Will Future Movies/TV Shows Explore The Aftermath Of The Snap’s Reversal?
The Russos promised us that the deaths of Infinity War wouldn’t be neatly swept under the rug and they were right. The heroes could have taken the easy route and simply reversed the snap entirely in Endgame but, presumably to preserve the life of Tony’s daughter Morgan, they brought back all the dead five years later. It was presented as a happy ending, but there’s a lot to unpack in this new world. Will this be explored in future movies or even TV shows, though?
For instance, bringing back 50% of the world’s population five years after their deaths will cause enormous havoc in so many different ways, both in terms of resources and the emotional and social ramifications of this. There’s a lot of potential to mine here, but it’s arguably too dark and complicated for the movies to get into. Personally, I have a feeling it’ll be skirted over. From the point of view of the individual filmmakers, for example, they’ll want to tell their own story rather than be lumbered by picking up the pieces of Endgame.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be a prime place to explore the stuff the films are too busy to deal with, but it’s been confirmed that season 6 of the ABC show will pick up a year after the events of season 5. This means that it may deal with the effects of half the population disappearing, but it won’t get to touch on the results of them all coming back unless it runs for a further four seasons.