Rumor Claims That Every MCU Project Set Between AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY & SECRET WARS Will Have Its Setting in Common
At Comic-Con, we got the awesome announcement that our next two Avengers films will be titled Doomsday and Secret Wars, and they will be led by directors Joe and Anthony Russo, with Robert Downey Jr. playing the big bad, Doctor Doom.
The two films are set to be released in 2026 and 2027, respectively, and a new rumor is giving context to the MCU films that will take place between the two Avengers movies.
According to industry scooper Daniel Richtman (via CBM), this means, "Everything that comes out between Avengers 5 and 6 that isn't a prequel will be set on Battleworld. If Spider-Man 4 is Battleworld is would make for a VERY interesting Spidey movie."
That is an interesting potential piece of news. For context, the report source says that in the original Secret Wars comic book, The Beyonder took pieces from hundreds of worlds - including Earth - to create Battleworld, a planet used as his "arena" for an epic battle between countless Marvel heroes and villains.
In the 2015 version of the story, a series of Incursions destroyed the Multiverse and left only Earth-616 and the Ultimate Universe remaining. As those two worlds collided and exploded, Doctor Doom used the stolen powers of the Beyonders to create a new "Battleworld."
This version was a patchwork world made from remnants of destroyed realities and, when the Multiverse was eventually restored, Marvel Comics combined several timelines into one (bringing popular characters like Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen to Earth-616).
It seems likely that this is the way Marvel Studios would handle its MCU reboot, this time with the intention being for the Fantastic Four and X-Men to make a permanent home on the next "Sacred Timeline."
It’s also now been said that Doctor Doom's plan in Avengers: Doomsday is to unify all universes in one place (Battleworld), in which he intends to rule.
The consequences of this are likely to be significant, even if there are only a couple of movies and TV shows released in that one year. However, it allows Marvel Studios to better establish Battleworld leading into Avengers: Secret Wars. You may recall this was also the plan when the ultimate Kang Variant was set to be revealed as The Beyonder.
Sony Pictures is supposedly eager for another Multiversal Spider-Man movie and, while this isn’t the story we were expecting, a Battleworld story could be the perfect opportunity to reunite the three Spider-Men.
What do you think of this possibility?