Marvel Goes Big In 2021 With 4 MCU Movies In One Year
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2019 12:30 pm EST
After the events of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel’s future seemed a bit uncertain. But with the announcement of the jam-packed Phase 4, which is loaded with titles for both the big and small screen, it’s clear the MCU is thriving more than ever. Could that translate to an even more stacked theatrical release slate?
It will at least translate to the Marvel 2021 release slate, which will see the releases of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on February 12, Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness on May 7, the untitled Spider-Man movie on July 16 and Thor: Love and Thunder on November 5. Forbes points out that the release slate will feature the most MCU movies in one year yet, as traditionally we’ve seen three movies a year, upped from the two-film-a-year trend that the cinematic universe began with.
In its eleven-year history, Marvel has mostly released two films annually, but in 2017 expanded the releases to three. 2020 brings things back to basics with two releases to kick off Phase 4, with Black Widow and Eternals, but the four 2021 releases should more than make up for it.
Could four films become the standard for the MCU? Or will this be an exception because of the third — and possibly final — Spider-Man film with Tom Holland? We’ll have to wait and see.
