Black Panther

Black Panther is definitely something of a risk for Marvel, given that the character isn’t exactly widely known in the mainstream – although the fact he is making his first Marvel Cinematic Universe appearance in Captain America: Civil War should work in his favour.

For some reason, movie studios have been reluctant to put solo movies about black superheroes out there over the years – there have only been a handful – and 2018’s Black Panther will actually be the first one in the MCU. Do Marvel Studios see it as a risk for some reason? They certainly shouldn’t on that basis.

That being said, Black Panther is very different to anything the MCU has seen so far, due to his highly unique origin story, and it remains to be seen how he will be received. He could be the new Iron Man, he could be the new Thor, in terms of his solo movie success levels.

Ant-Man & The Wasp

There’s absolutely no denying the fact that the first Ant-Man movie was a resounding success – and it’s exciting that he will be appearing alongside the other heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War – but just how many Ant-Man solo movies can be truly entertaining?

Granted, the second installment in 2018 will add the Wasp into the mix, but the principle will still be the same and that can’t be entertaining forever – especially considering that the rogues gallery available for use in such movies are very limited.

It would surely be better to keep Ant-Man and the Wasp as the shrinking members of Avengers ensemble movies from now on – that power could be interestingly put to use as an accompaniment to the other heroes’ powers – but there’s only so long that it can hold its own movies for and that is probably one solo movie. Another is a risk.