Marvel's Secret Wars "reset" will pave the way for new Tony Stark

“Endgame, literally, was about endings. Secret Wars [is about] beginnings,” Feige explained (via Variety). “Reboot is a scary word. Reboot can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. Reset, singular timeline—we’re thinking along those lines.” 

The obvious example here is the X-Men, which Feige rather vaguely said “is where that will happen next.” Some of Fox’s original X-Men team members (Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellan, James Marsden and more) are confirmed to appear in Doomsday, but Feige has been teasing new MCU X-Men for years. He views Professor X’s school for mutants as a way ​​”to tell stories about young people who feel different and who feel Other and who feel like they don’t belong. That’s the universal story of mutants, and that is where we’re going.” (A younger X-Men would align with rumors that Sadie Sink, cast in the upcoming Spider-Man 4, might play Jean Grey.) 

More surprising than new X-Men, which has been a long time coming, is Feige’s reveal that he’s already thinking about a new Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. He once promised he would never “magically undo” Tony Stark’s death in the MCU, but again, the multiverse provides some wiggle room on that front. Feige compared the MCU legacy characters to James Bond: “I think it’s hard for anybody to do that when an actor has done such a great role,” he said. “How are they going to ever replace Sean Connery [as James Bond], right?” And yet! We’ll see how extreme this Marvel reset is when Secret Wars eventually rolls around, currently scheduled for December 2027.