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The video provides an enthusiastic recap and prediction of Marvel's upcoming slate for 2026 and beyond, highlighting major announcements from San Diego Comic-Con. Key upcoming releases include *Ghost Rider* in 2028, *Black Panther 3* starring the son of T'Challa set for December 15, 2028, a brand new Spider-Man project, and the highly anticipated *Avengers: Doomsday* on December 18, 2026. The discussion also touches on the future of the X-Men franchise and confirms that *Avengers: Secret Wars* will be released on December 17, 2026, with no plans for a sequel part two. A significant plot point confirmed is the established connection between Reed Richards and Doctor Doom, which the speaker believes will facilitate a smoother narrative flow within the story.
A major focus of the conversation is the return of Hayley Stark to the Avengers lineup, sparking theories about her role in *Avengers: Doomsday*. Speculation arises regarding whether the Steve Rogers seen in trailers might actually be a Hail Hydra variant, adding layers of mystery to her potential involvement. The speaker notes that Doom may attempt to recruit her by offering protection or presenting himself as a savior to someone who has lost their world, rather than immediately killing her. This dynamic is further complicated by Robert Downey Jr.'s comments suggesting characters must choose between the good guys or joining the "family of Doom," creating a complex moral landscape where Doom could be viewed differently depending on one's perspective.
The transcript also delves into the casting and creative direction for *Black Panther 3*, specifically addressing the decision to introduce T'Challa's son rather than replacing Chadwick Boseman's legacy. The speaker compares this approach to *Batman Beyond*, arguing that creating a new hero like Prince T'Challa allows for fresh storytelling without diminishing the original character's impact. There is excitement about the young actor's potential, his background in acting, and the guidance he will receive from veteran cast members. Additionally, the video mentions returning cast members such as Kelsey Grammer as Beast and James Marsden, while also noting that Wolverine will continue his role until he can no longer perform, alongside Ryan Reynolds' confirmed return as Deadpool, possibly in an X-Force suit.
Finally, the speakers reflect on recent reception to previous Marvel projects, acknowledging that some audiences felt certain films were empty or hollow due to editing choices and a lack of emotional depth. Despite these criticisms, there is optimism that the upcoming slate will address these concerns and deliver high-quality content. The conversation ends with strong anticipation for the return of Erik Killmonger in *Black Panther 3*, suggesting he will survive his previous conflicts to play a crucial role in the new story. Overall, the video expresses a collective excitement for Marvel's future plans, believing that these new directions will heal past wounds and provide a fresh, engaging experience for fans.
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Okay.
As you know, this is a character I've
wanted to play for a very long time.
>> Yeah.
>> So,
Kevin,
Josh Horowitz,
Paul H,
thank you.
>> [cheering]
>> Thank you.
>> Yeah.
I mean, look at it right now, bro, like
Yeah.
So, this what we got right here. We got
We got Ghost Rider 2028, Black Panther
3, December 15, 2028, Spider-Man brand
new. We got that, of course, coming up.
Avengers Doomsday, December 18, 2026,
X-Men to be announced, and then Avengers
Secret Wars, December 17.
And they're saying that they're not
looking for a Secret Wars part one, part
two.
>> [panting]
>> Yeah.
I think it makes sense as well, to be
honest.
Yeah. I mean, this new announcement,
everything that they're doing,
uh I think this is uh
I think this is pretty good.
I think this is really pretty good.
They're talking about there is confirm a
connection history between
Reed Richards and Doom, which that
actually makes sense. I was hoping that
we'd do that so it can be a smoother
story. In my opinion, I think that would
be good. There should be a different
connection. There should be like a
connection, for sure.
No doubt about it.
Yeah, I think so. I think that's good.
Uh what was they saying about uh
What are they talking about when it
comes to
let's see
Uh
singing
We saw that already.
Ryan Reynolds showed up at Marvel's SDCC
panel wearing the X-Force Deadpool suit.
So, that's interesting.
I didn't realize he wore that. Wow, he
did.
What does that That means something.
That means something.
He just dropped a mean Easter egg.
He dropped a mean I think that's the
costume he's going to have in Doomsday
or Secret Wars.
Yeah, either and he might be coming from
X-Force. I don't know if you remember
the group, the X-Force.
I mean, he could. I mean, I think he
could show up. I also think this means
who he's going to be in the X-Men's um
universe as well.
I think this is going to get real real
interesting.
Um let me see they got anything up here.
Okay, I know we're going to talk about
the Black Panther.
