Marvel Avengers prequel: Marvel to launch PREQUEL to Avengers series after Endgame

With Avengers: Endgame on the horizon, Marvel fans will see a decade of storytelling come to an end. The 21 movies already released in the Marvel Cinematic Universe have, for the most part, been screened in chronological order. But Phase Four of the MCU may see a huge shift in this pattern.

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During an interview with Screenrant, Marvel head Kevin Feige hinted at shifting the direction of the next series of films.

Feige said: “I mean, I think one of the things that’s fun to us about the timeline of this film and the potential of future stories with these characters is there’s a great past.

“I think the fun part about seeing this portion of the MCU is that gap.”

As for a Nick Fury origin story, Feige said: “The potential is there.”

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Not only does he want to tell deeper stories but Feige is also interested in the fan experience.

He said: “I just love the notion of someday people watching the Marvel Studios Films for the first time and maybe they’ll, you know, sometimes I like how people debate online, what’s the best order to watch them in. Is it release order? Is it chronologically?

“Well, if they watch Captain Marvel before they watch Iron Man, when Nick Fury comes out in the tag and says, you’re not the only superhero in the world. They’ll go, no, he’s talking about her.”

Feige has good reason to believe more origin story-centric movies will do well.

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The 1990s era Captain Marvel has performed exceptionally at the box office.

Likewise, previous Marvel standalone movies were also big hits, but those set in the further past performed consistently less well.

How far back in time Marvel plans to go remains to be seen but there is a wealth of content to choose from, even once its first generation of heroes are no longer mainstays on the screen.

Disney has released a schedule of upcoming movies for 2019 and beyond.

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Some of these include Marvel films, though no specific title or plot details have been revealed.

There is already a Black Widow solo movie in the works starring Scarlet Johansson.

In the aftermath of Avengers: Endgame, however, Marvel may face a slump as fans reorient themselves to Phase Four and its heroes.

Avengers: Endgame is out in UK cinemas on Thursday, April 25, 2019.