I think it's time to add Sleepwalker into the mix.

Just bought IMAX tickets for Infinity War. Am excite.

I think that was known for the most part, or at least speculated. I'm pretty sure she's meant to be a player in the 2019 sequel though.

I assume Captain Marvel, Ant-Man and Wasp will be joining the sequel. With whoever survives Infinity War!

The two Captain Marvel movies (Shazam and Brie Larson) next year are the two movies I'm looking forward to most after Infinity War

With Captain Marvel being set in the 90s, featuring Nick Fury heavily, whose first line in the MCU mentioned the existence of other Superheroes, I have a general idea of where Fury, Hawkeye and AM&W are during Infinity War.

The main question of Captain Marvel is where she has been all this time. I think when Thanos comes to earth, Fury sees an opportunity to retrieve Captain Marvel and gets Hawkeye (long time Shield agent who might already know Captain Marvel) and Ant-Man (Pym had Shield ties and tech that can help in this situation).

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The two Captain Marvel movies (Shazam and Brie Larson) next year are the two movies I'm looking forward to most after Infinity War

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I have a hard time getting excited for Shazam. The 70s and 80s live action and cartoon shows ruined him for me forever.

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With Captain Marvel being set in the 90s, featuring Nick Fury heavily, whose first line in the MCU mentioned the existence of other Superheroes, I have a general idea of where Fury, Hawkeye and AM&W are during Infinity War.

The main question of Captain Marvel is where she has been all this time. I think when Thanos comes to earth, Fury sees an opportunity to retrieve Captain Marvel and gets Hawkeye (long time Shield agent who might already know Captain Marvel) and Ant-Man (Pym had Shield ties and tech that can help in this situation).

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I'm still of the opinion that she is tied to the Soul Stone and this Avengers ends with Thanos having all the stones except that one and he sets off to find her/the stone.

No Snyder, though, anywhere near this project

But with this being a Marvel thread, I'm very interested to see the Captain Marvel story line for her first movie. I grew up in the 90's so I'm hoping for some references to that decade.

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I'm still of the opinion that she is tied to the Soul Stone and this Avengers ends with Thanos having all the stones except that one and he sets off to find her/the stone.

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I guess we'll find out in a bit more than a month. Someone more knowledgeable than me, when does the Captain Marvel stand-alone come out? Is it before the fourth Avengers?

I believe so

Captain Marvel on March 8
Avengers 4 on May 3

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I believe so

Captain Marvel on March 8
Avengers 4 on May 3

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If CapAm dies, I hope they do not push to have CapMarvel lead the "new" Avengers so soon after being introduced.

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I believe so

Captain Marvel on March 8
Avengers 4 on May 3

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If CapAm dies, I hope they do not push to have CapMarvel lead the "new" Avengers so soon after being introduced.

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I think the New Avengers leads will consist of T'Challa, Strange, Cap Marvel with Bucky/Sam being the Cap role of leader.

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I believe so

Captain Marvel on March 8
Avengers 4 on May 3

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If CapAm dies, I hope they do not push to have CapMarvel lead the "new" Avengers so soon after being introduced.

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I feel like its been a solid co-lead between Ironman & Cap. If they're both gone then I would think it would have no true leader. It would be shared between Marvel, Black Panther, Spider-Man, and maybe even Bucky if he takes up the shield.

Black Panther, as king of a nation, seems unlikely to have the time to lead the Avengers. Sam or Bucky are the odds on favorites, imo. Which means nothing.

This isn't the real world. He's a huge character now. His solo movie topped all others. He's going to be a Major player in the next several Avengers movies.

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Excerpts from Empire magazine article

Thanos is preoccupied at the start of the film, so sends the Black Order to Earth to try to get the Infinity Stones for him.

Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive go to Edinburgh, to get the Mind Stone off Vision. Vision and Scarlet Witch are rescued last-minute by Captain America, Black Widow and Falcon.

The big round thing hovering over NYC is Cull Obsidian and Ebony Maw's ship. ("You can't park here, buddy. Earth is closed today. Take your tractor beam and skedaddle." - Stark)

They've come to get the Time Stone off Doctor Strange. Stark tries desperately to get Banner to hulk out, but he can't. ("Don't embarrass me in front of the wizard" - Stark)

Thanos is "the main character" of the movie.

Infinity War won't be especially funny (in comparison to Homecoming and Ragnarok). "The one thing that character deaths do is remind you that the world has real stakes. Death is a real possibility in the storytelling" - Anthony Russo.

Joe Russo says "you should go back and look at clues in Civil War to what's in Avengers 4." Anthony Russo says "it's more of an epic adventure in the classic sense, with huge emotional stakes."

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Friend of mine seems to think it's Banner inside the Hulkbuster suit.

Hadn't heard this theory, but it's not bad.

Well now I know he's probably full of **** and knew about it.

You mind want to [sp] that one. It was pretty much confirmed via toy.

Yep.

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Friend of mine seems to think it's Banner inside the Hulkbuster suit.

Hadn't heard this theory, but it's not bad.

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I am 99% sure I suggested it in this thread after the first trailer.

How would you have deduced that from the first one?

So, had a random thought this morning after seeing a clip/conversation about Ragnarok on Twitter. I was thinking how cool it would have been if they had concealed the fact that Hulk was in the movie. That got me to thinking...

What could Marvel do for a movie with no marketing at all? Say they announce a new movie on the slate simply called Moon Knight (since he has been discussed recently on the board). They hold no press conferences, answer no questions, do not even release a cast. The only posters or commercials are just the film's logo. Any information about the movie is just what is gleaned from gossip websites and the occasional spy photo.

Does this sort of campaign build mystique for a new character film?

What if it wasn't a minor character, but a huge one, say... Wolverine. There's a character with an iconic screen representation that will be tough to replace and will be controversial when they do. Does an anti-marketing campaign like that energize the film?

Just thinking random Marvel thoughts this morning.

I can't imagine that being a good strategy to build interest. Maybe with fanboys and the hardcores, but that would most likely cripple a movie's earning potential.

I agree, but I think they've reached the level where if they released an out of nowhere movie with maybe a trailer a few weeks before it came out it wouldn't do poorly. Marvel has become masterful with their marketing. A shock announcement like that would nearly market itself with all the news it would generate

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I agree, but I think they've reached the level where if they released an out of nowhere movie with maybe a trailer a few weeks before it came out it wouldn't do poorly. Marvel has become masterful with their marketing. A shock announcement like that would nearly market itself with all the news it would generate

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i think a marvel movie with no marketing would do better than any other random movie with no marketing.

but like you said, marvel has been masterful at marketing (as well as pretty much all other aspects of developing the MCU), so i don't think we can discount the amount of impact those efforts have on the films' performance.

I think only two franchises could pull that off, Marvel and Star Wars.

I'm holding out hope that Star Wars drops an Obi-Wan announcement teaser out of nowhere.

Yeah I don't think even Marvel could pull an out of nowhere release. The marketing has been a main reason why movies like Doctor Strange and Ant-Man do as well as they do.

Hell, a third Thor movie was one of the highest grossing movies last year. The first two Thor movies are widely regarded as bottom of the barrel Marvel movies (I really like them, but know I'm in the minority). But the marketing for Ragnarok pushed it over the edge.