Our first look at Avengers 4 has now arrived in the form of a piece of concept art which reveals the full line-up of the surviving heroes in next year’s event movie. We should point out there’s a chance this a fake, but it looks pretty genuine and in keeping with concept art released for previous MCU films.
As you can see down below, the artwork features all the remaining heroes united together as one badass team. The line-up consists of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hulk, War Machine, Rocket, Nebula, Hawkeye, Ant-Man and, last but not least, Captain Marvel.
There’s a lot we can infer from this image, too, as many of the characters are featured in altered costumes or appearances. For instance, Steve Rogers has shaved his facial hair and is back in his classic red and blue suit, suggesting he’s 100% Captain America again. Likewise, Black Widow has returned to her red hair, presumably because she no longer needs to disguise her appearance while on the run. War Machine also seems to have had an upgrade to his armor and Hulk – who’s finally transformed! – is now wearing a body suit and not just his pants.
As for the heroes who sat out of Infinity War, Hawkeye is in a new outfit that once again implies he’s going to become Ronin in Avengers 4. You can just make out some yellow accents to his costume that resemble the ones seen on Jeremy Renner’s suit in set photos, too. Finally, Ant-Man looks the same, but it’s notable that Wasp isn’t part of the team, which fits with what Evangeline Lilly has said about her limited involvement in the movie.
Finally, the last two surviving Guardians of the Galaxy appear to have been folded into the group and will fight alongside Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as they take on Thanos when Avengers 4 arrives next May.