MovieBob Predicts the (Near) Future of Movies

[Ieyke]

HA!
Bob figured it out too.
Ms. Marvel will BE "Ms. Marvel". None of this Captain nonsense yet.
Marvel doesn't skip steps, and, as Bob said 2 "Captain" titled movies won't happen, and with "Ms." beating Wonder Woman to the screen it's just ANOTHER huge blow to DC.

As for her being in Guardians Of The Galaxy....yea, probably.
Honestly, Ms. Marvel as the 3rd 2015 movie (Age Of Ultron and Ant-Man are too close together for there to not be a 3rd one) would make a TON of sense, continuing on the momentum of both Guardians Of The Galaxy AND Age Of Ultron, and building toward Avengers 3:Infinity Gauntlet.

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Avengers team breaking apart at the end of Age Of Ultron? ....Eh. I doubt it.
I think they're going to have a lot on their plate in setting up everything ELSE in Infinity Gauntlet to the point where having to rewrangle the Avengers is just going to be extra complication.
Now Infinity Gauntlet breaking apart the team and THAT leads to Avengers 4 being Civil War...THAT I can see.

I just REALLY doubt Avengers 3 is going to be BOTH Infinity Gauntlet AND Civil War.

Civil War is too big to be a side story when all the heroes need to be united to fight Thanos, and if Captain America is going to be the big major death in Infinity Gauntlet because Crossbones assassinates him.....Thanos isn't going to be doing any dramatic hero killing to top that?
I just don't see it. Doesn't add up.
Best I can figure right now, the math adds up to RDJ needing a 2 movie contract extension, and Evans need 1 more.
Iron Man 4 to resolve the 3-movie long setup of the Mandarin, and Avengers 4:Civil War - in which Cap dies and Tony retires.
RDJ will probably do it if offered the money. Chris Evans agreeing to one more Avengers movie to close out Cap's story is the iffy part.

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Cucumberpatch playing Doctor Strange? Yea. I'll buy that. Convinced? No. Not quite.

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Already having cast Ms. Marvel? Eh... If she's in Guardians Of The Galaxy, yea, I guess so.
Annoyingly, that probably means they cast her sub-optimally and didn't get Katheryn Winnick to play her.
REALLY hoping they hold off on casting Ms. Marvel 'til they realize Winnick needs to play her.

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Shredder as April's father? No.
Splinter as April's father? ...Maybe?

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Superman dying in 'Goyer V Snyderawn Of Bad Decisions'?
Sure. Why not?
Who cares?
Wouldn't surprise me.
Apparently Doomsday IS rumored to be in it...
I BARELY care more about this movie than the so-called "Fantastic Four" abomination that Fox is making.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

1. Civil War would be boring as a movie. How many non comic readers would give a shit? It was great in comics if you read them for years, but in a movie universe it would suck. They could connect it with Thanos story in A3, but it wouldnt work - would people really rally for no masks when Thanos is doing his thing? Also they will disband, they said in the first movie they do their own thing and team up when a threat needs them. Its why they have been doing their own thing in their own movies set after Avengers.

2. Superman dying would be a shitty choice in a long line of terrible choices they have made for this movie. Lex wearing kyrptonite armour in BvS is dumb. Why would he have it? How would he even know its his weakness? Personally they should keep the green rock out of Superman for a while, ive always found it cheap and lazy. Also killing Superman just because you want the rest of JL relevant is a stupid reason - if he is going to be resurrected then that same issue is still there. Adding Doomsday is way to early as well, need to set up Superman in a few movies so we know he is the most powerful hero on the planet. Then Doomsday being a major threat would be earned and would make a great movie. Again, why are they rushing everything?

3. I like Cumberbatch, no idea if he would make a good Dr Strange.

4. Dont care. Why cant enemies just be enemies and the heroes are heroes. Why have connections and links between the groups? Just makes the movie world smaller.

5. Shrug.

6. Han dead. Luke and leia dead also. I predict they will all die in a suicide mission and the young cast get to continue as the lead.

 

[softclocks]

Man Civil War wasn't great if you read comics...

 

[zelda2fanboy]

I've thought Han was going to die in that movie for awhile. Harrison Ford really seems to despise Star Wars and talking about Star Wars, so outside of the truckloads of money he can add to his truckloads of money to do this movie, would be the absolute promise of never having to do it again.

