10 Characters Most Likely To Be Introduced To The Marvel Cinematic Universe During Phase 3

@MiopTop - Any excuse for a shitty article amirite?

@MiopTop - Most the characters on this list are either already under rights to be used by another company or incredibly unlikely. This is not a realistic list.

A realistic top ten characters to cameo or be introduced in Phase 3 are:

10. TV Show Characters.
Marvel knows we want them. They no longer have the excuse that the scripts were being written before they came out, etc. A visual or verbal nod to the reformation of SHIELD(as AOS implied), mentions of Punisher still being on the loose. Someone calling Spider-Man the devil of hell's kitchen or a character like JJJ talking about Kilgrave or a "guy with bullet proof skin in Harlem". The same vague references that the shows give to the movies.

9. Scorpion/Mac Gargan
Marvel wants to distance themselves from Sony's attempts: Green Goblin (Norman and Harry), Lizard, Rhino, Electro, Dr.Octopus, Sandman, and Venom. So I think the concept they are going with this time around are villains that are self created. Or at the very least, Tinkerer is the big bad behind the next few villains, not OsCorp. The after credits scene of Homecoming will likely be JJJ saying to the Tinkerer that with SHIELD gone and the Avengers broken up, it's up to the people to keep the country safe. There he'll intend to have his photographer and personal spy, Mac Gargan become a super hero. We know how that will turn out.

8.Moondragon (Heather Douglas)
A character heavily tied to Thanos, Asgaurdians and the Marvel universe. If you ever read her bio, she perfectly fits in to the MCU and would only need minor changes to her character to not create any plotholes or issues. Also her design is something very fitting for how characters look in the MCU. She looks like a green version of Nebula from GOTG.
Outside of visuals, she has been a villain, an anti-hero, and a hero, helping the Avengers. I cannot imagine that the movies would move forward without including her. I'm not going to get into her storylines, but if you know comics you know why she's possibly the most important character to at least reference outside of....

7. Adam Warlock
No explanation needed. Though, I will say he and Moondragon are so low on this list because it's possible that they're TOO important or too powerful to the comic versions of stories, and maybe the Russos want to sort of change it up to be less "comic-book" and slightly more realistic? But then again, the more cosmic and magical stories become the more likely we'll see characters like...

6. The Beyonder
Marvel/Disney and DC/WB are not stupid. Cross Promotion of their intellectual properties through cross-media marketing allows for fan to compile on top of fans so that when a character finally appears, there is compiled interest. Let me explain further...The Beyonder showed up in the highly popular Spider-Man animated series from 1992. He's appeared since then in the new Marvel block on Disney XD, and finally, he was instrumental in the recent Battleworld story in Marvel comics.

This is typically done when a company wants a character to be known by audiences. Remember when Deadpool was all of a sudden in every comic and making cameos all across Marvel? The over saturation of the characters was to promote him and make him recognizable beyond the fans that already knew him. So it's insanely likely that the Beyonder will be a force or entity pulled into our dimension at the end of Infinity War. He's recognizable and more powerful than Thanos without the gems, so he would make a great enemy for Marvel's Saga 2.

5.Dormammu.
Recently appearing in several of the Marvel Disney XD cartoons and also being a prominent character in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, this is a character that Marvel made sure to introduce new fans to. He is also someone that is likely to cameo in Dr.Strange or be referenced and then paves the way for characters like Black Heart, Mephisto, Ghost Rider and even Blade to be reintroduced in cinema. A HUGE Dr. Strange villain, it is likely that he will be at least a mid-credits character in phase 3.

4. J. Jonah Jameson.
One of the few things that Wilding got right. I think it would be a huge misstep to not include Jameson. However, I don't think they should go with the comical version that Raimi did. I think he should REALLY, truly, hate Parker -or- learn to appreciate him as Ultimate Jonah did. So he starts off demanding photos of Spider-Man and explaining that his wife was killed by a man in a mask, and that's why he doesn't trust people in masks. ESPECIALLY now that the Sokovia Accords demand that anyone claiming to be a hero should register. But Parker isn't old enough to register, and Jonah doesn't know that. Most people assume Spider-Man is an adult. THAT version of the character would be interesting and mean more to the whole of the universe than a character played for jokes.

3. Rhino, Chameleon and Kraven
With Spider-Man joining the MCU, a great many of Marvel's most popular rogues are now available to the MCU. With the situation in Sokovia, it is possible that many people from Eastern Europe would possibly be angry with America and the world governments. And some of those countries' worst criminals or even nationals might find new opportunity globally.

