All The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Moments That Help Set Up Marvel’s Disney+ TV Shows

Release Date: Fall 2020
Cast: Anthony Mackie (Falcon), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Daniel Bruhl (Helmut Zemo), Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp)

This is the first Disney+ series we’ll see and, honestly, it’s the one we know the most about–or at least, we think we know the most about. You never know with Marvel!

Endgame sets up the series perfectly in its final moments: Sam Wilson approaches the now elderly, Clint Eastwood-y Steve Rogers to say hello, and perhaps goodbye. Then he gets a gift: “Try it on,” Steve says, handing Sam his shield. Sam’s hesitant (who wouldn’t be?!) but takes it and says, “Thank you, I’ll do my best.” Cap’s reply: “That’s why it’s yours.”

Considering that the show’s recently revealed logo uses Cap’s shield as a backdrop, it seems obvious that this Disney+ series will deal heavily with Falcon’s new accessory. The fact that the show is called The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and not Captain America and The Winter Soldier implies that maybe Sam isn’t ready to take on the title just yet. Or… you know, it could just be because there’s already a movie named Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

There are also hints about the dynamic between former rivals Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes in Endgame. The most time these two spent together was in Captain America: Civil War, a movie where they were begrudgingly paired as mismatched partners on Team Cap. But there are moments of closeness in Endgame that imply these two have squashed their beef. During Tony Stark’s funeral, you can see Falcon actually comforting Winter Soldier. And when Steve hands Sam the shield, Bucky gives him a nod of approval and encouragement. I’m sure these two will still be an odd couple, but probably one with a firm foundation of respect.

There’s also the matter of the supporting cast, which we know a bit about. Daniel Bruhl is returning as his Civil War villain Helmut Zemo; he even crashed the Marvel Comic-Con panel and teased the comic character’s iconic purple mask. We also know that Emily VanCamp will reprise her role as Sharon Carter. And maybe, uh, Sharon can clear up some of the timeline weirdness now that her quasi-love interest Steve Rogers went back in time and got to spend his life with her aunt Peggy. Did Sharon kiss her great uncle? Or did Steve traveling back in time create an alternate history, meaning she only kissed her great uncle from a different reality’s past?

Clearly this is the one question we need The Falcon and The Winter Soldier to answer.

As for when we can expect to see The Falcon and The Winter Soldier on Disney+, we can narrow down a timeframe if the order Marvel’s Phase 4 slate was presented in at Comic-Con was accurate. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will presumably debut sometime between September 22 (the first day of fall) and November 5 (before Eternals hits theaters on November 6), 2020.

Release Date: Spring 2021
Cast: Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Paul Bettany (Vision), Teyonah Parris (Monica Rambeau)

Honestly, who knows? This one, a series starring the weirdest romance in the MCU, is a real head-scratcher. That’s because while Endgame brought Scarlet Witch back to life, it left poor Vision a lifeless gray husk, presumably buried in a Wakandan cemetery five years earlier (or left to rust in the jungle by a grieving kingdom). When last we see Wanda in Endgame, she’s consoling her quasi-father figure Hawkeye during Stark’s funeral.

So… what’s up with this show? We know that it’s been described by Marvel Studios reps as the craziest of the bunch, and apparently the concept art that was shown at the big Disney+ presentation showed them in 1950’s style clothes and Olsen sung The Andy Griffith Show theme when asked about the show. So… what is up with this show?

Obviously Vision has to be part of it, since he’s right there in the title and Bettany’s been cast. The question is, where is Vision? As I theorized, he’s either in a casket, in a jungle, or perhaps the surviving Wakandan scientists spent five years trying to finish Shuri’s work and resurrect him sans Mind Stone. Or maybe Wanda will get some of her comic counterpart’s reality-warping powers and she’ll bring him back that way!

The only things we know for sure is that the series will have a Captain Marvel and Doctor Strange connection. Teyonah Parris (Dear White People, Mad Men) has been cast as an adult Monica Rambeau, the daughter of Maria Rambeau last seen in Captain Marvel. We also know that the series will tee up Olsen’s involvement in the Doctor Strange sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. That’s fitting since that’s the movie that presumably comes out right after WandaVision.

