This story accommodates spoilers for Thunderbolts*, together with the ending and the post-credits scene.
Nearly all of Part 4 and 5 Marvel motion pictures have featured tags that ended up in a coin toss because it pertains to their significance. Some, just like the introduction of the X-Males universe on the finish of The Marvels, really feel just like the introduction of one thing a lot bigger. Others, like Harry Kinds’ cameo on the finish of Eternals—do not forget that?!—much less so. However for the primary time in fairly some time, the post-credits sequence of a Marvel film feels important, due to Thunderbolts*.
After the tip of the movie reveals that the workforce—which consists of Crimson Guardian (David Harbour), Yelena (Florence Pugh), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Bob (Lewis Pullman), and Bucky (Sebastian Stan)—at the moment are calling themselves the New Avengers, the almost three-minute lengthy post-credits sequence jumps ahead 14 months. Because the workforce re-enters the outdated Stark tower in NYC, now their residence base, the crew bicker over the truth that Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie, solely referenced by his character title) is threatening to sue the squad over a possible copyright infringement.
Amid the cross-talk, Yelena mentions an ongoing set of house anomalies that’s resulting in an total “house disaster,” because of the truth that some form of new vessel has entered the galaxy. As soon as the workforce is ready to get a visible, the digital camera cuts to a retro-future rocket, which is then confirmed (each visually and by the inclusion of the Michael Giacchino theme) to be the Improbable 4, who’ve by some means discovered their solution to the primary Marvel universe.
Contemplating the truth that we knew Marvel’s first household will seem in Avengers: Doomsday, it’s not a shock to see the 4 present up, however the circumstances of their sudden arrival are price contemplating. In our esteemed opinion, there are a handful of doubtless explanation why they’re right here, some bleaker than others. It’s doable that in their debut movie, the FF discovers the Multiverse and units out to chart it, stumbling upon the main-line Marvel universe within the course of. It’s additionally doable they’re coming to warn Marvel’s heroes of a better menace, whether or not it’s incursions, Dr. Doom’s impending plan, or one thing else. Nevertheless it’s additionally doable that the workforce are multiversal refugees whose personal universe has been destroyed, both by Galactus or Doom.
Whatever the specifics, the FF at the moment are, fairly actually, on the radar of an Avengers workforce (copyright infringement however), and the stage is about for each Improbable 4 and Doomsday. After years of post-credits sequences that led nowhere, it’s good for audiences to know they’ll get a correct reply as to what precisely is going on when Improbable 4 releases on July 25.
