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Back in the summer, when Marvel Studios announced their upcoming slate of Phase 4 projects at San Diego Comic-Con — Eternals, Black Widow, Thor: Love and Thunder, to name a few — there were a couple of notable absences, particularly of the sequel variety.
Despite being some of their most popular properties, sequels for Captain Marvel, Black Panther, and Spider-Man were not officially announced, leaving fans to wonder when the next films in these beloved franchises would be rolling around.
With Phase 4 and its 10 projects set to run through 2021, it’s safe to assume that the rest of these films will begin rolling out sometime in 2022. And it appears Captain Marvel 2 will be the first of them, as the film is now officially in the works at Marvel Studios.
The company has tapped rising scribe Megan McDonnell, a staff writer on the Marvel-based series WandaVision, to pen a script for a follow-up to the 2019 pic that starred Brie Larson and Samuel L. Jackson. McDonnell is in final negotiations to seal her deal.
Sources say that Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, who co-wrote and directed the initial film hit, will not return to helm the sequel but are in talks to remain in the Marvel Universe and direct a possible Disney+ series. Marvel is hoping to find a female filmmaker for Captain Marvel 2 and is eyeing a potential 2022 release. [via The Hollywood Reporter]
Unlike the original film, which was charmingly set in the 1990s, the eventual sequel to Captain Marvel will be set in the present day, following the events of Avengers: Endgame.
The next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be Black Widow, which hits theaters on May 1.
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