MCU Phase 4: 10 Massive Stories Marvel Could Adapt Next

6. Infinity Watch

Though Kevin Feige and James Gunn have both said that the new Phase will focus on an entirely new story, the most organic progression for the post-Infinity War period would be a run of stories focused on the aftermath.

The Infinity Stones are not simply going to go away, and it would make a lot of sense for the movies to introduce the same means of dealing with them as the comics did - the establishment of an Infinity Watch. In the source, one Stone was given to a protector (with each identity kept secret from the others), until a new threat (Man-Beast) sought to kidnap them and use the Stones against leader Adam Warlock.

A movie focused on a Watch wouldn't necessarily have to use the same Watch line-up, but the general idea of characters given one to look after and being picked off by a new villain would make for an incredibly compelling set of movies. And it would introduce a sort of detective story element that could work very well.