Well, it's finally happening. After months of waiting, figuring out the logistics and debating what would become of Marvel's Netflix TV shows, Disney is finally moving ahead with their streaming service, and with plans for various Marvel TV shows too.
According to Variety, these shows will be produced under the Marvel Studios umbrella and not Marvel TV, who liaise with Netflix and fall under the remit of Ike Perlmutter.
This is interesting for several reasons, not least because it illustrates the divide between these two branches of Marvel Entertainment, but also because it may allow Marvel to further integrate their cinematic properties with their network ones too; shows based on Tom Hiddlestone's Loki and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch, as well as other "popular characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe", are said to be moving ahead - although who does and doesn't make the cut is still up in the air.
That doesn’t mean we can’t try our hand at predicting what shows are set to come though. While Marvel have plenty of Marvel characters at their disposal yet to enter the MCU, plenty more who’ve already made their debut are still waiting on ‘their moment’. Here’s who's most likely to get theirs.
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.
