Partially 1 of the August 2026 Q&A with our Discord and Patreon members, Alex solutions questions on upcoming Marvel Studios movies Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars, in addition to Black Panther, Ghost Rider, Nova, Scarlet Witch, Shang-Chi, Spider-Man amongst others!
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[Questions and answers below may have been lightly edited below for brevity, grammar, and spelling.]
Avengers: Doomsday
laser_gum: Are you aware why Monica Rambeau hasn’t been introduced in something for Doomsday and will not be in it? Despite the fact that The Marvels post-credit scene units her as much as be essential?
Alex Perez: There’s no particular purpose outdoors the potential for wanting to maintain some characters secret. And also you’d suppose that even with all of the plot leaks and every little thing individuals hold speaking about, the cat’s out of the bag.
However the fact of the matter is there’s a lot that isn’t actually on the market but for Avengers: Doomsday relating to particular particulars, characters, or motivations. There are nonetheless some characters which might be surprises for Doomsday, primarily across the third act.
However to refocus your query on Monica, even when she doesn’t seem in Doomsday, the very fact stays that she is one in all a handful of people that can really shut a multiversal rift. That could be a very helpful talent going ahead for the incoming incursions.
The precise particulars I’ve heard about what her character was targeted on have been interactions with Lashana Lynch’s Maria Rambeau / Binary Variant from the X-Males universe and her quantum bands.
If I needed to take an informed guess primarily based on the information I’ve heard, it could be that Monica and Maria are out and about collectively on a separate story whereas the occasions of Doomsday transpire. However I’m assured that we’ll see each Teyonah Parris and Lashana Lynch return for one (if not each) Avengers outing.
rapsfan: Are you able to identify any characters in Doomsday that weren’t named within the chair reveal?
Alex Perez: There’s a pair that also haven’t been talked about. Numerous them have already been revealed by scoopers and leaks, so that they’re on the market already. But when I needed to provide you with a few names that I haven’t seen on the market, there’s a few Asgardians which might be planning to reply Thor’s name to arms. A few of which we haven’t seen since Thor: Ragnarok, and are very, very shut with Thor. And I simply suppose that’s actually neat.
CalmTitan: Hey Alex! Will The Chief’s message to Sam concerning the others defending their very own universes even be alluded to in Doomsday?
Alex Perez: Sure. To my understanding, the Chief noticed the possibilities concerning the finish of the world, and that’s what he was telling Captain America about within the put up credit score scene of Courageous New World.
CalmTitan: Are you able to guarantee that Sam’s function is greater than it seems from the advertising and marketing?
Alex Perez: Captain America may have a sizeable function in Avengers: Doomsday. And from what I heard, there shall be a pleasant little scene for Sam that places to relaxation any doubt about who owns the defend or who’s Captain America on this film.
Manglor: Hello Alex. Had been there initially plans for greater roles for Carol, Monica, and Binary in Avengers: Doomsday in addition to extra Sam vs. New Avengers battle?
Alex Perez: Film isn’t out but. Calm down.
Nngala: Hey, Alex! Are the reviews of Goblin and Dock Ock within the opening sequence of Doomsday true, or was it scrapped earlier than they acquired to filming?
Alex Perez: I can verify that the intent was to point out Spider-Man and his rogue gallery combating off towards the X-Males within the opening sequence of the movie. Nevertheless, I don’t know in the event that they ever acquired the possibility to carry the villains in for the sequence and simply left it to Peter #2 alone. As a result of the factor is, if Peter #2 is busy entertaining Deadpool and Wolverine… who’re the X-Males “combating?”
tyler jones: Hey Alex, does Tobey Maguire survive Doomsday and Secret Wars?
Alex Perez: That’s a query finest served for an additional time. However I can verify from sources he’s in each motion pictures.
Avengers: Secret Wars
icast05: Hey Alex, hope you’re doing nicely! Have you ever heard something about what Marvel plans to do with Physician Doom post-Secret Wars?
Alex Perez: The identical factor they do with all villains who play an enormous function like this. Lock up in a vault someplace, by no means to be talked about or introduced up once more. (It’s a joke.)
In all honesty? I don’t. However I do hope we see him once more within the Improbable 4 sequel.
laser_gum: Is the resistance group for Avengers: Secret Wars going to have characters who have been absent from Doomsday? Like Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man, Imaginative and prescient, Star-Lord, Hulk, Wong, and many others…
Alex Perez: Partially, sure. There’s a kind of hierarchy for the Resistance Avengers. There’s the leaders (older, established figures), there’s the newbies (The youthful heroes), and there’s the never-before-seen characters (there’s 3 atm). This group of allies goes to be divided into smaller teams, chasing completely different tales, kind of how the Avengers divided themselves in Endgame and went to completely different locations to search for the stones.
Hunter j: Hey Alex, will the Russos hold Savage Hulk for Secret Wars and can Eric Bana return in Secret Wars?
