MCU: Predicting 10 Fox/Marvel Characters Disney Will Use First

8. Silver Surfer

Though there were some pretty loud whispers that the current Silver Surfer movie project was cancelled ahead of the merger deal, those reports coincided with talk of Vice director Adam McKay making his own Silver Surfer project. It's churlish to say that there's no smoke without fire, of course, but it's interesting to note that Kevin Feige responded to McKay's public "come and get me" plea for that movie by saying the following:

“He’s an honest to goodness fan. He did a lot of behind-the-scenes help for us on the first Ant-Man film. I look forward to talking with him.”

You don't talk with anyone about a project you have no intention of considering. And more importantly, you don't talk about anything like that to the press. Feige knows how to whip up excitement for key projects (he's done it previously with the likes of Doctor Strange) and even moree importantly, Marvel Studios' supreme leader has previously talked up his desires to showcase more space-set stories after Avengers: Endgame:

"If the Avengers survive, we will see more films with them in space. I love and would like to see more films in space."

What better way to herald the expansion of the cosmic universe - and the possibility of the multiverse opening to bring in mutants and the Fantastic Four (if that rumour proves to be true) - than with an actual herald?