CinemaConis in full swing and there have been a ton of huge announcements so far. Disney took the stage on Wednesday morning and while there were some nice updates on big franchises likeAvatar, everyone is clamoring to know what the future of theMarvel Cinematic Universeholds. Disney mostly stayed focused on upcoming releases likeDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessandThor: Love and Thunder, but MCU godfather/producerKevin Feigeteased that planning for the future of this iconic cinematic universe is on the horizon.
Feige specifically told the audiencethat he will be heading to a Marvel Studios retreat directly after CinemaCon to work on the next ten years of the MCU. That is not much to go off of, but it is just enough to get any fan of this epic franchise theorizing. Right now the MCU is in its most ambitious phase yet, dealing with the multiverse.Spider-Man: No Way Homewas a full-circle moment not just for long-time fans of the franchise, but for Feige himself. Feige started out his historic career as an associate producer onSam Raimi’sSpider-Manand helped produce that entire trilogy before taking on what would become the MCU. No Way Home reunited Feige withTobey Maguire’s Spider-Man andMultiverse of Madnesswill see the producer reunite with Raimi.
These last few years have been huge for Marvel, and it is only going to get bigger with other upcoming releases likeBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever,Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania,The Marvels, andBlade. On top of that, the MCU will also continue expanding with all the Disney+ series likeLokiSeason 2,Ms. Marvel,She-Hulk,Echo,Ironheart,Iron Wars, andWhat if…?Season 2. What the next ten years look like after that is anyone’s guess. What could possibly be more exciting and grander than the multiverse? Thankfully that is not our job to figure out — though any Marvel fan could only dream of being part of this retreat.
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In all seriousness, Kang the Conqueror will be the MCU’s next big threat. However, now with both the timeline and multiverse broken, who is next? Doctor Doom? Magneto? It’s possible that The Fantastic 4 and the X-Men will be on the table, as well as plans for the Young Avengers. Fans have been theorizing for years about how the MCU would introduce these iconic heroes and unless theMultiverse of Madnesshas something to say about that, the next phase of films seems like a fitting time to introduce these teams. We already had a taste of the X-Men withPatrick Stewart’s Professor X supposedly being in theMultiverse of Madnesstrailer.
Whatever the case may be, Marvel fans have been eating well since the release ofWandaVisionall the way back at the beginning of 2021.Multiverse of MadnessandLove and Thunderlook to continue this exciting nerdy wave. We won’t know what is being planned at this retreat for a while, but we are sure to know more about the MCU’s future soon — if and when Doctor Strange fixes the multiverse.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesshits theaters on May 6, andThor: Love and Thunderpremieres in theaters on July 8.