But, I think Deadpool is going to show
up. I think Yeah, I I mean, I think he
should show up to be honest with you. I
think Deadpool has really did a thing
on, you know, Marvel universe. He was a
good thing for Marvel.
His character is definitely powerful.
He tends to do that, just show up and
provide commentary, then go on his own
thing. Yeah, he does.
Oh, yeah, yeah, this is another one I
was trying to point out, too.
So, this was interesting.
Hayley
is coming back
to the Avengers.
That's interesting.
That's interesting, bro.
That So, where did I'm interested where
she play a part because I've been
hearing rumors
that they were saying um the Steve
Rogers that we saw in the trailer is not
the Steve Rogers we think it is. This
might be Hail Hydra
um Steve Rogers.
And I think that plays a very
interesting thing. So, when they make an
announcement that she is coming back,
that's interesting. What does that mean?
And I'm glad. I don't want I don't even
want to know. I mean, cuz there's ways
they can play the story out really,
really good.
But, I'm glad that she's back.
I think she was a really um low-key
actor inside of the uh Marvel Universe,
but I also understood that she played a
major part in the Marvel Universe. Like,
I think her
I think it's she's playing a important
key.
And because she was like basically Steve
Rogers' lover, oh yeah, I think this is
dope. I think it's dope. I'm glad she's
back cuz it makes a mystery.
Like, it makes it mysterious. Like,
okay, what what part she's going to
play?
She's not about to be from another
universe or timeline. She has to play
something very important about this.
You don't just bring her back to waste
time.
And you heard her say that's funny.
Waste time. And we're dealing with
the Marvel Universe right now in the
multiverse.
And I you know, you see the comments
people everybody keep saying that Doom
is going to kill her.
That's what everybody's saying. Doom is
going to kill her.
So, this could be interesting. This
could be interesting. I think this I
think this is dope to see. I'm excited.
I'm excited for this.
Uh let's see. I'm going to refresh this.
Okay, let's see.
Johnson
This box. Okay.
Uh, she going to be like Doctor Strange.
You think so?
You
What made you say that? That's
interesting. What made you say that?
That's That's
going to be on Doom's side.
Huh?
So, this So, you saying that this make
this interesting.
This right here.
This
You think she's the one that's in this
outfit?
That or Scarlet Witch. Huh?
I love it.
I I I want some mystery. I want some
mystery. I don't I I hope nobody finds
out who she's going to really what what
part she's going to play in this. I hope
this me stays
mysterious until we get to the movie
theater, bro.
I think this is I think this is good. I
think this is good to see.
Bro, she's too cold for Doctor Doom to
kill her.
>> [snorts]
>> Yeah.
I just I I wonder I wonder how this
going to work out. I really do. I think
this is going to be he want to have her
on the squad.
What? So, you think that just to have
fun, right? We playing prediction.
Have her on the squad. Have her on the
squad to control Steve Rogers.
Cuz that's what I would do.
If she's playing any side and dealing
with Doomsday
dealing with Doom. They've been showing
her in What If, so they was bound to
show some more versions of her.
My guy, very true. That's a great point.
That's a great point.
And you And you know, like there was a
time where they showed like she was
uh
she had the super serum, but she was
from another universe on the What If.
She might be from a universe that was
destroyed. Ooh.
See, I I like the prediction. I like the
prediction. I like that. I like that. I
think that can
I think that's cool. I think that's
cool.
I think that's cool right there.
So, she not going to see Doom as evil.
You think that she's going to probably
see Doom as a savior?
Cuz he went to go protect her?
This go
I I You know what? As people just
excited for Doom,
I'm also curious
how they going to really make Doom in
the Marvel universe.
If he come at her like, "Yo,
I know you lost your world. Come join
me." See, that's what I'm saying. They
going to try to make him a savior in
some people's eyes, and he's going to be
a villain in others' eyes because he's
trying to take her take over somebody
else's Earth. I mean, there's so many
ways to do it. Like, you know, there's
so many ways you can read into this, but
I think this is going to be really
interesting because he did say I think
there was a video of him talking.
There's a video of Robert Downey Jr.
talking. He said something important,
too.
I think it was uh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Let me see.
I'm going to Rotten Tomatoes real quick.
Hold on.
Here it is.
>> Years ago, it lit me up, and I think
we've done something real special. Um
but
decisions will have to be made.
You're this time either on the side of
the good guys or perhaps you may
consider
the alternative
of
perhaps
joining the family
of Doom.
