MCU Phase 6 Needs To Avoid Infinity War & Endgame"s Missed Opportunity
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars must learn from one massive mistake made by their immediate predecessors. As the two-part culmination of the Multiverse Saga, the fifth and sixth Avengers movies will conclude the battle between Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) in a multiversal conflict unlike anything that has ever been put to screen before. While Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame raised the bar for future team-ups in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the two Infinity Saga films also missed a golden opportunity that their two successors can easily seize as they bring the second era of the franchise to an end.
While Kang and Thanos are often compared to one another, the true measure of the Multiverse Saga's success lies in how well it nails its two Avengers films. For all the beloved projects in the Infinity Saga, the first era of the MCU would not be as well-regarded as it is today if it had failed to pull off Thanos's crusade in Infinity War and Endgame. The third and fourth Avengers films will certainly be used as benchmarks for The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars, which are currently set to hit theaters in 2025 and 2026, respectively. And, upon their release, these four films will inevitably be compared ad nauseum.