Do you think we could see a different version of Taskmaster in the future or could this be last we see of the character in the MCU?

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samj002025-10-07 00:13

There has to be a reason to bring in and kill off the character so quickly, she'll be back

LADYBIRD_HILL2025-10-07 00:24

They killed her so quickly because they originally were going to keep her alive before they retooled Thunderbolts. She died because there was too much going on already.

abysmallybored2025-10-07 00:43

No, she died because apparently the movie felt bloodless and the stakes were too low, which is a ridiculous argument because they lowered the stakes at the end anyway, she died for nothing.

Caciulacdlac2025-10-07 00:16

Not in the current iteration of the MCU, probably after it will be rebooted.

chiefranma2025-10-07 00:17

honestly think that was there way of killing of the version of this character instead of us getting the proper version of the taskmaster

Jaideco2025-10-07 00:20

Hasn’t this joke been done to death already?

Uncanny_Doom2025-10-07 00:32

It would be pretty dumb and lame if they brought in another character to call them Taskmaster with a similar costume and the same powers and weapons in all honesty.

Heavensrun2025-10-07 01:20

They already established in continuity that Taskmaster was a *program.* Just like the Widows. They can introduce as many of them as they want.

wrainedaxx2025-10-07 01:59

Exactly. It could easily have been a program named after the OG himself, since it allows their brainwashed assassins to have a similar looking power set to Anthony Masters.

Beeman6162025-10-07 03:46

Part of his story could be that he wants to take back the name. With Antonia being killed, he may decide that his name has been blemished by failure.

Or they could have it that the red room found out about his abilities and kept him imprisoned so they could experiment on him. If they want to make him a bit more sympathetic. If they keep his shield origin, he could have an axe ro grind with anyone left as they didn't rescue him.

Spicy_Weissy2025-10-07 04:06

Nah, don't throw her under the bus like that. Her's is a sad story, let her have it.

WaffleHouseGladiator2025-10-07 04:43

That could actually work pretty well. Taskmaster fights Taskmaster knockoffs, but every time they fight they end up at a draw because they're both using the same moves and weapons. Taksmaster realizes that he needs outside help and calls on one of the only people whose fighting style he can't copy: Deadpool.

ShierAwesome2025-10-07 06:27

Fans never fail to cook up the worst movie ideas

Riley__642025-10-07 05:02

That’s basically just retreading what happened with the mandarin

Beeman6162025-10-07 08:11

Fair point. Hadn't considered that.

ViralGameover2025-10-07 01:39

If they do the character justice it doesn’t matter if the idea had been somewhat adapted already. Post Secret Wars will result in a soft reboot anyways. Perfect time to introduce his Mercenary school.

r01-85062025-10-07 02:00

Easy. Anthony Masters, who injected himself with his own serum and has "photographic reflexes", will just copy the so-called Taskmaster. Hence, his costume is different (which looks like the comics' classic original).

Look at the Black Widows, they are mostly called by their names and not as "Black Widow", even Natasha when she was still the one and only Black Widow of the MCU. So Anthony Masters would likely be referred to simply as Masters for example. Even a simple backstory of Masters and Antonia Dreykov meeting or collaborating in the past could be enough for him to adopt the name and base his costume after her demise.

domicci2025-10-07 02:15

i could see how they could do it. having it be task master sells a chip that basically mimics his powers to criminals he doesn't care to work with or don't want to work directly with him

Powersoutdotcom2025-10-07 17:33

Not if it was on battleworld, or in some kind of multiversal thing in the void. Which I expect is going to happen (just likely they don't even consider Taskmaster at all for that).

SandieSandwicheadman2025-10-07 00:36

I genuinely don't think we're ever seeing Taskie again, at least in the MCU. She had a full character arc in the original draft of thunderbolts and they considered the character so disposable that they traded that for the movie having a single kill. If they had any intention of using any version of the character, they would have just kept the work they did with the script instead of radically altering it.

Taskie is too D list of a character to bother bringing back at this point, even if they fully reboot the marvel movies. Plenty of new characters to get to, and plenty of bigger names to redo if you're going to go back and redo characters from the last twenty years.

Responsible_Egg75192025-10-07 00:43

I feel like I’m the only one who wasn’t clutching their pearls over her death. I remember when Black Widow came out, everyone complained heavily about this version of the character, but then she gets killed off and suddenly everyone is an outraged fan of hers? This adaptation was botched from the beginning and I’m not particularly sad to see her go. Her death served as a good cautionary tale for the rest of the characters. Sucks for Olga but she still got paid at the end of the day.