And when you all have faith
>> Right there.
And he makes another comment.
Join the family of Doom.
You was right.
Yeah. You was right, my brother. So,
join the family of Doom or be on the
other side.
Join the family of Doom or be on the
other side.
>> Huge fan. Look at that cast. I'm
Uh thank you. I'm not wearing uh the
Doom mask over this mask because I
didn't want to ruin the lines with my
Canadian tuxedo.
Uh my name is Ricky. Uh that's a mononym
like Cher or Madonna.
And I'm just cos playing hard.
Huge
>> Mhm.
>> Cable
and Ghost on the jump coming.
The Century, Lewis Pullman,
Brett Guardian himself, David Harbour.
Returning as the Seer, Rebecca Romijn.
The great Kelsey Grammer as Beast and
James Marsden on Saturday.
>> Man.
This Listen, Deadpool's role I think
Wolverine's going to be in it too then.
Yeah, yeah. Wolverine And he said it. He
said he's going to play Wolverine till
he can't no more.
And then you got Ryan Reynolds who was
built and born to be Deadpool.
He He was built to be Deadpool. I think
Wolverine's going to be Yeah, yeah.
And then you see your boy coming back as
beast. You know what I'm saying? Old
Kramer himself, you know, I forgot his
real name but I know him from the that
show. Scramble eggs. I got bag.
Um, yeah.
Yeah, man. Hey, hey.
But,
I'll say one thing.
Cyclops is about to get that bag.
He about to get that bag. He's Cyclops
about to get a bag. Cyclops is about to
get a mean bag for this.
Cyclops is about to get a mean bag. I
think everybody going to be doing a good
Everybody about to kill. But,
Cyclops about to get a mean bag.
If he goes crazy, if what he's about to
show in this movie goes crazy,
the con the deal that he going to get
Oh, man.
Like, you can just tell.
You can just tell.
They about to Man, he going to get
cashed out.
He going to get He going to get cash all
the way out, bro.
I think Marvel about to cook, too. I
think Marvel about to great cook. I
think Marvel
seen some areas that they did wrong at
and I think Marvel about to respond
back. I think it's really good time to
bring in Ghost Rider. I really think so.
They saw the response to the trailer and
said, "Oh, hold on. Y'all got us effed
up." Yeah.
And you know what? You know, you know,
we'll talk about the Black Panther the
second cuz I know like we did a deep
dive for our love for Black Panther.
But, on this X-Men, I mean, this X-Men
moment is about to be huge.
This X-Men You go from
Tony Starks
the whole Avengers
and I think Kevin talked about that this
ain't no restart over.
They going to pray first at any
production house. That's funny.
That's funny. But, you know what? I know
you're not joking, either.
I know you're not joking, either. Like,
even though it's funny, I know you're
dead serious, too. Because people was
feeling some way about how it was shot.
People did not like how it was shot.
People did not like how that finishing
edit was.
People was not feeling it.
Yeah, I So, after you said something to
me about how people was feeling,
I started looking it up myself, and you
was not lying. People was feeling some
way. A lot of a lot of content creators,
a lot of people was like, "I'm not
looking forward to this."
People said it felt empty and hollow,
like no feeling there. Yep, that was
kind of like everybody's comment. People
said that they felt nothing.
Oof, man. I was like, [clears throat]
"Godly, that's That's deep."
That is deep.
>> Wow.
Wow.
It's good to be back here. Is it lame
that I love that piece? That piece gets
me going. That
Wow.
>> [cheering]
>> Wow.
>> Mhm.
>> Wow.
Mhm.
This is young This young man.
>> They used the wrong shots to hype it up.
Keep the doors ain't Keep the doors shot
in there. Yeah.
They probably used the wrong shots. And
who knows? They probably was like,
"Look, we don't want to give out too
much.
We need to be careful." Cuz everybody
came to the stage.
Like, everybody came to the stage. So, I
mean,
yeah, man. I mean but I you know this
Doomsday going to be good. I think it's
going to be it's going to be a killer.
I think it's going to do good. I think
it's going to do good.
Yeah, I think it's going to do good.
>> Where is my water?
>> [cheering]
[cheering]
>> Bro, I want to ask you a question.
I
I wonder how they're dealing with this.
Before we talk about the excitement of
like the the T'Challa son,
I really just wondering how the cast is
holding up on this.
Black Panther is a very like
sensitive to the cast
for all the right reasons.
You know.
Um
Let me see.
