And the legacy continues. Disney announced a slew of Marvel superhero movies including two new Avengers films Saturday at Comic-Con, as it offered screaming fans an emotional first glimpse at its upcoming Black Panther sequel. Here’s what you need to know.
The record-breaking Marvel movies have dominated Hollywood and global box offices in recent years, with 2019’s Avengers: Endgame briefly becoming the highest-grossing film of all time at more than $2.79 bn. “I wonder if you guys wouldn’t mind looking ahead a little bit?” studio president Kevin Feige asked the wildly cheering hall of die-hard superhero fans toward the end of a raucous hour-plus presentation at a San Diego convention center. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars will hit theaters in 2025, he then announced.
Disney Announces Two New Marvel Avengers Movies At Comic-Con
The films will aim to follow in the footsteps of Avengers: Endgame, which built unprecedented hype by rounding off storylines presented in all the preceding Marvel films. The two new Avengers titles will conclude the next “saga” of more than a dozen inter-connected films and television shows in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, said Feige. “That will complete the second saga of the MCU, which of course is ‘The Multiverse Saga,'” he said.
The Marvel franchise in recent films and shows has explored the “multiverse” concept popularized by superhero comic books, in which infinite universes – and infinite versions of each hero and villain – exist in parallel realities.
The Marvel presentation capped off the biggest day at Comic-Con, and drew the week’s loudest and most frenzied cheers in the 6 000 capacity Hall H, where many had camped in line for days to gain access. It ended with the first trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, a sequel to the first comic book film to win a best picture Oscar nomination.
Other Marvel films announced Saturday by Disney at the world’s most famous pop culture gathering included Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four, both due in 2024. Feige also set out dates for Blade – in theaters November 2023 – and the newly titled Captain America: New World Order coming May 2024.
Bill Murray and Olivia Colman join the ranks of Hollywood A-listers flocking to the Marvel franchise, appearing in first-look footage from movie Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Disney+ series Secret Invasion respectively.
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