Next Step : What Marvel Movies Should Do Post-Avengers

The Avengers (Or Avengers Assemble in the UK) is probably the biggest entertainment undertaking of a geeky property for years, it has been planned by Marvel for years now and is the culmination of five movies, dozens of obscure references and five ominous post credits-scenes leading to something big. This is that big thing.

Comics for decades now have had hundreds of characters exist in a shared universe were almost everything is connected. Marvel is now attempting this for the first time in the cinema they refer to this as the : Marvel Cinematic Universe or MCU . The movie is pretty much a guaranteed success, with an excellent director, cast and marketing campaign to push it forward, most of the characters are big names and the hype going to extreme intensity, this movie will make a killing.

But what will Marvel do next ?

We know that marvel have iron man 3, thor 2 and captain america 2 in the works for 2013 and 2014 releases, it has also been suggested that an Avengers 2&3 will be made, with more stand alone character movies in between them both, but what should they do next ?

Edgar Wright of shawn of the dead and hot fuzz fame is in process of making an Ant-Man movie, with rumours being that it will link to the MCU in some way but this in unconfirmed.

My favourite idea so far though has been a stand-alone S.H.I.E.L.D movie with Nick Fury, Hawkeye and Black widow, this could become a sort of mission impossible spy movie with super villains and concepts like stolen Stark technology and rogue Asgardian artifacts, how cool would that be?

Obviously Marvel have a plan somewhere on the future of this MCU, some fans want magical superheroes like doctor strange to be introduced, but that kind of contrast is unlikely, however this is coming from the people who found a way to make it believable for a norse alien demigod to be hanging around with iron man.

The last thing i will mention is the tv show currently in the making called AKA Jessica Jones which is based around ex-superheroine Jessica Jones as a private investigator in a world of superpowers, this is being made by the director of the first twilight movie Melissa Rosenberg, this TV show is planned to be in the MCU. I dont know about you but that is an exciting idea and a good use of what is available.