'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler to produce Wakanda-based TV series for Disney+

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Aside from working on the sequel for Black Panther, Ryan Coogler will be creating a Disney+ series set in the Kingdom of Wakanda. The writer/director/producer's company Proximity Media signed an exclusive five-year television deal with Walt Disney Company to develop this show and other series that might appear beyond Disney+ and even the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The agreement extends to the entire Walt Disney Company, so his team might produce shows for other Disney-owned networks and streamers.

"Ryan Coogler is a singular storyteller whose vision and range have made him one of the standout filmmakers of his generation," said Bob Iger, executive chairman of The Walt Disney Company, in a press release. "With Black Panther, Ryan brought a groundbreaking story and iconic characters to life in a real, meaningful, and memorable way, creating a watershed cultural moment. We're thrilled to strengthen our relationship and look forward to telling more great stories with Ryan and his team."

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 'WandaVision' to premiere on Disney+ on Jan. 15

It's finally happening. The first Marvel Cinematic Universe series will be coming to Disney+ at the start of the year. WandaVision's first episode will stream on the service on January 15, 2021. The six-episode show will focus on the relationship between Scarlett Witch (played by Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) following the events of Avengers: Endgame. 

You can expect to see some familiar faces from MCU, including Darcy Lewis (Kat Dennings) from Thor and Thor: The Dark World and Agent Jimmy Woo (Randall Park) from Ant-Man and The Wasp. They will also be joined by Kathryn Hahn and Teyonah Parris, who will play the adult version of Monica Rambeau (featured in Captain Marvel).

Source: Engadget

Spider-Man 3, Doctor Strange 2, Thor 4 get new release dates

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We already know that the sequel of animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse got a new release date. But it looks like Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures moved around a few more films to give each title more attention and time in the box office. The third Spider-Man film, which will follow Spider-Man: Far from Home, gets moved from July 16, 2021, to November 5, 2021. While Uncharted, which also stars Spider-Man actor Tom Holland, gets the July 16 release date. 

Holland was scheduled to start shooting Uncharted ahead of the new Spider-Man movie, but it got shut down last month because of the COVID-19 pandemic. And it looks like Sony wants to finish shooting Uncharted first after all.

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