As an annual holy land for all things nerdy in pop culture, there are a bunch of different exciting things you can expect to see at the San Diego Comic-Con. And this year’s show happening in just a few weeks will be no different. However, as the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero action epic continues to grow over the years, learning more about its upcoming films has been the highlight of SDCC time and time again. They literally trotted out Tom Hiddleston dressed as Loki and made the crowd shout his name.
While Marvel, as one of the two major comic book companies, always has some kind of presence at the Comic Convention, Marvel Studios holding a panel isn’t always a guarantee. For example, last year Feige and friends skipped the event following the release of Avengers: Infinity War, offering us no clues on the fate of our dusted heroes. That’s what makes it even more exciting whenever Marvel Studios does announce its return to the legendary Hall H.
Now that Avengers: Endgame has ended the MCU as we know it (with Spider-Man: Far From Home serving as a little epilogue), there’s no better time for Marvel to show us what comes next. Fortunately, we now know that Marvel Studios is holding a 90-minute SDCC panel on Saturday, July 20 at 6:45 P.M. Pacific Time. The description doesn’t say much. “Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige and surprise panelists provide an inside look at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.” We expect some of those panelists to be dead Avengers offering us final farewells. But while tributes to the MCU’s impressive past may be cathartic, here’s what we’re hoping to learn about the future.
Phase 4
So what exactly are the next Marvel movies? We have only the slightest idea. And if Marvel doesn’t tell us the first concrete details of its Phase 4 slate at SDCC then what’s even the point.
Right now Scarlett Johansson is filming (and producing) the standalone Black Widow movie. Considering the current status of her character, this pretty much has to be a prequel. But the exact year remains a mystery. Set photos also suggest the main villain might be skull-faced copy-cat Taskmaster. Cate Shortland is directing and other cast members include Rachel Weisz, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Ray Winstone, and Florence Pugh as the potential new Black Widow Yelena Belova. This is the first Phase 4 movie we expect to see.
The Eternals from Chloe Zhao also seems to be moving along nicely. To be honest, I basically know nothing about these evolved ancient alien-influenced humans. It’s almost as if Marvel needed to find a secret race even more obscure than the Inhumans. But a cast headed by Angelina Jolie can’t help but raise our interest. Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek, and Ma Dong-seok have also been cast and rumors suggest Keanu Reeves may appear in this one.
Details on the rest of Phase 4 though are even more sparse, at least until we hopefully learn more at SDCC. Director Destin Daniel Cretton is working on the Shang-Chi movie which might reveal the martial artist’s connection to the real Mandarin. Ryan Coogler and Scott Derrickson are working on sequels to Black Panther and Doctor Strange, respectively. James Gunn still needs to make his Suicide Squad sequel before restarting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. And these are all just solo films. The next Avengers-style team-up movie is still a complete question mark.
Disney+
The next big frontier for the MCU isn’t just in movie theaters but also on streaming TV services. After wrapping up sexy semi-canonical offshoots on Netflix, Marvel is preparing a slate of prestige streaming miniseries for the upcoming Disney+ firmly set in the cinematic universe. Although none of these shows seem far enough along to launch alongside the service this November, we do expect to see first looks at announced projects at SDCC. Those projects include The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the animated What If…?, WandaVision, Loki, and Hawkeye.
Fox
Don’t forget, Marvel is also a part of the increasingly frightening entertainment empire that is Disney. And earlier this year Disney finally completed its dark mission of buying up most of Fox, tightening its depressing stranglehold over the industry. It sucks, a lot of people lost their jobs, and promising movies were cancelled. Frankly, it’s hard to get hyped about Fox’s Marvel characters like the X-Men and Fantastic Four joining the MCU if this is what it costs. But if you do care about that sort of thing, this SDCC might give us the first tease of the future of those characters.
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