San Diego Comic-Con: What An Amazing Marvel Phase 4 Slate!

It’s fair to say that Marvel Studios has taken over San Diego and there is so much exciting news from their Hall H presentation where they unveiled the full slate of films and TV series for Phase 4 of the MCU and it’s jam-packed!

Kevin Feige officially announced the feature film BLACK WIDOW, starring Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, which they have given a release date of May 1, 2020 and it will be the first film of Phase Four to arrive in cinemas. If that news wasn’t enough to excite fans, they also shared the first glimpses of footage from the movie which is currently being filmed.

In the director’s chair for this one is Cate Shortland who joined Scarlett Johansson onstage along with newcomers to the Marvel Cinematic Universe David Harbour as Alexei aka The Red Guardian, Florence Pugh as Yelena, O-T Fagbenle as Mason and Rachel Weisz as Melina.

Next up for Marvel Phase 4 is THE ETERNALS which features a new team of Super Heroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from director Chloé Zhao. The movie is already confirmed to star Richard Madden as Ikaris, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Lauren Ridloff as Makkari, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Lia McHugh as Sprite, Don Lee as Gilgamesh and Angelina Jolie as Thena. The Eternals is scheduled for release November 6th, 2020.

Now of course we can talk about the upcoming MCU Disney+ original series, starting off with THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER, which sees popular Marvel Cinematic Universe’s heroes—Sam Wilson aka The Falcon and Bucky Barnes aka The Winter Soldier—in a series of action-filled adventures as they fight together against evil after the events of AVENGERS: ENDGAME.

Anthony Mackie (The Falcon) and Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier) are reprising their roles and will be sharing the small screen with Daniel Brühl who will return as the villain, Baron Zemo. The series is slated to debut on Disney+ in Autumn, 2020.

Next, SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS featuring Simu Liu playing the titular character of Shang-Chi with Destin Daniel Cretton in the director’s chair. Awkwafina will also star in a currently unknown role with celebrated Chinese actor Tony Leung set to play The REAL Mandarin. SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS will be released in cinemas on February 12, 2021.

Then there is Disney+ series WANDAVISION, where Paul Bettany reprises the role of Vision and Elizabeth Olsen returns to her role of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch. Joining them in the Marvel Universe is newcomer Teyonah Parris will be playing the grown-up version of Monica Rambeau, who we met in CAPTAIN MARVEL. WANDAVISION premieres on Disney+ in the spring of 2021.

Next up is LOKI, with Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as the God of Mischief.  The popular villain will return as the character in the spring of 2021 on Disney+. It has been confirmed that the show will answer the Avengers: Endgame, “Where did Loki go when he took the Space Stone?”

Moving back on to the big screen next is DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Scott Derrickson is back in the director’s chair with Benedict Cumberbatch returning to star. It has also been confirmed that Elizabeth Olsen will star in as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the sequel which connects directly to the WandaVision TV series. DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS is scheduled for release May 7th, 2021.

Now for the animated entry in the MCU with What If….?, a series being created exclusively for Disney+ which features stories that present alternate realities in the Marvel universe. Many actors from across the Marvel Cinematic Universe will reprise their roles as voice talent in the series with Jeffrey Wright set as the voice of the popular character The Watcher in the new series. What If…? joins the Disney+ lineup in the summer of 2021.

Moving on to HAWKEYE another Disney+ series with Jeremy Renner set to reprise his role as Clint Barton. In the series he will teach his protege Kate Bishop, a character well-known in Marvel comics, who will be an integral part of the series. HAWKEYE launches on Disney+ in the fall of 2021.

Finally, THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER, which will be the fourth feature film in the Thor franchise will cap off Phase Four with Jane Foster, played by Natalie Portman, set to become the Mighty Thor, the goddess of Thunder. Director Taika Waititi returns alongside Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. The sequel arrives in cinemas November 5th, 2021.

In the final announcement, Feige was joined on stage by actor Mahershala Ali who will star in Marvel Studios feature film BLADE.

What do you think of the Marvel Phase 4 slate? Are you excited about the upcoming movies and TV shows? As always, we like to know what you think, so let us know your thoughts below, tweet us @filmandtvnow or leave a comment on our Facebook page.

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