Avengers 2 isn’t even out yet but rumors and speculation are flying around regarding Avengers 3.
The latest regards Dave Batista, who played Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy.
“Marvel Studios are currently restructuring his contract that will likely see him get more money due to the success of Guardians of the Galaxy. This will also lock Batista in for a number of other Marvel movies,” reported PW Mania, a wrestling blog.
“Batista is slated for Guardians of the Galaxy 2 as well as the 3rd Avengers movie, where he will have a significant role. That movie will be a few years down the road as the 2nd Avengers movie isn’t scheduled to be released until May 2015. ”
There are already rumors of a Guardians-Avengers crossover in Avengers 3, including the appearance of Thanos.
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There doesn’t appear to be much evidence yet connecting Thanos to the third installment in the franchise, though.
One of the latest rumors also says that the Civil War might take place in the Avengers 3.
Movie Pilot explains that the original Civil War had Iron Man fighting against the registration act for superpowered beings in Washington, D.C.
“When a primary school full of kids blow up in Stanford during a run in between reality TV Superheroes New Warriors and the supervillain Nitro, Iron Man changes his mind and decides to team up with Reed Richards, Henry Pym and the U.S. Government to hurry the act along, going far enough as to set an incredibly short time limit for all superpowered beings on US soil to register (and in the process become government employees) or be hunted down and chained up in a superprison in the Negative Zone,” it said.
“Spider-Man unmasking at a press conference is a huge win for the pro registration side, gathering a lot of attention, and several heroes sign up because of it (meanwhile, the villain actually responsible for the Stamford Massacre runs free and ignored by everyone save Wolverine and Namor). Formerly imprisoned villains, some of whom are among the worst sociopaths Marvel could muster up (I'd like to remind everyone that not all sociopaths are bad. Some of them are Sherlock Holmes and Dr. House) are released under the Thunderbolt moniker to hunt down Captain America and his allies (mostly street level heroes and youngsters).”
The blog notes that the story is extremely dark, and that the story wouldn’t really make sense in a movie form.
Another rumor--origin unclear--is that some of the children of the Avengers could show up in a future film, such as Avengers 3.
Avengers 2, Age of Ultron is slated to hit theaters on May 1, 2015. Avengers 3 is expected sometime in 2017 or 2018.
