With Hawkeye strike out on his own in a world where many heroes have been killed , Avengers 4may just sow in the seeds for theThunderbolts . It ’s been said thatAvengers 4will be more shockingthanAvengers : Infinity War , which piss horse sense given it will be the culmination of the integral MCU to date . But   with how this class ’s team - up terminate , it ’s surd to imagine what the follow - up will do to elicit the post . After all , many of the fallen hero will be returning forwards of newfangled solo motion-picture show , so some real consequences involve to be present .

Much of the surprising plot inAvengers 4may terminate up revolve around Hawkeye . Clint Barton was completely absent fromAvengers : Infinity War , but we get it on Hawkeye will get a spotlight next year . In fact , rumors have swirl that he may have meet a devastating loss , meaning his family could have been wiped out with the walkover of Thanos ' fingers . That entail a darker take on Hawkeye could be on the sensible horizon , one that will see him take up some variation of his Ronin mantelpiece from the comics .

As with much ofAvengers 4 , we do n’t know a sight about what Hawkeye ’s story will entail . Rumors have emerged thatAvengers 4will include the Skrullsand it will be Hawkeye and Black Widow who are level with hunting them down .   Not only would this splice in the upshot ofCaptain Marvel , but   it would add together a stratum of espionage to the film that would alignAvengers 4with the idea of the previous Russo Brothers movies in the MCU . For now , however , that ’s all speculation . avenger 4will already have its hired hand full picking up the story post - Infinity Warand plant up Phase 4 of the MCU . So while the Skrulls could be a big part of that , we ’re also potential to see the tease of young Heron and villains all .

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Enter The Thunderbolts

Back in 1997 , the Marvel Universe in the comics   was ravage by Onslaught , provide many of the Avengers and the Fantastic Four idle . With that gap in the superhero community , new faces emerged , but so did new nefarious plots . While both version of Baron Zemo spent decades push Captain America , Helmut came up with one of the more clever plot for any varlet in the comics . Pulling together a numeral of humiliated - level supervillains , he had their names and costume changed and posed them as a new team of superheroes . Leading the group as Citizen V , Zemo premiered the Thunderbolts as a modern and media - savvy grouping that was all too willing to abuse into the shoes of the fall grinder of Earth .

Over time , the grouping was come out of the closet , but many of the villains in reality turn against Zemo and become reluctant heroes . Thunderbolts 2.0 involve these reform villains trying to do goodness . But to keep them on the up and up , an Avenger step in to guide them . Hawkeye ’s time working with the Thunderbolts saw members like Beetle and Screaming Mimi transition in full to the heroes Mach - I ( finally becoming Mach - II , III , etc ) and Songbird . Hawkeye would then leave the group and over the years they ’d grow to take care more like the Suicide Squad . Some old members deposit around , while newfangled recruits let in outlaw like Crossbones and Juggernaut who were prove to get time off their sentence . Bucky and Luke Cage   have also both led the team , entail the Thunderbolts have a substructure in both the current plastic film and TV side of the MCU .

Despite the other drawing card the squad has had , the Thunderbolts remain a big part of Hawkeye ’s backstory . The currentOld Man Hawkeyestory even seesHawkeye killing his former teammatesafter they revert to villainy in an alternate futurity . All of this points out how likely it is that if the Thunderbolts ever link up the MCU , Hawkeye will be involved .

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LikeAvengers : Infinity War , Avengers 4won’t have a ton of time to infix unexampled characters . But it ’s clean-cut that the hereafter of the MCU will be teased in the new movie . With it described as bigger and bluff than the first film , Avengers 4is certain to tease out thenext MCU squad of hero , and the Thunderbolts are one with plenty of mileage . Thanks to their various iteration , there ’s a lot Marvel could do with the team . avenger 4could see Zemo rid from prison house in the bedlam , finally taking a more theatrical feeler to being a baddie in the wake of Thanos ' warfare . With so many heroes dead , the Thunderbolts could go forth as one of several unexampled groups of superheroes around the world . Hawkeye could then have a run - in with them during one of his mission , set up their future tense together .

Avengers : Infinity Warproved a scoundrel like Red Skull could add up back after years of being absentminded . Therefore , it seems unlikely we ’ll never see Zemo again . With a tease inAvengers 4 , form 4 of the MCU could fully dive into this inscrutable young group of hero only to reveal they ’re really villains . From there , Hawkeye could step in as a mentor for another movie that could set up up a saturnine dealership with a revolving roll of characters . Another hypothesis is a right flick / TV crossover voter , with Luke Cage pass the team in a Thunderbolts streaming series that lets the show be a bit more mature . Hawkeye could then cameo , connect thing together in a bigger way thanAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.is able to .

fan have spent years clamor for a Thunderbolts movie or TV serial , and Marvel seems destined to make one of these materialise . The group and their founding extremity keep popping up in the comics , and the foundation live for them to arrive in the MCU .   Next year ’s film   will have plenty on its plate , but idea of seeding the Thunderbolts for Phase 4 of the MCU seems like a strong theory forAvengers 4 .

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