Over the weekend, Marvel Studios wasted no time in reclaiming its crown as the king of summer blockbusters with a successful release. Deadpool and Wolverine and the massive return of San Diego Comic-Con Kingdom.
During the studio’s annual Hall H panel, Marvel boss Kevin Feige announced that the Russo brothers are officially back at the helm Avengers: Doomsday (Replacing the now obsolete Kang Dynasty movies) and Avengers: Secret Wars The one-on-two punch left fans stunned. As if that wasn’t enough, Marvel also spied on the event, announcing that Victor Von Doom will be the new villain of this phase, played by Robert Downey Jr. , who plays the sacrificial hero Tony Stark/Iron Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
This leaves us with the question on everyone’s mind: How to achieve this?
Let’s dive into a few theories based on some really interesting things we learned Deadpool and Wolverine About “Anchored Presence” and “Johnny Storm Effect”. Obviously big spoilers ahead.
What is an anchor creature?
exist Deadpool and Wolverine, when Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is pulled from his timeline by Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen) and TVA, he explains to him that his universe has lost its “anchor” existence” and is slowly decaying. In this case, it’s the “best” of all Wolverines, aka Hugh Jackman’s version of Fox’s Wolverine X-Men movie gundam Logan. as Deadpool and Wolverine We’re reminded that the hero is super dead — and the timeline’s decline is a meta-hint at the end of Fox’s X-Men universe after it was acquired by Disney.
In order to save his timeline, Deadpool embarks on a journey through time to find a replacement Logan to simply insert into his universe in the hope that it will be enough to stop the rot. In the “Power of Love” multiverse travel montage, we get the sense that these universes tend to have a Logan as their anchor creature, so they won’t run away without a fight – except for one: “The Worst” Logan.
how Deadpool and Wolverine First connect to the sacred timeline?
Now things get interesting. This mutant Wolverine has messed up his timeline because he wasn’t there when his X-Men were killed. This could mean that he exists solely to punish Logan, leaving him with the guilt of his actions for long days that he desperately tries to drink away. So Wade made him his own project, stating his “educated wish” that if Wolverine helped Deadpool’s timeline, they could also go back and fix Wolverine’s timeline. this is the plot Deadpool and Wolverine— a fun, violent romp — but there’s something in the sauce for those “anchors.”
There’s an interesting scene at the beginning where Deadpool visits the Sacred timeline circa 2018 (using Cable’s watch), hoping to join the Avengers via an interview with Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) , becoming a hero in Vanessa’s eyes and living up to his expectations. Here he can learn about and view members of the roster, including Chris Evans’ Captain America and Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man. Deadpool wants to talk to Stark, but doesn’t get an audience because, as Happy says, Wade is in it for himself – while the Avengers become heroes who help others.
How does Tony Stark fit into this?
Okay, so…since Deadpool instinctively seeks out Tony Stark, maybe we can make an educated guess that the “anchoring being” of the divine timeline is actually Tony Stark. After all, why are you attracted to this The universe, this Tony, can he go to any reality where the Avengers exist? Ever since Tony made the sacrifice End Game The multiverse begins to unravel. Now, it’s only held together by Loki’s will, while TVA attempts to salvage as much of the timeline as possible, setting up straight Deadpool and WolverineA storyline with the rebellious Mr. Paradox.
Just like the Deadpool universe, there’s now a new Wolverine “anchoring being” holding it together, and you can assume there’s a giant hole in the “anchoring being” character of the Divine timeline, this hole Already ripe for taking on through “anchored presence.”
During this weekend’s big Marvel Hall H panel, it was specifically stated that Robert Downey Jr. will play Victor Von Doom, leaving confusion as to whether Victor could be a Tony variant—although A comic that explores the usurpation of identity between two people.
But let’s think back LokiIn the Season 1 finale, Kang warned that killing him would only set free another, worse Kang. Of course, this theory is for a villain we probably won’t see again. We’re guessing it’s pasta Loki Season 2’s Victor Timely – a variant of Kang – will be involved in temporarily erasing all of Kang’s existence. Victor Timely also supports the idea that multiple characters can share the same actor’s face, even if they are morphs or other people together.
To avoid getting too confused, since we really don’t know how the inhabitants of the Sacred Timeline would react to the heroic faces of the evil invaders, let’s go back to Deadpool and WolverineChris Evans guest stars. When Deadpool recognized him in the void, he thought it was Captain America until he, like many viewers, was shocked by the news of Johnny Storm in 2005. Fantastic Four Movie.
This Johnny Storm happens to look exactly like Steve Rogers’ Captain America. Like Peter Parker (a good candidate for an “anchor character” in Sony’s Marvel Universe), he has three different face variations we’ve seen over the years; including, we assume, Michael B. Jordan B. Jordan) (Johnny Storm in 2015, who also worked with black pantherKillmonger! Fantastic Four: The First Step.
Thanks to Deadpool’s Captain America/Johnny Storm confusion, though we might not have known it Why Some variants will share the same face with other completely different characters, and we know they’ll be recognizable. This means that when the evil Victor Von Doom arrives in the divine timeline and takes off his mask (which Doom is rarely willing to do in the comics, it’s inevitable in the Marvel Universe anyway Happens, because you’re paying for Robert Downey Jr.) to reveal the exact same face as Tony Stark, which is going to be pretty rough on Tom Holland’s poor Peter Parker.
It feels like a fix for how the Kang character was used; due to the nature of the redirection between the box office slumps it was supposed to set Kang Dynasty Jonathan Majors exits the Marvel Universe, and Marvel has to come up with a strong solution. It feels very safe to bring back the fan-favorite Downey. SMake him Victor Von Doom, he could be the worst A Tony Stark form would make sense, especially if there’s a team-up between Marvel’s First Family and the Avengers. Who else can truly stop Doom?
There are many factors at play. Of course, Marvel may want to pit RDJ against some of Marvel’s biggest heroes for a seat at the table. There are now many clues connecting our anchor Logan back to the Sacred Timeline: Adamantane has been introduced into the Sacred Timeline which will be Captain America: Brave New World. This might give us motivation for a new Logan Anti-Snake Society – we’re already here Wolverine Along with Viper, but now led by Giancarlo Esposito’s Sidewinder – especially when Doom expressed interest in this valuable resource.
While we are concerned about the replacement of the various new heroes planned to invest in these phases, we generally see a vision of where this is going. This redirect is One way to get your movie validated by critics; bring back a familiar hero to play the villain and face off against Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine until they’re 90.
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