I"ve Worked Out What Kit Harington’s Perfect MCU Return After 3 Years Could Be

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Kit Harington's Dane Whitman has a perfect story to finally come back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe after three years. Harington is a popular star, having played Jon Son in Game of Thrones, one of the fan-favorite roles of the biggest TV show in recent memory. That is why I was extremely excited when he was cast to appear in 2021's Eternals, as I believed Harington would become an MCU mainstay. However, three years after his MCU debut, Harington has yet to return to the franchise, with Dane Whitman not confirmed for any upcoming MCU projects.
Your browser does not support the video tag. Recently, Harington addressed his MCU role. While the actor did not talk about a possible return, he did say, "If Marvel calls, you gotta do it," when commenting on first being cast as Dane Whitman. The star's words make it seem that if Marvel Studios decides that there is a place for him in a future project, the Eternals star will be quick to say yes. Well, while a sequel to Eternals is unlikely to happen after the first movie's divisive reception, I know how Harington can come back to the MCU.

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I Know The Perfect Dark Story For Black Knight’s Formal MCU Debut Dane Whitman Has To Become A Superhero Close Harington played a small supporting role in Eternals. As such, Dane Whitman never turned into the Black Knight in the movie, with the MCU only teasing that through the debut of the Ebony Blade in one of Eternals' post-credits scenes. The sword has extensive lore in Marvel Comics, and I think that Harington's MCU return has to be all about it, with Dane's transformation into Black Knight coming whenever he appears next. I have worked out the ideal story for Harington's MCU return, and it has to do with a blood curse.
While Mahershala Ali has yet to star in his Blade movie, the character had a voice cameo in Eternals, warning Dane Whitman against touching the Ebony Blade.
The MCU has started to experiment with supernatural characters since Phase 4, and I believe that Black Knight's blood curse from the comics could be his ideal story. While Mahershala Ali has yet to star in his Blade movie, the character had a voice cameo in Eternals, warning Dane Whitman against touching the Ebony Blade. In the comics, the sword is cursed, and every time it draws blood, it slowly makes its user lose their mind. Black Knight going from a hero to a rampaging threat — or turning into stone, like in the comics — would make for a great story.

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I Want To See Kit Harington’s Black Knight Join The Avengers The MCU Has To Change Plans Close I think Black Knight's blood curse could tie together the MCU's supernatural corner, the Blade movie, and the Avengers. In Marvel Comics, Dane Whitman debuted in an Avengers comic book. With Eternals failing to be the big success Marvel expected it to be, I believe the best move for Dane to continue in the MCU would be to separate him from the Eternals characters, and given how his comic book origin is tied to the Avengers, with Black Knight being part of a few iterations of the team, Kit Harington's hero could be an Avengers member.
Black Knight could also be a member of the Midnight Suns, Marvel's premiere supernatural team, and the British squad that Emilia Clarke's G'iah and Olivia Colman's Sonya Falsworth were seemingly creating in Secret Invasion.
There are two upcoming Avengers movies that could feature Harington's MCU return — 2026's Avengers: Doomsday and 2027's Avengers: Secret Wars. After the original six Avengers led four movies of the team, Earth's Mightiest Heroes should be mostly made up of new members the next time the team appears. In April, Harington revealed there are no plans for Black Knight's return at the moment. That said, the actor loves "the idea of a good guy being turned bad by his superpower," making the blood curse story perfect for a potential Avengers return, perhaps siding with Doctor Doom after a villain turn.

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1 Kit Harington Has Shown He Can Lead A Major MCU Franchise The Actor Would Not Feel Any Pressure Close With the MCU facing some issues in the last few years, Marvel needs the new Avengers team to be universally beloved. That puts pressure on which characters will be chosen to serve as members of the team, and I believe including Kit Harington's Black Knight would be an easy decision. After all, the actor played one of the two most important characters in Game of Thrones, a series that is the closest TV has gotten to releasing movies on a weekly basis.
The actor made Jon Snow Game of Thrones' biggest hero, showing he would be okay with shouldering the pressure of having a role in the MCU's new Avengers team. Harington's MCU hero is pretty much a version of Jon Snow with "powers." I don't mean that the characters' personalities are alike, as Dane Whitman is lighter than the brooding Jon Snow, but like his Game of Thrones character, Black Knight is a valiant hero known for his sword-fighting skills in the comics, which makes them similar. Kit Harington has enormous potential in the MCU, and I hope it isn't wasted.

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