MCU Phase 4: 10 Mind-Blowing Secrets & Theories You Need To Know
Could the Dark Avengers be coming to the MCU?
The MCU is one of the most popular fanbases around with an incredibly active and dedicated fan base. With that comes a heap of theories about what exactly will be coming next, and some of them are far too good to miss. There's way more than ten out there, so this lot are a collection of some of the most diverse, the most likely, and the most outlandish, all baked together in a cherry theory pie.
Though Phase 3 technically ended with Spider-Man: Far From Home, that was more of an epilogue to the whole adventure. A pick-me-up palette cleanser. The real ending was the one two sucker punch of Infinity War and Endgame, which drew a line under the Infinity Saga full stop.
The MCU enters Phase 4 unburdened by too many central arcs, ready to start again fresh. The possibilities are practically endless, as these theories prove. Moving forward, they'll have to do something special to top Endgame, but fans have every faith.
With the acquisition of the Fox properties, the MCU has an even wider span than before. While some theories focus on this, others are much closer to home.
10. Namor Joins The MCU
Fears of an ever more powerful capitalist monopoly aside, you’d think that Disney acquiring Marvel and Fox would put an end to licensing issues. Alas, Hulk is still under a Universal ownership, and it remains unclear what the deal with Namor is.
One of the reasons we’re yet to see the Sub-Mariner on screen is because no one appears fully aware of who owns his rights. Behind closed doors, this may have been sorted out though. At least, that’s if the MCU hints prove to have substance.
In a seemingly irrelevant conversation in Endgame, Okoye and Black Widow discuss an earthquake off the coast of Wakanda. If this turns out to be caused by Atlantis though, it becomes very relevant indeed. Namor played a key role in the original Infinity War arc, so it makes sense that his origin is attached to that.
He’s also fairly easy to introduce. Unlike the X-Men or the Fantastic Four, Namor has an easy out: he was hiding underwater. Thanos caused him to surface.
If he does indeed have a Hulk style ownership, we could see a Defenders team up of those two and Doctor Strange, possibly with Scarlet Witch filling in for Silver Surfer.