Avengers: Infinity War - 11 Things That Definitely Won't Happen

8. Marvel's Netflix Characters Appear

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Ever since Marvel announced they were making The Defenders, and the shows leading up to it, talk has swirled about where and when the characters might show up on the big screen. After all, they are in the MCU, and inhabit the same New York that we've seen in the movies.

Infinity War, then, has been pointed towards as the most logical point, given it's bringing together every other strand of the MCU too, so why not the TV side? Even now there are rumours of appearances from the likes of Daredevil or Luke Cage, even just in cameos.

However, from Kevin Feige down it's repeatedly been stated that it can't and won't happen, and not just in a teasing/tricking sort of way. The co-director of Infinity War, Joe Russo, even said himself it was "impossible".

It's not just the amount of characters, but the fact that Marvel TV is quite separate from the film side of things, despite the shared universe. Marvel Television still comes under the Marvel Entertainment banner, which is headed up by Ike Perlmutter. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige, however, reports straight to Disney, a change that was reportedly made because of Feige's frustrations with Perlmutter, so it's difficult to imagine there being too much synergy between them. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. won't be there either, but there is at least a slim chance of Agent Coulson having a cameo, given his previous, but even that's a stretch.

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