Though Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel will arrive beforehand, Avengers 4 - the titular finale to Marvel's Phase Three block - is proving to be a domineering force. We can thank Infinity War's cliffhanger ending for that, but regardless, it's clear that the fourth Avengers film is going to pack plenty of surprises along the way - just as Infinity War did form beginning to end.
And while the rosters for both films have been pretty well documented up to now, Infinity War still managed to bring a few surprise cameos. The Red Skull, having spent years away from the spotlight since his first and only appearance in Captain America: The First Avenger, turned out to be living on the planet Vormir under the new title of Stonekeeper. Peter Dinklage's role as Eiteri was also kept closely under wraps, meaning that - when it at least came to the cast - Infinity War brought two great surprises to the table.
They might not have been what people were expecting, but with Avengers 4 set to follow that precedent, the potential for bolder, bigger and more intriguing cameos is well and truly there.
But who - out of the Marvel Universe - has the best chance of getting just one coveted minute in the movie?
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.
