When the information broke that ABC wished to increase the Avengers movie franchise with a live-action collection, followers champed on the bit, awaiting what would turn out to be Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Now, 10-1/2 years later, even essentially the most voracious of us nerds is feeling a bit hammered by what has oft been described as a relentless “firehose” of MCU content material spanning screens large and small.
I did some math (as a result of vacation weekend math!), and because the January 2021 launch of WandaVision — the primary collection to return from Marvel Studios and stream on Disney+ — the longest break between MCU content material has been 14 weeks (between the Hawkeye finale and Moon Knight‘s premiere). The next-longest break was the 12 weeks between Disney+’s Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and this weekend’s launch of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
The shortest time that MCU followers needed to wait between tasks? Two entire days, from when Moon Knight streamed its finale to when Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness hit theaters.
And spanning a interval that gave us eight films, eight TV collection and one TV particular, the common break between MCU TV/film tasks has been just a little over a month.
But Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige goals to place a crimp in stated firehose, saying in a latest EW Q&A, “It is harder to hit the zeitgeist when there’s so much product out there… But we want Marvel Studios and the MCU projects to really stand out and stand above. So, people will see that as we get further into Phase 5 [which launched with Quantumania] and 6. The pace at which we’re putting out the Disney+ shows will change so they can each get a chance to shine.”
Our sister website THR went on to report that the primary casualties of this slowdown will probably be the Hawkeye spinoff Echo and the Wakanda Forever offshoot Ironheart — each of which had been formally focused for 2023 releases, however now probably received’t see the sunshine of day till subsequent 12 months. In truth, THR hears, solely Secret Invasion (which was penciled in for Spring 2023) and Loki Season 2 (at the moment Summer 2023) are positive bets to premiere this 12 months.
Listen, many people who think about ourselves honorary denizens of the MCU had been using excessive when within the first half of 2021 we acquired the 1-2 punch of WandaVision and Loki (with some so-so Sam-and-Bucky nestled in between), particularly whereas nonetheless in lockdown mode. But all of us realized concerning the Law of Diminishing Returns in Econ 101. And sooner or later, extra MCU content material merely grew to become… extra.
Just the opposite day, after I wrote up a helpful “primer” for Quantumania (both for individuals who by no means acquired to Loki or those that plum forgot what occurred!), the primary commenter groused, “There are so many movies and TV shows now that if you don’t watch one TV show or whatever, and you want to watch a movie, you can’t fully enjoy it.”
So, will you welcome fewer, less-frequent MCU TV present releases? Or had been you having fun with that “firehose” drenching you in streamable content material of wildly various high quality?
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