Marvel: Is Announcing So Many Projects Doing More Harm Than Good?
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is spiraling out of control, and the franchise is rapidly running afoul of casual fans, hardcore sycophants, and even their own creative teams. With the recent outpouring of announcements and confirmations, the brand's excess threatens to smother itself and die the slow death of every empire in history.
Superhero fatigue has increasingly shifted from a theoretical topic of speculative conversation into a fact of the industry. While Marvel's individual properties continue to be profitable and fans are still unstoppably excited for certain standouts, the big reveals are overwhelming. Maybe the time for the five-year plan was over 10 years ago.
It Makes Sense To Do Fewer Avengers Movies Now
At the recent San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel premiered its iconic timeline map for Phases 5 and 6 for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There were 14 MCU titles on display on a timeline that will last fans until late 2025. Very few of these projects were completely new to the fans, a few were untitled, and a couple OF new arrivals. Perhaps even more interestingly, the Phase 6 map was visibly unfinished. There were at least 8 labeled dates without projects attached, ensuring several other unknown films and TV shows within these couple of years. With at least 22 projects suggested in the upcoming three years, it's impossible to ignore the massive growth of the franchise.
Fans now have the plans for 2022 to 2025, and it contains the 22 upcoming features and the four projects that have already dropped this year. Look back just ten years. From 2012 to 2015, the MCU put out seven films, about 15 hours worth of content. The upcoming three years might genuinely contain upwards of 100 hours of MCU content. Though the
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