 

[i4njw]

with "Ms." beating Wonder Woman to the screen it's just ANOTHER huge blow to DC.

You realize Wonder Woman's gonna be in BvS, right? And, if they are doing a Ms. Marvel film, it's not going be before Dr. Strange, Black Panther, or Thor 3, none of which have been assigned dates. It's not gonna be the next 2015 film, either; if they gave Captain America a 2016 slot, what makes you think they'd give friggin Ms. Marvel, a character that not even a ton of comic fans really care about, a 2015 slot? Why not She-Hulk, or one of the films I listed above?

And if you just mean that she'll beat Diana to a solo film, did you entirely forget about the leak reported and confirmed by large, reputable people and sites stating that among lots of other films, she's getting a movie July of 2017?

For real, what is with your blind hate for DC?

 

[Edguy]

I don't really know if Cumberbatch is a good cast for Strange, but I know for certain it would be a smart cast! If Cumberbatch is Dr Strange, then you can be certain that every single tumblr user will put their asses in the theaters. That also opens up ther the possibility for Marvel to have a movie with both Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston; every single fan-girl in the world would faint, then immediately buy tickets to at least 10 screenings.

Also can't they just drop both Ms and Captain, and just call the movie "Marvel: "

 

[Ieyke]

with "Ms." beating Wonder Woman to the screen it's just ANOTHER huge blow to DC.

You realize Wonder Woman's gonna be in BvS, right? And, if they are doing a Ms. Marvel film, it's not going be before Dr. Strange, Black Panther, or Thor 3, none of which have been assigned dates. It's not gonna be the next 2015 film, either; if they gave Captain America a 2016 slot, what makes you think they'd give friggin Ms. Marvel, a character that not even a ton of comic fans really care about, a 2015 slot? Why not She-Hulk, or one of the films I listed above?

And if you just mean that she'll beat Diana to a solo film, did you entirely forget about the leak reported and confirmed by large, reputable people and sites stating that among lots of other films, she's getting a movie July of 2017?

For real, what is with your blind hate for DC?

- Wonder Woman having a minor part in Dawn Of Bad Decisions isn't a Wonder Woman movie.
- She's going to beat Black Panther to the screen.
- With War Machine and Falcon both being upgraded to the Avengers, Marvel's not so worried about Black Panther.
- Kevin Feige has said they're getting ready to do a superheroine movie and that he doesn't feel like a Black Widow spin-off would really count.
- Phase 3 is the Cosmic Phase. Ms. Marvel is one of the main Cosmic heroes.
- Ms. Marvel is pretty huge in the comics right now, and people are demanding the Ms. Marvel movie be announced.
Most people thought that that was what they were going to announce on 'The View'.
- Marvel already has the Ms. Marvel script completed and is building towards announcing her movie. Currently the most likely release slot is May 5 or July 27, 2017. Either before or after Thor 3.
- She-Hulk won't happen until after The Incredible Hulk 2, and then she'll probably get a TV/Netflix show.

WB/DC has made NOTHING but bad decisions for 6 years now, aside from Arrow, Flash, and the Batman Arkham games, which are weird little miracles.
Like, I literally have a list.
A long list.
A list of all the stupid shit they'e done.
TONS of it relates directly to Goyer V Snyderawn Of Bad Decisions.

 

[i4njw]

with "Ms." beating Wonder Woman to the screen it's just ANOTHER huge blow to DC.

You realize Wonder Woman's gonna be in BvS, right? And, if they are doing a Ms. Marvel film, it's not going be before Dr. Strange, Black Panther, or Thor 3, none of which have been assigned dates. It's not gonna be the next 2015 film, either; if they gave Captain America a 2016 slot, what makes you think they'd give friggin Ms. Marvel, a character that not even a ton of comic fans really care about, a 2015 slot? Why not She-Hulk, or one of the films I listed above?

And if you just mean that she'll beat Diana to a solo film, did you entirely forget about the leak reported and confirmed by large, reputable people and sites stating that among lots of other films, she's getting a movie July of 2017?

For real, what is with your blind hate for DC?

