Marvel Moves "Black Widow", "Shang-Chi" and "Eternals" To Next Year
Phase 4 get’s a trio of major pushbacks…again
By: Keaton Marcus
In a year full of delays amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, we thought the bad news would eventually slow down, but after this much, Marvel just moved three of their highly-anticipated Phase 4 movies. Black Widow, Shang-Chi and Eternals have all been pushed back a meaty amount of time.
After Phase 3, I wasn’t as hyped for the upcoming MCU films. I’m surely going to watch all of them in the theaters, but not with the same expectations as something like Avengers: Endgame. Black Widow is the only one I’ll be going into with gusto. First of all, the trailers reminded me of the last two Captain America movies, two of my favorites in the franchise. Second of all, Scarlett Johansson has proven herself to be a capable action hero, and Florence Pugh also stars, a terrific rising actress that I’d love to see in a big blockbuster. With the other three, I haven’t seen any clips yet, and I don’t know much about their characters, so truly, it’s just too hard to tell whether they’ll be good.
I do trust that Kevin Feige will provide us with a satisfying continuation, and perhaps a new team of Avengers after the thrilling, 3-hour finale. Anyway, the new release dates are in order: Black Widow will now debut on May 7, 2021, Shang-Chi in July 9 the same year, and Eternals later on in November 5. That’s a long way from now, but Marvel fans will get something to chew on this year with Disney+’s Wandavision, which just dropped its full teaser during the Emmys. Overall, however, it’s a sad day for us fanboys, especially for Scar Jo’s upcoming prequel, which has now been pushed a year after its original release date. All before Covid completely changed the film industry forever.
In terms of other Marvel movies, Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is set to release on March 25, 2022, and since Chadwick Boseman sadly passed, Black Panther II was pushed to May 6, 2022 with a possible new leader of Wakanda.
