Thor: Love & Thunder is sure to make a distinctive mark on the MCU, and likely each of the 11 Marvel movies currently announced to release after Thor: Love & Thunder, too. Staple MCU characters such as Captain America (the Steve Rogers version), Iron Man, and Black Widow were retired after the climactic ending of the Infinity Saga in Avengers: Endgame, leaving plenty of opportunities for Marvel to introduce a massive array of new characters and fresh stories — and making Thor all the more important in the current universe. While the Phase 4 projects in the MCU still feel quite disconnected and separate, Marvel have a huge slate of films and series' planned which will surely bring the stories together in spectacular fashion, much like they did during previous phases.
The release of Thor: Love & Thunder in July 2022 marks the first time one of the original Avengers has been gifted a fourth solo movie in the MCU, and is set to follow a similar pattern as many Phase 4 projects of an established hero passing on their mantle. Audiences have already seen this happen with other hero titles, allowing Marvel to refresh their slate of heroes and keep up interest in their ever-growing franchise. Marvel have already started to expand into the new, grand concept of the multiverse in the MCU, a theme which will certainly carry on into the future as the characters become more interesting and the threats become bigger.
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Aside from 14 upcoming Disney+ series' taking place in the MCU and two holiday specials, Marvel are set to release 11 feature film titles in the near future. Only four of these upcoming projects are linked to a definite release date after Thor: Love
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