@MovieCriticMike - Agreed. I feel like a lock would be another Elder or Elders aside from Grandmaster showing up in MCU at some point. If they end the Thor movies without introducing Beta Ray Bill that would be a massive miss for them. Bill could become the next Thor type for post Phase 3. I'm pretty sure Thor won't be surviving. Also Warlock seems like the second most likely. I mean Feige is smart enough to know how crucial he is to Thanos. It would be idiotic not to include him.

@ShagMeRotten - "Also Warlock seems like the second most likely. I mean Feige is smart enough to know how crucial he is to Thanos. It would be idiotic not to include him."

It looks likely that Vision will take an Adam Warlock-like role in the MCU, and Elizabeth Debicki is rumored to play Kismet/Her in GotG 2, so yeah. Adam's chances of appearing are lessening.

@SnapperCarr - Wouldn't Kismet in GotG2 increase the chance of seeing Adam Warlock rather than lower it?

@ShagMeRotten - Korg was already in Thor 2. So they could take him or leave him. Adam Warlock and Balder would take too much of an explanation. Like why have we never heard of Balder, through all the talk of brotherhood and who would take the throne. You would think Fria would have at least mentioned him when comforting Loki. Or that Loki wouldn't feel as bad knowing that there was a third brother who was also not really related 100%.

And despite what that writer said, I think Adam Warlock is like 80% likely to show up in GOTG Vol 2. So, again not likely to appear here. There's just not enough time.

So we've got Champion and Beta Ray Bill. One of the biggest parts of creating Beta Ray Bill was making a monster that tricked audiences by looking evil, but turning out to be super good. A creature that was so good, he could lift Thor's hammer. Now, in the MCU, Thor's hammer has already been lifted. So that feat is not as impressive anymore, and will be outright trivialized if another character does it so soon. Also, the novelty of having a monster that's good is sort of nullified by Hulk's presence. That's what he is.

Much of Beta Ray Bill was already done with Vision. If he appears, I think it should be a brief cameo. Maybe the list of warriors appears on screen and it reads "B'e tAr AYbill" And Hulk, being sort of dumb reads "Beta Ray Bill".

@Superman1991 - The Time Stone?