The Future of Marvel

Marvel movies to look forward to in the next few years

This article contains spoilers for all recent marvel projects, including Eternals, Loki, and Ms. Marvel.

 

Marvel fans have been spoiled with content. In the past couple months, Disney and Marvel Studios have announced dozens of upcoming projects. Here is a short list of some of the movies to get excited about.

 

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Release Date: November 11th, 2022

The sequel to “Black Panther” from 2018, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will be the last installment of Phase Four of the MCU. Most of the original cast is returning in this movie, including Letitia Wright as Shuri and Danai Gurira as Okoye. After the death of Chadwick Boseman in 2020, the movie will follow the heroes trying “to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death”.

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Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania

Release Date: February 17th, 2023

Starring Paul Rudd as Scott Lang – aka Ant-Man – and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne – aka The Wasp, this movie will continue Ant-Man’s story after the events of Endgame with his now teenage daughter, Cassie (Kathryn Newton) The basic plot involves the gang getting trapped in the Quantum Realm. Kang the Conqueror, an antagonist introduced in the “Loki” TV show, is confirmed to be in the movie.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3:

Release Date: May 5th, 2023

The third installment of the “Guardians of the Galaxy” series stars returning cast members: Chris Pratt as Peter Quill – aka Star-Lord – Dave Bautista as Drax, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as the voices for Groot and Rocket, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, and Karen Gillan as Nebula. Not much is known about the plot yet, but it will likely involve the Guardians searching for Gamora after the reveal at the end of “Avengers: Endgame” that she might be out there somewhere in the multiverse.

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The Marvels

Release Date: July 28th, 2023

“The Marvels” is a sequel to “Captain Marvel”, which came out in 2019, as well as a continuation of the “Ms. Marvel” TV show from this year. It will star Brie Larson as Carol Danvers – aka Captain Marvel. She’s joined by Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan – aka Ms. Marvel. Nothing about the plot has been revealed yet, but it will probably explain the end credits scene of the final episode of “Ms. Marvel”, where it seemed like Kamala and Carol switched places.

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Blade

Release Date: November 3rd, 2023

Very little is known about this movie so far. Mahershala Ali will play the titular character, Blade. Delroy Lindo and Aaron Pierre were announced as cast members, their roles unknown. Blade was hinted at in an end credits scene of “Eternals”, only as a voice, so there will likely be a connection to Dane Whitman – played by Kit Harrington – from that movie.

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Captain America: New World Order

Release Date: May 3rd, 2024

“Captain America: New World Order” is the fourth installment in the Captain America series. After the events of the “Falcon and the Winter Soldier” show, this movie will continue the story of Sam Wilson, played by Anthony Mackie, as the new Captain America, fulfilling his role in a world still recovering from the Blip.

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Thunderbolts

Release Date: July 26th, 2024

“Thunderbolts” is kind of like the anti-hero Avengers. We’ve already seen the start of this team being formed by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who first appeared in the end credits scene of “Black Widow”. She then appeared again in “Falcon and The Winter Soldier”, as an ally to John Walker – aka U.S agent – played by Wyatt Russell. Including John Walker, The “Thunderbolts” lineup of characters known so far is: Yelena Belova, (Florence Peugh) Red Guardian (David Harbour) and Antonia Dreykov – aka Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko) from “Black Widow”; Ghost from “Ant-Man and the Wasp” (Hannah John-Kamen), and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan).

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This list is only a preview of what’s to come. The future of Marvel in the next few years is packed with content, from movies to shows to holiday specials, and there’s too much to include in one article. I didn’t even mention any of the Disney Plus Marvel TV shows coming out in the next few years. Find out more about all the upcoming releases here.