Summary
TheMarvel Cinematic Universe’s creative mind, Marvel Studios, has proved to have learned a valuable post-Avengers: Endgamelesson after D23 and SDCC 2024. The manymovie reveals of San Diego Comic-Con 2024were certainly interesting in that Marvel did not focus on anything that was not already announced.Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, andThe Fantastic Four: First Stepswere all previously confirmed, meaning what was known about theupcoming Marvel filmswas simply expanded upon in favor of new announcements.
Interestingly, this pattern continued withMarvel’s D23 reveals about the MCU. The spotlight at this convention was placed mostly onupcoming Marvel TV showsthat, again, were already public knowledge.Agatha All Along, Daredevil: Born Again, andIronheartwere all focused on at D23, as were the aforementioned movies set for 2025 release dates. Although the focus on projects that were already announced may have been disappointing at first, this tactic from Marvel proves the studio has learned the lessons from mistakes made after 2019’sAvengers: Endgame.
Marvel’s Lack Of New Announcements Fixes A Post-Endgame Mistake
Marvel Is Not Committing To Movies Or Shows Too Early
The mistake in question is the announcements of various projects years before their respective release dates, something Marvel has fallen victim to sinceAvengers: Endgame. At SDCC 2019 and 2022, Marvel Studios' president Kevin Feige took to the stage to announce several upcoming movies and shows, with the latter convention stretching all the way up to Phase 6. This included the twoAvengersmovies, then titledThe Kang DynastyandSecret Wars, alongside other projects years away from release likeThe Fantastic FourandBlade.
Marvel should not have announced these projects so early…
Since then, every one of these projects has faced production issues of some sort; Marvel Studios cannot seem to getBladeright after multiple directors and writers have come and gone andAvengers 5and6have pivoted away from Jonathan Majors' Kang with their own rotating cycle of directors and writers. This proves that Marvel should not have announced these projects so early, as supported byKevin Feige’s MCU Phase 4 commentsin 2022. Thankfully,Marvel has learned this lesson and spent 2024’s major events hyping up movies and shows that are near completion, rather than previously-unannounced projects.
10 Upcoming MCU Movies & Shows Marvel Didn’t Mention At SDCC Or D23
Marvel Studios revealed some exciting new information at SDCC and D23, but there were still many upcoming projects that weren’t addressed at all.
When Will Marvel Announce More Phase 6 Movies & TV Shows?
Theunanswered questions after Marvel’s SDCC and D23 panelslead to more queries, specifically when more Phase 6 movies and shows will be announced for the MCU’s future. The answer to this is likely San Diego Comic-Con 2025, should Marvel Studios make an appearance at the event. If so, this would have given Marvel an entire year to lock down directors, writers, scripts, and returning stars for the studio’s future endeavors. This is promising as it proves Marvel is committing to a clearer plan than the studio had afterAvengers: Endgame,likely leading to a more coherent, consistent future for theMarvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel Cinematic Universe
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a multimedia superhero franchise that began in 2008 with Paramount’s Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr. The franchise quickly grew in popularity, with Disney eventually buying out Marvel Entertainment in 2009. The MCU consists of dozens of movies and TV shows, most notably Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision, and Loki.
