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The Updated Film Release Slate From Marvel Studios

With the added announcement by Marvel Studios of two movies being released in 2023, we decided to rundown the current slate of MCU films coming between 2021 an beyond.

  • BLACK WIDOW – July 9, 2021
  • SHANG-CHI & THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS – September 3, 2021
  • ETERNALS – November 5, 2021
  • SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – December 17, 2021
  • DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS – March 25, 2021
  • THOR: LOVE & THUNDER – May 6, 2022
  • BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – July 8, 2022
  • THE MARVELS – November 11, 2022
  • ANT-MAN & THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA – February 17, 2023
  • GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 – May 5, 2023
  • TBA – October 7, 2022
  • TBA – July 28, 2023
  • TBA – November 3, 2023
  • FANTASTIC FOUR – TBA
  • BLADE – TBA
  • DEADPOOL 3 – TBA
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA 4 – TBA
  • X-MEN – TBA

It’s still curious that Marvel hasn’t announced dates for Fantastic Four, Blade, Deadpool 3 or even confirm that work is currently underway on Captain Marvel 4 and their X-Men reboot. We are already anticipating sequel announcements for Shang-Chi and Eternals being part of the upcoming plans as well. I guess we’ll just have to patient for the other 2023 releases along with what will be coming out in 2024-2025.

While Deadpool 3 is confirmed to be an R-rated project we’re in the dark if their Blade reboot starring Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali as Eric Brooks will also take a mature route given the history of Blade being an adult-focused action franchise that features blood drinking vampires.

Here is what the Disney+ side of things look like so far and from what we’re hearing there are a lot more shows to be announced in the near future.

  • LOKI – June 11, 2021
  • WHAT IF…? – Summer 2021
  • MS. MARVEL – Late 2021
  • HAWKEYE – Late 2021
  • MOON KNIGHT – 2022
  • SHE-HULK – 2022
  • SECRET INVASION – 2022
  • ARMOR WARS – 2022
  • IRONHEART – 2022
  • WAKANDA SERIES – TBA
  • ECHO SPINOFF – TBA
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Peyton Reed’s ‘Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania’ Coming To Theaters On February 17, 2023

Marvel Studios also revealed the release date for Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania for February 17th, 2023.

The Ant-Man sequel is expected to shoot primarily in the United Kingdom at Pinewood Studios UK under the working title Dust Bunny (via Production Weekly).The Pinewood facility is said to have The Volume, which Peyton Reed got experience using on the two episodes of The Mandalorian he directed for Season 2. As we previously revealed, the production designer will be Will Htay (Andor, No Time To Die, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Rogue One, Solo).

The growing cast that consists of Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym, Michelle Pfeiffer as Janet, Kathryn Newton as the new Cassie Lang, and Lovecraft Country’s Jonathan Majors playing Marvel Comics baddie Kang The Conqueror.

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James Gunn’s ‘Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.3’ Officially Coming Out On May 5, 2023

Marvel also revealed the official logo of James Gunn’s Guardians of The Galaxy Vol.3 and it will be released on May 5, 2023.

Gunn has been a tad busy over the last two years directing The Suicide Squad and spearheading an HBO Max spinoff series Peacemaker starring John Cena. The filmmaker has stated that this is going to be his last installment in the Guardians franchise but has left the door open to make a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe at some point.

Filming on the third Guardians movie is confirmed for a shoot in the United Kingdom and will be made alongside the live-action Holiday Special for Disney+.

A cast has yet to be announced but we have to assume we’ll see Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Dave Bautista as Drax The Destroyer, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Vin Diesel as Groot, and possibly Zoe Salanda as Gamora. We still don’t have official confirmation on the plot or villains of the sequel.

The Guardians will appear next in Thor: Love & Thunder before their own movie.

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Marvel Studios Changes ‘Captain Marvel 2’ Title To ‘The Marvels’

Another big title change has come to Nia DaCosta’s Captain Marvel 2 as it will be simply known as The Marvels coming out on November 11, 2022.

I have to assume the idea is that all three actresses, Brie Larson (Carol Danvers), Teynoah Parris (Monica Rambeau), and Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan) will be representing three generations of Captain Marvel incarnations. However, I do think folks are going to be a little upset that Marvel has seemingly turned the Captain Marvel sequel into a team project instead. Potentially caving to the jerks who have been triggered by Brie Larson’s off-camera comments and consist online attacks against Captain Marvel despite the film earning a billion at the box office.

I’m curious if The Marvels become the MCU’s version of The Green Lantern Corps. and paves the way for Blue Marvel to join their roster.