- Wonder Woman having a minor part in Dawn Of Bad Decisions isn't a Wonder Woman movie.
- She's going to beat Black Panther to the screen.
- With War Machine and Falcon both being upgraded to the Avengers, Marvel's not so worried about Black Panther.
- Kevin Feige has said they're getting ready to do a superheroine movie and that he doesn't feel like a Black Widow spin-off would really count.
- Phase 3 is the Cosmic Phase. Ms. Marvel is one of the main Cosmic heroes.
- Ms. Marvel is pretty huge in the comics right now, and people are demanding the Ms. Marvel movie be announced.
Most people thought that that was what they were going to announce on 'The View'.
- Marvel already has the Ms. Marvel script completed and is building towards announcing her movie. Currently the most likely release slot is May 5 or July 27, 2017. Either before or after Thor 3.
- She-Hulk won't happen until after The Incredible Hulk 2, and then she'll probably get a TV/Netflix show.

WB/DC has made NOTHING but bad decisions for 6 years now, aside from Arrow, Flash, and the Batman Arkham games, which are weird little miracles.
Like, I literally have a list.
A long list.
A list of all the stupid shit they'e done.
TONS of it relates directly to Goyer V Snyderawn Of Bad Decisions.

- Just because it's not a Wonder Woman movie doesn't mean she beats Carol to the silver screen
- What does Falcon and WM have to do with Black Panther? Is it because they're black? That's not why Marvel would be worried about doing a BP movie.
- How is Phase 3 the cosmic phase? The only movies we have confirmed for Phase 3 are Ant-Man, Cap 3, Dr. Strange, and Avengers 3 (most likely). None of those are cosmic films.
- Just because a character is popular in the comics doesn't make them instantly popular in the movies. If you haven't noticed, comic sales haven't increased due to films.
- May or July 2017 is around the same time WW should come out. That's not a big damn deal. The movie will have been finished by then; Warner Bros isn't going to be shitting themselves because a B-list female character's movie came out a month before Wonder Woman. IT'S WONDER WOMAN. It's gonna make more money and be more successful than Ms. Marvel.

Plus, how do you know all this stuff? You seem to be pulling it out of your ass. There are *way* more heroes that are going to get films before Ms. Marvel. We've heard about them.

Saying that WB/DC has done nothing but make bad decisions is so incredibly... how do I even put this...
It seems that you're saying that no matter what DC does, they make a wrong move. Since you include TV shows and video games, I'm assuming you mean across the board. What about animation? DC has been the king of animation since the 90s. Marvel's put out a few X-Men cartoons, Spectacular Spider-Man and that one Hulk vs film, but other than that, their animation is pure shit.
In terms of comics, they're on level footing. For every bad choice DC makes, Marvel makes one just as bad. For every great new book that comes out of Marvel, DC gets a great new ongoing as well.
For TV, DC is MILES ahead of Marvel. Sure, they've got all the Netfilx series, which look AWESOME, but those aren't until next year. This upcoming season, there'll be four DC shows on TV, all of which have gotten good reviews thus far. Marvel will have two, one of which is regarded as being a massive disappointment by everyone except diehard slobbering MCU fans.
And in terms of film, back in 2005, when Batman Begins was released (by the way, how bad were *those* decisions?) WB/DC didn't know that the whole connected universe superhero thing would be as big as it is today. They were focused on making a great, solid trilogy, and by the time it was over, Marvel was way ahead. DC release Man of Steel, which, other than having a terrible script, was a good film. Better than anything Marvel had made at that point except for Captain America, IMO. Batman v Superman looks to be very promising. They've got a two-time Oscar winner on board, and the writer of the Best Picture winner of 2012 doing the script. The biggest flaw of MoS is being resolved, and they're just adding good things. You're blinded by your love of Marvel and strange hatred for DC that I honestly don't understand.

 

[Ieyke]

Oh, it'd just take waaaay too long to fill you in on everything you've obviously missed.
But yea, you should look into researching some stuff. Look into the actual details, especially, before you start making assumptions.

The devil is in the details.

 

[Callate]

I want the Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. version of Captain Marvel. Played by Gina Torres.

I'm not going to get it, but I can dream.

 

[TallanKhan]

@Darth_Payn, S.H.I.E.L.D. is being rebuilt. S.W.O.R.D. already exists in the MCU, and it's function is pretty clear: they handle outer space stuff. They are humanity's S.W.O.R.D., fending off the external, while S.H.I.E.L.D. handles the internal. Apart from sharing a few spaceships I don't see them being anything more then the FBI is the the CIA.