Alex Perez: Do you guys bear in mind the Hulk we noticed throughout Thor: Ragnarok? That’s the Hulk you’re going to get. I haven’t heard something about Eric Bana.
FanOfNuance: Do you foresee 1 main antagonist for Avengers: Secret Wars or ought to we anticipate plural “Masters of Evil” as a substitute?
Alex Perez: Doom would be the most important antagonist, little doubt in my head. However there shall be sure characters who shall be sided with him for a big chunk of the movie as a result of they’re all satisfied to serve him till they’re freed.
Nngala: Hey, Alex! What are the chances that Secret Wars will get delayed till 2028 contemplating they haven’t even began filming.
Alex Perez: Very, very slim.
walker (or rayne): Any probability we see Moon Knight in Doomsday or Secret Wars?
Alex Perez: Low, however not unattainable.
walker (or rayne): Is there something you’ll be able to inform us about Tom Holland’s Spider-Man getting the symbiote in Secret Wars?
Alex Perez: There are ideas of it that exist. Some contain an authentic take, others contain how it could appear to be if we used earlier film symbiotes (together with those from the Venom movies and Spider-Man 3).
However I would like you to consider it this fashion. Each time the Russos have directed Tom Holland’s Spider-Man, he will get a brand new swimsuit. Civil Conflict, Infinity Conflict (I depend Endgame as a part of a narrative for Infinity Conflict). And now that we’re about to see the comedian e-book storyline (the unique in any case), the place Peter obtained the Symbiote, and is the origin of the place that iconic cowl comes from. Y’all suppose they wouldn’t leap on the probability to do it?
FanOfNuance: With rumors of Doom in possession of the “Phrase of God” e-book, is there any reasonable probability that we may ever discover a medieval story within the MCU and its ties to Merlin or the Brotherhood of the Protect? A Black Knight mission could be enjoyable place to get into a few of that.
Alex Perez: I like the place your head is at however no. Closest to Medieval will most likely be Secret Wars.
Astropologetic: Are you able to please replace us on the standing of the Scarlet Witch (616). What we will anticipate for her future that has not been talked about prior to now (or detailed)?
Alex Perez: The present rumor round scooper circles locations her with an essential function in Avengers: Secret Wars and that her energy is a key component to how Doom’s Battleworld will get made.
YAH: What are you able to inform us concerning the function of the Maximoff household in Secret Wars?
Alex Perez: Reuniting. It’s not a 1:1 adaptation of it (Agatha wasn’t part of it), nevertheless it’s closely impressed by the Youngsters’s Campaign storyline. It’s one of many few issues that’s holding me very enthusiastic about Secret Wars.
It isn’t an exaggeration once I let you know that it’s obligatory that you just watch WandaVision, Agatha All Alongside and ultimately VisionQuest for Secret Wars. Once you do, take note of the small print. The idea of magic, runes, how Agatha discovered Wanda, how Wanda’s spell labored, how that spell affected different individuals, how Billy made the Witches’ Highway, how Agatha wasn’t affected by Wanda, how the boundaries of the Hex work; these are issues that I feel shall be crucial background data to bear in mind when attempting to grasp how precisely some characters is not going to be behaving the way in which they’re alleged to.
Black Panther
chance3225: Alex, will Marvel go the route with T’Challa 2 and Shuri sharing the mantle like they have been initially planning for her and T’Challa within the authentic Black Panther: Wakanda Without end draft?
Alex Perez: I can’t touch upon that as a result of it’s too early. However my private opinion, I don’t suppose Shuri needs to be the Black Panther anymore.
Ghost Rider
Dom D: Hey Alex hope every little thing goes nicely! With Ghost Rider formally being introduced, have you ever heard any early concepts of what the story is perhaps like?
Alex Perez: It’s actually early for any particulars on the plot. I’ve solely heard two issues: anticipate Sacha Baron Cohen as Mephisto and that he’ll be established by the point we get to his film. (I.E., he’s been at this Ghost Rider stint for a sizzling minute).
RedGyarados2010: Hey Alex! What villains can we anticipate to see in Ghost Rider?
Alex Perez: Mephisto is unquestionably on the high of that listing. Nevertheless, if Marvel nonetheless needs to keep up elements of their authentic plans for his or her Supernatural storylines, I may completely see Lilith and Blackheart being concerned right here. And it could additionally give the possibility for Mia Goth to debut within the MCU (lastly).
Nova
DarthHalen: Whats up! Thanks for answering these questions. How good do you are feeling about Nova hitting a 2029 launch date?
Alex Perez: I don’t know since they haven’t revealed something publicly. MAYBE, D23 may change that.
Shang-Chi
leviathan: I’m questioning when you have any updates on Shang-Chi 2 following Destin Daniel Cretton‘s work on Model New Day? Notably in the event that they’re nonetheless doing the Brokers of Atlas storyline you theorized about or if that’s modified?
Alex Perez: I actually haven’t heard something new since then, however I don’t anticipate them to alter something as a result of Destin actually needs to discover plenty of these heroes and their tales.
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