Although Marvel fans have grown accustomed to having no less than three MCU features release in a given year, come 2020, it looks as though the studio will be reverting back to the old format of two. The first film set to premiere that year is Cate Shortland's Black Widow prequel, which holds the tentative release date of May 1, but The Eternals will be coming much later, on November 6.
Filming is apparently set to commence in August with England a mooted destination, which will see the film release months before anticipated sequels to Black Panther and Doctor Strange. 2020, then, could be considered as something of a pallet cleanser for the MCU, with a prequel kicking off proceedings at the beginning of the summer, and a brand new franchise closing things out in the winter.
2020 will prove to be a big year for the MCU, with several live action shows set to feature on Disney's own streaming service and two prequel movies premiering, but the franchise's track record kind of goes without saying at this point. Here's hoping that when The Eternals releases, it can be its next Guardians of the Galaxy.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