Unrelated: how is it that we are 18 comments in an no one mentioned the fact that Bob wrote "Kirk dies" instead of "Spoke dies"? I'm disappointed in you guys.

Maybe because it's Spock that dies?

As for S.W.O.R.D I had would have bet good money that Agents was setting us up for Victoria Hand running the organisation as an autonomous body following the collapse of S.H.I.E.L.D. Think about it, she got more character development than practically any other character outside of the main cast, they had her played by Saffron Burrows, probably the most high profile actor in the show (excluding cameos) after Clark Gregg and maybe Bill Paxton, and her and Coulson had that great "Now we're the only ones left moment". That said I am not ruling her out completely, as the end of season one gave a pretty big hint that Life Model Decoys may walk among us, and thus the events of Turn, Turn, Turn might not have been as final as we had thought.

Just my crazy fan theory but I do think the character was too good to waste.

 

[MorganL4]

Also, I'm hoping that they'd ditch the "Ms." for "Captain" by the second Captain Marvel movie. They've gotta do it for at least one, but I would hope that they just let the character and the film speak for itself.

Well it would probably have to be the 3rd, because in the first you are going to have Captain Mar-vel, the alien, who inspires Carol Danvers to become a superhero (and accidentally grants her her powers), and so in the 2nd one she won't want to create confusion between herself and the Kree alien. Then by the 3rd, Mar-vel will probably go back to his home planet and Danvers can officially take up the monicker.

 

[Ieyke]

The rumors of a Kree invasion happening in Phase 3 makes PERFECT sense when you factor in Ms. Marvel.

First Ms. Marvel movie:
- I figure Captain Mar-Vell shows up as a Kree spy/scout who has been undercover as a S.W.O.R.D.scientist, and has been covertly studying Earth for the Kree while becoming Earth-friendly in the process.
- Carol Danvers is an Air Force Major assigned to S.W.O.R.D. operations and is friends with Mar-Vell's scientist form.
- The Kree invasion comes to Earth. Mar-Vell reveals himself and tries to stop the invasion.
- Carol Danvers is sent to battle the Kree as part of the S.W.O.R.D. defense force.
- Something happens to Mar-Vell as he tries to stand between the Kree and Earth militaries, and his powers get transferred into Carol.
- Carol gets her Ms. Marvel powers and becomes Ms. Marvel.
- Ms. Marvel defeats Ronan The Accuser, the Kree capture the traitor, Mar-Vell, and they leave, swearing to return to conquer Earth later.

2nd Ms. Marvel movie:
- Ms. Marvel does....*insert adventures here*.

3rd movie:
- Ms. Marvel somehow once again encounters the Kree, and discovers where they're holding Captain Mar-Vell - attempting to get info about Earth out of him.
- She attempts to rescue Mar-Vell, only to have him seemingly die when she finally reaches him.
- She takes the name Captain Marvel in his honor.

Xth movie: The Muslim teen, Kamala Khan, find herself with superpowers and takes the name Ms. Marvel in honor of her hero Ms./Captain Marvel - setting the young actress up to be the successor to Carol Danvers' actress whenever her contract expires. Maybe by then Marvel will have the X-Men rights back and the MCU Rogue can steal Carol's powers - knocking her out of the picture and leaving Khan to take over?



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Also, I echo any and all reluctance to believe Agents Of SHIELD killed off Victoria Hand in such a throwaway way.
Had to be an LMD.

 

[jaibryan]

let me throw my 2 cents in on this Ms/Captain Marvel thing. As for the movie, it's coming. Marvel and superhero movies in general have been very white maley and they need to get a female led movie out there (black widow will never get her own movie and that's how it should be). the problem is that they need to get a black led superhero movie out there just as bad. i personally think that they will do panther first then marvel just because we've heard more whispers about it. as for what she should be called, i'm going with ms for a few reasons. 1) she owes her powers to mar-vell. 2) she calls herself marvel to honor mar-vell and didn't take the captain title for the longest just for that reason. 3) if thanos is the main bad guy, we need a mar-vell in avengers 3 since he's like thanos's superman. in a perfect world, we would get a ms. marvel movie than a mar-vell movie showing how he gets the title captain.

