The latest trailer for Avengers: Endgame dropped on Thursday, and though Marvel continue to market the film without revealing pretty much any major story details, signs all point towards several new characters making their debut in the film.
It's important to bear in mind that, as much as Avengers: Endgame is about closing the door on several of the series' oldest characters, it's also about opening up a whole new chapter. The likes of Captain Marvel, Black Panther and Doctor Strange represent largely what's to come, while others, such as Shang-Chi and the Eternals, are set to join their ranks in Phase 4.
However, there's also the possibility that several of Marvel's most essential characters could be making their way to the MCU a lot sooner than expected. Endgame's latest trailer seemed to tease as much in one of its earlier shots (which we'll get to in a second), while previous rumours have intimated that characters not yet even seen in any of the trailers could appear too.
It’s an exciting, if not emotionally confusing time, to be a Marvel fan. But these characters should make the transition to Phase 4 a lot easier.
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.
