9 Female Marvel Heroes Who Desperately Deserve An MCU Movie
5. Valkyrie
Marvel Studios
Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie was one of Thor: Ragnarok's standout characters, and a prime contender to take a place on the Avengers if the team is due a reshuffle after the fourth film releases.
Not only that, if a reshuffle is on the cards for Marvel's individual franchises too, then Valkyrie must surely be in contention to lead the Thor series going forward. While Chris Hemsworth looks more likely than others to stick around the MCU for the fore(Thor?)seeable future, if he is due to leave, then Marvel have to make sure the character's universe doesn't go to waste.
Already a firm favourite among fans after her strong introduction in the latest Thor film, Thompson's Valkyrie possesses all the trappings of a truly brilliant series lead, one that could serve as the key Asgardian connection between the Avengers and the Nine Realms as well as the MCU's cosmic influences too.
Oh, and Marvel, be sure to acknowledge her bisexuality this time around. You're letting down your LGBT* fans every time you don't.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
