During today’s Investor Day announcements at Disney, the Disney Twitter account tweeted highlights of the announcements for 4 hours in one thread. Among the highlights included the announcement that Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther will NOT be recast in order to honor Boseman’s legacy. Instead, Black Panther 2 will focus on the world of Wakanda.
Black Panther 2, opening July 8, 2022, is being written & directed by Ryan Coogler. Honoring Chadwick Boseman’s legacy & portrayal of T’Challa, @MarvelStudios will not recast the character, but will explore the world of Wakanda & the rich characters introduced in the first film.
— Disney (@Disney) December 11, 2020
Other Marvel highlights from the announcements:
- The Ms. Marvel series coming to Disney+ late 2021.
Ms. Marvel, a newer character to Marvel comics has grabbed the world's imagination and we are excited to announce Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan.
Ms. Marvel, an Original Series from Marvel Studios, is coming late 2021 to #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/ArHe8vMCXd
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 11, 2020
- Captain Marvel 2 coming to theaters November 11, 2022.
- Hawkeye featuring Jeremy Renner returning as Hawkeye teaming up with Marvel comics’ Kate Bishop played by Hailee Steinfeld. The original series will air on Disney+.
- She-Hulk is coming to Disney+ with Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk and Tim Roth returning as the Abomination and Mark Ruffalo as Hulk himself.
- Other original series coming to Disney+ include Moon Knight, Secret Invasion starring Samuel L Jackson as Nick Fury, Ironheart, Armor Wars featuring Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, a new The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special written and directed by James Gunn (coming in 2022), and I Am Groot.
- Christian Bale joins the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder as the villain Gorr the God Butcher premiering in theaters May 6, 2022.
- A new Blade feature film with Mahershala Ali as Blade.
- The 3rd Ant-Man movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer with Kathryn Newton as Cassie Lang and Jonathan Majors as Kang the Conqueror.
- A new Fantastic Four feature with Jon Watts directing.
Jon Watts will direct the new feature film for Marvel's First Family, Fantastic Four! pic.twitter.com/Eu26ghxbGT
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) December 11, 2020
