Tag: Avengers: The Kang Dynasty

  • Shang-Chi  director Destin Daniel Cretton to helm next Avengers film

    By Express News Service

    Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is set to helm the upcoming Marvel film Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. According to reports, a Marvel Studios representative confimed the latest development. It is to be noted that the film was announced officially by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige during San Diego Comin Con held recently.

    Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is set to hit the big screens on May 2, 2025. The cast is yet to be announced. However, from the title it is known that Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars, which will release on November 7, 2025. However, the director for the latter has not yet been announced.

    Meanwhile, Cretton who has signed a deal with Marvel Studios is also working on the sequel of Shang-Chi, apart from being involved in the Wonder Man series for Disney+.

    Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror, who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2023), will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars on November 7, 2025

    Shang-Chi: The Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton is set to helm the upcoming Marvel film Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. According to reports, a Marvel Studios representative confimed the latest development. It is to be noted that the film was announced officially by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige during San Diego Comin Con held recently.

    Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is set to hit the big screens on May 2, 2025. The cast is yet to be announced. However, from the title it is known that Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars, which will release on November 7, 2025. However, the director for the latter has not yet been announced.

    Meanwhile, Cretton who has signed a deal with Marvel Studios is also working on the sequel of Shang-Chi, apart from being involved in the Wonder Man series for Disney+.

    Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror, who will appear in Ant-Man and the Wasp (2023), will be the main character in the film. It will be followed up by Avengers: Secret Wars on November 7, 2025

  • Marvel taps Destin Daniel Cretton to direct ‘Avengers: The Kang Dynasty’ 

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Destin Daniel Cretton, who helmed last year’s Marvel hit “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, has been roped in by the studio to direct “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty”.

    The announcement comes days after studio head Kevin Feige announced two new Avengers films, the other being “Secret Wars”, at the San Diego Comic-Con.

    According to Deadline, Marvel Studios will now look to add a writer to the project as meetings are currently underway.

    The film, a sequel to the 2019 blockbuster hit “Avengers: Endgame”, will focus on Kang, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new main villain to be played by Jonathan Majors.

    Cretton, also known for films such as “Short Term 12” and “Just Mercy”, has an overall deal with Marvel that he signed post “Shang-Chi” success.

    He is also working on a sequel to “Shang-Chi”. “The Kang Dynasty” is slated to be released on May 2, 2025, with “Secret Wars” arriving on November 7, 2025.

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    The two Avenger movies will bring down the curtain on Phase 6 of the MCU. The November release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will wrap up Phase 4.

    Marvel has also confirmed that Bassam Tariq is directing “Blade”, Julius Onah is directing “Captain America: New World Order” with Anthony Mackie in the title role, and Jake Schreier is directing “Thunderbolts”.

    LOS ANGELES: Destin Daniel Cretton, who helmed last year’s Marvel hit “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, has been roped in by the studio to direct “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty”.

    The announcement comes days after studio head Kevin Feige announced two new Avengers films, the other being “Secret Wars”, at the San Diego Comic-Con.

    According to Deadline, Marvel Studios will now look to add a writer to the project as meetings are currently underway.

    The film, a sequel to the 2019 blockbuster hit “Avengers: Endgame”, will focus on Kang, Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new main villain to be played by Jonathan Majors.

    Cretton, also known for films such as “Short Term 12” and “Just Mercy”, has an overall deal with Marvel that he signed post “Shang-Chi” success.

    He is also working on a sequel to “Shang-Chi”. “The Kang Dynasty” is slated to be released on May 2, 2025, with “Secret Wars” arriving on November 7, 2025.

    ALSO READ | ‘Fantastic Four’ to join Marvel Cinematic Universe, books November 2024 release

    The two Avenger movies will bring down the curtain on Phase 6 of the MCU. The November release of “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” will wrap up Phase 4.

    Marvel has also confirmed that Bassam Tariq is directing “Blade”, Julius Onah is directing “Captain America: New World Order” with Anthony Mackie in the title role, and Jake Schreier is directing “Thunderbolts”.

  • Disney announces two new Marvel ‘Avengers’ films at Comic-Con

    By AFP

    SAN DIEGO: Disney announced a slew of Marvel superhero movies including two new “Avengers” films Saturday at Comic-Con, as it offered screaming fans an emotional first glimpse at its upcoming “Black Panther” sequel.

    The record-breaking Marvel movies have dominated Hollywood and global box offices in recent years, with 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” briefly becoming the highest-grossing film of all time at more than $2.79 billion.

    “I wonder if you guys wouldn’t mind looking ahead a little bit?” studio president Kevin Feige asked the wildly cheering hall of die-hard superhero fans toward the end of a raucous hour-plus presentation at a San Diego convention center.

    “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” will hit theaters in 2025, he then announced.

    The films will aim to follow in the footsteps of “Avengers: Endgame,” which built unprecedented hype by rounding off storylines presented in all the preceding Marvel films.

    The two new “Avengers” titles will conclude the next “saga” of more than a dozen inter-connected films and television shows in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe,” said Feige.

    “That will complete the second saga of the MCU, which of course is ‘The Multiverse Saga,’” he said.

