Marvel announced the new schedule of the MCU series, phase 4 started 6 months later than expected because of Covid-19

Around the middle of March, Marvel officially announced to postpone the opening of Black Widow - the opening movie for MCU phase 4. According to the scheduled schedule, the 'big sister' of the Marvel family will be released in theaters on April 30. here. But the complicated development of the Covid-19 pandemic forced the studio to rethink, and eventually decided to postpone the broadcast date indefinitely.

Recently, on official Twitter and Facebook, Marvel Studios has announced the new launch date for the Black Widow: November 6, 2020 - half a year later than originally planned. This means that The Eternals , which will hit theaters on the same day, will be forced to step back until February 21, 2021. As such, if this schedule is kept the same, in 2020, Marvel Studios will only release a single movie only.

Changing this plan is something no one expects. Particularly with Marvel Studios, it brought even more trouble because before that, they had announced the entire timeline for phase 4 in the summer of 2019. In addition, the MCU films are also often closely related to each other about plot side (most clearly shown in the credits). So, just a movie that changes the schedule will more or less affect other chickens.

Understanding this problem, Marvel Studios continues to announce a new schedule for the rest of the movie in phase 4. Specifically: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will change from February 21 / 2021 to 7/5/2021; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness will step back on November 5, 2021; and Thor: Love and Thunder will hit theaters on February 18, 2022. The third film of Spider-Man , along with Black Panther 2, will still be released on July 16, 2021 and May 6, 2022 as originally planned.

On this occasion, Marvel also suddenly revealed Captain Marvel 2 will be released on July 8, 2022 with the official title is still a mystery. Besides, the secret movie they have been hiding for months also premiered on October 7, 2022. The entire 2023 schedule - that is, the phase 5 is still kept private, though the studio has confirmed it will release up to four movies. Currently, there are many sources claiming the works in phase 5 will include Blade, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3, Ant-Man 3, X-Men and Fantastic Four reboot.

Thus, the delay of the release of Black Widow made the MCU phase 4 on the big screen half a year later than expected, and lasted until 2022 instead of the original 2021. However, information regarding the new schedule of the series on Disney + series has not been disclosed, including The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision and Loki . These 3 series are also in phase 4 and will be closely associated with the movie, not just the spin-off merely.

Hopefully this is the last time Marvel Studios has to adjust its blockbuster release schedule. Currently, a number of their major projects, including Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings , have been forced to stop shooting due to this pandemic.