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Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Mahershala Ali All Part of Marvel Studios’ Phase 4

Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, Mahershala Ali All Part of Marvel Studios’ Phase 4

Marvel Studios Hall H Panel

Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, unveiled the Phase 4 slate of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at Comic-Con.

He hit the stage at Marvel’s panel in Hall H, announcing a tantalizing suite of new superhero movies, set for release over the next two years.

The list includes Black Widow, The Eternals, Thor 4: Love and Thunder, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.

Here is Marvel’s Phase 4 schedule:

May 1, 2020: Black Widow
Fall, 2020: The Falcon and Winter Soldier
Nov. 6, 2020: The Eternals movie
Feb. 12, 2021: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Spring, 2021: WandaVision Disney Plus series
May 7, 2021: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Spring, 2021: Loki Disney Plus series
Summer, 2021: What If…?
Fall, 2021: Hawkeye
Nov. 5, 2021: Thor 4: Love and Thunder

The Eternals is set for November 6, 2020, which is said to be entirely new and different for the MCU. Angelina Jolie is cast as Thena, Salma Hayek as Ajak, Richard Madden as Ikaris, Brian Tyree Henry as Phastos, and others.

“I’m so excited to be here,” Jolie told the crowd.

She said she’s going to work “10 times harder” than she has on any of her other action roles because she knows what it means to “be part of the MCU” and “part of this family.”

Marvel Studios Hall H Panel
Angelina Jolie of Marvel Studios’ ‘The Eternals’ at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2019 Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H on July 20, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

Jolie, who is playing the character Thena, was joined by her The Eternals castmates including Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Salma Hayek and Brian Tyree Henry, as well as director Chloé Zhao.

“I just really, really wanted to make a Marvel movie for so long,” Zhao said.

Eternals is shooting in London, and the film set to hit theaters on November 6th, 2020.

Thor 4 officially has a title now, called Thor: Love and Thunder, with Natalie Portman, confirmed for the role of female Thor.

Marvel Studios Hall H Panel
Natalie Portman of Marvel Studios’ ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2019 Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H on July 20, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

The movie will be released on November 5, 2021, with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson in the movie as well.

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Portman, who played Jane in the first two Thor films, will be remerging as the female Thor. She ran out on stage to thunderous applause and accepted the hammer from a kneeling Taika Waititi.

Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, who alluded to her character identifying as LGBTQ, will also be returning for the Waititi-directed Thor: Love and Thunder, which is set for release on Nov. 2, 2021.

A big surprise at the event was the announcement that a new version of Blade, starring Mahershala Ali, is also on the way.

Marvel Studios Hall H Panel
Mahershala Ali of Marvel Studios’ ‘Blade’ at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2019 Marvel Studios Panel in Hall H on July 20, 2019 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

At this point, we have little info other than Ali’s casting. Most likely Blade will be a cinematic release but it could appear on Disney Plus.

Check out more photos from the Marvel Studios event at Comic-Con below.

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