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

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

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