Seven years removed from the cultural event that was Avengers: Endgame, it feels nearly impossible to fathom another Marvel movie coming close to that level of importance. It marked the culmination of 11 years of interconnected storytelling, something unprecedented when the original Iron Man arrived in theaters back in 2008. In fact, Endgame was such a definitive culmination for so many people that you could argue the decision to keep releasing projects hurt them in the long run‚ for what felt like such a weighty, emotionally heavy “ending” of the Infinity Saga, some of the finality of those stakes felt deflated by a steady stream of TV shows and movies released afterwards.
As impossible as it seems, the MCU is about to try and capture lightning in a bottle once again with Avengers: Doomsday and its planned sequel Avengers: Secret Wars. Both films will serve as the climax to the “Multiverse Saga,” which began with 2021’s WandaVision and has been defined by the franchise introducing the concept of alternate universes and revisiting previous depictions of Marvel characters from other franchises. However, unlike Infinity War and Endgame, we know that Secret Wars will be far more of a new beginning than any sort of ending — and the source material might just give us insight on how that will unfold.
