Avengers: Endgame - Everything You Need To Know About Black Knight

3. Where The Endgame Rumours Have Come From

One of the more interesting things to note about this Black Knight rumours isn't just that they've emerged pretty much out of the blue, but also because the character isn't really one you'd associate with Thanos, the Infinity Stones, and a film that's set to close the book on the MCU's oldest heroes.

He's certainly more supernatural than cosmic, and though the same principle applies to Doctor Strange, that particular character has been rolling with the Avengers for literal decades, and was heavily involved in the fight to take down Thanos back during the original Infinity Saga in the early nineties.

Endgame has a monumental task ahead, with the film certain to not only resolve Infinity War's cliffhanger ending, but also to close the book on several key Marvel characters too, including the likes of Iron Man and Captain America - all that while also laying the groundwork for Phase 4, which is widely expected to be the MCU's most unique yet.

It is perhaps that last aspect that fans are most intrigued by, and this is where Black Knight is set to come in. Just before the New Year, Jeremy Conrad claimed on Twitter that "Marvel does have a plan for [Black Knight], and they already know how he'll be introduced," intimating that the character could yet take a key role in the franchise's coming years.