By October 2016, the Walt Disney Studios had scheduled multiple release dates for untitled Marvel Studios films for 2020 and 2021. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said some of the films for those dates were already known, explaining, "We know what films we`d like them to be for 2020. Over the years, where we're aiming we've been lucky enough that it's usually been the same thing but we always leave ourselves the opportunity to bob and weave and adapt if we have to."Feige was not sure if Marvel would continue to group the films of the MCU into phases once Phase Three concluded in 2019, saying that "it might be a new thing", but by December 2018, Marvel was believed to be using the term Phase Four. Feige said Marvel hoped to reveal some upcoming films after the release of Avengers: Endgame (2019), with The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger later indicating that Marvel would reveal its slate of post-Avengers: Endgame films in mid-2019.
By November 2017, Disney was developing a Marvel television series specifically for release on its new streaming service Disney+, which was planned to launch before the end of 2019.
In September 2018, Marvel Studios was revealed to be developing several limited series for the service, to be centered on "second-tier" characters from the MCU films who had not and were unlikely to star in their own films; the actors who portrayed the characters in the films were expected to reprise their roles for the series. Stories for each series were still being decided on, but the series were expected to be six to eight episodes each and have a "hefty budget rivaling those of a major studio production". The series would be produced by Marvel Studios rather than Marvel Television, which produced the previous television series set in the MCU. Fage played a "practical role" in the development of each series , focusing on "story continuity" with the film and "processing" the actors who played the role from the film. Faige said in February 2019 that the series was "fully interwoven with the current MCU, the past MCU, and the future of the MCU," and a month later the series would adopt movie characters. Said. Change them and see how those changes will be reflected in future films, as opposed to the films having a weaker relationship with the Marvel TV series. He also said that new characters featured in the Disney + series could appear in the movie. In May, Feige compared the Disney + series to Marvel One-Shot Shorts, which Marvel Studios had previously released with the movie, "The best thing about One-Shot is that it was able to flesh out other characters. It's very exciting to have a Disney + series that can do that in a big way. "
In July 2019, Marvel Studios held a panel at San Diego Comic-Con where Feige announced the full Phase Four slate. This included five films to be released—Black Widow, Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Thor: Love and Thunder—as well as five event series to be released on Disney+ The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, Loki, What If...?, and Hawkeye. He confirmed that there would be connections between the films and series, with the events of WandaVision directly setting up Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Loki tying into it. Feige stated that these ten projects were the full Phase Four slate at that point, despite Marvel already developing further projects at that time, such as the long-in-development Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, sequels to Black Panther (2018) and Captain Marvel (2019), and a film based on the Fantastic Four. Feige also noted that the studio had films scheduled to be released after 2021 which would not be officially announced or given release dates at that time. A month later at D23, Feige announced three more Disney+ series that would be released as part of the Phase Four slate: Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,as well as the Black Panther sequel with the placeholder title Black Panther II and a May 6, 2022, release. In September, Disney and Sony Pictures announced that Marvel Studios and Feige would return to produce Spider-Man: No Way Home, set for release during this phase.
Black Widow was removed from Disney`s release schedule in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussing this decision for Variety, Adam B. Vary and Matt Donnelly questioned whether the MCU could be impacted more by this delay than other big properties due to the interconnected nature of the franchise, though a Marvel Studios source told the pair that changing Black Widow`s release date would not affect the rest of the MCU timeline. In April, Disney changed its entire Phase Four release slate, scheduling Black Widow when Eternals had been set for release in November 2020 and moving all its other Phase Four films back in the schedule to accommodate this. Later that month, Sony delayed Spider-Man: No Way Home to November 2021, resulting in Disney adjusting the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder. In July 2020, Disney confirmed that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier would not release in August 2020 as planned, because the series had not completed filming due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while Sony pushed back the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home to December 2021. In early September, Wanda Vision was set to be the first television series released for the phase as The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's release was pushed back to 2021 due to its production delays. Later that month, Black Widow's release was delayed to May 2021, resulting in Eternals and Shang-Chi and the Legends of the Ten Rings also being rescheduled; this made 2020 the first year since 2009 without a Marvel Studios release. When adjusting the release of the films and series in the phase, Marvel Studios was being cognizant to ensure major story points would not be spoiled with the new release order, but Feige noted many of the properties in the Phase were mostly standalone or a continuation from Endgame. He also credited the studio's "long lead plan" for being able to avoid any creative shifts to their Phase Four plans because of the pandemic, only shuffling release dates and production schedules. Additionally, he stated that many of the series had their release dates shifted only "by a matter of weeks" from their original dates. The only significant aspect of the phase that was affected by the pandemic was Julia Louis-Dreyfus's introduction as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, which came in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier rather than Black Widow as was originally planned, since Black Widow ended up being released after the series.
In December 2020, Marvel Studios adjusted Thor: Love and Thunder and Black Panther II scheduled for May 6 and July 8, 2022 respectively , and announced Ant- Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Fantastic Four are in development, along with the Disney+ Secret Invasion series, Ironheart and Armor Wars, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, and the I Am Groot miniseries. This new Disney+ series, along with Black Panther II, Captain Marvel 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and Fantastic Four is said to be part of phase four at this point.
In March 2021, Disney moved Black Widow to July 2021 (replacing Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings), and announced that it would be released simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has been moved to September 2021, with the intention of hitting theaters only. In May, Marvel Studios announced the Black Panther sequel title Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Feige describes the phase as being about "continuing in new ways and ... leaving the Infinity Saga behind for a fresh start". In August 2021, a Halloween-themed TV special for Disney+ is in development, which is said to focus on the Night Werewolf. In October 2021, Marvel Studios further adapted Doctor Strange in Madness' Multiverse, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever for May 6, July 8, and November 11, 2022, respectively. due to production problems.
At the end of June 2022, Feige indicated that phase four was coming to an end, saying that the public would begin to see where the next MCU saga would go and there were many clues in this phase of what it would be like. happen. it is in. He said Marvel Studios will be "a little more direct" about its future plans in the coming months to give audiences "the bigger picture so they can see a bit more clearly the roadmap." ". At Marvel Studios' Comic-Con convention in San Diego in July, Feige announced that Wakanda Forever would conclude Phase Four, with other Disney+ movies and series slated to be part of the phase. transition to Stage Five and Stage Four sixth. He also announced that phase four will be the first, along with phases five and six, of The Multiverse Saga.
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