David Farnor | On 21, Jul 2019

Marvel took to the stage at Comic-Con last night to confirm details of its new slate of Disney+ series.

Marvel’s plans for solo outings from several MCU characters have been the subject of speculation ever since Disney announced its subscription streaming platform. Now, with Disney+ launching on 12th November the USA, the comics giant has unveiled more details about its upcoming line-up, including titles, release dates, logos and more.

First up will be The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, which will premiere on Disney+ in autumn 2020. Anthony Mackie (The Falcon) and Sebastian Stan (The Winter Soldier) will reprise their big screen roles for the TV show, with Daniel Brühl also returning as the villain, Baron Zemo. The series will see the pair team up for action-filled adventures as they fight together against evil after the events of Avengers: Endgame.

WandaVision will follow, premiering on Disney+ in spring 2021. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige offered the latest on the series, which will see Paul Bettany reprise the role of Vision and Elizabeth Olsen return to the role of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.

Bettany and Olsen were joined on stage by MCU newcomer Teyonah Parris. Feige announced that Parris will be playing the grown-up version of Monica Rambeau, who was introduced to audiences in Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel. In the first sign of Marvel tying its Disney+ plans in with the theatrical MCU, the series will connect up to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, released in cinemas in May 2021.

The MCU’s favorite trickster, Loki, will then make his way to Disney+, with Tom Hiddleston’s god of mischief causing even more trouble in the spring of 2021.

Jeremy Renner will also reprise his role of Hawkeye in his own Disney+ series, which premiere in the fall of 2021. Renner joined Kevin Feige to share news about Hawkeye, including details about Kate Bishop, a character well-known in Marvel Comics, who will be an integral part of the series.

Finally, in the summer of 2021, Disney+ will debut What If…?, Marvel’s first animated series in the MCU. Created exclusively for Disney+, it will feature stories that present alternate realities in the Marvel Universe. Feige mentioned that many actors from across the Marvel Cinematic Universe will reprise their roles as voice talent in the series. He then surprised the audience by bringing Jeffrey Wright to the stage and introducing him as the voice of the popular character The Watcher in the new series.

One what-if scenario that won’t need to appear in that series is Natalie Portman playing Thor: Disney also announced that the Black Swan star would return with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson for Thor: Love and Thunder, directed by Taika Waititi. The film will see Jane Foster will become the Mighty Thor, goddess of Thunder.

As well as news on Doctor Strange’s sequel, the new Black Widow film, the movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and The Eternals starring Richard Madden and Kumail Nanjiani, Disney capped off the day by introducing Mahershala Ali as the new Blade, who will get his own feature film at an unconfirmed date.

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