 

[Ieyke]

Feige and Scarlett Johannson have both said they're trying to do a Black Widow movie, but they just don't know how they want to do it yet.
So it may very well happen at some point. Just not soon.

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Ms. Marvel fits into the Cosmic Phase 3 PERFECTLY, and can directly carry on the Cosmic foundations laid down by Guardians Of The Galaxy.

The CONSTANT Ms. Marvel movie announcement rumors, the rumors of Ms. Marvel castings, the fact that the Ms. Marvel script is completed and waiting to go, the rumors of a Kree invasion movie in Phase 3, the history of Carol Danvers accidentally becoming Ms. Marvel during a battle when the Kree come to Earth, the major Kree characters already seen in Guardians Of The Galaxy trailers (Korath, Ronan), the dead Kree on Agents Of SHIELD, the introduction of the Kree created Inhumans on Agents Of SHIELD, the fact that the Kree in GotG are seemingly hunting the same artifact as Thanos, and the fact that the end of Phase 3 will be Avengers 3:Infinity Gauntlet....
It all adds up PRETTY clearly to it being the Kree-powered heroine's turn.

Black Panther, by contrast has very little to go on.
Avengers:Age Of Ultron MIGHT visit Wakanda (a fairly safe guess based on the assumption that South Africa is somehow Wakanda, and Ultron's general desire for vibranium will lead him to T'Chaka's vibranium mound), and the Black Panther script is likewise complete and shelved, ready to go when a release slot opens up.
But that's about it.
No rumors of announcements, casting, associated plot ideas, nothin'....

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In ALL probability, Ms. Marvel's most likely release slot is May 5 or July 27, 2017. Either before or after Thor 3.
Assuming the pattern (one sequel, one new property) holds,it'll be July 27,2014 - after Thor 3. A year after Doctor Strange.

IF we assume that Phase 3 will be 6 movies long (Phase 1=6 movies over 4 years, Phase 2=5 movie over 3 years), the third November film of 2017 will be the "Avengers 3: Infinity Gauntlet" movie. However, that makes Phase 3 only 2.5 years long - making the Avengers movies pretty cramped, and not leaving a lot of space to set up all the various characters for Avengers 3.
AND that would eliminate Black Panther from being in Phase 3.
HOWEVER, Avengers movies, thus far, always come out in May.
The next SUMMER release date is July of 2018.
The next MAY release date is May 2019.
I think it's safe to assume Avengers 3 WILL be a summer movie, so that leaves November 2017 open POSSIBLY for a Black Panther movie.
IF we assume Avengers always comes out in May, that leaves November 2017, July 2018, and November 2018 all as POSSIBLE slots for Black Panther.
IF they stick religiously to the "one sequel, one new" pattern, that eliminates November 2017 for Black Panther, and would place the Black Panther movie in July 2018. The November 2017 slot is, however, unique. It's the only time they've ever done 3 movies per year. I don't know if they'll hold to the "one sequel, one new" pattern with 3 movies per year...


IF I were to predict the entirety of Phase 3, I'd say that THIS is the most likely:

Spoiler

================PHASE 3================
2015
Ant-Man - July 17, 2015

2016:
Captain America 3 - May 6, 2016
Doctor Strange - July 8, 2016

2017:
?????Thor 3????? - May 5, 2017
?????Ms. Marvel????? - July 27, 2017
?????The Incredible Hulk 2????? - November 3, 2017

2018:
?????Black Panther????? - July 6, 2018
?????Guardians Of The Galaxy 2????? - November 2, 2018

2019:
?????Avengers 3:Infinity Gauntlet????? - May 3, 2019
=======================================

For comparison:
Phase 1 = 6 movies over 4 years
Phase 2 = 5 movies over 3 years
Phase 3 = 9 movies over 4 years

That would make Phase 3 pretty HUGE, but given the nature of the Infinity Gauntlet storyline, and the rumors of the Civil War storyline, there's a LOT to set up. So. *shrug*



The second most likely would be:

Spoiler

================PHASE 3================
2015
Ant-Man - July 17, 2015

2016:
Captain America 3 - May 6, 2016
Doctor Strange - July 8, 2016

2017:
?????Thor 3????? - May 5, 2017
?????Ms. Marvel????? - July 27, 2017
?????The Incredible Hulk 2????? - November 3, 2017

2018:
?????Avengers 3:Infinity Gauntlet????? - July 6, 2018
=======================================
7 movies over 3 years. No Black Panther yet.