    The Marvel franchise in recent films and shows has explored the “multiverse” concept popularized by superhero comic books, in which infinite universes — and infinite versions of each hero and villain — exist in parallel realities

    ‘Black Panther’ returns

    The Marvel presentation capped off the biggest day at Comic-Con, and drew the week’s loudest and most frenzied cheers in the 6,000 capacity Hall H, where many had camped in line for days to gain access.

    It ended with the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a sequel to the first comic book film to win a best picture Oscar nomination, set to premiere November 11.

    Returning director Ryan Coogler, taking to the San Diego stage with a colorful troupe of African drummers and dancers, paid an emotional tribute to the first film’s star, the “late, great Chadwick Boseman.”

    Boseman died from cancer in 2020, and his role is not being taken over by another actor in the new film. “I promise you, I can feel his hand on me right now,” said Coogler.

    “Chad is no longer with us physically, but his spirit, his passion, his genius, his pride in his culture, and the impact he made on this industry will be felt forever.”

    Coogler then presented new characters in the franchise being played by Michaela Coel and Tenoch Huerta.

    Coel, who won an Emmy for “I May Destroy You,” praised the unique “energy” of the first “Black Panther” film, which was widely seen as a breakthrough for Black representation in mainstream Hollywood movies.

    “I think it’s got something to do with a Black superhero, padded out a clan of Black superheroes and what that kind of does for Black people,” she said.

    Marvel A-listers 

    Other Marvel films announced Saturday by Disney at the world’s most famous pop culture gathering included “Thunderbolts” and “Fantastic Four,” both due in 2024.

    Feige also set out dates for “Blade” — in theaters November 2023 — and the newly titled “Captain America: New World Order” coming May 2024.

    Bill Murray and Olivia Colman join the ranks of Hollywood A-listers flocking to the Marvel franchise, appearing in first-look footage from movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” respectively.

    Chris Pratt, Paul Rudd, and Lupita Nyong’o also appeared on stage Saturday along with Jonathan Majors, whose “Kang the Conqueror” character appears poised to become a major new supervillain for the franchise.

    SAN DIEGO: Disney announced a slew of Marvel superhero movies including two new “Avengers” films Saturday at Comic-Con, as it offered screaming fans an emotional first glimpse at its upcoming “Black Panther” sequel.

    The record-breaking Marvel movies have dominated Hollywood and global box offices in recent years, with 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame” briefly becoming the highest-grossing film of all time at more than $2.79 billion.

    “I wonder if you guys wouldn’t mind looking ahead a little bit?” studio president Kevin Feige asked the wildly cheering hall of die-hard superhero fans toward the end of a raucous hour-plus presentation at a San Diego convention center.

    “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” will hit theaters in 2025, he then announced.

    The films will aim to follow in the footsteps of “Avengers: Endgame,” which built unprecedented hype by rounding off storylines presented in all the preceding Marvel films.

    The two new “Avengers” titles will conclude the next “saga” of more than a dozen inter-connected films and television shows in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe,” said Feige.

    “That will complete the second saga of the MCU, which of course is ‘The Multiverse Saga,’” he said.

    The Marvel franchise in recent films and shows has explored the “multiverse” concept popularized by superhero comic books, in which infinite universes — and infinite versions of each hero and villain — exist in parallel realities

    ‘Black Panther’ returns

    The Marvel presentation capped off the biggest day at Comic-Con, and drew the week’s loudest and most frenzied cheers in the 6,000 capacity Hall H, where many had camped in line for days to gain access.

    It ended with the first trailer for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a sequel to the first comic book film to win a best picture Oscar nomination, set to premiere November 11.

    Returning director Ryan Coogler, taking to the San Diego stage with a colorful troupe of African drummers and dancers, paid an emotional tribute to the first film’s star, the “late, great Chadwick Boseman.”

    Boseman died from cancer in 2020, and his role is not being taken over by another actor in the new film. “I promise you, I can feel his hand on me right now,” said Coogler.

    “Chad is no longer with us physically, but his spirit, his passion, his genius, his pride in his culture, and the impact he made on this industry will be felt forever.”

    Coogler then presented new characters in the franchise being played by Michaela Coel and Tenoch Huerta.

    Coel, who won an Emmy for “I May Destroy You,” praised the unique “energy” of the first “Black Panther” film, which was widely seen as a breakthrough for Black representation in mainstream Hollywood movies.

    “I think it’s got something to do with a Black superhero, padded out a clan of Black superheroes and what that kind of does for Black people,” she said.

    Marvel A-listers 

    Other Marvel films announced Saturday by Disney at the world’s most famous pop culture gathering included “Thunderbolts” and “Fantastic Four,” both due in 2024.

    Feige also set out dates for “Blade” — in theaters November 2023 — and the newly titled “Captain America: New World Order” coming May 2024.

    Bill Murray and Olivia Colman join the ranks of Hollywood A-listers flocking to the Marvel franchise, appearing in first-look footage from movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” and Disney+ series “Secret Invasion” respectively.

    Chris Pratt, Paul Rudd, and Lupita Nyong’o also appeared on stage Saturday along with Jonathan Majors, whose “Kang the Conqueror” character appears poised to become a major new supervillain for the franchise.