The Marvels
Summary
Captain Marvel almost pay up the ultimate price in 2023’sThe Marvels , which would have copy Marvel Studios ' original plan for the ending ofAvengers : Endgame , alter the cast of theMCUforever . Despite becoming the MCU ’s lowest - gross project of all prison term , Nia DaCosta’sThe Marvelshas been fairly positively received among interview . The Phase 5 project bring together Brie Larson ’s Carol Danvers , Teyonah Parris ' Monica Rambeau and Iman Vellani ’s Kamala Khan in a fast - paced battle against Kree rotatory Dar - Benn , portrayed by Zawe Ashton , but while the new all - distaff superhero team finally salvage the day , their destiny were almost very different .
The Marvelscontinued Carol Danvers ' fib as Captain Marvel succeed her MCU debut in 2019 ’s eponymousCaptain Marveland her coming into court aboard otherMCU heroes inAvengers : Endgame . The undertaking also marked the first theatrical appearance of Parris ' Photon and Vellani ’s Ms. Marvel after they were stick in inWandaVisionandMs . Marvel , respectively , on Disney+ . After fighting to protect several world nigh to Carol Danvers , The Marvels’dramatic endingsaw Dar - Benn get the better of and Monica Rambeau trapped in an alternate reality , butearly plans for the Phase 5 projection have now been uncover , showing that Captain Marvel almost did n’t get off unscathed .
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The Marvels released in November 2023 as the subsequence to 2019 ’s Captain Marvel , but it fail to address several loose end and unanswered questions .
Captain Marvel Was Doomed In An Early The Marvels Draft
In the lede up toThe Marvels’final consequence , Captain Marvel , Photon and Ms. Marvel battle Dar - Benn , using their new web to disorientate the Kree villain . Nevertheless , Dar - Benn still contend to acquireKamala Khan ’s Quantum Band , increasing her baron significantly . While undertake to utilise both Quantum Bands to siphon energy from Earth ’s sun , however , Dar - Benn is destroyed , but this opens a rupture in the fabric of realness . Monica Rambeau ’s actions sterilise this mistake , leaving her trapped on the other side , but the details of this scene almost went very differently , as former drafts forThe Marvelsfeatured Captain Marvel ’s dying .
Speaking onComicbook.com’sPhase Zero podcast , Dar - Benn worker Zawe Ashton divulge that an alternative ending had been film which saw Captain Marvel and Dar - Benn go on their battle after the latter acquired the Quantum Bands . Ashton revealed that they"combust together"inThe Marvels’original plan , propose Brie Larson ’s Carol Danvers was almost removed from the MCU in Phase 5.This may have repeated an unused pitch from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige for 2019’sAvengers : Endgame , which would have had major implications on the time to come of the MCU , especially since Monica Rambeau already made the ritual killing play inThe Marvels .
There was another ending that we did film where Brie and myself are kind of in space still have it out , and they kind of combust together , which was really awing . And that was just a twenty-four hour period on wires hang up out with Brie , which is surreal and fun . But yeah , there were a few different plan , I think .
Endgame Almost Ended With The Original Avengers Dying
Just as the ending ofThe Marvelsalmost tag Carol Danvers ' death in the MCU , Avengers : Endgamenearly sacrifice all theoriginal members of the MCU ’s Avengers . According to Joe and Anthony Russo , who directedAvengers : Infinity WarandEndgame , Marvel Studios ' President Kevin Feige ab initio pitched an thought that all the original Avengers could give themselves for the luck of the universe inEndgame(viaTwitter ) . Thankfully , this did n’t get past the brainstorming form , butthis would ’ve had major repercussions as Marvel Studios channelise into the MCU ’s Multiverse Saga , just as Captain Marvel ’s expiry would have inThe Marvels .
Kevin did really hawk at one point taking all the OG ’s off the board , we reckon it was way too aggressive and that the audience would n’t be able to treat , and that in fact picking one or two characters to make sacrifices throughout the movie might give you moments throughout the motion picture where , you know , the action could stop , and you could have worked up catharsis and then preserve with the narrative , and then have more emotional catharsis .
Indeed , bothTony Stark ’s Iron Man and Natasha Romanoff ’s Black Widowdid perish inAvengers : Endgame , and Steve Rogers retired as Captain America , but Thor , Clint Barton ’s Hawkeye and Bruce Banner ’s Hulk have had key roles in the Multiverse Saga . This would n’t have been potential had they been taken"off the board"inEndgame . Conversely , this unfearing swing may have allowed the MCU to have something of a clean slate when lead into Phase 4 , but it ’s probably for the good that at least some of the original Avengers are still around , as it provides a much - require sense of consistency .
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The MCU Has Almost Killed Multiple Heroes
The original Avengers and Captain Marvel are n’t the firstheroes that Marvel Studios has almost killed offbefore their meter . Some minor characters , such as Happy Hogan , Baron Mordo and Hank Pym , almost did n’t survive , but even some of the MCU ’s most celebrated fixture nearly escort this same discussion . Loki was almost toss off inThor : The Dark World , Nick Fury almost lost his lifespan inEndgame , the Scarlet Witch almost did n’t come back afterInfinity War , and Hawkeye could have disappeared as early asThe Avengers . fortunately , Captain Marvel survivedThe Marvels , mean she could still return in the MCU ’s future .
Brie Larson ’s future as Carol Danvers , a.k.a . Captain Marvel , has n’t yet been confirmed .
