- Kevin Feige reveals new details about Marvel phase four.
Even though we are inching closer and closer to finding out
whether or not the Avengers will defeat Thanos and bring
half of the universe back to life in Avengers: Endgame,
that's not stopping fans from looking off
into the not-too-distant future to find out what's next
for the Marvel Cinematic Universe,
specifically in phase four!
Obviously, the big elephant in the room now is how will
Marvel incorporate the X-Men and Fantastic Four
into the MCU, since they were acquired in the Disney-Fox
deal, and would we start to see them sprinkled
throughout phase four?
Well, up until this week, MCU mastermind Kevin Feige
has been light on specifics, but now he has revealed
a little bit about what to expect, or even,
more specifically, what not to expect about the next chapter
in the Marvel films.
In an interview with our friends over at io9, Feige laid out
that there is a five-year plan in play with two major
directions in which phase four is heading.
It is two very distinct things
and I hope they'll feel very distinct.
But there is a similar mentality going into it, which is
how can we continue to tell stories with some
of the characters that audiences already know and love in a
unique way, in a different way, in a surprising way,
of which we have a lot of plans and ideas and work already
going into it?
Then, how can we introduce new characters that even hardcore
fans, comic fans, have barely known or barely heard of.
That's really exciting, too.
So it sounds like phase four will be bringing us fresh new
takes on characters we know and love, as well as introducing
us to lesser known characters from Marvel comics canon,
considering what we've previously heard about the upcoming
MCU film slate, everything that's been announced does fall
into one of those two categories.
On the docket, we've got Doctor Strange 2, Black Panther 2,
Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and a Black Widow solo film,
which take up the slots of characters that we know and love,
and then there's the Eternals and Shang-Chi, which could
arguably fit into the barely known
or barely heard of category.
But what about the prodigal superheroes who have finally
returned to the house of ideas, the X-Men
and the Fantastic Four?
When asked about whether the X-Men might be joining the MCU
for phase four, Feige intimated that you might not want
to hold your breath.
It'll be a while, it's all just beginning, and the five-year
plan that we've been working on, we were working on before
any of that was set.
So really it's much more, for us, less about specifics
of when and where the X-Men will appear right now
and more just the comfort factor,
and how nice it is that they're home.
That they're all back.
But it will be a very long time.
Given that there is almost two decades' worth of X-Men
film lore that was created while the mutants were under
the Fox banner, it seems like giving fans some time to let
the previous iterations of the X-Men fade from memory
is a good idea, how we still haven't even seen the final two
entries of the Fox X-Men era, Dark Phoenix
and The New Mutants, both of which are still slated
for release this year.
So what does this all mean for how phase four will play out?
Well as we mentioned, the Eternals is under way
with Angelina Jolie and Kumail Nanjiani, recently rumored
to be joining the cast, and we know that James Gunn
is officially back in for Guardians 3, though production
will have to start after Gunn fulfills his obligations to DC
with Suicide Squad.
Add the aforementioned sequels to Doctor Strange,
and Black Panther, as well as Black Widow's solo film,
all of which seem to be in various levels of development,
and it appears phase four is moving right along.
However, while the majority of the X-Men are being
put on ice, it does seem Disney is keen to get at least
one of the merry mutants into the MCU a little sooner
than later, Deadpool!
Disney head honcho Bob Iger has made it clear they're
pushing the Merc with the Mouth front and center
by literally putting him front and center
on the Disney home page.
The big question is, how and when will Wade Wilson pop up
alongside the other MCU heroes?
Not exactly sure when, but it'll reportedly be in some
R-rated capacity.
But what about the other big property, the Fantastic Four?
Well, Feige didn't mention the FF in the interview.
We have known for awhile that phase four will be heading
the way of the cosmic, as evidenced by upcoming films
like the Eternals.
And who better to represent cosmic adventures, than the FF?
- That's what I'm talking about.
- That's pretty nice.
- Now with the Thanos storyline wrapping up soon,
Marvel is going to need a new Big Bad and as far as Marvel
villains go, the Fantastic Four have some of the best
Big Bads in all of comic-dom.
Kang the Conqueror, Galactus, Annihilus, the Super Skrull,
and of course, the biggest bad of them all, Doctor Doom.
Now it's been reported that Legion writer, Noah Hawley,
has been in touch with Kevin Feige about his Doctor Doom
script, so there is a strong chance that Feige is prepping
the first family for phase four, and as we've said before,
the tagline is right there waiting:
Marvel's Fantastic Phase Four!
It's too good not to use.
- Ugh. - No.
- Regardless, we won't have to wait long to get all of our
phase four questions answered.
Feige said once Spider-Man: Far From Home has hit theaters,
he will be more than forthcoming about what fans can expect
for the future phase, and what do you know?
Comic-Con and its Hall H are going to be rolling out
two weeks after Spider-Man drops!
Could we get our answers then?
Read between the lines, yeppers!
Oh, that's gonna be insane.
That's gonna be nuts.
But what do you folks think?
Are you excited for phase four?
What other obscure Marvel characters do you hope get their
own standalone movies, and what is your favorite comic book
character Chris Evans has played?
Captain America, Johnny Storm, Lucas Lee,
Jensen from The Losers, or Curtis from Snowpiercer?
I liked Lucas Lee.
Let's discuss!
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