 

[Jingle Fett]

I think there's actually a better chance of Luke dying than Han. Or at least Luke dying is a much more elegant solution.

Han dying doesn't really serve much of a purpose storywise and it's already been (sort of) done before and to me it feels like it'd mostly be for shock value. It would be too much of a "ooh look, it's just like Empire". Other than being a minor motivation I don't see how it could affect the story much either. Plus it would mean Chewbacca would be on his own, and who wants to see Chewbacca all alone and sad? I sure don't, I want those two buddies together. And if Leia + Han are married and have kids...I don't know, I think killing him would be a bit much, on top of feeling like a retread. Plus, why would Disney squander the opportunity to appeal to gen X parents?

But Luke? Luke is alone, and he was already pulling the lone wolf stuff back in Empire and RotJ.
He's also the last Jedi.
If the goal of the movie is to pass on the torch, what better way than to have Luke die, passing on the torch to his apprentice just like Obi-Wan did? It accomplishes the same purpose of providing motivation for both the characters and audience (on top of harking back to A New Hope).

I think we can make an educated guess that as the last Jedi, logically Luke's main purpose in life would be to train new jedi, being older he would want to pass on the torch as well as the filmmakers, so he will have at least one apprentice.
Well what has happened to all of the protagonist Jedi masters in the previous movies? They die. Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Yoda...the movies have a history of Jedi masters dying and passing on the torch to their apprentices. Luke dying creates a sense of urgency for his apprentice, on top of it being the #1 way for a Sith to prove he's an asshole.

Plus if the goal of the movie is to pass on the torch...well Luke can't really be kicking ass the whole new trilogy can he? He's going to have to be out of the picture eventually. So Luke can either sort of be there and fade into the background (having the advisor/mentor role) or he can die. OR!! He can do both at the same time...

Asides from the fact that Luke just fading off would be kind of lame, the best part about killing off Luke is that he can die...and still keep advisor/mentor role. He come back whenever it's convenient in ghost form. This while still keeping the central motivation/establishing the villain. Whereas if Han dies, he's dead for good (unless they pull a Khan blood) and all it does is piss people off.
Luke dying also fits the lore of how the force works a lot better too (the whole balance of light/dark cycle thing). If the force wants to maintain balance, Luke's apprentice can't really rise to become the new main Jedi as long as Luke is alive.

So I think that Luke is more likely to die in the first movie than Han. If anyone is going to die, that's the one that makes the most sense. Han, I could see him sacrificing himself by ramming a stolen ship into enemy ship or something like that, but it would happen in the second or third movie.

 

[Xpwn3ntial]

2. Superman dying would be a shitty choice in a long line of terrible choices they have made for this movie. Lex wearing kyrptonite armour in BvS is dumb. Why would he have it? How would he even know its his weakness? Personally they should keep the green rock out of Superman for a while, ive always found it cheap and lazy.

Well, outside of kryptonite being Superman's weakness it's also a powerful, relatively safe energy source. Why Luthor would have a powered armor suit is beyond me but if he had one or some sort of experimental weapon it'd make sense why it's powered by kryptonite and not uranium.

OT: You know what would be nice? Shredder's identity never being revealed, Splinter's just a mutant rat, and April's father was dead the whole time. Actually dead, not the "I need to lay low" dead.

Hopefully all three of the Star Wars cast die in the new one so we can move on from them into new territory. Han dies at the beginning to establish a threat (crap, they took down that badass Solo), Leia dies to establish ruthlessness of the antagonists (killing women is cinematic shorthand for not fucking around), Luke dies to extinguish hope in the rest of the cast (if Master Skywalker couldn't beat them, what chance do we have?). The first two could happen in Episode VII and still leave the audience feeling like bridges haven't been burned.

