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We just got a big bang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During its panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, Marvel Studios laid out several new movies coming in Phase 4, starting with Black Widow on May 1, 2020, and including several other movies and TV series to build fan’s hype.

Panel-goers got a close look at Black Widow, the first standalone film for the Avengers character played by Scarlett Johansson. That movie is a prequel, filling in the backstory of the former Agent of SHIELD and Russian spy. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige filled fans in on the movie’s cast, and there was even a trailer that ran during the panel. Fans also heard about other movies coming in 2020, including The Eternals and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and new information about previously announced series Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki.

We’ve got all the big announcements below to bring you up to speed instantly. You should also check out our Comic-Con hub for a rundown of all the news to come out of this year’s convention, including from Marvel, and beyond.

Release Schedule

Here’s everything that’s coming in 2020 and 2021 in the MCU, including movies and series, and when you can expect to see them.

Black Widow

The Avenger’s standalone film is a prequel that digs into her pre-SHIELD Agent past, and Marvel finally revealed when it’ll hit theaters.

Eternals

Marvel Studios boss confirmed Eternals is really, truly coming in Phase Four, and it’ll be “full Jack Kirby.”

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings

Marvel is digging up elements it introduced in the Iron Man movies, including terrorist organization Ten Rings and the Mandarin, the “real” version of the supervillain.

Doctor Strange 2: Madness In The Multiverse

Doctor Strange is coming back, with the MCU multiverse opening up a whole lot more mystical stuff for him to deal with.

Thor: Love And Thunder

Marvel revealed the title of Thor 4, which is helmed by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi and will see the return of Natalie Portman’s character, Jane Foster.

Blade

Yup, Blade is happening–and it’ll star Mahershala Ali as the half-vampire superhero.

Falcon And The Winter Soldier

Here’s what’s going on when Captain America’s best friends team up in the upcoming Disney+ show.

WandaVision

Wanda and Vision are bringing some romance to the MCU with their Disney+ series.

Loki

Marvel explained a little about the mischief and mayhem Loki is liable to get up to, now that he’s free in the universe post-Endgame.

What If…?

Marvel is exploiting the multiverse with What If…?, an animated series that sees heroes and villains thrown into strange situations.

Hawkeye

We finally learned a bit about the upcoming series starring the sharpshooting Avenger.

Fantastic Four and X-Men

Marvel also hinted that the Fantastic Four and mutants would make their way into the MCU, thanks to Disney’s purchase of Fox’s movie wing.

As if the avalanche of MCU Phase Four films and Disney+ show news from Marvel Studios’ San Diego Comic Con panel wasn’t enough already, the world’s biggest purveyor of superhero film and TV fare decided to save one of the their biggest announcements for last: Blade, the half vampire-half human last seen being portrayed by Wesley Snipes, is being rebooted for the big screen.

And while Wesley Snipes was amazing in the three Blade films already made in the early 2000s, the new Blade has serious acting chops: two-time Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali will be our new vampire hunter.

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The Thor movies have become one of the most beloved parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, thanks in large part to the Taika Waititi-directed Thor: Ragnarok, which injected the series with some much-needed quirk and humor, while still capturing the essence of the god of thunder. The series seems perched to continue in that vein, judging by the new details revealed at Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con 2019 panel.

During the Marvel panel, the studio confirmed Thor 4’s full, official title: Thor: Love and Thunder. Disney also confirmed Thor: Love and Thunder’s release date: November 5, 2021. And lastly, the panel confirmed that Natalie Portman’s character Jane Foster, last seen in any significant capacity in Thor: The Dark World, will return in this movie.

During the SDCC 2019 panel, Thor 4 director Taika Waititi took the stage with stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, who will both return to their respective roles as Thor and Valkyrie in the upcoming film.

“There’s nothing more powerful in the world than love and thunder,” Waititi said, giving the newly revealed title a little bit of context.

In addition, the panel’s big surprise came when Natalie Portman arrived onstage, taking hold of the hammer Mjolnir as she emerged.

“This feels pretty good,” the actress laughed. “I’ve always had a little hammer envy.”

During the panel, Waititi specifically brought up Jason Aaron’s “Jane Thor” run of the comics, in which the character Jane Foster took up the mantle of the god of thunder–giving Portman fans something to look forward to in Love and Thunder.

“When we were shooting Ragnarok, I was reading Jason Aaron’s Mighty Thor, and it introduces female Thor [Jane Foster],” the director said. “So, there’s only one person who can do that.”

