Here's Why Fans Are Discussing Marvel Potentially Splitting Avengers: Secret Wars Into 2 Parts

Marvel fans are discussing caller rumors that Avengers: Secret Wars could beryllium divided into 2 parts to make a genuinely super-sized finale to the MCU's Multiverse Saga.

To beryllium clear, the proposition we could get a Secret Wars Part 1 and Part 2 is acold from confirmed — instead, the proposition present is that this is thing Marvel is simply considering. Still, the thought that fans mightiness get adjacent much Avengers implicit the adjacent fewer years has galore precise excited.

Over the past week, connection that Marvel was toying with turning Secret Wars into 2 movies was discussed connected the Hot Mic podcast with amusement insiders John Rocha and Jeff Sneider, and again online by seasoned Marvel tipster Daniel Richtman.

Richtman suggested Marvel would marque a determination connected splitting Secret Wars aft seeing however palmy this year's Avengers: Doomsday ended up being. Rocha, meanwhile, said a root had told him Marvel was "considering" the idea, portion Sneider added that the determination would besides let Marvel much runway to acceptable up its adjacent signifier of films owed afterwards.

Now, fans are excitedly discussing the thought — but besides questioning however precisely this could work, production-wise, with Avengers: Secret Wars acceptable to statesman filming aboriginal this year. Marvel is nary alien to filming with fluid scripts, but the thought that it would person a ample chunk of Secret Wars already changeable by the clip Avengers: Doomsday debuts this December would inactive marque for an antithetic mid-production pivot.

"If they bash determine to marque this a trilogy, they're going to bash that during the accumulation of Secret Wars," riegspsych325 said successful a lengthy reddit thread connected the subject. "There surely is simply a bevy of characters and communicative arcs that could payment from this. But it's a prime that'd backfire if they determine excessively precocious into the game."

Some fans cautioned that the determination felt risky aft the mixed effect to Warner Bros. stretching the Hobbit films into a afloat trilogy, erstwhile Peter Jackson had initially lone planned to marque two. Others fans, however, pointed to the palmy divided of different concluding films successful movie franchises specified arsenic Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. And, certainly, nary 1 is doubting the other wealth this would marque for Disney if it released 3 movies near-guaranteed to gain a cardinal dollars, alternatively than conscionable two.

"If they're reasoning astir making this decision, past they'll apt marque it earlier the commencement of filming connected Avengers: Secret Wars," Pomojema_The_Dreamer wrote. "For that to happen, they'd person to fig retired the champion spot to divided 1 publication into 2 earlier figuring retired however to wage the endowment involved... positive however to negociate the sheer magnitude of worldly that they'd request to film.

"They opted to divided The Hobbit from a two-parter into a trilogy mid-production and earlier the archetypal 1 released, truthful it isn't without precedent," they continued. "Wicked and Michael are some examples of this happening precocious (the second has yet to beryllium confirmed but is highly likely). But the determination is apt not pending connected absorption to [Doomsday] due to the fact that I deliberation they cognize this movie is going to 1) beryllium bully and 2) marque them each of the money."

One thing's for definite — with an already immense formed for Avengers: Doomsday and the anticipation of an adjacent bigger roster for Secret Wars, Marvel has plentifulness it needs to cram into its upcoming films. As good arsenic large returns for bequest characters similar Fox's X-Men, erstwhile Avengers specified arsenic Steve Rogers, the existent Avengers line-up led by Sam Wilson, the "New Avengers" AKA The Thunderbolts, The Fantastic Four and others, Marvel inactive has a agelong database of unconfirmed characters that fans privation to spot appear.

Fans person tremendous expectations for Avengers: Secret Wars arsenic the finale of Marvel's Multiverse Saga. Many spot it arsenic having the unsocial imaginable to yet unite comic publication movie veterans specified arsenic Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man and Hugh Jackson's Wolverine connected the large screen, elevate TV heroes specified arsenic Charlie Cox's Daredevil to combat an Avengers-level threat, reply lingering questions from this cinematic signifier specified arsenic the destiny of Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch, and yet diagnostic much of the MCU's adjacent procreation of heroes, specified arsenic Hailee Steinfeld's Kate Bishop and Iman Vellani's Kamala Khan. Oh, and it needs to person a cohesive communicative that deals with Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom.

As good arsenic wage disconnected decades of Marvel nostalgia, Secret Wars is besides expected to found a tweaked mentation of the MCU, acceptable for caller iterations of the X-Men and perchance different halfway characters successful the decades to come.

"What's compelling astir these 2 caller Avengers movies is they're a beginning," manager Joe Russo said previously. "It's a caller beginning. We told an ending communicative [with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame] and present we're going to archer a opening story. Who knows wherever we'll spell from there?"

Time volition archer if Marvel tin bash each of that without splitting Secret Wars. Until then, Avengers: Doomsday arrives this December 18. Avengers: Secret Wars is presently acceptable to motorboat a twelvemonth later, connected December 17, 2027.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social