Will the Marvel Cinematic Universe one day come to find its past charm? It has been several years now that the heroes of the House of Ideas have been going through a phase to say the least painful. Disney’s strategy aimed at extending its large franchises via a dedicated streaming platform ended up doing more harm than good. Whether it is Marvel, Star Wars or even animation series, the observation is final: the incessant torrent of Disney+ productions has only strengthened the fatigue of spectators. How to regain the confidence of a convinced audience that imagination came to exhaustion?
The crisis that the entertainment industry is currently going through is enough to prove that the miracle solution has not yet been found. The major Hollywood studios therefore no longer hesitate to try daring approaches. This trend is beginning to be felt at Marvel with projects between returning to sources and complete reinvention. This year, Thunderbolts* seeks to emulate a darker atmosphere worthy of Captain America: the winter soldierwhile Fantastic four: first steps seems ready to prove that the MCU still has excellent unexploited ideas. But the greatest upheavals are to come in Avengers : Doomsday et Secret Warswhich could well act as reboot proper.
A renewal that we expected more
To want to extend too quickly, the Marvel cinematographic universe now suffers from this asset which once made its strength. The simple fact of ignoring the key events of Shanghai-Chi et The eternal Four years after their dining room shows that the studio does not know what to do with its too many intrigues. You have to face the facts: such a recipe can only work with comics published regularly, and not blockbusters that always take more time and money.
DC seems to have understood the lesson and is about to start from scratch to afford a new chance. At Marvel, Everything suggests that the next films Avengers will rework the basics of the MCU. This is at least what the directors between Anthony and Joe Russo leaves between directors in an interview entrusted to the Omelete Brazilian media. After orchestrated the end of an era in Infinity War et Endgamethe duo is now found at the controls of a “new start“.
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“The best thing that has happened to us is to have been able to immerse us in an arc of 20 films and see the end of this same arc. But what is fascinating with the two new Avengers films is that this is a start. It’s a new start. We have told a conclusion, and we are now working on an introduction. And who knows where we will go from there“Declares Joe Russo.
No need to read between the lines to feel the beginnings of a soft reboot. What to justify Robert Downey Jr.’s too much cameo? Although it is only speculation, first elements of response will soon come to us, with the launches of Thunderbolts* et The fantastic four: first steps April 30 and July 23. The first chapter of the new diptych Avengers will do its entry into French cinemas from April 29, 2026. The next twelve months are therefore advisable for the MCU as we know it. Case to follow.
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