Young Avengers MCU update

Spoiler warnings for Captain Marvel, and pretty much the rest of the MCU, including potential spoilers for Avengers Endgame.

There’s some rumors going around that Marvel is planning a Young Avengers movie for some time in phase 4. Specifically the rumor suggest the original 2006 lineup will be the cast. With Captain Marvel’s release. Young Avengers fans like myself have been wondering how that would work, but now that Captain Marvel is out we now know the terms on which pretty much all of the roster would be introduced to the MCU. As such, I’m gonna go through the cast and show where there status is in the MCU.

Cassie Lang/Stature: I’m gonna start with the most obvious one. Cassie was introduced in the first Ant-Man movie and even more prominently featured in its sequel. She knows her father’s secret identity and seems interested in being a hero herself. So far the only problem is her age, which is going to be a recurring them in this list. Reportedly actress Emma Fuhrmann has been cast as an older version of the character.

Patriot: Rights issues with the character’s creator pretty much guarantees Marvel won’t use Elijah Bradley, but Rayshaun Lucas could fill the slot. Either way there have been no hints to their origins in the MCU so far and if any member is getting left off the roster, it’s Patriot.

Kate Bishop: There’s rumors of a Kate Hawkeye tv show in the works, which would contradict the YA film rumors, which have more traction right now. Either way, the path has been set up for Kate pretty easily. We’ve seen Hawkeye in the Ronin costume for Avengers: Endgame, leaving the mantle open for her. Kate’s origin isn’t tied to any other characters so she would be the easiest to introduce. The fact that she’s all over the place helps her out too.

Vision: Paul Bettany’s Vision died in Infinity War and is regarded as one of the characters most likely to stay dead. That said, he might have a role in the upcoming Scarelt Witch show, which is now apparently titled Scarlet Witch and Vision. Maybe Jonas will be the version of Vision in that show, but I doubt it.

Iron Lad: No hint of him so far, but Kang is one of the last big Avengers villains they haven’t done yet. He’s a firm possibility, but another character alter down this list my take some of his role in the YA’s origin. It is looking like time travel will be necessary for the YA to work in the MCU.





Hulkling: Here’s where things get interesting. Captain Marvel thrust the Skrulls and Kree into the public consciousness, and both are likely to continue to be important in the MCU. Although they did change Mar-Vell’s gender, most of Teddy’s backstory could still work. Mar-Vell spent several years on Earth, and was sympathetic to the Skrulls. it’s entirely possible that Mar-Vell had a half skrull child CArol never learned about, but the only problem is this backstory would put Teddy in his 30′s in 2019. They could have him be the child of some other Kree/Skrull pairing, but it’s looking like time travel will be needed to amke this roster work.

Wiccan and Speed:

Here things get even more interesting. Somehow the MCU managed to sell the Wanda/Vision relationship, even making it the focal point of Infinity War’s climax. Add to that the casting call for twin infant boys for Avengers Endgame and it looks like Tommy and Billy are coming in some form. The Vision/Scarlet Witch show could flesh out their really complex backstory, but it looks like they’ll be infants in 2019.

Loki: Although not included in the rumor, I think we have to talk about Loki. Loki is also getting his own tv show, but even though Tom Hiddleston will star, I imagine it will take inspiration form Agent of Asgard and Journey into Mystery. As such, I imagine multiple version of Loki will be running around. He’s his own worst enemy, after all. I could see him taking some of Kang’s role, as he has more marquee value (and honestly Iron Lad is a dumb name.) Also, if they do crossovers for the tv shows, a Loki/Scarlet Witch crossover focusing on Wanda’s twins would be really cool.





So there you have it! A lot of characters have places in the MCU, though bringing them all together will be tricky. Fortunately the Young Avengers origin story revolves around time travel, and that looks like the simplest way to tie all of this together. It will make Teddy a 100% nineties kid, which is kind of hilarious. Anyway, let em know if you have theories or if I’ve missed anything.