Marvel Studios, which had been dormant since the pandemic for more than one year, reopened in 2021 with nine titles that were available in theaters or on Disney+. They included the first movie to gross a billion dollars during the pandemic. “Spider-Man: No Way Home”; Marvel Studios’ first ever animated series, “What If…?”;And Marvel Studios’ first ever Emmy nominees (and winners), “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.”The theatre features “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”And “Eternals”The Marvel Cinematic Universe has introduced a number of new superheroes to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Meanwhile, the Disney Plus series has added new mythologies to the Disney Plus series. “Loki”The multiverse was opened for the first time in MCU. This presages all sorts of storytelling shenanigans. “Black Widow”And “Hawkeye,” meanwhile, debuted two new characters — Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) and Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) — who have taken on their respective heroic monikers from the OG Avengers who originated then.
AfterAll Of That, one might expect Marvel to take a breather, but the studio’s slate is only growing larger: There are more than two dozen more titles in the works for 2022 and beyond. Marvel will release sequels on the feature film side. “Black Panther”Ryan Coogler as director “Ant-Man”Director Peyton Reed “Guardians of the Galaxy”Director James Gunn “Captain Marvel”Director Nia DaCosta and long-awaited reboots “Blade”Mahershala A. Ali is the actor “Fantastic Four” with — Perhaps — John Krasinski.
On Disney Plus, we’ll see adaptations of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”Tatiana Maslany, Mark Ruffalo “Secret Invasion”Olivia Colman, Samuel L. Jackson and a “WandaVision”spinoff starring Kathryn Hahn & a “Hawkeye”spinoff starring Alaquacox; and second seasons “Loki”And “What If…?”
There are also several more titles in development, including a revival of Netflix’s “Daredevil”Series, a series set in the Kingdom Of Wakanda and a sequel feature film “Captain America” starring Anthony Mackie.
The debut of “What If…?”, multiple animated titles are on their way to Disney Plus, including Marvel Studios’ first swing at “X-Men” following Disney’s acquisition in 2019 of 20th Century Fox.
For Marvel chief creative officer Kevin Feige and his team of creative executives at Marvel Studios, the MCU’s post-“Avengers: Endgame” slate represents the most aggressive creative expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2012’s “The Avengers”Superhero storytelling redefined what was possible.
Here is everything that’s in store — that we know about.