What about Thor himself? Hemsworth didn’t have much to share, although he did make some references back to Thor’s Lebowski-like behavior in Avengers: Endgame.

“He’s headed to 7/11, he got a Netflix subscription,” Hemsworth laughed. “But I think Taika’s got something planned.”

“Who knows? Only me because only I have read the script!” Waititi replied.

As for Valkyrie, who Thor named King of Asgard during Endgame’s conclusion, Thompson shared some details. “As new king, she needs to find her queen,” the actress said of Valkyrie’s role in Love and Thunder. “She has some ideas. She’ll keep you posted.”

Finally, Waititi didn’t forget about Thor: Ragnarok’s other most important additions to the MCU: Korg and Miek.

“Will we see Korg and Miek again?” Waititi speculated. “Is there an ongoing relationship between Thor and Korg? Who knows?” That sounds like a yes to us.

Waititi was confirmed as Thor 4’s director in a report from earlier during Comic-Con week–a report that also suggested the director’s live-action adaptation of the Akira manga has been delayed by what’s being called “development concerns.” However, that wasn’t the only Taika Waititi news out of Comic-Con, as the actor and director was also confirmed to be guest-starring in an episode of Rick and Morty Season 4.

During Marvel’s Comic-Con panel, the studio also discussed a ridiculously large number of other movies and shows, including Marvel’s Eternals, the Black Widow movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Kate Bishop Hawkeye Disney+ show, Marvel’s “What If…?” animated series, Loki’s Disney+ show, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the Vision and Scarlett Witch Disney+ series WandaVision, the Falcon and Winter Soldier Disney+ show, a new freaking Blade movie starring Mahershala Ali, and more.

At Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con panel Hawkeye took center stage and new details were confirmed about the Avenger’s crack-shot archer having his own show. During the Marvel panel, a logo was shown and it was reminiscent of the logo from Matt Fraction’s run on the comic series.

Kate Bishop, another character to take the mantle of Hawkeye in the Marvel universe, will be featured in the show. She was described by Hawkeye actor Jeremy Renner as “the best version of Hawkeye.”

He continued: “What I get to do is shepherd a new character to be ultimately a better version of me. I get to teach someone else how to be a superhero without superpowers–which is an amazing thing because that means everyone can be a dang superhero, right?”

Additionally, Marvel Studios president Kevin Fiege said the show will also explore Clint Barton’s time as Ronin more too. This was all part of Marvel’s broader announcement of Phase 4 movies and shows.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is going to get a bit weirder in 2021. That’s when Marvel Studios will launch What If…?, an animated adaptation of its series of comics by the same name. Marvel Studios made the announcement about the series at its San Diego Comic-Con panel in Hall H, along with dropping some information about casting for the series.

The stories spin out what-if scenarios about Marvel heroes and villains that can take some strange twists and turns. With the establishment of a multiverse in Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios now has infinite stories to play with where different versions of its characters experience different stories than what we see in the main MCU movies.

“With this, all of those set-in-stone MCU experiences you’ve seen before, you’re going to see different versions of them,” Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige said.

Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) will star in the series as The Watcher, a character who serves as the What If…? series narrator. “The Watcher is a being, a non-earthly being, who observes all things, he’s watching over the multiverse, and he occasionally may or may not intervene with the earthlings,” Wright explained.

Feige also said many MCU actors would reprise their roles, providing their voices for the series as it details tales about how the history of the MCU could have gone differently. The series is set to release in Summer 2021.

There’s plenty more news coming out of the Marvel panel, so stay tuned to our Comic-Con hub for our full coverage of everything you need to know.

Doctor Strange saw the future 14 million times in Avengers: Infinity War, so we’re pretty sure he must have known he’s set to star in another solo movie as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four of films. The movie–Doctor Strange 2: In The Multiverse of Madness–is set to release on May 7, 2021.

Marvel Studios’ president Kevin Feige officially confirmed the film on stage at the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic Con 2019, referencing the last MCU film Spider-Man: Far From Home by stating: “Just because (Quentin) Beck made up lies about the multiverse doesn’t mean it isn’t real.”

Director Scott Derrickson is back at the helm for the Doctor Strange sequel, and while on stage at Comic-Con, he said the new film would lean more into the horror genre. “What excites me about Doctor Strange is from the comics–he doesn’t fight villains from this Earth, he fights everything from everywhere. If I was gonna do a sequel we’re gonna dip into the gothic and the horror — we’re gonna make the first scary MCU film,” he said.

