Avengers 5’s Huge Cast Has 1 Big Drawback Nobody"s Talking About

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Summary

Avengers 5 is expected to feature more than 60 returning MCU characters, which is a very exciting prospect for the Phase 6 movie.
Such a huge cast creates a major problem for Avengers 5, as there have been no previous Avengers movies in the Multiverse Saga to set up the new team.
Marvel Studios needs to earn the pay-off of having such a massive cast of returning characters in Avengers 5, just like Infinity War and Endgame did.

Marvel Studios' upcoming Avengers 5 will feature the biggest cast of returning MCU characters the franchise has ever seen, but this creates a huge problem for the Phase 6 crossover movie. Avengers 5, originally titled The Kang Dynasty, was expected to pit the MCU's new team of Avengers against Jonathan Majors' Kang the Conqueror and his villainous variants. While these plans may have changed after Marvel split ties with Majors following his conviction, newer information has shed light on what the upcoming MCU movie could look like.
During a recent report by Deadline suggesting Shawn Levy is in talks to direct Avengers 5, it was also revealed that the upcoming Phase 6 movie would feature a cast of more than 60 returning MCU characters. While this isn't officially confirmed, the prospect is undoubtedly an exciting concept for the upcoming movie following concerns about its current fate. Over 60 characters returning in Avengers 5 would make it the largest MCU movie to date, but this very scale also poses a significant challenge that Marvel Studios has little time to overcome.
There Have Been No Multiverse Saga Avengers Movies To Set Up Avengers 5’s 60 Returning Characters Close When Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige confirmed the development of Avengers 5 and Avengers: Secret Wars in 2022, these crossover movies were billed to conclude the entire Multiverse Saga. Typically, Avengers movies have been used to bring Phases of the MCU to a close, but the Multiverse Saga changed things, altering the way the franchise's formula works.
Phase 4 ended with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Phase 5 looks set to follow in its footsteps with Thunderbolts* in May 2025. This adds further pressure to Avengers 5, as it looks to not only potentially end Phase 6 but also be the first movie of its kind in 7 years, after 2019's Avengers: Endgame.
Avengers Movie
Director
Year
Phase
The Avengers
Joss Whedon
2012
Phase 1
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon
2015
Phase 2
Avengers: Infinity War
Anthony & Joe Russo
2018
Phase 3
Avengers: Endgame
Anthony & Joe Russo
2019
Phase 3
Avengers 5
TBD
2026
Phase 6
Avengers: Secret Wars
TBD
2027
Phase 6
This poses a huge issue when faced with the prospect of having 60 MCU characters return in Avengers 5, as the movie has had no predecessors to set up and develop the new Avengers team. There has been speculation that Sam Wilson's Captain America could form the new Avengers team in 2025's Captain America: Brave New World, but this may be too little, too late. Avengers 5 will have to do a significant amount of work to establish the new team, while also dealing with so many supporting characters, perhaps detracting from the Avengers' own storyline.
Infinity War & Endgame’s Huge Casts Were Properly Earned, But Avengers 5’s Hasn’t Been

So many returning characters in Avengers 5 could help to redeem the MCU, but Marvel Studios needs to properly earn this epic pay-off.
The current titleholders of the biggest casts in the MCU are Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame, which brought the Infinity Saga to a close by featuring almost every major hero returning to battle Thanos. These movies worked so well, however, because they didn't need to deliver a lot of exposition regarding the Avengers' history. Phases 1 and 2 ended with smaller, more personal Avengers movies that helped to establish the superhero team as a consistent and well-known presence in the MCU.
This hasn't been the case in the Multiverse Saga. Avengers 5 may lose some of the intimacy that Infinity War and Endgame were able to capture by developing the Avengers team well enough beforehand. This is especially true because of its colossal extended and supporting cast, which will surely have the consequence of nobody really getting the screen-time they deserve. So many returning characters in Avengers 5 could help to redeem the MCU, but Marvel Studios needs to properly earn this epic pay-off in Phases 5 and 6's upcoming projects.

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty Not Yet Rated AdventureSuperheroAction Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is the fifth Avengers film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will bring together heroes, new and old, to face off against the omnipotent Kang the Conquerer. The Kang Dynasty will also mark the beginning of phase 6 of the MCU.
Release Date May 1, 2026 Writers Michael Waldron Budget $356–400 million Upcoming MCU Movies
Release Date
Deadpool & Wolverine
July 26, 2024
Captain America: Brave New World
February 14, 2025
Thunderbolts*
May 5, 2025
The Fantastic Four
July 25, 2025
Blade
November 7, 2025
Avengers 5
May 1, 2026
Avengers: Secret Wars
May 7, 2027

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