Avengers 4 Trailer Decoded: Every Character Analysed & Explored
Why is Hawkeye now Ronin and what's he up to?
After a wait that felt far longer than it actually was, the first Avengers: Endgame trailer is here and as well as answering some questions - like "when the hell is the Avengers 4 trailer coming out?" and "what the hell is Avengers 4 called?"
It's fair to say that it lived up to the hype and it's now quickly became the fastest viewed trailer of all time. Which goes to show that Marvel's approach to guarding their secrets and drip-feed marketing this movie was the right approach, no matter how much we wanted to see it sooner.
Until we get more information, fans and sites like ours will inevitably pick away at this trailer for hints of what to expect and luckily, there's a lot in there hinting at what we can expect from all of the characters we see...
Bonus: Peter Parker, Shuri & Agent Carter
All three of these characters - all assumed or confirmed dead by the Avengers - were involved in the trailer indirectly as a mark of them being "ghosts" hanging over the rest of the characters.
Peter Parker's image (along with Paul Rudd's) appeared in the Avengers lab as Bruce Banner surveyed the victims of the snap, and Shuri's image appears in the same sequence, which seems to suggest that she too disappeared when Thanos used the Gauntlet. There may be more to it than that, but you'd think the Wakandans would have immediately rallied to their princess and heir in the wake of the snap, which suggests she legitimately did get turned to ash.
Peggy Carter is slightly different, because she's shown in Cap's compass, as a reminder of everything he's already lost. That imagery is pretty telling as it suggests that Cap might be either contemplating rejoining her in death or it's a little bit of foreshadowing to suggest he might actually go back and meet her alive in their own time.