 

[Mr. Q]

1) I don't think it will a total disbanding of the team or having the team become Captain American, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye, and Quicksilver ala the comics. Maybe Hulk and Tony Stark will leave the team; Banner going back on the run due the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron and Tony, due to his actions creating the main villain, stepping down as Iron Man and passing the mantle to James Rhodes. Thor might go but it might be due to having to deal with the ramifications left at the end of Thor: The Dark World which will lead to Thor 3. Other than that, I think the events of the sequel will lead to them boosting their membership in order to better handle the larger threats coming their way. *coughThanoscough* With Ant-Man and Doctor Strange in the future, you know they will be offered a deal like that in the end credits.

2) Again, I feel this prediction will be wrong. Superman might "die" but will survive before the credits roll. Although, my money is on Gotham City ending up in worse shape than Metropolis did in Man of Steel. You know it's possible given that the same writer and director are on board.

3) Benedict Cumberbatch to play Doctor Strange... Yeah, I could see that happening. It would definitely be one of the major headline grabbers to come out of their upcoming SDCC panel. That, and footage of Avengers 2 would earn them the hype crown once again.

4) Yeah, neither one of those predictions wouldn't be far off. Some of the TV spots for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have this vibe where, while its colorful, the movie has this feeling of embarrassment for its comic book/cartoon origins. I could be off but I'm approaching this like a bomb squad tech approaches a massive car bomb-with fear and caution.

5) Again, this one I feel is severely off. Why would Marvel Comics go through all the trouble to rebrand Carol Danvers from Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel only to flip-flop when a Ms. Marvel movie comes out? That makes no fucking sense. Plus, the name Ms. Marvel is now being held by a new teenage character of Muslim descent (look it up) so its only gonna add to the confusion. Either way, if Carol Danvers is gonna hit the big screen, the movie is going to be called Captain Marvel mostly because they're committed to it. They've jumped off the plane, so there's no going back IMO.

Here's how I predict its gonna go down. The movie will be titled Captain Marvel but it will have two characters who will carry that title: The original Captain Marvel aka Mar-Vell, a Kree soldier infiltrating Earth only to go rouge and be Earth's defender, and Carol Danvers, the Air Force pilot who gains super powers after a bizzare accident involving Kree technology. Mar-Vell and Carol work together to overcome the impending Kree attack for the former's betrayal while developing a non-romantic friendship. Mar-Vell dies in action, possibly in the middle or near the 3rd act, leading to Carol taking up the name. She beats the big bad, saves the planet, gets a visit from Captain America to be offered a role in Avengers 3 (and possible other sequels) in the mid to end credits, movie ends with a set up to Avengers 3 or another connected Marvel Studios movie. If this movie does come out before WB/DC's Wonder Woman, then its gonna be another win/fuck you to their competition (if it can be called that).

Also, if anyone is having trouble with a female superhero sporting a gender neutral superhero name, maybe they shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. I'm just saying.

6) If she is in Guardians of the Galaxy, its possibly in the mid to end credits reveal. I haven't looked at the online spoilers and I don't intend to. PLEASE DON'T NOT BE POSTING THIS STUFF WITHOUT PROPER WARNING! I wanna find out like everyone else upon release.

7) It's possible given that Harrison Ford's injury has put him out of commission. But I think it might be Luke Skywalker who bites it in Episode VII, mostly since the previous movies have shown that the elder Jedi ends up kicking the bucket (see Episode I and Episode IV). It might be the obvious one to go with but I feel Hollywood tends to go with the low-hanging fruit. But we shall see.

 

[Ieyke]

Tony, due to his actions creating the main villain, stepping down as Iron Man and passing the mantle to James Rhodes.

Unlikely. RDJ still has Avengers 3 on his contract. He'll be Iron Man AT LEAST until then, having realized after Ultron that he can't trust a drone army and he personally has the responsibility to use his power to be Iron Man.
I won't be surprised if RDJ's Iron Man ends up having 3 more movies in him (Iron Man 4:VS Mandarin & The Ten Rings - who they've been setting up for 6 years now, and Avengers 4:Civil War), because that would be all you need to neatly and elegantly close out Stark's story.

Why would Marvel Comics go through all the trouble to rebrand Carol Danvers from Ms. Marvel to Captain Marvel only to flip-flop when a Ms. Marvel movie comes out? That makes no fucking sense. Plus, the name Ms. Marvel is now being held by a new teenage character of Muslim descent (look it up) so its only gonna add to the confusion. Either way, if Carol Danvers is gonna hit the big screen, the movie is going to be called Captain Marvel mostly because they're committed to it. They've jumped off the plane, so there's no going back IMO.

