Avengers 4 artwork leak: 'Thanos is NOT the main villain'? Signs point to THIS big bad

Two major Marvel spoilers happened over the last week which have thrown Avengers 4 int a new light.

Fans are still hotly debating whether of not Mark Ruffalo, under the bleeps, revealed the film title to be ‘Annihilation’ or even whether the whole thing was just a prank.

But new images leaked online show marketing for toy merchandise with a clear look at the characters in brand new uniform.

Not only do these heavily hint at Quantum Realm storylines, the accompanying text on the packaging has now been revealed.

A new article and video from the Nerdist shows the packaging for Thor and Rocket Raccoon figures.

The site added: “The blurb on the card appears to say ‘The Asgardian Thor wields the mighty Stormbreaker in his battle against new foes.”

This was already to be expected. Infinity War wiped out the entire Black Order and left Thanos badly injured. It was unlikely he would be the only threat faced by the remaining heroes in the sequel. At the very least he woudl need to build a new team around him.

However, the rest of the description reveals a major shock.

It said: “Rocket teams up with a new crew to guard the galaxy from an even greater threat.”

This leaves no room for doubt. Thanos is not the worst thing the Avengers will face at the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 and moving into Phase 4.

If the film title really is Annhilation this would indicate Annihilus is the main villain. But Sony currently holds the rights to this character and Avengers 4 filming, including the current reshoots, will be over long before and Disney and Sony merger.

However Jeremy Conrad at MCUCosmic just hinted at news of a secret deal

He said: “Remember when Fox wanted to change Negasonic Teenage Warhead’s powers in the first Deadpool and they needed Marvel’s permission to do so.

“In exchange Marvel got back the rights to Ego. But what if they also got back the rights to another character in secret?”

Could Sony have traded the rights to Annihilus already?

FULL STORY AT NERDIST

AVENGERS 4 IS OUT ON APRIL 27, 2019