HearingCandid89742025-10-07 00:55

I think what was disappointing for some people is that Thunderbolts was a redemption for a lot of characters that came from projects that weren’t particularly loved, and maybe they were disappointed that Taskmaster didn’t get the same treatment

Responsible_Egg75192025-10-07 01:00

Being disappointed about that is totally understandable, I just think the people shitting on the movie as a whole and making hashtags are just doing too much.

HearingCandid89742025-10-07 01:01

Oh yeah, agreed. Lots of fandoms are like that unfortunately

Buhos_En_Pantelones2025-10-07 01:00

I will fully admit I haven't read a comic in 30 years and was completely ignorant of this character. The backlash over the 'butchering' of a B level villain was kinda hilarious to me.

TelenorTheGNP2025-10-07 01:04

I wasn't some dyed in the wool fan of TM nor am I one of the bitching enthusiasts that plague the fandom, but if they're on the poster, give us more than literally a few minutes of screen time. I don't think the objection to that was unreasonable.

That said, Taskmaster is no big loss in the grander narrative, like I think you would say.

Responsible_Egg75192025-10-07 02:24

I do think the marketing (photoshopping her into scenes that she isn’t in, keeping her on the poster over Bob, etc.) was dumb.

Spicy_Weissy2025-10-07 04:09

She had a tough life. Killed a lot of people, then she got killed.

_Football_Cream_2025-10-07 18:26

So I think Taskmaster is a cool character and I was disappointed that they didn't attempt to rehabilitate them. I didn't love the portrayal from BW, but that movie did end with her as basically a clean slate that they could have done more with.

That said, my gripe is not so much about Taskmaster themselves but a larger issue I've had with the MCU, which is a lack of good recurring minor villains. Taskmaster is a character that appears in a LOT of comics, facing off with everyone from Deadpool to Spider-Man. They're an easy character to slot in various plots because they're basically just a mercenary but a very formidable one. I just want a larger roster of villainous characters that can pop up in different properties. They've either rehabbed a lot into (anti-)heroes or killed of so. damn. many. good potential ones like Klaue and Crossbones.

EEDDDWWWAARRRD2025-10-07 00:46

I would love to find out the version we got was the actual knockoff created by the Red Room and the real one has been laying low or awol

Unstable_Bear2025-10-07 00:56

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Hugh-Jass242025-10-07 01:13

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Unstable_Bear2025-10-07 01:18

When did I say I was crying….?

Hugh-Jass242025-10-07 01:29

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Unstable_Bear2025-10-07 01:37

You’re missing the actual point of my sentence, which is that undoing the genderswap will make toxic fans think that their harassment campaigns work, and then they’ll get worse

HearingCandid89742025-10-07 01:46

I think they know and are just being a jackass, ignore them. People like them thrive off of getting a reaction

Hugh-Jass242025-10-07 01:51

But with saying that you are also saying you don't want Marvel to course correct. Comic book fans wanted a proper Tony Masters version that stays true to the source material (its probably the reason Black Widow wasn't well received). I think they will introduce him after Secret Wars and I hope I am right. It doesnt matter how you feel about the reaction of a certain crowd, you should worry more about the quality of the content instead.

r01-85062025-10-07 02:15

Disagree. Hawkeye has Kate, Nat had Yelena, Steve Cap has Sam, etc. It's only fitting to make Antonia have Masters. It could easily be shown for example that the two met and collaborated before, hence Masters adopting the Taskmaster mantle.

Taskmaster is such a good villain to utilize especially against the likes of Punisher, Daredevil, Spidey, Shang Chi, etc.

Hugh-Jass242025-10-07 02:18

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r01-85062025-10-07 02:36

Yep, it's really quite easy to bring in Masters, no need for variants or multiverse, no need to wait for a reboot even.

InoueNinja942025-10-07 00:58

I think they can do Tasky again in a Deadpool sequel
That way they can handle some of the wackier parts of the characters while facing off Wade

chomperstyle2025-10-07 00:58

Still super weird that they killed her off to show that nobody is safe but then proceeded to not kill anybody else.

