{"id":23879,"date":"2022-07-24T06:18:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T06:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvel-studios-phase-5-kevin-feige-lifts-curtain-at-comic-con\/"},"modified":"2022-07-24T06:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T06:18:52","slug":"marvel-studios-phase-5-kevin-feige-lifts-curtain-at-comic-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvel-studios-phase-5-kevin-feige-lifts-curtain-at-comic-con\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Studios Phase 5: Kevin Feige Lifts Curtain at Comic-Con"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three years after unveiling Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige returned to Hall H to do the same for Phase 5, which included announcements for the new \u201cDaredevil\u201d Disney+ series and the \u201cThunderbolts \u201d feature film. Feige also<\/em> gave a brief glimpse into what is coming in Phase 6, which is scheduled to conclude in Nov. 2025 with \u201cAvengers: Secret Wars\u201d \u2014 which Feige says caps off the Multiverse Saga of the MCU.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything we learned about the rest of Phase 4, Phase 5, and what’s to come in Phase 6.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe-Hulk: Attorney at Law\u201d<\/strong>
Premiere date:<\/strong> Aug. 17<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> A legal comedy with a touch of \u201cFleabag,\u201d this Disney+ series starring Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters (ie Bruce Banner’s cousin) boasts a cavalcade of superheroes who need a good lawyer \u2014 who is also giant and green. The panel also included a trailer, which (unlike a lot of the footage unveiled in Hall H) was also released publicly.<\/p>\n

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> Nov. 11th<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Namor (Tenoch Huerta) is coming to the MCU, as the kingdom of Wakanda reels after the death of T’Challa (the late Chadwick Boseman). Joining the cast are Dominique Thorne (as Riri Williams), Michaela Coel (Aneka), Mabel Cadena (Namora) and Alex Livanalli (Attuma). This movie will conclude Phase 4, though it’s unclear exactly how. Watch the trailer here.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnt-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania\u201d<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> Feb. 17, 2023<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Phase 5 launches with the introduction of Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors), who meets Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) in the Quantum Realm after Scott is mysteriously sucked there along with his daughter Cassie Lang (Kathryn Newton), Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) ), Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and Janet van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer). In footage screened just in Hall H, Bill Murray has a cameo as an old acquaintance of Janet’s from within the Quantum Realm, but given Kang’s titular role in one of two \u201cAvengers\u201d titles announced on Saturday (more below), all eyes are on how Majors will reshape the narrative of the MCU. Plus, Director Peyton Reed confirmed to the crowd yet another great Marvel villain would be making a cameo in this movie, \u201cyou might have seen a shot of MODOK,\u201d Reed said.<\/p>\n

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“Secret Invasion”<\/strong>
Premiere date:<\/strong> Spring 2023<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Co-star Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill) was on hand to preview this dark and gritty political thriller, which stars Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, alongside Ben Mendelsohn (the Skrull Talos), Don Cheadle (James Rhodes), and Martin Freeman (Everett K. Ross). Joining them are Kingsley Ben-Adir (seen multiplying into several identical forms in a confrontation with Fury), Olivia Colman (seen telling Fury he’s past his prime) and Emilia Clarke (seen brandishing a gun). The overall vibe is one of paranoia and foreboding, contributing to a larger anti-heroic thread that seems to run through Phase 5.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\u201d<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> May 5, 2023<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> An emotional James Gunn and his emotional equally cast \u2014 including Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Will Poulter and Maria Bakalova as Cosmo the Spacedog \u2014 debuted the first look at the final Guardians movie, which hinted at revealing how Rocket became a sentient, walking raccoon. Chukwudi Iwuji (formerly of DC’s \u201cPeacemaker\u201d) plays the High Evolutionary, and introduced himself to Hall H in character (implying that he played a role in Rocket’s transformation).<\/p>\n

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“Echo”<\/strong>
Premiere date:<\/strong> summer 2023<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Nothing more than the release period for the series that spins off \u201cHawkeye\u201d antagonist Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) into her own spin-off. Sydney Freeland (\u201cReservation Dogs,\u201d \u201cStar Trek: Strange New Worlds\u201d) and Catriona McKenzie (\u201cThe Walking Dead,\u201d \u201cShining Vale\u201d) are directing.<\/p>\n

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“Loki” Season 2<\/strong>
Premiere date:<\/strong> summer 2023<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> The Disney+ series that introduced the multiverse to the MCU is currently filming and will debut next summer. There was nary a mention of this critically adored series, but pictures from set have been fluttering across the internet as of late.<\/p>\n