Doctor Strange himself–actor Benedict Cumberbatch–was also in attendance, and was serenaded by the crowd singing Happy Birthday when he first appeared on stage (apparently it was his birthday the previous day). “We’re going to do some of the things we had in the first film with that twist of horror. He’ll be facing unexpected things–he won’t know what’s coming at him. We’re going back to trying to destroy him a bit,” he said.

And in perhaps one of the most exciting news for Doctor Strange 2, it was confirmed the Scarlet Witch herself–Wanda Maximoff (as played by Elizabeth Olsen)–will also be in the film. Kevin Feige confirmed the events in the upcoming Disney+ show WandaVision will directly link to Doctor Strange 2.

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One of the weirdest moments in Avengers: Endgame came when, during the team’s trip to various points in the past, Loki absconded with the Tesseract–AKA the Space Stone–and then nobody in the movie ever mentioned it again. Giving a dude like Loki the ability to teleport around the universe didn’t seem like a great idea, but apparently the great minds at Disney disagreed–because at San Diego Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con 2019 panel, MCU boss Kevin Feige revealed that it was all part of the plan.

During the SDCC panel, Marvel shared new details about the Loki show coming to Disney+, including its release window: Spring 2021. And they confirmed that Loki’s bizarre moment in Endgame was indeed the setup for the show, as many fans speculated.

“Didn’t I see Loki die in Infinity War?” Feige asked during the panel. “You did, but what else did you see in Endgame?” That prompted the clip in question from Endgame to play for the audience in Hall H, confirming the theory that’s been discussed since Endgame’s April release.

“Where did Loki go? What happened to Loki? This series will answer that,” Feige continued.

Tom Hiddleston–Loki himself–then emerged onstage, eliciting huge cheers and chants of “Loki! Loki! Loki!” from the crowd.

“The last time I was standing onstage with this gentleman, I was asking him to kneel,” Hiddleston laughed, referring to the 2013 panel featuring Thor: The Dark World. “But seriously, this whole thing wouldn’t be happening without all of you,” he continued, addressing the fans.

Hiddleston also confirmed that the version of Loki we’ll follow in the Disney+ show is the version from the first Avengers movie–not the one who reconciled with his brother Thor and eventually became not such a bad guy throughout the events of all the movies that happened between then and now, including Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War.

“You guys saw Avengers, right? So this Loki is that guy,” Hiddleston explained. “And the last thing that happened to him is he got Hulk smashed.”

Disney+ is scheduled to launch on November 12. The service requires a monthly subscription fee of $7 or an annual one of $70. Three more Marvel-related series have been ordered for the service as well: one for Falcon and Winter Soldier, one for Vision and Scarlet Witch, and one for Hawkeye (the Kate Bishop version, not Clint Barton).

During Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con 2019 panel, the company announced additional details concerning its upcoming Vision & Scarlet Witch series, entitled WandaVision. During its SDCC panel, Marvel confirmed that the series will launch in Spring 2021. A logo was shown and features retro TV, neon cursive font and, Marvel Studios president Feige said, “If you thought that logo was strange, wait until you see this show.”

The Vision and Scarlet Witch show takes place after Endgame and will feature Monica Rambeau as an adult. The character will be played by Teyonah Parris. “I’m so excited to be here, I’m shaking,” she said. “This is a dream to be a Marvel superhero–Monica Rambeau?!”

Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany also appeared on stage to discuss the show. “We’re gonna have a lot of fun. It’s gonna get weird. We’re gonna go deep. We’re gonna have a lot of surprises and we will finally understand Wanda Maximoff as the Scarlet Witch,” said Olsen.

Bettany, meanwhile, seemed a bit out of sorts. “I’ve never been this confused in front of this many people in my whole life but I hope you love it,” he said.

Like the other Disney+ shows for Loki, Hawkeye (Kate Bishop, not Clint Barton), and Falcon & Winter Soldier, Vision & Scarlet Witch takes place in the MCU and sees the movie’s stars reprise their roles as their respective characters. In Vision & Scarlet Witch’s case, that means Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen.

Given Vision’s destruction in Avengers Infinity War, it stands to reason that Vision & Scarlet Witch acts as a prequel to the conclusion of the MCU’s third phase of movies, most likely taking place between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Infinity War. During this period of time, Vision and Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch, struck up a romantic relationship.

