With Guardians of the Galaxydirector James Gunn directing, this holiday special created specifically for Disney+ will be shot during the production of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
One of Marvel Comics most intense and wide-ranging comic book crossover events is coming to the MCU in 2022 with Secret Invasion! Announced at Disney’s 2020 Investor Day, Secret Invasion will focus on a faction of less-than-friendly Skrulls who have spent years infiltrating Earth and are now ready to take over.
Notably absent from the announcement cast list, Cobie Smulders was confirmed to be reprising her Maria Hill role per a trade report in early December 2021. A few months into 2022 Samuel L. Jackson accidentally confirmed that Martin Freeman‘s Everett Ross would be making an appearance in the show.
Originally scheduled to release in May of 2020, James Gunn’s dismissal and return as director pushed the film down the road a bit. In May 2021 we got confirmation of the newly scheduled release date, with the movie moving to May 2023. By late June 2021, production was said to be eyeing a November start date.
In October 2021 a trade report and later James Gunn himself confirmed that Adam Warlock, a character teased in the previous Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2, would be played by Will Poulter. The same happened a few months later as Daniela Melchior (The Suicide Squad) was reported to be appearing in the threequel, with James Gunn confirming said announcement just a few hours later. Later that same month both Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm) and Nico Santos (Crazy Rich Asians) joined the cast, both in undisclosed roles. Both Iwuji and Bakalova later had their roles officially confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2022.
Even though season 2 was pretty much a given, it was officially confirmed by executive producer Brad Winderbaum that a second season was in development. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, one episode initially developed for the show’s first season would instead be pushed to its second season, thus meaning both would be comprised of 9 episodes each.
Despite the way season 1 ended, with several storylines coming together at the end, it was confirmed that season 2 would be sticking with the pseudo-anthology format. Regarding its release schedule, and even though many expected the series to become a hallmark of Disney+ summer scheduling, the show was noticeably absent from Disney+’s 2022 line-up.
It was confirmed at Marvel Animation’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 that What If…? season 2 would have its Disney+ premiere in early 2023 and that Elizabeth Olsen will reprise her role as Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch.
Cast
Jeffrey Wrightas The Watcher
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / The Scarlet Witch
Another Disney + series about which we have more questions that answers, Moon Knight will introduce fans to the labyrinthine mind of Marc Spector. Showrunner Jeremy Slater is leading a talented writer’s room and now with Oscar Isaac on board as Marc Spector, we can expect the supporting cast to start to fill in.
With the release of the first official trailer came a couple of confirmations regarding the project. Hawke was revealed to be playing Arthur Harrow and the series’ premiere was now scheduled for March 30, 2022.
Taika Waititi returns to the Thor franchise promising to double up on the craziness that made Thor: Ragnarok so rewatchable and to make something even MORE “bombastic” than its predecessor. While the film is certain to pick up where Avengers: Endgame left off, it’s also going to take direction from Jason Aaron’s long-lasting and acclaimed run on the comic and see Jane Foster pick up Mjolnir and take up the mantle of Thor!
In January of 2020, it was revealed that Christian Bale had entered into negotiations to play a key role in the film. Filming for Thor: Love and Thunder was set to take place in Australia beginning in August of 2020. but with Shang-Chi delayed due to COVID-19, the start date has been pushed back. Jennifer Kaytin Robinson was brought in to work on the script which Waititi described as a rom-com.
Considering the last time the God of Thunder was seen on-screen, aboard the Guardians of the Galaxy’s Benatar, it came as no surprise that Star-Lord himself, Chris Pratt, is set to make an appearance in Thor: Love and Thunder. His amount of screen time and importance to the storyline is currently unknown, being likely that it may mirror Doctor Strange’s cameo in Thor: Ragnarok.
A number of cameos were confirmed as some set photos surfaced in early March 2021. Matt Damon, Luke Hemsworth, and Sam Neil will be reprising their roles from Thor: Ragnarok, with Melissa McCarthy making her MCU debut as an Asgardian actress playing Hela. A cameo few saw coming was Russell Crowe‘s, in an initially unknown role which was later confirmed to be the first MCU appearance of Zeus. The Kiwi was confirmed to be appearing in the feature in late March 2021 after being spotted spending time with the cast in the weeks prior.
Following what is expected to be the final post-pandemic reschedule of the Marvel Studios slate, Thor: Love and Thunder has seen its premiere shifted to July 8, 2022.
The first official teaser trailer came out on April 18, 2022, giving audiences the first taste of what the fourth Thor installment could bring to the big screen. It was soon followed by the first official trailer that gave fans the first proper look at Christian Bale‘s Gorr, the God Butcher, as well as a few other cosmic entities.
