San Diego (USA) (AFP)
Marvel Studios unveiled a schedule for upcoming Superhero films at San Diego's Comic-Con Festival, featuring new stars and revenues that promise to reach the billions.
The studios, owned by the Disney group, also announced that their blockbuster "Avengers Endgame" would beat this weekend the record of revenue currently held by "Avatar" (with $ 2.788 billion since 2009).
Figures released Sunday by the specialized company, Exhibitor Relations, show that it still lacks about $ 5 million in the film brothers Joe and Anthony Russo to beat this record.
On Saturday night, actresses Angelina Jolie, Salma Hayeck and Rachel Weisz took to the stage at the world's largest pop culture festival, joining the Marvel film star Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and Natalie Portman.
"I can spend 90 minutes talking about what we've done or I can spend time talking about what we're going to do," Marvel Studios chairman Kevin Feige said, causing the screams of hundreds of people present.
Since 2008, his studios have been producing the famous Marvel Comics comic books, whose characters have their own adventures or are part of the collective "Avengers" series.
According to Kevin Feige, characters already known as Thor, Doctor Strange or Loki will return to the screens. The Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson, will for the first time have her own movie "Black Widow", due out in May.
The studio boss has also confirmed sequels planned for "Black Panther", "The Guardians of the Galaxy", and "Captain Marvel", without giving more details.
He also announced the return of "Blade", to embody the role of the famous vampire hunter Oscar winner Mahershala Ali.
Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek will be on the bill for "The Eternals" in November 2020, featuring the first deaf superhero in the franchise.
It will be followed in February 2021 by "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings", the first film Marvel with a super-Asian hero.
Kevin Feige also mentioned the arrival of other popular characters, citing the "Fantastic Four" and "mutants", in an apparent allusion to the X-Men - belonging to 21st Century Fox, recently bought by Disney.
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