Thor 5
Summary
The Marvels ' nod to a famed Marvel Comics plot line tease theMCU ’s Norman Osborn potentially starring inThor 5 . The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a behemoth of a enfranchisement , filled with hundreds of characters and multiple parallel storylines . While mostupcoming MCU movies and showsare building up toAvengers : The Kang DynastyandAvengers : Secret Wars , some of them are also setting up other narrative and funny book adaptations that give certain MCU characters their sentence in the spot . For representative , The Marvels ' ending scenesets up the Young Avengers , and multiple Phase 4 and 5 movies and display teased the titular squad ’s first deputation together in 2025’sThunderbolts .
Some MCU set - ups have been more subtle . For instance , Shang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings ' post - credits scene ready up the Ten Rings ' mysterious extraterrestrial rootage , which Captain Marvel somehow did n’t acknowledge inThe Marvelsdespite her encounter with the suspiciously standardised Quantum Bands . WhatThe Marvelsdoes refer upon outside its principal plot , however , is New Asgard ’s new status as an alien haven on Earth . Valkyrie ’s cameo inThe Marvelsmay seem like a simple cameo , but her scene could bring drastic changes to the MCU in the future tense , and perhaps set up a live - action adaptation of a historical Marvel Comics storyline inthe MCU ’s eventualThor 5 .
The Marvels Sets Up Thor 5’s Siege Storyline
InThe Marvels , Captain Marvel and her two unexampled superhero allies Monica Rambeau and Kamala Khan delivery Tarnax inhabitants who pull round Dar - Benn ’s attack . Fortunately for the aliens , Valkyrie is open to get them in New Asgard , as the Asgardians went through a similar experience after Asgard ’s end and Thanos ' attack on the remaining Asgardian subsister . But as convenient as New Asgard is for foreign refugees from all over the existence , Valkyrie ’s decision may spell doom for her realm in the future , asSecret Invasion ’s final episodefeatured U.S. President Ritson declaring war on every extraterrestrial being on Earth . This aligns perfectly with what happened with New Asgard in the source cloth .
The issue of Marvel Comics’Secret Invasionstoryline get monolithic distrust from humanity towards exotic lifeforms on Earth , as the Skrulls pass through human society and impersonated multiple superheroes . as luck would have it , the Skrull terror was neutralize , and defense systems against shapeshifting invaders were put in place . However , Secret Invasion ’s difference of opinion led to a shakeup in the public perception of superheroes , which give up villains to claim place of power and use them for their own selfish gain . Most notably , Norman Osborn took over SHIELD and transform it into the shady formation HAMMER , create the Dark Avengers , and targeted extraterrestrial refugees on New Asgard , the latter of which could becomeThor 5 ’s main conflict .
The Marvels may have just made one of Thor 5 ’s darkest electric potential storylines a realism in a apparatus that will see a full - scale war descend on New Asgard .
The MCU Needs Norman Osborn For A Proper Siege Event
It ’s common for Marvel Studios to conform comic record book storylines with different character . For representative , Adam Warlock and Death were absentminded fromAvengers : Infinity Wardespite their essential role in Marvel Comics’Infinity Gauntletstoryline . Still , an MCUSiegeadaptation would do good greatly from having Norman Osborn as its main villain . Not only did Norman Osborn have a huge part of the Marvel Universe in a chokehold for a time , but he also go from being the Green Goblin to being known as one of the earthly concern ’s rescuer afterSecret Invasion , then as an Avenger - like superhero as Iron Patriot duringDark Reign , and in the end as a overlord manipulator inSiege .
The MCU is bound to inaugurate its own version of the Green Goblin , and there ’s a perfect path to link him to the Willem Dafoe version .
bring Norman Osborn for an MCUSiegeadaptation would also allow Marvel Studios to explore aspects of the character that none of the previous Spider - Man flick have been able to discover , as Norman Osborn has only been synonymous with the Green Goblin on the heavy concealment . With the MCU ’s vast interconnectivity and lore at its disposition , the MCU’sSiegeadaptationhas the chance to develop Norman Osborn beyond his famous supervillain identity : as a hero , an malevolent Einstein , and a man of the multitude — all at the same time . Norman Osborn ’s dynamic with other Marvel characters would also break the mold after multiple appearances where his only enemy is Spider - Man .
Who Could Play Norman Osborn In The MCU?
The MCU already had its Norman Osborn with Willem Dafoe ’s return as Green Goblin inSpider - Man : No path domicile . But as exciting as his multiversal slip to the MCU may have been , Dafoe ’s Norman Osborn did n’t become a proper MCU character . Thanks to the multiverse , it ’s possible that an MCU - aboriginal Norman Osborn already live somewhere out there , and that he looks and behaves quite differently from the one from Sam Raimi’sSpider - Manuniverse . AlthoughWillem Dafoe is open to return as Norman Osbornin a future Marvel movie , the villain could be played by a different thespian in the MCU , either for a futureSpider - Manmovie or aSiegeadaptation .
Willem Dafoe lay out a high-pitched bar , but other actor could also deliver a upstanding execution as Norman Osborn . The villain could be play by actors who have prove a extra natural endowment for take on scoundrel , likeBreaking Badstars Bryan Cranston and Giancarlo Esposito , Man of Steelactor Michael Shannon , andHarry Potteractor Jason Isaacs . enceinte gens such as Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman would be more than prepared for the role , and slightly young alternative likeDexter ’s Michael C. Hall andOzark ’s Jason Bateman could be welcome option . Otherwise , an unknown player could rise to renown by make the MCU villain role his own inThor 5’sSiegestoryline .