AdaptedInfiltrator2025-10-07 02:05

Nah they just killed her off to focus on the more favored characters and as an apology from the mess up in the Black Widow movie

OJONLYMAYBEDIDIT2025-10-07 04:36

is that weird

this wasn't a suicide squad film

she died, so the idea of the others dying was at least a possibility in your mind

did it happen? no.

but it laid the possibility

chomperstyle2025-10-07 04:46

“Nobody is safe”(everyone was in fact safe)
It lead to more disappointment at the lack of death and set a precedent with no follow up. It was very abrupt and unexpected but we had no stales im the character, at that point in the movie only yelenas death would mean something(and obviously bob wouldent have died). Every scene with perceived danger in the first few minutes had me wondering who was next but once we got to the middle of the movie all stakes and edge where gone since nobody was in remotely any real danger. If they saved taskmasters death for their escape from the bunker, then killed walker or ghost in the last third of the movie it would feel like something. But task masters death eas abrupt, meaningless to the audience, meaningless to the plot, and a cheap shock move if it didn’t set a standard. Task masters was not a main character so dying doesn’t put the main characters at risk.

chomperstyle2025-10-07 00:59

Honestly with how big Marvel is and all the stuff around it I don’t really see why we need to have taskmaster represented. They had their little light as a side character and they don’t need anything else.

Practical-Debate15982025-10-07 02:24

But the real Anthony masters would be so awesome

TalynRahl2025-10-07 01:11

They’ve said that the MCU is getting a small reboot with some changes post Doomsday.

I can 100% see Taskmaster getting reworked.

MACGamer12025-10-07 01:14

I think why people suddenly get upset over her death is that...

Thunderbolts* was really good, and the writing could have had her character be really good and unique, plus the idea they had for her in the movie would have been at the very least endearing. AND her design was really cool

Now she's just... dead

And we probably won't ever get a taskmaster in the MCU ever again...

Why?

Because where else would you introduce another Taskmaster... when you literally JUST had one. I know that you can have another one....but Marvel has already tried and failed one with the character, I doubt they'll want to do it again.

DefNotAShark2025-10-07 01:56

MCU fans get bent out of shape for a lot of deaths but if a character died and you didn’t want to see more of them, they failed. That’s how we should feel when a named character dies. Death is supposed to be tragic. The end of a person’s stories. It isn’t always a dramatic and perfect end, and I think art is reflecting life here. Taskmaster more so than most because the movie intentionally makes a note that her death was a waste in the perspective of Yelena. It was designed to feel like it was unceremonious and needless.

Anyway if they soft reset the universe after Secret Wars Taskmaster could come back. I reckon several characters might come back from the dead with new versions.

ParadoxWarrior2025-10-07 03:34

Thank you!

I think Taskmaster could have had a better arc overall, but a lot of people miss that note in Thunderbolts with Yelena.

I can’t see them doing Antonia as Taskie again, but I could see a post-SW Taskie with Masters.

matty_nice2025-10-07 01:14

With the reset post Secret Wars, I'm guessing we will get a new version of Taskmaster. Probably something closer to the comic version. That character has so muc potential.

Heavensrun2025-10-07 01:19

They clearly killed her off to make room for the one everybody knows.

jaredletosuckass92025-10-07 01:28

Maybe in a soft reset of the mcu

Armandonerd2025-10-07 01:28

Introduce Tony Masters and have him be a hitman or something

tigerinmyhead2025-10-07 01:29

No.

bluebarrymanny2025-10-07 01:29

With secret wars coming, they have a giant reset button readily available for literally all marvel characters dead, alive, or simply not introduced to date.

__wasitacatisaw__2025-10-07 01:32

They obviously killed her off so they can use a proper taskmaster in the future

CaleBoi252025-10-07 01:32

Reasons they should have kept her alive:
* Her TB outfit was absolutely sick, I love it so much.
* OK that's really it (even tho personally I didn't hate her in BW)

Responsible-Pain-6202025-10-07 01:51

One of my biggest asks is that we get a Tony Masters from a different universe that will get integrated into the MCU post Secret Wars

GreenLynx11112025-10-07 02:01

All we've ever seen is Taskmaster get owned, so they took one of the genuinely most badass characters in Marvel and made them utterly lame.

I'm just hoping for one big fat do-over after Secret Wars.

domicci2025-10-07 02:14

i hope we see a different task master and ghost with the reboot neither are good adaptainins of the comic characters.

