Marvel Studios announces its Phase 4 streaming, movie plans

Marvel Studios unleashed a giant avalanche of announcements at Disney's Investor Day presentation. The studio's head Kevin Feige shared the different plans for shows on Disney+ and its upcoming films for what is considered Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

While 2020 marks the first year Marvel Studios hasn't released anything since 2009, it will hit the ground running 2021 with WandaVision arriving on Disney+ on January 15. It'll be followed by the much-anticipated Falcon & the Winter Soldier dropping on March 19 after delays caused by COVID-19. You can see the trailer for that above and a new trailer for WandaVision below.

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Marvel's Kevin Feige wants to bring Fantastic Four to be at a 'level they deserve'

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It seems like a dig at 20th Century Fox for not being able to successfully bring the Fantastic Four to the big screen. But Marvel Studios' head Kevin Feige also seems like he's making a promise to fans who have been clamoring for the longest time to see these heroes get an MCU treatment. While speaking to Variety at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Feige answered when asked about their plans for the characters, "All of that is spoilers, but I'm extremely excited about those characters, and about bringing Marvel's first family up to the sort of platform and level they deserve." Feige didn't specifically say when we can expect a Fantastic Four film (or maybe even series), but just acknowledging it now makes us excited.

Source: ComicBook.com

Tom Hardy will be coming back for ‘Venom 2’

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With the film being named the highest-grossing superhero origin film of all time, it doesn’t come as a surprise that a sequel is planned. And now we know Tom Hardy will be making a comeback. Producer Amy Pascal, who helps oversee the Spider-Man franchise for Sony, confirmed with Fandango that Hardy is onboard for Venom 2 when the film gets made. "I can say that Tom Hardy will be back, magnificently playing that character as no one else can," said Pascal.

As for the possibility of seeing a Spider-Man and Venom crossover, Marvel’s boss Kevin Feige told CinemaBlend, that this decision is “up to Sony” but “it seems like at some point” to happen. We’d definitely want to see that happen. As for when we might expect to see Venom 2, Pascal can’t give a date yet as there is “no time table” to get it in production.

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Marvel plans to bring back Real Mandarin and the Ten Rings in future movies

Ben Kingsley played the Mandarin in 'Iron Man 3', but it was later found out in the film that he wasn't actually the villain of the film

We hear it from Marvel Studios head himself, Kevin Feige. There are plans to bring back the real Mandarin and the Ten Rings in future Marvel films. Feige mentioned this during his recent Ask Me Anything on Reddit. He confirmed that they want to follow that plot thread that was unspooled in Iron Man 3. Your guess is as good as ours where they plan to introduce the characters might pop up. But as ComicBook.com points out, one possible place they could show up is in the Disney+ series, Falcon and the Winter Soldier.