Vision & Scarlet Witch is being penned by Jac Schaeffer, who’s also the writer assigned to the upcoming Black Widow movie–another untold MCU prequel story. Schaeffer previously co-wrote the script for Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, an animated short that takes place in the world of Frozen.

While the DC movie universe is absent from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the studio’s TV output features extensively. The CW’s range of DC shows, known as the Arrow-verse, held a panel on Saturday, July 20, and gave fans a taste of what to expect from some of its upcoming shows.

Supergirl returns for its fifth season in October. The biggest change this season is Kara’s suit, which has been redesigned. Fans were given a proper look at the new-look Kryptonian supersuit at the panel–check it out below:

There were two new cast members also introduced at the Supergirl panel. Julie Gonzalo will play Andrea Rojas–aka Acrata–a DC character first introduced in comic books in 2000. She is described as a business woman with “a mystical secret,” and is set to appear in the Supergirl Season 5 premiere on October 6. The other new addition to the show is “hardened reporter” William Dey, who is an original character and will be played by Game of Thrones’ Staz Nair.

The Flash

The panel also revealed some new characters for two other Arrow-verse shows. The evil Bloodwork will make his TV debut in The Flash, played by former Heroes star Sendhil Ramamurthy. Bloodwork–aka Ramsey Russo–was first introduced in Flash comics in 2017, and is a terrifying adversary who gains his powers from his infected blood. The Flash Season 6 premieres on October 8.

Arrow

The other new addition to the Arrow-verse will be in the show that gave the series its name. Arrow reaches its eighth and final season on October 15, and Charlie Barnett will join as a season regular playing John Diggle Jr. Barnett is best known for co-starring in this year’s Netflix hit Russian Doll, and his character of Diggle Jr. is the villainous leader of the Deathstroke gang.

The Arrow-verse panel isn’t the only DC panel taking place today. At 7 PM PT fans will be able to find out what’s upcoming on DC Universe. And although there won’t be any news about the DC cinematic universe this weekend, the campaign for the studio to release the rumored “Snyder cut” of Justice League continues, with one eager fan hiring a plane to fly a banner over the convention. Check out all the other San Diego Comic-Con news on GameSpot here.

During Marvel’s San Diego Comic-Con 2019 panel, more details were revealed for the upcoming Falcon & Winter Soldier series. First teased via leaks in December 2018, the show was officially confirmed for Disney+ in April 2019. During its SDCC panel, Marvel shared new details.

Falcon & Winter Soldier follows the partnered heroics of Steve Rogers’ two closest allies: Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson. During Marvel’s Comic-Con panel, the studio confirmed that the show will be set after the events of Avengers: Endgame and star Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan. The two stars were present for the panel, and Mackie walked onto stage holding the iconic Captain America shield–causing the crowd to go absolutely nuts.

“I’d like to explore The Falcon as a character–what kind of man is this man?” Sebastian Stan, who plays Bucky, joked.

“With Winter Soldier, I want to see what makes him tick–what ticks him off. How much [he can take before he loses it],” Mackie joked in response. “But seriously, we’re living our dream here…So when we go to work, we have a really good time.”

Toward the end of the Falcon & Winter Soldier segment of the Marvel panel, Daniel Brühl, who played Baron Zemo in Captain America: Civil War, “hijacked” the proceedings with a video message featuring the Winter Soldier trigger words. “Gentlemen, I’ll be seeing you both very soon,” he said. Zemo will be the big bad of the show.

Stan and Mackie first worked together and established a loose rapport in Captain America: Civil War before reuniting in the fight against Thanos in both Infinity War and Endgame. At the end of Endgame, Steve Rogers decided to retire from the hero life and pass on his shield, as well as the mantle of Captain America, to Sam.

Both Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan return to star as Falcon/Captain America and Winter Soldier respectively. They’ll be joined by a few other familiar faces from the MCU, including Brühl as Zemo and Emily VanCamp as Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s Sharon Carter. The show is being helmed by House of Cards director Kari Skogland and penned by Empire writer Malcolm Spellman. Six episodes have been ordered for the series.

Disney+ is scheduled to launch on November 12. The service requires a monthly subscription fee of $7 or an annual one of $70. Three more Marvel-related series have been ordered for the service as well: one for Loki, one for Vision and Scarlet Witch, and one for Hawkeye (the Kate Bishop version, not Clint Barton).