That's not how Marvel works. They don't skip major steps with the histories of their heroes (the closest they've gotten is Scott Lang as modern Ant-Man with Hank Pym as a retired Ant-Man).
They put the iconic version of their characters on screen first. And for Carol Danvers, that's Ms. Marvel. For Captain Marvel, that's Mar-Vell, who's an important character they PROBABLY won't want to immediately kill off.
It doesn't matter what Carol is called in the comics. Captain Marvel comics tie in just fine with a Ms. Marvel movie. Not only that, but people going to find her comics will find that she has become Captain Marvel and that a new Ms. Marvel exists - effectively letting a Ms. Marvel movie boost the sales of two different heroes with one movie, and getting people interested in seeing if the new Ms. Marvel ever makes it to the screen.
Additionally, the momentary changes to the comics are of incredibly minor concern to the movies. They're worried about presenting the overall character the most effectively and distinctly. Being able to slap the words "Ms." and "Marvel" up there next to each other INSTANTLY communicates "here's a full-fledged superheroine movie from the biggest name in superheroes". "You've been wondering when a female hero would get her movie, and hoping Marvel would be the ones to do it? YEP. Wish granted."
Also, as MovieBob said, Marvel would be stupid to simultaneously have Captain America and Captain Marvel floating around the MCU, because that just make both of their names less distinctive, and ESPECIALLY not when she still needs to distinguish herself and gather recognition as a character from the general movie-going public.
When everyone is already familiar with Ms. Marvel, and Captain America dies in the MCU and Bucky takes up his mantle, sure, THEN I can see Ms. Marvel stepping into the void to be Captain Marvel.
She'll be THE Captain at that point, with Bucky being the "noob" Captain who has big shoes to fill.

Remember, all of these steps of Carol, Mar-Vell, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, Captain Marvel having been around long enough to have a legacy she respects, Captain Marvel dying and her adopting his title to carry on his legacy, Khan taking up the Ms. Marvel name out of respect for HER longtime hero (who would've had to therefore be "Ms. Marvel" for long enough to not just be known as "Captain Marvel")....these are all significant elements and milestones of Carol's journey and evolution as a character. These are the type of major elements that MArvel is very good about turning into the major story beats of the MCU movies.

Much more than a one-shot book or movie, or even DC Comics, the Marvel Universe has been around for AGES and evolved with thousands and thousands of decisions being made based on existing facts.
Kamala Khan wants to call herself "Ms. Marvel" because she grew up admiring Ms. Marvel, not Captain Marvel. Carol taking the name Captain Marvel simply frees up the name of Khan's idol, and lets her directly pay tribute to the hero she grew up idolizing.
Everything in Marvel is built up this way. You start carelessly removing major Jenga blocks of facts from the story and you can easily undermine the logic that holds up the whole tower.
The MCU has done an EXTRAORDINARILY good job of only skipping over facts that won't affect anything else further down the line. I can't foresee them stopping now, just because after 44 years they up and decided to transfer the name "Captain Marvel" in the comics.

She'll be Captain Marvel in the movies....eventually. With all the 9-movie contracts that they're using now, she'll have PLENTY of movies to use both titles.

Also, if anyone is having trouble with a female superhero sporting a gender neutral superhero name, maybe they shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. I'm just saying.

And it shouldn't have anything to do with that. What it DOES have to do with is that it would be almost as short-sighted as this female "Thor" nonsense....if it weren't for the legal reasons.
Storywise and equality/diversitywise, Ms. Marvel changing her name was pretty dumb.
She was her own major iconic character with her own legacy and history. She was built up and has stood on her own for DECADES. Having her adopt a male character's name and mantle and calling that an "improvement" is COMPLETELY missing the point, and devalues "Ms.".
Realistically speaking, the only reason Carol switched to "Captain" is so Marvel could keep it's stranglehold on the character's name while Captain Marvel is dead, thereby keeping DC from having the room to call Billy Batson "Captain Marvel" again, instead of "Shazam".

 

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the fact that the Ms. Marvel script is completed and waiting to go,

What is your source for this?