Cate Shortland’s Black Widow, Chloe Zhao’s Eternals, Destin Daniel Cretton’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and Jon Watts’ untitled Spider-Man: Far From Home sequel will be minimized by anything other than releases that see them play in 4,000-plus theaters, and they should be delayed as long as necessary to make sure that happens.
It’s understandable that people are feeling Marvel withdrawal, as 2020 was the first year in a decade not to feature any storytelling from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but if that drought needs to continue in 2021 so be it.
What makes this situation so crucial is that next year marks what is the franchise’s first real massive venture into small screen storytelling, and while the macro idea is that storylines can weave in between the films and the episodic narratives, the specialness of that only exists if the films are being released on a different platform.