(CNN)With its opening episodes, Marvel's "WandaVision" has turned out to be a pretty good symbol of the crossroads at which Disney's pop-culture titan finds itself: Trying to move forward without letting go of the past.

Perhaps that's why the Marvel rumor mill has been spinning faster than usual of late. A Deadline story about Chris Evans possibly reprising the role of Captain America here, speculation about Michael B. Jordan returning to the "Black Panther" sequel there.