Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 Slate Announced

The Marvel Studios panel at Hall H is underway. Earlier the folks at Marvel and Disney took the opportunity to announce that Avengers: Endgame has finally beaten Avatar to become the highest-grossing film of all time at the global box office. Now, we’ve got even more exciting news. Kevin Feige has unveiled ten important dates between 2020 and 2021 that will make up phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Spider-Man: Far From Home was the epilogue of the Infinity Saga (that saw the likes of Iron Man die and Captain America retire) and the final chapter of phase 3.

Kevin Feige announced a bunch of films that were previously already rumoured/reported to be in various stages of development and production but dropped a few huge surprises as well included a new Disney Plus series called Thor: Love and Thunder. 

Here’s the full slate of MCU Phase 4 slate (per Marvel Studios’ Twitter).

Black Widow — 1 May 2020

Director: Cate Shortland (Berlin Syndrome, Lore)

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, David Harbour, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier  (Disney+ series) — Fall 2020

Writer: Malcolm Spellman (Empire)

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan

The Eternals — 6 November 2020

Director: Chloe Zhao (The Rider)

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh, Don Lee

Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings — 12 February 2021

Director: Destin Daniel Cretton (Short Term 12)

Starring: Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Tony Leung

WandaVision (Disney+ series) — Spring 2021

Writer: Jac Schaeffer

Starring: Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany

Loki (Disney+ series) — Spring 2021

Writer: Michael Waldron (Rick and Morty)

Starring: Tom Hiddleston 

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — 7 May 2021

Director: Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange)

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen 

What If…? (Disney+ ANIMATED series) — Summer 2021

*Many actors from the MCU will be reprising their role as voice talents.

Hawkeye (Disney+ series) — Fall 2021

Writer: Unknown

Starring: Jeremy Renner 

Thor: Love and Thunder  — 5 November 2021

Director: Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok)

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman

Blade (yes! You read that right. BLADE) – TBD

Starring Oscar-winning Mahershala Ali. 

Apart from this already stacked and exciting slate, Kevin Feige also went on to mention that there’s also Black Panther 2 and Captain Marvel 2 currently in the works. The most shocking addition to the slate is definitely Blade! Holy cow does this get me all sorts of dizzy. Blade will, of course, be a reboot to the late 90s and early 2000s version played wonderfully by Wesley Snipes.

Another important thing that stands out is the lack of X-Men and Fantastic Four, which to be honest is quite expected. Kevin Feige has said that he already has a 5-year plan beyond Avengers: Endgame and that the introduction of X-Men, etc into the MCU will most likely only happen after that. Whatever the case, phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe looks to be a rocking good time.

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