According to a brand new report, you should take everything you suppose you understand about the rollouts of Marvel’s Phase 5 and 6 with an enormous ol’ grain of salt. The Cosmic Circus claims Disney isn’t proud of the performance of Phase 4 and that the parent company might be stepping in to make sure the subsequent two phases carry out better. One of the problems that oversight is reportedly targeting is over saturation, which could imply the delay or cancellation of some of the already announced Marvel projects like Blade or Fantastic Four.
The report, which stays unconfirmed, says that the oversight will largely be looking at tasks in pre-production. Presumably which means movies already in the can with announced launch dates like subsequent year’s Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and The Marvels are all secure. Marvel followers could be slightly bit more involved about later movies nonetheless, notably by method of those that have already experienced some behind the scenes drama.
When it comes to Phase 5 tasks, arguably the very first venture to be worried about is the reboot of Blade, led by Mahershala Ali (Green Card). Production shut down on the movie in October after director Bassam Tariq (Mogul Mowgli) left the project. Unconfirmed reports have suggested that each Tariq and Ali had been unhappy with the script, which apparently would have included very little action.
By the tip of November Marvel recruited Yann Demange (Lovecraft Country) to replace Tariq, but according to Cosmic Circus’ report the challenge may face a new problem. The website claims Disney is taking a special look at tasks with out obvious ties to Multiverse saga. While we don’t know the precise plot of the Blade reboot, it isn’t the sort of property that may historically lend itself nicely to Multiverse stories.
John Krasinski because the Fantastic Four’s Mister Fantastic in Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness (2022)Another film that Disney’s oversight might see as a problem baby is Fantastic Four. On one hand the venture already misplaced its first director Jon Watts; and both Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer and the 2015 reboot crashed and burned, which can not put a lot of confidence within the property. On the opposite hand contemplating the very nature of the titular team’s adventures and the truth that in the source material they’re integral to how Secret Wars is resolved, it’s a sure wager that Kevin Feige’s plans for the film tie instantly into the Multiverse saga.
The report doesn’t say that Disney will outright cancel tasks except as a last resort, but one choice the corporate is reportedly contemplating is getting far more use out of its–so far popular–“Special Presentation” format on Disney+. Both such Marvel projects released this year–Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special–have proven successful.
