Avengers 6 Will Soft Reboot The MCU & Bring Back Retired Characters, Kevin Feige Quote Backs Rumors

:0:0

Summary

Marvel supremo Kevin Feige has reportedly suggested that the MCU may reboot after Avengers: Secret Wars.
The soft reboot would allow Marvel to streamline the timeline, eliminate what's not working, and potentially bring back beloved characters.
This could be a game-changer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which Feige says has only scratched the surface of the story potential from Marvel Comics.

The MCU could reboot after Avengers: Secret Wars in just four years, according to a new quote from Marvel supremo Kevin Feige. The upcoming Avengers 6 will close out the currently announced slate of upcoming Marvel movies on May 7, 2027, but Feige has also said in a recent interview with Variety, that the MCU has "barely scratched the surface" of the story potential from Marvel Comics. But that potential may come with a soft reboot in the very near future to consolidate the timeline, trimming the fat, and most excitingly, bringing back characters who have dropped out of the franchise.
Speaking on The Watch podcast, author of new Marvel book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios Joanna Robinson dropped a bombshell that could change the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline massively:

"We have a quote from Kevin Feige sort of implying that, like, Secret Wars will serve as a soft reboot in which they can prune everything... That's not to use a Loki-ism. [They'll] prune everything that's not working and just keep what is [working], or bring back people you thought were gone forever."

Diving into MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios for further hints, it's notable that the final chapter, titled "How Much We Have Left" has the following paragraph close to the end, relating a meeting with Feige that concluded with him revealing a poster from 1988 drawn by Ed Hannigan and Joe Rubinstein of hundreds of Marvel characters as an indication of how many new characters could come to the MCU:

"As the MCU spilled over into streaming programs and the Multiverse Saga, Feige had to learn different lessons from the comics: how superheroes periodically needed to be rebooted, how to stop variants and spinoffs from spiraling out of control, how an annual mega-crossover event could unify a disparate line of characters."