The executive director of disney, Bob Igersays the company is reducing the MCU with a new mission to reduce the number of television series of Marvel to two per year and film production to no more than three films per year.
Iger said this is part of Disney’s overall strategy to reduce production and focus on qualitya strategy “that is particularly true with Marvel.”
“We’re going to slowly scale back and go to probably about two TV series a year instead of the four that were, and we’re going to reduce our film production from maybe four a year to two, or a maximum of three,” the CEO said. of Disney during The company’s quarterly earnings will be released on Tuesday. “And we’re working hard on what that path is.”
Iger says Marvel has “a couple of good movies on the 25th and then we’re heading to more ‘Avengers’, which we’re really excited about,” adding, “Overall, I feel really good about the list. It’s something I’ve committed to dedicating more and more time to. “I have great confidence in the team and the intellectual property we are putting out there, including all the sequels we are making, is second to none.”
What will Marvel’s 2025 calendar look like?
The announcement contrasts with the most recent release schedule distributed by Disney, which has four Marvel Studios films scheduled for 2025: “Captain America: Brave New World”, “Thunderbolts”, “Fantastic Four” and “Blade”. and four more Marvel movies scheduled for 2026, including the fifth Marvel movie. “Avengers”. Marvel will release a single film in 2024, “Deadpool & Wolverine”. (Historically, the only time Marvel released more than three movies in a year was in 2021, after the studio sat out 2020 due to the pandemic: “Black Widow”, “Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings”, “Eternals” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (the latter of which was a co-production with Sony Pictures).
As far as television goes, Iger says a portion of the upcoming series, a slate that includes the spinoff of “WandaVision” directed by Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha”, which will be released is “a holdover from basically a desire in the past to turn up the volume. “
While Iger has previously stated plans to scale back production on the Marvel franchise, he hasn’t been as direct in terms of exactly how many titles Disney plans to release for both television and film each year.
Later in the call, Iger answered a question about Disney’s focus on sequels and originals, noting that currently the focus is more on franchise films: “We’re going to balance the sequels with the originals. Specifically in animation, we had gone through a period where our original and animated films, both Disney and Pixar, dominated. “Now we’re stepping back a little bit to lean into the aftermath.”
Iger cited Disney’s plans for the next movie “Toy Story” and the premiere this summer of “Inside Out 2” and said that these films have a higher value because well-known intellectual property costs less in the market.
For Marvel, Iger pointed to the new “Thunderbolts” movie arriving in 2025 along with sequels “Deadpool & Wolverine” this summer and “Captain America: Brave New World” next year. “It’s just going to be a balance, which we think is right,” Iger said..
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