‘Fantastic Four’: ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Director Jon Watts Hired For Marvel’s First Family

It’s been more than a year since last year’s “Avengers: Endgame” and its coda, “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” Those two stories wrapped up what is affectionately called the “Infinity Saga.” But since then, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have yet to see an official return to the MCU.

During Disney‘s recent, massive shareholder’s presentation, a trailer for the upcoming Marvel animated show “What If…?” a scene showed T’Challa, prompting questions of whether Marvel had replaced the voice of Chadwick Boseman following his passing earlier this year. Now, head Marvel honcho, Kevin Feige confirms Boseman did record lines for “numerous episodes” of the show.

postpone their entire slate. Alas, 2020 will be the first year since 2009 without a single MCU movie.) marked the end of Marvel's cinematic universe as we know it — but it was not the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Marvel have confirmed that a new Fantastic Four movie is on the way.Announced by Kevin Feige on Disney‘s Investor’s Day yesterday (December 11), the new Fantastic Four movie will be directed by Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts.Following Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox, Feige had previously announced at the 2019 San Diego Comic Con that a new Fantastic Four offering would be on the way.Now, Feige confirmed the news although there were no details on time scale or expected release

Fans of Disney, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Star Wars had an embarrassment of riches to pour over yesterday. During the 2020 Investor Day presentation for The Walt Disney Company, creative forces Kevin Feige, Kathleen Kennedy, and more, were on hand to tease out much of what’s coming in the next few years.

Black Panther II but decided not to recast Chadwick Boseman’s character, T’Challa, out of respect for the late actor.“Chadwick Boseman was an immensely talented actor and an inspirational individual who affected all of our lives,” Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said during his Disney Investor Day presentation on Thursday, December 10.

Black Panther 2 after the actor’s death, Marvel has confirmed.Kevin Feige, Chief Creative Officer for Marvel Studios, confirmed the news at Disney’s Investor Day yesterday (December 10), per Variety.Boseman’s performance as the titular hero and king of Wakanda “transcends any iteration of the character,” Feige said.

Tonight at the Walt Disney Investors Day, Kevin Feige, president, Marvel Studios, and chief creative officer, Marvel, shared plans for the expansion and future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “The Cinematic Universe weaves storylines, heroes, and villains across 23 feature films to date.

The follow-up to the hugely successful “Captain Marvel“ got a massive update today as well as “Candyman” director Nina DaCosta was confirmed by Kevin Feige along with the main cast of “Captain Marvel 2.” READ MORE: Marvel Reveals New Animated ‘What If’ Trailer & A Sneak Peek Look At ‘Ms. Marvel’ Series Joining Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers will be Iman Vellani, who plays Kamala Khan in Disney+’s upcoming series, “Ms.

2020 has been a barren land for MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic delaying highly-anticipated projects. However, worry not as Kevin Feige proved to be a literal Santa Claus at the recently held Disney Investor Day.

This next feature film revealed by Kevin Feige at the Disney Investors Day event was slightly less surprising at first, but the studio head added a nifty plot tease behind it.

Will the fourth time be the charm for the Fantastic Four?

Marvel will move forward without one of its most popular movie characters. Since the tragic passing of Chadwick Boseman in August, fans have wondered what will come of T'Challa, the star's character from Marvel's "Avengers" franchise and the standalone Oscar-nominated film "Black Panther." At Disney's Investor Day presentation, Marvel executive Kevin Feige announced that the character "will not" be recast.

Marvel Studios brought their A-Game to the Disney Investor Day 2020 event as they seemingly were holding back a bunch of stuff we have to assume they wanted to show at San Diego Comic-Con 2020 before the convention was ultimately canceled due to the pandemic. However, this meant that Kevin Feige likely had a lot more on his hands to share with fans had they already done a Marvel panel over the summer.

Marvel Studios announced slew of confirmations for their upcoming slate of comic book adaptations — including news that they are in very early development on a “Fantastic Four” movie and that Christian Bale has joined the MCU — but the biggest among them were the decisions made for the Wakanda universe.

Marvel Boss Kevin Feige announced that the title of Peyton Reed’s third Ant-Man is Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania, but also that Big Little Lies actress Kathryn Newton was joining as Cassie Lang. She’s the daughter of Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang and she has the same powers as her father: the ability to shrink and grow in size. She did get her powers long after her first exposure to Pym Particles. She has the superhero alias Stature.

Disney’s news-packed Investor Day provided first glimpse at Loki, Marvel’s upcoming series starring Tom Hiddleston as the trickster demi-god and brother to Thor.