Month: August 2019

At D23, both Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan took the stage during the Disney+ panel. Respectively, the actors play Sam “Falcon” Wilson and Bucky “Winter Soldier” Barnes in the MCU and are reprising their roles in the upcoming exclusive Disney+ TV series Falcon & Winter Soldier. The panel confirmed another MCU actor, Emily Van Camp, would be reprising her role during the series as well.

Daniel Brühl has already been confirmed to return as the villainous Helmut Zemo, the main antagonist of Captain America: Civil War. Prior to today, rumors circulated that Emily Van Camp would be reprising her role as Sharon Carter in the TV series–another character we haven’t seen in the MCU since the third Captain America movie. Van Camp joining Mackie and Stan onstage during the Disney+ panel seems to be a confirmation that the rumors are true.

Falcon & Winter Soldier is currently scheduled to be the first live-action MCU TV series to premiere on Disney+, coming to the streaming service in Fall 2020. That would put the show’s release in-between the theatrical debuts of the upcoming Black Widow and The Eternals movies. Falcon & Winter Soldier won’t be the last MCU series to show up on Disney+. It will be followed by WandaVision in Spring 2021.

Taking place just after the events of Avengers Endgame, Falcon & Winter Soldier sees the two titular characters team up to continue the good fight that Steve “Captain America” Rogers left behind. Though Sam now possesses Steve’s vibranium shield, the title of the upcoming MCU show suggests he’s not quite ready to forgo his Falcon identity for the responsibilities that the Captain America role implies.

Also during the D23 Disney+ panel, Marvel announced a Ms. Marvel series that will premiere during Phase 4 in-between Hawkeye and Moon Knight–the latter of which was also announced during the panel. Moon Knight will be followed by She-Hulk, a series that focuses on Bruce Banner’s lawyer cousin, Jennifer Walters, after she receives a blood transfusion from Bruce and gains the same abilities that he does.

One of the many shows that Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige discussed at D23–albeit very briefly–was Loki. The show takes the mischievous norse god on some adventures through time and, according to Feige, will explore the questions we all have.

Questions like, where Loki goes after picking up the Tesseract in Endgame, could he make a friend, and of course, will the sun shine on him again? Although actor Tom Hiddleston wasn’t at the show, in a video message he said, “This journey you and I have been on isn’t over yet. In fact, it’s only just begun.”

Showrunner Michael Waldron and director Kate Herron teased that the show will take Loki to a “corner of the MCU we’ve never seen before,” likely a nod to the fact that, with the Tesseract–aka the Space Stone–at his disposal, Loki can literally teleport anywhere in space and time. Details about just what and how he intends to use this power will be dealt with in the show, but as Tom Hiddleston pointed out back during San Diego Comic-Con, the Loki who will star here is the Loki who only remembers things up to The Avengers, and who’s most recent experience was being pummeled by The Hulk. So it’s safe to say he’s not in the healthiest position.

Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige appeared on stage during D23 to discuss the upcoming animated show, What If? As announced previously, this series will explore alternative realities, where key moments in the MCU unfolded in a different way and created divergent stories.

A brief teaser was shown during the Disney+ panel and it showed Captain America going into the super solider chamber, but it explodes, creating a zombified version of the beloved hero. Peggy Carter was shown in a costume, indicating she becomes a super soldier. The series will be guided by Uatu, who Marvel fans may know as The Watcher.

The final shot of the teaser showed Steve Rogers in a mech armor, a little like the Hulkbuster suit, with Peggy riding on its back. Hayley Atwell, who played Peggy Carter for close to 10 years, showed up and referred to her character as “Captain Carter,” which Feige also mentioned a little later.

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Disney has announced it is making a series of Pixar shorts in a collection called “Forky Asks a Question” for Disney+. As you’ve probably figured out by now, the main star of the series if Forky, the new character introduced in Toy Story 4. The announcement was made during D23.

During the Disney+ panel a short trailer was shown and, joining Forky, was Porky, another Toy Story character. Together the duo discussed money and all its uses. Tony Hale, who voiced Forky in Toy Story 4, is reprising his role for Forky Asks a Question.

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