Kang the Conqueror has arrived, and he's here to stay. The Loki finale finally introduced the temporal tyrant into the franchise, with Jonathan Majors debuting as one of his variants, He Who Remains. The real Kang was then revealed to have taken over the TVA at the end of the episode, teeing up the villain's major presence in the future of the MCU. But as much as the universe is pressing forward, it's also going to look back at its past, too.
Deadpool is on his way to the MCU, and he's sure to make a huge impact. While the Fantastic Four and (eventually) the X-Men are getting rebooted, Marvel won't want to mess with Wade Wilson. Ryan Reynolds is returning to his beloved role for Deadpool 3, which is being written now and is expected to start shooting next year. Fans are eager to know just how integrated DP will be with the wider franchise. Well, from what we're hearing, he'll be a key player in where the MCU goes from here.
We're excited to see Ben Affleck return as Batman in The Flash, which will be his fourth appearance as the Dark Knight. For a while, it's been accepted that the movie will mark his final turn in the costume, especially given how the actor effectively announced his retirement a few years ago. However, new reports from our sources are claiming that he is now open to continue in new projects as the character.
It looked like we'd seen the last of the Kelvin timeline cast for a while there, but this month's news that Star Trek 4 is finally happening, with WandaVision's Matt Shakman at the helm, has renewed fans' hopes that Chris Pine could return as Captain Kirk. And if he really is back on board the Enterprise, there's a chance this could lead to us seeing the alternate James Tiberius in a whole new medium.
Disney Plus' Loki reached its season finale this week, and it ended on a killer of a cliffhanger as the multiverse was finally unleashed. Many fans assumed this action will be what fuels the incoming multiversal mayhem we know to expect from the likes of Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. However, we can now report that the God of Mischief will not be the only one responsible for playing havoc with reality.
