MCU Phase 4: Which Characters Will Return After Avengers: Endgame?

6. Jane Foster (And Erik Selvig)

Status: Alive

The side characters from the Thor movies were important previously to explaining the scientific holes in the franchise, but they ran out of usefulness in Phase 2 and both were quietly retired at different times.

Natalie Portman's Jane returned here for a redo of her Thor: The Dark World scenes, but the footage was old and the only thing Portman added was a little voiceover to be used in the distance. Beyond that, she shot nothing new. And nor did Stellan Skarsgard, whose Erik Selvig was a notable absentee other than in the rundown of casualties at the start.

They would have come back after the Hulk Snap, but the fact we didn't see them afterwards suggests they're retired as active characters now.

Next Up: Nothing, probably.

If you see either of them again, it's likely to be Selvig alone. Portman has always maintained she's done and there's just no room for her in the franchise now. Especially not with Thor back out in space.

5. Korg & Miek

Status: Alive

Trust the two former Sakaaran gladiators to steal the show with their Fortnite/Fat Thor sequence. They weren't involved for too long (though they did briefly turn up in the final fight too), but there is so much goodwill for them that they surely HAVE to reappear.

Next Up: ???

If there's any justice in the world, they'll both be back for Guardians Of The Galaxy 3, to really sell the Asgardians Of The Galaxy gimmick. Or in their own TV series on Disney+. Or, hell, in their own entire movie franchise, because they bloody deserve it.