Though all Marvel films apart from the Avengers series have come in threes, pretty much everyone agrees that Thor: Ragnarok shouldn't be the end of that series. Taika Waititi breathed new life into what was once considered the MCU's most tired franchise with that film's release, and with the Odinson having experienced the most torrid time out of all the other Avengers, it would be nice to see how he and his fellow Asgardians live on after Avengers 4.
As we know already, Asgard is a people - not a place. The diaspora of gods, demigods, mercenaries and Valkyries are in search of a new home, and with their vessel destroyed, Midgard would look to be a welcoming destination.
A move to Earth would keep with the themes established in Ragnarok too, as well as the Russos' previous hints that Natalie Portman's Jane Foster could link up with the God of Thunder once again.
In any case, a move to Midgard would also allow Marvel to do right by one of the company's somewhat squandered premises. Siege, a storyline that saw Asgard brought to Earth, started out strong but ended with something of a fizzle. Could it inspire the future of the franchise?
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.