It would be cool if these typically Russian characters were hired as sokovian assassins. I don't think they'll appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming, BUT it would be great to see any of them referenced in other films. Kraven and Chameleon could EASILY fit into Black Panther. And Rhino could be someone giving Captain Marvel a tough go of it on Earth.

2.Mar-Vell and Spectrum.
We all love Carol Danvers, but it would be unfair to Monica Rambeau and Mar-Vell if those characters aren't at least mentioned. I would personally like it to play out that Captain Mar-Vell is a Kree that has infiltrated our military ranks, and during a situation, to save the lives of his teammates, he has to reveal his powers. But in doing so, the radiation hits both Monica Rambeau and Carol Danvers. The rest of the team is killed, but those two survive. And then the film could follow Carol Danvers as she becomes Captain Marvel, leaving Rambeau as Spectrum to exist, but be sort of a background character like War Machine in Ironman's series.

1.Uatu
I think that the fan theory of Stan, the man, Lee being Uatu is spot on. I think it would be a great reveal, maybe something that they could work out with Fox to also be true in their universe. We all love him, but the cameos are getting played out and it's better for them to stop while they're cute than to drag on and on and only stop when he passes. Let's give him one last awesome role to play, have him warn the Avengers and reveal himself to be Uatu, that way we can say goodbye to the cameos and start Saga 2 and all new phases for it.

@Bakersfield - much better

@Bakersfield - Much better, and more reasonable list! On more character that I'd like to see, and that think is very likely either in film or for a TV series, is Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel)

@Bakersfield - JJ Jameson is a weak choice in my opinion for a top 10 list. He's just a supporting character generally in Spiderman, and worse he's just a normal. Like I said below there are hundreds of interesting Marvel "powered" individuals you can choose from. Some really interesting, like Redhulk, shroud, almost any cosmic character take your pick. Even half a dozen new universe characters would be better. Then there's Hercules and his fellow gods, squadron supreme, various defenders not to mention the hundred avengers over the years.

@Clundgren - I would prefer to have Kamala Khan SEEN or mentioned, but not introduced yet. We all want to see a lot of characters, but if they name drop just to name drop or throw characters in just to show audiences that they're there, we'd have an example of X3, Spider-Man 3 or Batman v Superman.

Instead have a class of students being shown the military barracks that Carol Danvers, Monica Rambeau, and Mar-Vell work at. Carol Danvers, impressed by one of the female students asks her name..."Kamala, Ma'am. Kamala Khan."

@SpideyQuad - Okay. I appreciate your opinion, but I think you're entirely wrong.

"Power" doesn't make for a story. And the more people with powers, the less incredible they are. After all, if everyone's super, no one is. We don't need to shove in every super powered being that has ever shown up, just to say that they're on screen. Marvel has been taking their time and introducing characters naturally, organically, and that works FAR better.

We need more characters who ARENT super powered to show the level of power that these characters have. We need to introduce more and more WEAKER characters for every super powered character we have or there's no point.

JJJ, Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane, Aunt May, Pepper, Happy Hogan, Sharon Carter, Maria Hill, Nick Fury, Kate Bishop, Rick Jones, Betty Ross, Jane Foster, Dr.Selvig, Stephen Strange(as he is without the powers), Foggy Nelson, Karen Page, Claire Temple and even Frank Castle can't keep the world safe on their own. They are important characters to the comics, and shape the super heroes lives and show the audience who they are fighting for. But they're still characters of their own.

Just because -you- would like to see gods and such, with flashy powers, does not mean that other movie goers only want action and explosions. You're saying a character with more than 75 years of comic story is a weak choice? That's insane.

If you actually read the comics you'd know that these "just normal" characters have often done more for the series than ones with super powers.

Honestly, tell me how Mysterio, Shocker, Rhino, Spot, Jack'O'Lantern, Silver Sable, or even Hobgoblin mean more to Spider-Man comics than J. Jonah Jameson? You forget Jameson's also mayor of NYC in the comics.

Oh...and both Kingpin and DC's Lex Luthor are" just a normal".

@JP8 - This seems to be a "most wanted" more than a most likely. There's no Adam Warlock or Black Panther, Captain Marvel or Ant Man 2 villains or side characters.

@McGee -

Did he spend the whole date giving you a top ten of everything?