WandaVision will most likely arrive sometime between March 20 (the first day of spring) and May 6, as Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness hits theaters on May 7, 2021.

Release Date: Spring 2021
Cast: Tom Hiddleston (Loki)

This one’s the most direct sequel to Endgame of the bunch, considering it will pick up on the biggest, most dangerous dangling plot thread in the entire movie. During the trip back to 2012 and the battle of New York, a shackled and gagged Loki escaped S.H.I.E.L.D. and Avengers custody by grabbing the Tesseract and using the Space Stone to teleport away. Loki will star that version of the trickster, one that hasn’t gone through the kinda sorta rehabilitation that future Loki went through in Thor: Ragnarok. This is the worst possible version of that character to be on the loose.

The question is, though, where will he go? Note that he only has the Space Stone and not the Time Stone, meaning that this series will have to take place in 2012–although other reports indicate that the series will take Loki all over history. So maybe he figures out a way to manipulate the Space Stone to travel through time, or maybe he grabs a Time Stone? That’s a big mystery, along with who else will star in this series alongside Hiddleston.

With a spring 2021 release date, that means Loki will have to arrive after the Doctor Strange sequel and before the end of the season–so sometime between May 8 and June 21, 2021.

Release Date: Summer 2021
Voice Cast: Michael B. Jordan (Killmonger), Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier), Josh Brolin (Thanos), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Michael Douglas (Hank Pym), Neal McDonough (Dum Dum Dugan), Dominic Cooper (Howard Stark), Sean Gunn (Kraglin), Natalie Portman (Jane Foster), David Dastmalchian (Kurt), Stanley Tucci (Dr. Erskine), Taika Waititi (Korg), Toby Jones (Arnim Zola), Djimon Hounsou (Korath), Jeff Goldblum (The Grandmaster), Michael Rooker (Yondu), Chris Sullivan (Taserface)

This animated series will follow in its namesake comics’ footsteps and present tales that take a look at what would’ve happened in the MCU if, say, Peggy Carter got the super-soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers (that’s an episode, BTW). The series will star Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright as the voice of The Watcher, an all-seeing cosmic being tasked with monitoring events. The Watcher’s were actually briefly glimpsed in live-action in Stan Lee’s cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.

So, how does Endgame impact a series that’s animated and intentionally not in the main MCU continuity? Well, it’s highly likely that all the timeline shenanigans of Endgame set off a chain of events that led to the creation of a multiverse, just like the Ancient One told Bruce Banner would happen during the film. Heck, Endgame basically ends with the first “what if” scenario: what if Steve Rogers got to live a life with Peggy Carter? This show might seem out of continuity, but it will likely have roots in Endgame.

What If…? will debut sometime in the summer of 2021, so between June 22 and September 21, 2021.

Release Date: Fall 2021
Cast: Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye)

Two words: Kate. Bishop.

I’m getting ahead of myself! This Disney+ series will star the Avenging archer, who we last saw reunited with his un-dusted family and presumably fielding a lot of questions about his new haircut and sleeve tattoo. It’s very possible that Hawkeye will deal with Clint’s incredible guilt and grief over Black Widow’s sacrifice; he was understandably not over it at the end of Endgame. Plus, imagine returning to your family knowing that just a couple hours ago you’d accepted that you would kill yourself to bring them back to life! And then there’s the fact that Barton spent five years knee deep in the spilled blood of international criminals. This… uh, Hawkeye is not your average family man anymore.

That might be why he takes Kate Bishop under his tattooed wing. In the comics, Bishop is a snarky teenage socialite with a knack for archery and sleuthing that becomes a Hawkeye in her own right and Barton’s crimefighting partner. We know the series will costar Bishop, but we don’t know who’s playing her just yet.

The introduction of Kate Bishop also has ties to Endgame. Because of the five-year jump, Scott Lang’s daughter Cassie is now a teenager. In the comics, Cassie Lang becomes the size-changing superhero Stature and helps found the Young Avengers with Kate Bishop. We have a teenage Cassie and we’re getting a Kate Bishop. Is Marvel Studios assembling a Young Avengers team? Fingers crossed.

Hawkeye will most likely debut sometime between the first day of fall and the release of Thor: Love and Thunder, so between September 22 and November 4, 2021.

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