Disney recently celebrated the second anniversary of its streaming service in style with Disney Plus Day. The event, which was widely shared across social media, featured exciting announcements, trailers and updates about upcoming projects.
If you’re a Marvel fan and you missed it, here’s everything that was announced:
Hawkeye (November 2021): Coming later this month, Hawkeye sees Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) teaming up with amateur vigilante Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) to take down a criminal conspiracy, while also trying to make it home for Christmas.
X-Men ’97 (2023): An animated series that will feature new stories set in the ’90s X-Men timeline. The series looks to be inspired by the iconic X-Men: The Animated Series from 1992, with many original voice actors such as Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, and George Buza set to reprise their roles.
Moon Knight (2022): Oscar Isaac makes his Marvel debut as a complex vigilante dealing with disassociative identity disorder, while also being caught up in a war involving the gods of ancient Egypt.
She-Hulk (2022): A comedy series featuring Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who specialises in superhuman cases. The series will also see Tim Roth reprising his role as Emil Blonsky a.k.a Abomination, last seen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Ms Marvel (2022): 16-year-old Avengers fangirl Kamala Khan is thrust into becoming a hero herself after unexpectedly developing superpowers. The series stars Iman Vellani as Marvel’s first Pakistani-American protagonist.
What If…? Season 2: The Watcher returns with more stories from alternate timelines in the Marvel cinematic universe.
Echo: A spinoff of the upcoming Hawkeye series, Alaqua Cox stars as deaf superheroine Maya Lopez a.k.a. Echo.
Spider-Man: Freshman Year: An animated series following Peter Parker as he grows into the role of Spider-Man. The series’ press release promises a “journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.”
I Am Groot: A series of animated shorts featuring the antics of the beloved Baby Groot.
Ironheart: A six-episode series starring Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, a teenage inventor who creates her own Iron Man-style suit.
Agatha: House of Harkness: A spinoff series featuring WandaVision‘s fan-favourite character Agatha Harkness.
Marvel Zombies: An animated series based on the comic book series of the same name, set in an alternate timeline where many of Marvel’s iconic superheroes have been turned into zombies.
Secret Invasion: Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelson reprise their roles as Nick Fury and Talos for this six-episode series, which will see Fury unravelling the mystery of a shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls.
Which title are you looking forward to the most? Personally, we can’t wait to see more of Baby Groot! Let us know what you think in the comments below.