Like you know it was she she's
>> Young young man.
>> She's trying to hold it together.
>> [cheering]
>> I think this is the right direction.
I say this, bro. I think this is the
seriously the right direction to go if
you're going to continue with the legacy
of Black Panther.
I really think so. I think this is the
right direction to go.
I think if they were trying to replace a
whole T'Challa, I think that would have
been a bad idea.
I think it would have been a rough.
But I think creating this story now of
the son of T'Challa
and create a brand new story
that
you can pull from the comics cuz there's
different stories of the son of T'Challa
that you could play with and you can
create a brand new one. So, there's
space of creativity. And I
just for me
I think
because people don't realize like the
story about like Batman Beyond. Bruce
Wayne, everybody knew Damian, but no one
realized
um Batman Beyond
Terry McGinnis was actually
carries the DNA of Bruce Wayne. So, he
was technically
Bruce Wayne's
son.
And but the story he was created through
WB because they need something new. It
was a whole story on YouTube about it
about like how Batman Beyond was even
born. And then people end up falling in
love with the Batman Beyond story. I
thought it was definitely dope cuz it
shows you like the in the late late
2000s after Bruce Wayne is retired, he's
almost 100 years old.
I think like it was a brand new story.
So, I look at T'Challa's son.
You know what I'm saying? Prince
T'Challa. You get a chance to do a brand
new story and fall in love with a a new
hero without damaging the legacy of
the legacy of Chadwick Boseman and the
legacy of T'Challa.
But I think this is a good route to go
to do the prince of T'Challa.
I think you got so you got you got many
options to be able to to to discover
with this. I think this is good. I think
this is really really good.
I think this is a good route to go.
And and I feel like it's healing.
I think this is healing for them. I
really do. I think this is healing
to be an
uncle, auntie, a big brother to him
and he can learn a lot from them. I
really think this is good. I really I I
I can't find nothing bad to say about
this.
Like
if I'm, you know, being honest with you,
that's why I told people like I didn't
have a problem with the last Black
Panther movie. I just think that I I
wanted to see them get a chance to heal
the way they needed to.
And and then come out with the the
movie. But this right here
is going to really help.
You know, um I know people talked about
Denzel Washington possibly being in um
Black Panther. And I mean, I'm like,
"Yeah, that's cool and all."
But I think this is the good I think
this is a great route. I think I just
really do. I think this is really good.
And this young man can act. This young
man can really act. I saw some of his
work.
The brother can act.
Cuz he killed it in Long Walk.
Yeah. I really Yeah, I just I'm I'm
excited for this. I'm excited to see
something new that I don't know.
Like, you know what I mean? I think
that's what people is missing right now.
I wanted I'm I'm happy to see a new
story. I'm I'm I want to see a new story
for Black Panther.
I really do.
And me personally, just being a kid that
grew up reading Black Panther from the
comics and anytime I saw him as a
cartoon,
um
you know, we had a chance they talked
about his grandfather, his father, his
uncle, and then his sister. I knew about
the sister, Killmonger, and all. And now
you get something new in 2026 of Yo.
The the son of T'Challa.
They going to get him in the gym, make
sure his dialect on point, or it or or
it's a wrap. Oh, yeah. And I think he's
going to do good. I think he's going to
do really, really good.
Cuz he's hungry. As an actor and as an
artist you can tell he's hungry and he
got veterans surrounding him. And you
know, Ryan Coogler is just becoming
he's on Super Saiyan level right now.
He's on the ultra instinct mode.
He from the UK, too. Oh, I did I see and
I did not even know that. I didn't even
know that.
I had no clue.
You You right, bro. It probably was.
It probably was between them two, bro.
It probably was and he he must have
really took it there. He must have
really, really took it there. But I
think his his height, his size, I think
where they want to go
with this uh Black Panther,
I think this is perfect.
He's going to probably be real fast. He
going to be quick.
This going to be Oh, this going to be
good. I think cuz Ryan is He's in a
crazy pocket, so you know
and you know that means
I'm excited to see Killmonger because
Killmonger
has Killmonger survived a lot.
I think people should be excited for a
brand new story. I think people should I
think people
should really, really enjoy a brand new
story.
I would I think we are missing the art
of
Yeah, I think they're going to bring him
back. I think I I think he's going to
come back. I think he's going to come
back cuz he he did return.
I think he's going to return back.
Yeah.
Yeah, I think I think they're going to
find a way to bring him back. I think
so. I really think so.