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“Blade”<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> Nov. 3, 2023<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Feige made no casting announcements, but he confirmed that the reboot of the Marvel comics vampire franchise with Mahershala Ali \u2014 first announced in 2019 in Hall H \u2014 will be Marvel’s final feature for 2023, and starts shooting in October. Bassam Tariq (\u201cMogul Mowgli\u201d) is directing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIronheart\u201d<\/strong>
Premiere date:<\/strong> Fall 2023<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> After each introduction in \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever,\u201d Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) will star in her own Disney+ series. Chinaka Hodge (\u201cAmazing Stories,\u201d \u201cSnowpiercer\u201d) is head writer, and Sam Bailey (\u201cDear White People\u201d) and Angela Barnes (\u201cBlindspotting\u201d) are directing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAgatha: Coven of Chaos\u201d<\/strong>
Premiere date:<\/strong> Winter 2023\/2024<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Originally titled \u201cAgatha: House of Harkness,\u201d this \u201cWandaVision\u201d spinoff centered on Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness will be Marvel’s final Disney+ series in 2023. \u201cWandaVision\u201d head writer Jac Schaeffer will write and executive produce the show.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDaredevil: Born Again\u201d<\/strong>
Premiere date:<\/strong> Spring 2024<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Original launched as part of the Netflix slate of Marvel TV series (which were nominally part of the MCU), Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock is being (fully) brought into the Marvel Studios fold with a Disney+ series that is getting an unprecedented 18-episode order for its first season. Cox’s Murdock first reappeared in 2021’s \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home,\u201d and his nemesis Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio) popped up as the big bad on 2021’s \u201cHawkeye.\u201d Both characters are set to show up on \u201cEcho,\u201d and it appears that Daredevil will also appear on \u201cShe-Hulk,\u201d before returning for the main event in this series.<\/p>\n

On Netflix, the \u201cDaredevil\u201d series was far more violent and bloody than anything that’s been produced by Marvel Studios directly, further suggesting that the MCU’s Phase 5 will wade deeper into the moral murk than it ever has before.<\/p>\n

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“Captain America: New World Order”<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> May 3, 2024<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> We’ve known since the conclusion of the Disney+ series \u201cThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier\u201d that Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) would return in his own feature film as Captain America. In Hall H, Feige announced the eyebrow-raising title \u2014 more anxiety and dread! \u2014 and a release date that gives the movie the prime position for Marvel’s 2024 movie slate.<\/p>\n

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“Thunderbolts”<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> July 25, 2024<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Phase 5 ends with Marvel’s answer to DC’s Suicide Squad: A team up movie about a bunch of MCU anti-heroes. Feige said he would talking about casting another day, but there are plenty of candidates already, including Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Baron Zemo (Daniel Br\u00fchl), Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) ), Abomination (Tim Roth), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), and Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko).<\/p>\n

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\u201cFantastic 4\u201d<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> Nov. 8, 2024<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> While \u201cSpider-Man: No Way Home\u201d filmmaker Jon Watts recently stepped away from directing \u201cFantastic 4,\u201d Marvel Studios is full steam ahead with bringing the original Stan Lee\/Jack Kirby Marvel comic book series into the MCU. The Fantastic Four and lead villain Victor Von Doom play critical roles in the comic book inspiration for the final movie in the Multiverse Saga, so launching Phase 4 with them makes sense.<\/p>\n

What work<\/em> surprising is that the entire Phase 6 run lasts less than a year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAvengers: The Kang Dynasty\u201d<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> May 2, 2025<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> Similar to how \u201cAvengers: Infinity War\u201d set up \u201cAvengers: Endgame,\u201d Feige made clear that Phase 6 of the MCU \u2014 and the Multiverse Saga \u2014 will conclude with two \u201cAvengers\u201d movies. Given the title, it’s safe to presume that Majors’ Kang the Conqueror is the Thanos (or maybe a<\/em> Thanos) of the Multiverse Saga.<\/p>\n

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“Avengers: Secret Wars”<\/strong>
Release date:<\/strong> Nov. 7, 2025<\/p>\n

What we learned:<\/strong> After many fans \u2014 and some entertainment publications \u2014 wondered aloud this year about where, exactly, the MCU was heading, Feige took the time in Hall H to finally say: Here.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecret Wars\u201d points to a Marvel comics crossover miniseries from 2015 that involves an incursion between the main Marvel universe (Earth-616) and the Ultimate Marvel universe (Earth-1610) leading to the destruction of both. In its wake, many variants of Marvel characters find themselves living in a post-apocalyptic planet called Battleworld.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is unclear, and will be for some time, how much Marvel Studios will draw from the 2015 \u201cSecret Wars\u201d \u2014 or the mid-1980s \u201cSecret Wars\u201d miniseries that inspired it. But perhaps the most important detail is what happened after<\/em> the \u201cSecret Wars\u201d: Marvel Studios effectively rebooted, launching \u201call-new, all-different\u201d versions of many of its most beloved titles, as some (but not all) characters from the 616 an 1610 universes found themselves living within a somewhat rebooted timeline.<\/p>\n

Could the same be in store for the MCU? Only time(lines) will tell.<\/p>\n

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