However, the films will mostly be confined to sequels to existing franchises, new IP with an existing pop culture footprint and periodic Avengers-level team-up films.ģ. The shows are creating added value elements for the movies.
Loki introduced Jonathan Majors’ future big-bad Kang the Conqueror. Marvel and Teyonah Parris's Monica Rambeau (first introduced as an adult in WandaVision). The Marvels will see Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel teaming up with Iman Vellani’s Ms. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier saw Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson *finally* become Captain America just in time for Captain America: New World Order. They have introduced new characters (including, yes, younger, more diverse versions of established legacy characters) for their eventual inclusion in the movies. Marvel has been using/will be using the Disney+ television shows as a kind of minor league/farm team. If Eternals ($400 million) and Shang-Chi ($435 million) comparatively underperformed not due to Covid but due to less interest in new MCU properties (and even Ant-Man and the Wasp earned “just” $620 million in mid-2018), well, that’s where Disney+ comes in. They’ve mostly run out of characters who general audiences have probably somewhat heard of.
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It worked, which earned MCU goodwill and allowed them to turn niche-ier characters like Doctor Strange, Black Panther and even the Guardians of the Galaxy into A-level movie stars. Kevin Fiege and friends had no choice but to turn Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America into A-level movie stars. Marvel’s “secret weapon” at the start was (along with a theatrical ecosystem where $449 million for Thor was an enormous success), not having access to Spider-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four.
Moreover, while Blade and Fantastic Four are “new” to the MCU (cameos in Eternals and Doctor Strange 2 aside), they (along with eventually the X-Men) are established IP with cinematic legacies. The closest thing to a “new” movie will be Mahershala Ali’s Blade movie opening on Novemand, eventually, in phase six, a Fantastic Four on November 8, 2024. The Phase Five and Phase Six line-up includes a third Ant-Man (February 5, 2023), a third Guardians of the Galaxy (May 5, 2023), a second Captain Marvel (titled The Marvels and due July 28, 2023), a fourth Captain America (May 3, 2024) and a team-up finale involving anti-heroes and villains forming Thunderbolts (July 26, 2024). Shang-Chi and Eternals could be among the last “entirely new” franchises we get out of the Marvel movies. Marvel’s *Cinematic* Universe mostly depends on sequels, exiting IP and Avengers events. Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America in 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Disney and MarvelĢ.
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