There is an expectation that The Marvels and the Disney+ series Secret Invasion will have some connections with each other, given the Skrulls and S.W.O.R.D. will be explored in both MCU projects. I wouldn’t be terribly shocked if the trio of actresses will be appearing in Secret Invasion.

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‘Black Panther 2’ Is Officially Titled ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

Marvel Studios has announced that Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther 2 coming out on July 8, 2022 is officially titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever!

Production is moving forward this summer in Atlanta, Georgia under the working title Summer Break with Ryan Coogler back for the sequel as he’ll both co-write and direct. Ryan is also working on a Disney+ series focused on Wakanda, which very likely could involve Dora Milaje as hinted to in The Falcon & The Winter Soldier.

Marvel still hasn’t announced how they plan to continue the franchise without Chadwick Boseman and his character T’Challa, as they’ve gone on the record about not recasting the role or using a digital version of the actor. The franchise allows for a new Black Panther to rise from the tribes of Wakanda, but how they’ll explain T’Challa exit from the film remains to be seen.

We’re expecting that we’ll see the return of cast members such as Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, Florence Kasumba, and Martin Freeman. The new addition to the cast is Narcos: Mexico actor Tenoch Huerta, who reportedly is playing a villain. However, the character has yet to be revealed despite lots of fan speculation that it could be Namor McKenzie or some another big name in comics.

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‘Eternals’: Marvel Reveals First Footage From The Superhero Flick Directed By Oscar-Winner Chloe Zhao

In a video honoring the legacy of Stan Lee and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios has unleashed the first-look footage from Chloe Zhao’s Eternals film coming out November 5, 2021.

The cast includes Gemma Chan as Sersi, Kit Harington as Dane Whitman aka Black Knight, Barry Keoghan as Druig, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Kumail Nanjani as Kingo, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, and Don Lee as Gilgamesh. Along with Jashaun St. John in a mystery role.

Sersi is said to be the main character along with talk that Chloe used a lot of practical effects and sets.

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‘Ms. Marvel’: New Set Photos Reveal Kamala Khan’s Comic Book Accurate Costume

As filming on Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series Ms. Marvel continues in Atlanta, Georgia, some new set photos had just been released by tabloid outlet Just Jared that feature Canadian actress Iman Vellani as her character Kamala Khan wearing her Ms. Marvel costume. This would be the first time the young actor has been spotted wearing the costume and should get fans excited for her Marvel Cinematic Universe debut later this year.

Below is a link to Just Jared’s photos.

Ms. Marvel is just one part of Marvel’s plans to boost the amount of diverse characters in the MCU alongside bringing together a more cohesive and interwoven connection between their films and television shows. Kamala Khan is a Pakistani-American teen living in New Jersey with her Muslim family, making her one of the youngest superheroes to lead her own project. In the comics, Kamala is a huge Captain Marvel fan and develops her own superpowers connected to being an inhuman, it’s unconfirmed if we’ll end up seeing a rebooted version of The Inhumans anytime soon after an unsuccessful series attempt at ABC and Marvel Television.

However, it’s already been announced that Iman will be starring with Brie Larson and Teyonah Parris in Captain Marvel 2, directed by Candyman’s Nia DaCosta. Seeing her character make the jump to the films sooner rather than later. There is a strong possibility that we might see a direct connection between the events of Captain Marvel 2 and the Skrull event series Secret Invasion, as both projects will be filming in the United Kingdom around the same time.

As mention at the top, Ms. Marvel will debut in late 2021 on Disney+ just like the Hawkeye series, baring any further delays that could push both shows into 2022. The next big live-action series from Marvel heading to the streaming service is Loki starting on June 11.

Back in December, Marvel Studios revealed this sizzle-footage for the series.

SOURCE: JUST JARED

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‘Secret Invasion’: Irish Actor Killian Scott In Talks For Undisclosed Role In Disney+ Series

The United Kingdom is becoming a new hub for Marvel Studios projects and the latest one on the horizon is their Secret Invasion series that will see the Skrull invasion of Earth, but unlikely will be a direct adaptation of the comic book incarnation. Marvel is assembling a very solid cast for the show that will be led by Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury and Ben Mendelsohn’s Talos with new additions such as Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite, Hot Fuzz, The Crown), four-time Emmy nominee Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Solo: A Star Wars Story), and Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night In Miami, Peaky Blinders) said to be playing a villain.

