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What if Black Cat makes an appearance in Spiderman? Too close to Catwoman or Black Panther?Here is a good Marvel.com article featuring seven all-female teams (click on link at GREAT peril @Runwildboys !!!)
https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/seven-of-the-best-all-woman-teams-in-the-marvel-universe
Not sure how viable any of these already precedented and/or established comic book teams would be for integrating into the MCU but we know Disney/Marvel plan all their film phases well in-advance.
I think the MCU Avengers has set the method of interconnecting characters for a series of group team movies. First, they showcased original comic book Avengers team members in their own movies, which were Iron Man, Thor and Hulk. Black Widow and Hawkeye were not original team members but were supporting characters in MCU movies leading up to the first team movie and were meshed in with the aforementioned characters. Captain America was an atypical source to include with the team, namely not an original comic book team member but was given his own series of movies since he has always symbolized the best leader of the team in print.
Exiting Phase Three and entering Phase Four, Disney/Marvel has already created potential source characters--Earth based or Earth origin and currently living choices--options for an all-female team:
Here are a few of my thoughts:
- Scarlet Witch
- Valkyrie
- Okoye
- Captain Marvel
- Rescue
- The Wasp
A - I do not think Disney/Marvel will continue strong ties going as far back as Phase One, so I do not think of Rescue/Gwyneth Paltrow as a strong consideration. Paltrow is likely ending her run anyway if it has not already been announced.
B - A potential group would likely be as singularly diverse as the original group team's concept. So I think Shuri would be a "copy" Wakanda character link to Okoye's and would not make the cut.
C - The original group team had a good mixture of six members. Continuing a customary numbering of six would require the introduction of at least one new female character to the big screen to join the roster. Upcoming MCU films include Spider-Man: Far From Home, Black Widow, The Eternals, Black Panther 2, Doctor Strange 2, Shang-Chi and Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
I think it is safe saying scratch Natasha returning to a group team franchise. The strongest female character in Spider-Man is Mary Jane Watson, so she would not be an option. There could be an embedded strong female S.H.I.E.L.D. tie-in (Agent Sharon Carter/Emily VanCamp perhaps?) but an agent main character has already been done before. BP2 character source(s) are already established. I doubt DS2 will supply a strong female option, especially with The Ancient One being out of commission. GOTG3 is almost exclusively off-Earth based and I doubt any more female hero characters will be introduced in that franchise soon.
That leaves (in the upcoming Phase Four) to source options in The Eternals and Shang-Chi. I am not really knowledgeable about Shang-Chi to comment about a female hero possibility. On the other hand, The Eternals could be an interesting source for another member. The Earth Eternal Sersi has even been an Avenger in the comics. It would be a stretch but not out of the question depending on how that movie franchise storyline will play out, given that it might originate in the ancient past.
D - I think A-Force is a possibility but I also believe Disney/Marvel is flexible enough to consider banding characters together under a different banner. Such a move would also distance itself from the pre-Endgame association with the Avengers.
Personally, my wish would be for a certain group of mutants could be possible source material but it seems that possibility would not even present itself in the near future.
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). That said, practically every Hollywood studio strives for maximum box office projects. The evidence is the amount of (obvious) duds the industry throws out to theaters every year.
Good convo though. 