Fawqueue2025-10-07 02:21

The MCU Taskmaster *was* the different version. It's a shame to all the actual Taskmaster fans that it wasn't already Tony Masters. They could, and should, bring the real Taskmaster into the MCU at some point.

Practical-Debate15982025-10-07 02:22

Should have introduced the real taskmaster in brand new day

r01-85062025-10-07 02:23

It's quite easy to bring in Taskmaster Masters anytime. Just show him and Antonia (after she was freed) met and collaborated before, hence Masters adopting the Taskmasters mantle after her death.

Masters would be a good antagonist to the likes of Daredevil, Punisher, Bullseye, Deadpool, Spidey, Shang Chi, etc.

Remember, even when Natasha was the sole "Black Widow", she was often just called by her name, just like later with Yelena and the other Widows. So same approach with Taskmaster, just use Masters often.

bloodyell762025-10-07 02:26

I believe that may have been the reason the character was killed off. To make room for a more accurate one.

NinduTheWise2025-10-07 02:30

I could see someone being inspired by this version and taking up the mantle

Apprehensive_Egg66562025-10-07 02:31

We need Anthony Masters

YahooMysteryMan2025-10-07 02:39

It is incredibly unlikely for there to be another Taskmaster in this current version of Marvel movies.

searcher44212025-10-07 03:06

How would they even go about bringing in the Tony Masters version without doing some variant multiverse thing?

IIRC Antonia's body was incinerated in Thunderbolts and I think Val destroyed any trace of her existence; which would mean that no one would know that she's existed except for maybe Val, Yelena and Mel.

Now we introduce this guy who just happens to do the same thing Antonia did, just happens to have an outfit that's even the slighest bit similar to hers, and also uses the name Taskmaster? How would anyone else know that name? I know there are times when a woman takes on a mantle that's been used by a man, but how often does it happen the other way around?

r01-85062025-10-07 03:46

Quite easy really, no need for variants, multiverse, or even a reboot. Just show that Antonia (after she was freed and before the events of Thunderbolts) and Masters met and collaborated before (maybe trained together, maybe even got close, etc). Hence Masters adopted the Taskmaster mantle after her death. No need for complicated backstory really.

When Natasha was initially the only Black Widow, she was just often called by her name, same later with Yelena and the other Widows. So same approach with Taskmaster, just use Masters often.

There are several supersoldiers and similar like BP, then healers like DP and Logan, the wizards of Kamar-Taj, the Widows themselves, then "copies" (eg. Hawkeye-Kate, Iron Man-Warmachine/Iron Heart, etc). So Antonia and Masters having similar abilities but different origins (tech vs natural ability) will be nothing so surprising.

Possible-Tip-29142025-10-07 03:12

I'd like to see a proper taskmaster who isn't a cheap copy of winter soldier

ApexInTheRough2025-10-07 03:16

She survived an explosion and was thought dead before... It was literally the first thing we learned about her. Could be someone rescued her and it'll take years to nurse her back to health, and then we can see her again. That's my hope, anyway.

Good_old_Marshmallow2025-10-07 03:29

I don’t know how compelling “copies the fighting styles of others” is in the MCU. For one thing we don’t get the kind of variety of fighting styles like in comics, and also it just isn’t that apparent.

Nightwing06132025-10-07 03:44

Hopefully we’ll meet Tony Masters in the future and he is the real Taskmaster & has the actual comic accurate costume. With Skull mask and everything. We come to find out that Draykov modeled & designed his daughter after him and even went as far as asking Masters to train her and create the program after him

semperknight2025-10-07 03:58

I always thought she had the most interesting power, but the character herself I can barely remember anything about.

lIlIIIlIIl2025-10-07 03:58

I think this could be one of the tweaks to the timeline Kevin Feige was talking about. It would explain why she went from actively being part of the Thunderbolts story to dead all of a sudden

ShawshankHarper2025-10-07 04:09

If Taskmaster is a program that any person can conceivably go under. I don't see why not? Let someone learn the procedure, copy it, improve it and impart it on themselves to become the next version of Taskmaster. Make it like a Red X scenario from Teen Titans, have it be a mystery and make them a reoccurring threat. Or just be a villainy coach like he was in the comics. There's so many routes to redeem the character.

UnfitFor2025-10-07 04:18

I hope not. While I despise this version cuz she sucked, I would love for real taskmaster to come in and say "I deserve the name. She didn't."

