So I ran across article when cruising around the web and I had to say something. Apparently these titles represent the next wave of Marvel films that have been churned out like an assembly line. According to the article, this is all alleged. The titles were "leaked" so who knows. The Avengers sequel is filming and there are no secrets about Ant-Man and Doctor Strange. The Doctor Strange film is at best in "pre-production," but it has been confirmed by Marvel. Ant-Man is currently in some sort of production although the original director is no longer associated with the project.
The first two Captain America films have grossed over $430 million combined so it makes sense that there's a 3rd installment. The Thor franchise has raked in nearly $400 million so another installment also makes sense and the same goes for a potential third Avengers film. If a film pulls in nearly a billion dollars worldwide you can bet that the sequels will keep coming and coming until the franchise has been squeezed dry. It's not like that's stopped them from cranking out Transformers films, there's a reason for that.
Gobs and Gobs of reasons.
I've said it here before that Ant-Man and Doctor Strange are not the best ideas. Henry Pym decided that Ant-Man was a dead end and became Giant-Man in Avengers #2. The 2nd issue of the comic! Doctor Strange has been around a long time but he was never that exciting to begin with. If we are to believe this list then there will be another Hulk film out in 2018. That will make it 10 years since the Jade Giant had his last feature film and 15 years removed from Ang Lee's interpretation. Hulk will have also have had two spots (and potentially a third) in the Avengers franchise so I guess he could be due. World War Hulk was a crossover series back in 2007 and it could be interesting.
With images like this, very interesting indeed.
The reports on the opening weekend of Guardians of the Galaxy put it at $94 million as of this morning. So yeah, they're getting a sequel (I am contemplating an entry on thoughts about Howard the Duck's cameo in the post credits scene but I may wait until I actually see the film first).
Again, the reasons for a sequel.
Now the prospect of an Inhumans film is very intriguing to say the least. The best best to introduce them somehow would probably be in an Avengers sequel. The Inhumans are led by their hereditary ruler Black Bolt. He first appeared in Thor back in the 60s but he and Inhumans were big in the Fantastic Four series. I'm not sure what the legalities of the Fantastic Four are between Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox, the owners of the rights to the FF, but I guess we'll let the lawyers and the studios figure that out. The Inhumans always had a difficult time finding long term viability but there were always cool in short spurts back in my day.
That leaves me with the last alleged title in that list, The Black Panther. The Black Panther has always been kind of badass.
T'Challa, his given name, is the ruler of a fictional African nation of Wakanda. There was a brief Easter Egg of Wakanda on a digital map in an Iron Man film or something (I don't remember which one and I don't feel like researching it, sorry) so he's been on the radar. T'Challa/Black Panther is a Bruce Wayne/Batman type but maybe not as angry. He does however have a lot of cool gadgets and is not afraid to bruise his knuckles. He's also a super stud too since he married Ororo/Storm of the X-Men during a story arc (that's two really good looking people in the comics world). So this could be pretty kick ass if there's any truth to that "leak."
Again, only Ant-Man and Doctor Strange has been confirmed and of those titles only Ant-Man is actually in some form of production but is on it's second director. We shall see what happens in the next few years. DC, which is far behind Marvel in the film churning outing, recently (finally) revealed Gal Gardot as Wonder Woman in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice due out in 2016. Let's see if they can get back on track and get a successful franchise other than Batman or Superman (though Superman's "success" is debatable compared to Batman). Thank you for your time.
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