On 7/3/2023 at 2:25 PM, Reno said:In regards to the MCU (and not the comics): With no end in sight to the writer's strike and the actors strike currently expected to start following the Independence Day holiday, pretty much all bets are off on when we'll see anything that hasn't already finished filming. 2024/2025 could end up being very barren in terms of content if those strikes go on through the rest of the summer and into the fall (or longer). Honestly it may actually help Marvel Studios to go a while without content. It seems that many consumers have become very negative about the content that they're putting out, so a nice long pause might be just what the doctor ordered in order to restart demand. Of course it could just as easily have the opposite effect as well with people just flat moving on. It was 9 months in between She-Hulk and Secret Invasion on Disney + and that time in between doesn't seem to have helped Secret Invasion at all so far.
As a bare minimum expectation we should probably expect to see everything that hasn't finished filming pushed back at least one more time - even if those strikes get resolved sometime in July (which honestly seems unlikely, but certainly not impossible). If the strikes continue on into the fall, I'm expecting some projects to just be cancelled altogether. We're already 3 months into the writers' strike. That's already a very sizable delay where very little has moved forward.
As badly as this summer movie season has gone for the studios, they may actually be breathing a sigh of relief. It seems like every single movie this year has significantly under performed expectations. The studios might actually be enjoying the break in spending for a bit as they're absorbing all of these losses.
If we're looking for a bright side for MCU figure collectors, if there's no new content that might mean that Hasbro will have more time to go back and make figures of characters that they missed like Razorfist, Miek, Justin Hammer and others?!? Personally I'd rather see them just put those efforts into making more comic based figures.
Well, last time they went a long time without releasing or anything, 2020, we got the Fox X-Men wave. Hopefully if we go a while without any new stuff, they'll consider maybe doing some Sony Spider-Man stuff, 2024 is the anniversary of Spider-Man 2 and ASM2. I'd like to see a movie anniversary recognition next year since the past 2 years have been comic. And I really hope they play catch-up with some past MCU stuff in the next couple years. We have literally no single thing from Iron Man 2, but even more recently we need High Evolutionary, MODOK, Razor Fist, Zeus, Sinister Strange, the Illuminati, countless D+ characters, etc.
In regards to the MCU (and not the comics): With no end in sight to the writer's strike and the actors strike currently expected to start following the Independence Day holiday, pretty much all bets are off on when we'll see anything that hasn't already finished filming. 2024/2025 could end up being very barren in terms of content if those strikes go on through the rest of the summer and into the fall (or longer). Honestly it may actually help Marvel Studios to go a while without content. It seems that many consumers have become very negative about the content that they're putting out, so a nice long pause might be just what the doctor ordered in order to restart demand. Of course it could just as easily have the opposite effect as well with people just flat moving on. It was 9 months in between She-Hulk and Secret Invasion on Disney + and that time in between doesn't seem to have helped Secret Invasion at all so far.
As a bare minimum expectation we should probably expect to see everything that hasn't finished filming pushed back at least one more time - even if those strikes get resolved sometime in July (which honestly seems unlikely, but certainly not impossible). If the strikes continue on into the fall, I'm expecting some projects to just be cancelled altogether. We're already 3 months into the writers' strike. That's already a very sizable delay where very little has moved forward.
As badly as this summer movie season has gone for the studios, they may actually be breathing a sigh of relief. It seems like every single movie this year has significantly under performed expectations. The studios might actually be enjoying the break in spending for a bit as they're absorbing all of these losses.
If we're looking for a bright side for MCU figure collectors, if there's no new content that might mean that Hasbro will have more time to go back and make figures of characters that they missed like Razorfist, Miek, Justin Hammer and others?!? Personally I'd rather see them just put those efforts into making more comic based figures.
It's going to be disappointing getting no MCU news this year. Hopefully they do something on their own to make some announcements because it's been really dry for a long time. I'm also getting really sick of them constantly shifting schedules around. I know it's not really their fault cause pandemic and now strikes, but it's hard to be excited for a movie 4 years away that keeps getting bumped back.
I'm guessing the Legends panel will be Saturday like usual. I'm going to assume they'll finish off the reveals for this year. X-Men 97, NWH, D+, Infinity Saga and Knights all seem to be on the table. 4.5 waves seem like a lot so many it won't be all of them but we'll see. I also hope they reveal an exclusive or 2 soon.
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