I don't even care if Taskmaster is still female; call her Antonia Masters or whatever

voodootroll2025-10-07 04:42

I became a fan of the character in these weird Deadpool/not Deadpool books called Agent X. I'd really like a version of the character that was a wiseass veteran merc. Who's day job is training goons for every major evil organization. It's pretty fun.

aresef2025-10-07 04:50

I don’t see the point. She didn’t really get a lot of characterization and she’s not a character a lot of people are particularly attached to.

AUnknownVariable2025-10-07 05:00

I mean wasn't it a program? It could be based off the main dude and he make a resurgence

demonoddy2025-10-07 05:14

100% we see another taskmaster at some point.

PMMEBITCOINPLZ2025-10-07 05:18

Last we see.

IAMDEAD_6_92025-10-07 05:39

Secret Wars reboots the MCU, gives us Tony Masters. There's your answer.

delcolicks92025-10-07 06:25

I think whatever post-secret wars-soft-universe-reboot putting x-men f4 avengers etc. in one "always been like this 616 timeline that only a few characters remember the old timeline and universes" will include recasts/reworks of characters like taskmaster and apocalypse, yellow jacket/modok, mysterio. Feige did say the word "reboot" scared him i think in the sense of S-M to TAS-M or DOFP to x-men apocalypse, sounds like he's planning an in-universe reboot that still shares portions of the history but is malleable, similar to what gunn is doing with the dcu but bringing over more of the original stuff. One day though tony, steve, t'challa, loki etc. will have new actors so characters as minor as taskmaster certainly will as well, probably first depending on their relevance to a story, but since it'll be the mutant saga idk how often taskmaster has ran into x-men but i think anything is possible.

mrskinnywrists2025-10-07 06:47

I'm sure they got rid of her to make room for a new one post-Secret Wars

Defiant_Wheel48882025-10-07 07:32

If needed they can do. LIke mandatin in ironman. So basically i feel he must show in spiderman brand new day.

myowngalactus2025-10-07 08:27

No reason to, taskmaster is a lame unimportant villain in the comics, there’s no reason to have multiple of them in the mcu

CaledonianWarrior2025-10-07 11:19

All I'll say is this; as unlikely as it would be, I want Clancy Brown back to reprise Taskmaster. He can either physically play him or just provide the voice (this could be a version who never unmasks) but it would be great to see him come back as TM.

No-Comfortable64322025-10-07 12:56

I have absolutely no interest in seeing this character return. Not sure a character that can mimic anyone is exciting, especially when there's now an entire catalogue of characters to choose from; all with different allegiances.

MCU could churn out something really special but continually put out the safest, lowest common denominator stuff.

Black widow wasn't a great film anyway so the less ties we have to it, the better. There's Florence Pugh who's a good addition then there's Red Guardian who's just a second rate clown. They could do better.

Anycase, Kurlyenkos agent did so well to get her top billing in thinderbolts lol

Delerious-D-Man-2032025-10-07 13:16

Well they are rebooting the mcu so yea it would make sense that this time they will get it done right

ChisSol2025-10-07 13:32

Everything is getting rebooted after Secret Wars. I wouldn’t be surprised if they reprise the character in a different plot line down the line. Who knows though, it would definitely be cool

Grayx_28872025-10-07 17:24

How about we get a different actor playing this character from the multiverse and have him be stuck in the 616 MCU timeline so he can take over as the true Taskmaster from the comics.

Baronheisenberg2025-10-07 21:27

Introduce a new Taskmaster played by Greg Davies 👀

misanthroseph2025-10-07 22:56

I loved how she is on every thunderbolts poster and gets dropped 10 minutes in; finally listening to the fans

PsychologicalTree8852025-10-07 23:50

They could easily do one that is like the comics at some point. The OG is a really interesting character.

OtherwiseStorm94442025-10-08 12:13

I would love to see her as a zombie in season 2 of Marvel Zombies, since maybe her helmet is broken off and instead of that skull helmet, we see her actual skull.

SwanepoelSimp2025-10-08 19:27

Justice for taskmaster

NumbN00ts2025-10-09 21:43

I think there will the chance to recast the entire MCU after Secret War.

TylerBourbon2025-10-10 00:32

If they really go through with the universal reset after Secret Wars, than sure it's possible. Would love to see a more comic accurate version of the character.

_pixelcounterbot_2025-10-13 18:40

Secret war