bringing the X-Men into the MCU, Feige added: “I believe you will notice that continues in our subsequent few films with some X-Men gamers that you simply may acknowledge.
“Right after that, the entire story of Secret Wars actually leads us into a brand new age of mutants and of the X-Men. Again, [it’s] a kind of desires come true. We lastly have the X-Men again.”
Feige has additionally stated the X-Men will likely be an vital a part of the MCU’s future following Secret Wars. “When we have been getting ready for Avengers: Endgame years in the past, it was a query of attending to the grand finale of our narrative, after which we needed to begin yet again after that,” Feige stated. “This time, on the street to Secret Wars, we already know very effectively what the story goes to be till then and afterwards. The X-Men are an vital a part of that future.”
In October, Marvel Studios added three untitled film tasks to its 2028 launch schedule: February 18, 2028; May 5, 2028; and November 10, 2028. It appears more and more seemingly one among these films is X-Men.
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