The Marvel Cinematic Universe isn’t the popular culture pressure it as soon as was. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania underperformed on the field workplace, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 did not make a billion {dollars} (a lofty milestone, but it surely was as soon as a given for an MCU film), and Loki isn’t attracting the identical degree of buzz because it did throughout its first season. There’s additionally the Jonathan Majors… mess.
To get out of its post-Avengers: Endgame rut, Marvel is reportedly having “talks” about getting the OG Avengers again collectively.
According to Variety, “this would come with reviving Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man and Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow, each of whom have been killed off in Endgame.” (Superheroes getting back from the useless is nothing new for comedian books — or Fast and Furious motion pictures.) This plan would additionally presumably contain Chris Evans’ Captain America, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk, and Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye. Marvel Studios “hasn’t but dedicated to the concept,” nevertheless, presumably due to the wage necessities. “If it have been capable of carry these actors again, it wouldn’t come low cost. Sources say Downey Jr.’s upfront wage for Iron Man 3 was round $25 million,” Variety stories.
Another possibility is to recast a well-recognized Marvel character with a distinct A-list actor, like when The Hulk went from Edward Norton to Ruffalo. It’s exhausting to think about Iron Man being performed by anybody however Robert Downey Jr. — till Jack Black steps into the crimson and gold go well with. Problem solved!
(Via Variety)
