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SAN DIEGO -- Marvel Studios kicked disconnected its instrumentality to San Diego Comic-Con with dancing Deadpool variants and a choir for a sheet that included quality astir the adjacent 2 "Avengers" films and astonishment guests, including Harrison Ford.
Among the surprises: Robert Downey Jr. would instrumentality to Marvel's films, but not arsenic Iron Man. He'll play the villain Victor Von Doom, oregon Doctor Doom, successful 1 of the upcoming "Avengers" movies.
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said that owed to this weekend's occurrence of "Deadpool & Wolverine," the sprawling Marvel Cinematic Universe had present topped $30 cardinal successful box-office earnings. In a motion to a country successful the movie, a choir sang Madonna's "Like a Prayer" earlier Feige spoke.
"Deadpool & Wolverine," released Thursday, has already breached 1 grounds and could shatter much successful its opening weekend. Feige utilized Saturday's sheet to illustration the people up for the MCU, revealing Ford's quality successful the adjacent "Captain America" movie and revealing "Avengers: Secret Wars and "Avengers: Doomsday" arsenic the titles of the adjacent 2 films successful the epic superhero team-up series.
Feige said each the actors introduced Saturday would look successful the upcoming "Avengers" movies, which volition beryllium directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. The brothers guided the "Avengers" franchise done its sprawling storyline capped by "Avengers: Endgame" successful 2019.
The league comes aft Marvel skipped the normal past twelvemonth owed to the Hollywood strikes, which prevented writers and actors from speaking connected panels. Feige is being joined by respective peculiar guests, including stars of upcoming Marvel titles similar "Captain America: Brave New World," "Thunderbolts(asterisk)" and "The Fantastic Four."
The formed of "Captain America: Brave New Wold" - Tim Blake Nelson, Danny Rameriez, Giancarlo Esposito and Anthony Mackie - joined the signifier archetypal and teased details astir the upcoming film. Esposito revealed that helium volition beryllium playing the villain, Seth Voelker, besides known arsenic Sidewinder.
The formed past stepped speech to stock a country from the movie connected the large screen, which revealed that President Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, played by Ford, is hoping to rebuild the Avengers with Mackie's Sam Wilson. It besides showed Ford's quality alteration into the Red Hulk. Ford himself joined the sheet aft fans were treated to clips from the movie and flexed his muscles to the roaring crowd.
The formed and manager of "Thunderbolts(asterisk)" besides amazed fans with a abbreviated clip from the movie. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan and David Harbour (in afloat costume and speaking successful quality arsenic the Red Guardian astatine first) stormed the signifier and shared immoderate much details astir their characters.
The movie is slated to beryllium released successful May 2025.
The last movie teased astatine the sheet was "The Fantastic Four," starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. The movie volition statesman filming connected Tuesday successful London, Feige said.
He said the movie volition deed theaters successful astir precisely 1 twelvemonth successful July 2025.
Following a video manager Matt Shakman created specifically for Comic-Con that featured the formed successful afloat '60s glory, helium and Feige revealed the authoritative rubric of the film, "The Fantastic Four: First Steps."
Marvel already took implicit Hall H connected Thursday with an electrical sheet celebrating "Deadpool & Wolverine," successful which the assemblage was treated to a afloat screening and astonishment guests joining stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman connected stage.
The mounting enthusiasm for the movie astatine Comic-Con was reflected crossed the state arsenic the fans rushed to spot it successful theaters, securing the movie arsenic the caller grounds holder for the Thursday preview for an R-rated movie. The comic publication movie sold an estimated $38.5 cardinal worthy of movie tickets from preview screenings Thursday.
The "Deadpool & Wolverine" occurrence woke up a sleepy twelvemonth for Marvel and assuaged worries astir its box-office underperformance successful precocious 2023. The superhero mill deed a grounds debased successful November with the motorboat of "The Marvels," which opened with conscionable $47 million.
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