Another actor seemingly has joined the Marvel Studios event as Deadline reports that Irish actor Killian Scott is in talks for unknown role in the Disney+ series. Scott’s credits include Dublin Murders, Damnation, Ripper Street, Calvary, and ’71.

There is an expectation that the show will have a direct connection to Nia DaCosta’s Captain Marvel 2, giving the impression that actresses Brie Larson (plays Carol Danvers), Teyonah Parris (plays Monica Rambeau), and Iman Vellani (plays Kamala Khan) appearing in Secret Invasion alongside other established MCU actors.

We are still waiting on announcements concerning a director as the series is being written by Kyle Bradstreet.

Secret Invasion is said to begin filming this fall and will likely debut on Disney+ sometime in late 2022.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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Marvel Studios Producer Nate Moore Says Disney+ Is The First Time Their Film & Television Universes Have Been Interwoven

While fans are patiently waiting for some official confirmation that their favorite Marvel Television actors might be making their way to the hard-canon Marvel Cinematic Universe by reprising their roles, it’s starting to sound like Marvel is indeed moving on from all that and might see the Disney+ shows as the true cohesive connection between film and television.

The Playlist’s Rodrigo Perez caught this statement from longtime Marvel Studios producer Nate Moore from the Marvel Studios: ASSEMBLED special covering the filming of The Falcon & The Winter Soldier, where he essentially states that the Disney+ shows is the first time that their cinematic and television universes have been combined, seemingly ignoring the Jeph Loeb era of Marvel Television on ABC and Netflix.

MOORE: “When Disney+ was announced we realized that there was an opportunity to interweave a cinematic universe with a television universe which has never been done before.”

While the audio is a little fuzzy you can watch that clip below.

WandaVision seemingly helped to tease things like Captain Marvel 2, Secret Invasion (Skrull cameo) and the motivations of Wanda in Doctor Strange In The Multiverse of Madness. Falcon & Winter Soldier obviously could be directly connected to Captain America 4 and could also link to things like Armor Wars and whatever project that will use John Walker’s U.S. Agent. Unlike things like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Netflix shows, there isn’t a grey area, all these projects take place directly in the hard-canon Marvel Cinematic Universe and sort of impact each other.

The only real time that the films acknowledged the show was with Avengers: Endgame’s Jarvis cameo using Agent Carter actor James D’Arcy briefly in the role. It’s worth mentioning that Carter was a Captain America: The First Avenger spinoff show executive produced by Kevin Feige that had been co-created by Avengers: Endgame screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. Agent Carter was originally spawned from a short directed by Marvel Studios’ Louis D’Esposito. Louis and Avengers: Endgame’s Joe Russo directing an episode a piece in Season 1.

This isn’t terribly surprising as when Kevin Feige was becoming Marvel’s chief creative officer and re-branding Marvel Television as Marvel TV Studios, a bulk of the television projects had been given the axe including the Netflix shows starting the path for Marvel Studios to have complete oversight on the television side with the exit of Jeph Loeb. While there has been a huge focus on those character rights reverting back to Marvel, the studio has yet to announce any plans to use them in the near future outside of Kevin Feige’s comments about being simply open to the idea.

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‘Moon Knight’: ‘No Time To Die’ Stunt Coordinator Olivier Schneider Confirmed For Disney+ Series

The Ronin can confirm that stunt coordinator Olivier Schneider will indeed be working on Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ series Moon Knight starring Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector. Olivier is likely best known for his work on the Bond franchise being the supervising stunt coordinator on Daniel Craig’s No Time To Die and the fight coordinator on Spectre. His other credits include Fast & Furious 6, Liam Neeson’s Taken, the French gangster flick A Prophet, Safe House, and The Rhythm Section.

Moon Knight, aka Marc Spector, a mercenary who has numerous alter egos — cabbie Jake Lockley and millionaire playboy Steven Grant — in order to better fight the criminal underworld. But later he was established as being a conduit for the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Most recently, the character was a consultant who dresses in all-white and goes by the name Mr. Knight. 

Olivier has been hinting to his involvement via Instagram posts and is currently in Budapest preparing for the show.

You’ve likely watched the behind the scenes footage of Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac training for the series, which should give you an idea how action-focused it will be. The directing team consists of Mohamed Diab, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead with a supporting cast that includes May Calamawy as the female lead and Ethan Hawke reportedly playing the villain. More casting announcements are expected to be made in the coming weeks and months.

Moon Knight will be shooting in both Budapest, Hungary and the United Kingdom under the working title Good Faith, and the 6-episode run is expected to debut on Disney+ in 2022.