While Marvel Studios' The Marvels, unfortunately, didn't light the box office on fire this past month, its post-credits sequence certainly managed to ignite imaginations and excite fans in a way that felt very reminiscent of the golden days of the Infinity Saga.
The mid-credits sequence, which arrived just moments after Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) recruited Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) to her new team, featured the official debut of our second original X-Men in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Dr. Hank McCoy, a.k.a. Beast (Kelsey Grammer), was revealed as the doctor treating Maria Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) after she closed the rupture in the multiverse and found herself stranded in another universe.
While much has been rumored about the X-Men's eventual debut in the MCU, which will very likely happen in full in next year's Deadpool 3, it's fair to wonder whether Maria landed in that same Fox-Men universe that will apparently be destroyed in the threequel or if this is an entirely different Beast variant that we'll get to see in future adventures.
Either way, Grammer has already alluded to more appearances, so it shouldn't be too long before Kevin Feige and company hopefully reveal details about what's to come in the not-so-distant future as we all count down the days to Avengers: Secret Wars.
In the meantime, Andy Park has shared some amazing concept art from The Marvels, offering our first official look at Beast's updated look for the MCU.
Check out the concept art below:
The ensemble cast features Academy Award-winner Brie Larson (Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel), Teyonah Parris (Monica Rambeau/Photon), Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel), Zawe Ashton (Dar-Benn), Gary Lewis (Emperor Dro'ge), Seo-Jun Park (Prince Yan), Zenobia Shroff (Muneeba Khan), Mohan Kapur (Yusuf Khan), Saagar Shaikh (Aamir Khan), Academy Award-nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Lashana Lynch (Maria Rambeau/Binary), Leila Farz (Talia), Abraham Popoola (Dag), Daniel Ings (Ty-Rone), Academy Award-nominee Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop), and 5x Primetime Emmy-winner Kelsey Grammer (Hank McCoy/Beast).
Nia DaCosta directed the feature from a screenplay she co-wrote with Megan McDonnell and Elissa Karasik. Kevin Feige is, of course, attached as the producer, while Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Mary Livanos, and Matthew Jenkins served as executive producers.
In Marvel Studios’ “The Marvels,” Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her identity from the tyrannical Kree and taken revenge on the Supreme Intelligence. But unintended consequences see Carol shouldering the burden of a destabilized universe. When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol’s estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe as “The Marvels.”