Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has said that the upcoming films Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars will reshape the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a "streamlined, simplified, single universe," moving away from the sprawling multiverse structure that has defined recent Marvel projects. The comments suggest a deliberate course correction after years of multiversal storytelling across films, Disney+ series and animated spin-offs, which some fans and critics felt had become overly complicated and hard to follow.

Feige indicated that this simplified continuity could form the backbone of Marvel storytelling for years to come, potentially extending as far as 2042. Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars are the next two major crossover events in the MCU, expected to bring together characters from across the multiverse before consolidating the franchise into a single, more accessible timeline going forward.