MCU Phase 4: 10 Things Fans Most Want To See

Less cosmic - more supernatural.

by Ewan Paterson
Marvel

MCU Phase 4 might not arrive until Spider-Man: Far From Home releases July 2019 (which, in all fairness, is only a year away), but already fans are anticipating as to what it may entail. Avengers 4 is set to alter the fabric of the franchise forever, ushering in new stars while old ones disembark for good, and with teases of the next series of films being 'distinctly different', there hasn't really been a better - or more exciting - time to be a Marvel fan.

That said, there are always areas in which Marvel Studios could improve, and fans have been just as vocal in singing the franchise's praises as they have in criticising it on occasion. There are a whole host of areas that Disney are yet to tap into on the big screen, and in ensuring the series remains fresh, exciting and innovative, the Marvel writers' room will have to draw inspiration from right across Marvel's comics.

It's a challenging task, but chatter amongst the MCU faithful could layout the roadmap of how best to proceed, or at least to make note of. With the acquisitions of the Fantastic Four and X-Men too, Marvel Studios' arsenal is only set to get bigger, but what - and who - should they look to include first?

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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.