Two new characters were confirmed in December 2020 (Kamran and Red Dagger) and a couple of days later the first footage from the show was shown at the Disney Investor Day presentation. Laurel Marsden was announced as being part of the cast in February 2021 and will be playing Zoe Zimmer.
Alongside the release of the show’s first Official Trailer came definite confirmation of a June 8, 2022 premiere on Disney+.
5 years after his MCU debut and following his key role in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the Sorcerer Supreme will once again headline his own film. As I mentioned above, this film will spin directly out of the events of WandaVision, but will also connect to the Disney + series, Loki. Little is known about the film at this point, but it is widely expected that it will feature the villain Nightmare and, as the title indicates, open the doors to the true Multiverse,which Kevin Feige called “the next step in the evolution of the MCU”, forever changing the landscape of the MCU.
In January of 2020, a casting call went out for an Hispanic actress, 15-17, to play a major supporting role in the film, generating a huge amount of buzz that the film might mark the debut of America Chavez. A separate report indicated that the film was looking to cast a Caribbean actor for the role of Brother Voodoo, long expected to appear in the film.
After helming the first film and signing on for the second, director Scott Derrickson left the project, citing creative differences. In February of 2020, Sam Raimi replaced Derrickson at the helm. Subsequently, Michael Waldron (Loki) was brought in to draft a new script. The sequel was set to film sometime in the summer of 2020 before being delayed by COVID. As of early September, Murphy’s Multiverse learned that production was set to begin this November at Longcross Studios under the working title “Stellar Vortex.“
Following Lokiseason one, it was reported that Tom Hiddleston is set to make an appearance in the Doctor Strange sequel as Loki, something that taking into account where we left the God of Mischief, is hardly a surprise.
Following what is expected to be the final post-pandemic reschedule of the Marvel Studios slate, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has seen its premiere shifted to May 6, 2022.
In April 2022 some rumors surfaced that hinted at a late 2022 / early 2023 streaming debut for the series, a slight delay on what was initially expected. These rumors were later proved to be unsubstantiated with the announcement that the series would premiere on August 17 following the release of its first official trailer on May 17, 2022. Besides the release date, the show got a new title with the Attorney at Law subtitle being added and confirmation that it would consist of nine episodes instead of the initially announced ten.
According to an official Disney release, She-Hulk will debut with a single episode on August 17th, meaning it will likely have a nine-week run that will conclude on October 12th. This was soon changed with the series being revealed to be premiering on August 18 instead, with a new episode every Thursday. The decision will prevent a bigger overlap with the release of Rogue One spin-off Andor as well as prevent an Obi-Wan Kenobi / Ms. Marvel situation where both series’ episodes were being released on the same weekday.
Thanks to Tom Holland we will, at the very least, get a conclusion to Jon Watts’ MCU-based Spider-Man trilogy and the satisfaction of having the cliffhanger ending of Spider-Man: Far From Home resolved on-screen. COVID-19 knocked Spidey all over the place, but set construction and pre-production on the film began in August with an eye on getting in front of cameras in late-September/early-October or whenever Holland wraps filming on Uncharted; however, with the release of the film pushed one month later into December of 2021, it seems that production might now be on track to start in late-October/early-November instead, mirroring the one month delay.
From October through December 2020 there were a number of reports regarding actors that will be returning to the Spider-Man world. From Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, Thomas Haden Church, and William Dafoe, to Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx, all would reportedly be back portraying their characters from both the Spider-Man Sam Raimi trilogy and the Mark Webb movies. But one of the biggest pieces of news was confirmed by Murphy’s Multiverse when we reported that Charlie Cox would be making a comeback as Matt Murdock himself, after his first stint with the character in the Netflix Daredevil series.
The title of the threequel, Spider-Man: No Way Home, was finally revealed on February 24, 2021, with the first teaser trailer being released exactly 6 months afterward, on August 24. The first Official Trailer was released on November 17, one month before the movie’s scheduled United States premiere, and it confirmed several character appearances that, up until then, had only been rumored.
Cast
Tom Hollandas Peter Parker/Spider-Man
Zendayaas MJ
Benedict Cumberbatchas Doctor Stephen Strange
Marisa Tomeias Aunt May
Benedict Wongas Wong
Charlie Coxas Matt Murdock
Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Earth-96283)
*Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson (Earth-96283)
Williem Dafoeas Norman Osborn / Green Goblin (Earth-96283)
Alfred Molinaas Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus (Earth-96283)
J.K. Simmonsas J. Jonah Jameson
Thomas Haden Churchas Flint Marko / Sandman (Earth-96283)
Andrew Garfieldas Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Earth-120703)
Jamie Foxxas Max Dillon/Electro (Earth-120703)
Rhys Ifansas Dr. Curt Connors / The Lizard (Earth-120703)
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