It's unclear whether Marvel will continue working in clearly defined phases, with the already-announced Blade and Fantastic Four seemingly part of Phase 5.
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Marvel Phase 4 release dates for both the MCU movies and Disney Plus TV shows were initially announced at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2019, while Spider-Man 3 was added at a later date. Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington will also appear as the Black Knight. The cast is astonishing and includes Richard Madden as Ikaris, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, Don Lee as the hulking Gilgamesh, with Lia McHugh and The Walking Dead's Lauren Ridloff rounding out the cast, playing Sprite and Makkari respectively. While the stories began as anthological, they eventually come together for a very, very cool episode.Įternals introduced a bunch of immortal beings who live among us on Earth. Jackson, Hayley Atwell, and more, and Jeffrey Wright joined the MCU as the Watcher. The cast reads like a 'who's who' of Marvel icons, including Samuel L. What If.? marked the MCU's first animated series and was dedicated to exploring "different versions" of iconic MCU moments. He managed to control the Ten Rings, a mystical set of weapons held by his father, Wenwu, and in the process managed to take down Wunwu's crime organization. Shang-Chi introduced Simu Liu's hero into the MCU. Kevin Feige has revealed that the only major Phase 4 tweak due to COVID delays was an Easter egg that was originally due to appear in Black Widow before Falcon and The Winter Soldier – that would be the appearance of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who appeared in the Black Widow post-credits scene. Taking place between Civil War and Infinity War, Black Widow dived into Natasha's past and set up Yelena as a major force in the MCU moving forward. Oh, and there was a new Captain America, played by Wyatt Russell, who had the shield taken from him by the rightful new Cap, Sam Wilson. Baron Zemo tagged along for the ride, though was later captured by Wakanda's Dora Milaje, and Isaiah Bradley was introduced as a Super Soldier with a past marked by tragedy and torment.
The series finished with Wanda in solitude and a White Vision somewhere in the world.įalcon and Winter Soldier saw Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes team up to deal with a new set of villains: the Flag-Smashers. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany returned as Scarlet Witch and Vision, while Monica Rambeau (Captain Marvel 2), Jimmy Woo (Randall Park), and Darcy (Kat Dennings) also featured. WandaVision kickstarted Marvel Phase 4 in a particularly strange style, with each episode taking inspiration from a different era of sitcom.
In other news, an estimated 103.4 million people watched the Philadelphia Eagles triumph over the New England Patriots at Super Bowl LII in February. That's the number of views, as of Friday morning, for the first official trailer on YouTube - a two-minute highlight reel of computer-generated mayhem. The movie's estimated price tag makes it one of the most expensive Hollywood productions of all time - right under another Disney-owned franchise installment, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." 174 million views "Infinity War" is believed to cost somewhere in the ballpark of $300 to $400 million - roughly equivalent to the GDP of the Federated States of Micronesia, or about 11 versions of "La La Land."
Me: /9LeWUzARZ9- ryan teague beckwith March 20, 2018īut just how epic? How does one quantify the magnitude of Iron Man and Black Panther in the same movie as Drax the Destroyer and Groot? (Stay with us, folks!) Let's take a look at some of the numbers behind the latest - and grandest - outing from Hollywood's most valuable brand. Marvel: "Infinity War is the most ambitious crossover event in history"