Marvel's Phase 4 is Disney's secret weapon in its fight with Netflix
WiredWIRED / iStock / Getty Images Plus San Diego Comic Con is nerd Christmas. At the packed Hall H panel – SDCC's main venue for the biggest announcements – Marvel Studios' president Kevin Feige officially confirmed the MCU's next five films, and release dates: Black Widow, The Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Thor: Love and Thunder. Perhaps most notably, Shang-Chi will be Marvel's first headline character of Chinese descent, with Simu Liu playing the martial artist hero, and Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai portraying the villain, the Mandarin – directly addressing the controversy over the character's apparent white-washing in Iron Man 3. The fourth Thor film, meanwhile, which sees the return of Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, will also adapt the comic arc where Jane Foster takes on the mantle of Thor, while seeing Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie looking for a queen to rule New Asgard by her side – Marvel's first overt LGBTQ plot. It's here where the future of Marvel's onscreen universe gets really interesting – these shows were given equal billing with the cinematic outings, and carry over the movie cast.
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