10 Marvel Cinematic Universe Fan Theories You Need To Know
These are just crazy enough to be true.
Marvel Studios loves Easter eggs, foreshadowing and laying ground work for its events years in advance, so is it any wonder the fan theorists have been working overtime trying to predict what lies ahead for the Avengers and their allies?
Some of their forecasts have been right on the money and even endorsed by the comic book giant itself. Peter Parker's pre-Spider-Man cameo at the Stark Expo in Iron Man 2 is a cool example that springs to mind.
Others don't exactly demonstrate Bruce Banner-like intellect but are fun to hear nonetheless, like the notion of Peggy Carter being Tony Stark's mother, which surely would only undermine her relationship with Captain America.
Marvel is gearing up to bring most of its heroes and villains together for an epic cosmic conflict in Avengers: Infinity War, the culmination of a decade's worth of fan-pleasing comic book adaptations and universe building.
Needless to say, the fan theorists have been out in force with their predictions about what will be in store when Thanos comes to town, but since Marvel has movies lined up for 2019 and beyond, the crystal gazing doesn't stop there.
10. Stan Lee Is Uatu The Watcher
Stan Lee pops up for an obligatory cameo in virtually every live-action Marvel film because he had a hand in creating many of its most popular characters, but the conspiracy theorists will tell you there's a deeper reason for his omnipresence.
One theory suggests the comic book legend is actually Uatu the Watcher, an extraterrestrial being sent to our solar system to observe its super inhabitants.
Lee appears across Marvel Studios' output as well as in its third-party movies at Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox, which ties in neatly with the idea of Uatu travelling between realities as he does in the comics.
So could Stan the man actually have a key role to play in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as an all-powerful, all-seeing alien?
Marvel doesn't appear to be dead against the idea as Lee's cameos in Guardians of the Galaxy and its sequel are a direct nod to this very fan theory.