Marvel’s New Release Schedule & New Mutant’s Fate | Weekly News Episode 267

2020-04-05

This week Superhero Slate is looking at a brand new Superhero Movie Release Slate, getting ready to buy some tasty treats at Disneyland, lots of writers are still getting work, and more! News Movie Theaters (14:40) Study shows decreased audiences post-pandemic People are afraid of large crowds Marvel Cinematic Universe (20:15) Phase 4 has shifted 1 release date backwards Black Widow - November 3, 2020 Eternals - February 12, 2021 Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - May 7, 2021 Doctor Strange in the...

This week Superhero Slate is looking at a brand new Superhero Movie Release Slate, getting ready to buy some tasty treats at Disneyland, lots of writers are still getting work, and more!

News

Movie Theaters (14:40)
- Study shows decreased audiences post-pandemic
- People are afraid of large crowds
Marvel Cinematic Universe (20:15)
- Phase 4 has shifted 1 release date backwards
  - Black Widow - November 3, 2020
  - Eternals - February 12, 2021
  - Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings - May 7, 2021
  - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - November 5, 2021
  - Thor: Love and Thunder - February 18, 2022 (new date)
  - Black Panther - May 6, 2022 (stayed same)
  - Captain Marvel 2 - July 8, 2022 (new announcement)
- Disney+ shows have not changed as of yet
- Spider-Man is a Sony release and still scheduled for July 2021
- Directors say delay will lead to better movies
Spider-Man 3 (33:30)
- Reportedly adds Seamus McGarvey (Avengers; Bad Times at the El Royale) as cinematographer
Sony’s Marvel Universe (35:15)
- Morbius is March 19, 2021
- Venom unlikely to change
  - Trailer online soon
- Ghostbusters is March 5, 2021
- Uncharted for October 8, 2021 (originally a date for Marvel-Sony film)
Other Movie Delays (38:10)
- Mulan - July 24, 2020
- Free Guy - December 11, 2020
- Jungle Cruise - July 30, 2021
- Indiana Jones 5 - July 29, 2022
- Artemis Fowl - Moved to Disney+ from theaters
New Mutants (39:30)
- No date yet
- Unlikely to make its way to Hulu/Disney+ before 2022
  - 20th Century Fox made deal with HBO streaming in 2012 for all movies through 2022
  - Dark Phoenix went to HBO instead of D+
  - Doesn’t affect digital sales, just streaming rights
Avengers Campus (42:40)
- Thanos snap never happened in Marvel’s DisneyLand park
- Terran Treats shows infinity stone based sweets
  - Sweet Spiral Ration
  - Cosmic Cream Orb
Black Widow (45:25)
- Lorne Balfe (Mission Impossible; LEGO Batman) replaces current film composter, Alexandre Desplat (The Shape of Water)
Ant-Man 3 (49:15)
- Jeff Loveness (Rick & Morty, Groot (comic), Jimmy Kimmel) to write script
- Paul Rudd reportedly wrote script that featured AIM and MODOK’s first appearance
  - Got writing credit on Ant-Man and the Wasp
Rick and Morty (52:20)
- Last 5 episodes to start May 3
Kenobi (55:30)
- Series finds new writer with Joby Harold (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword)
- Not delayed yet, could use extra time to rework series