Dylan O’Brien/Jared Padalecki – Nova

This one depends on a few things. If Marvel starts with Nova in high school, donning a suit given to him by a dying Nova Corps officer, then The Maze Runner star Dylan O’Brien has the dramatic gifts and youthful appearance to play a strong version of that character. However, Marvel has got to know that we’re tired of high school superheroes – Sony beat that trope to death with two Spider-Man franchises in one decade (no amount of Emma Stone can make up for that).

So, unless there’s a really good idea about how to do a younger Nova, it wouldn’t come as a surprise if Marvel shook things up and went with an older version of the character. And if that’s the case, Supernatural actor Jared Padalecki has the fan support and the right look – not to mention over a decade of small screen badassery under his belt.