Extended Phase Four trailer moves from looks at the past to a chronological list of what’s in store for MCU fans at the theatre well into 2023.
Marvel Studios has just released an extended trailer that teases each of their upcoming ‘Phase Four’ features well into 2023. Underscored with some touching words from the late great Stan Lee, the trailer focuses first on their greatest hits (including Cap finally wielding Mjolnir to raucous applause), before transitioning into a chronological tease of upcoming films. Starting with Black Widow, Marvel finishes the dynamic presentation with a simple message, “See you at the movies.” Indeed! We’ll be there.
Watch as the Marvel Universe moves upward and onward to greater glory with a host of exciting new faces and stories:
Starting with an exciting look at Scarlet Johansson in Black Widow, which hits theatres July 9, 2021, we next get a glimpse of Marvel’s first Asian super-hero pic, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings coming September 3, 2021, and then…The Eternals, helmed by Oscar winning Nomadland director Chloé Zhao, coming November 5, 2021.
The reel also shares title images for Spider-Man: No Way Home, coming December 17, 2021, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, coming March 25, 2022, and Thor: Love and Thunder, coming May 6, 2022.
Notably, Marvel finally reveals the highly anticipated Black Panther sequel, re-written by director Ryan Coogler in light of star Chadwick Boseman’s tragic death, has been titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, with a July 8, 2022 release date, followed by the Captain Marvel sequel, The Marvels, coming November 11, 2022, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, set for February 17, 2023, and last but not least, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, coming May 5, 2023.
The new block of Phase Four tentpoles begins with Black Widow, directed by Cate Shortland and starring Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff, David Harbour (Stranger Things) as Alexi, and Florence Pugh (Midsommar) as Yelena Belova. The film finally provides some answers to questions of Natasha’s mysterious past and how she overcame her humble beginnings to become an Avenger. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and follows Shang-Chi, played by Simu Liu, who must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organization. Ten Rings also stars Tony Leung as Wenwu, Awkwafina as Shang-Chi’s friend Katy, and Michelle Yeoh as Jiang Nan. Finally, the all-star adventure The Eternals, which stars Richard Madden as Ikaris, Angelina Jolie as Thena, Kumail Nanjiani as Kingo, and Salma Hayek as Ajak, follows a group of immortals sent to Earth to protect humankind, who in the process learn what it means to be human.
Witness the beginning of Marvel’s Phase Four with Black Widow, premiering in theaters July 9, 2021.
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