Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

[hikouki]

13 hours ago, Changbricks said:

If you think about it, this set comes with Mystique too, as her power allows her to become any character 

...

ROTFL. 

[calebcold3]

4 hours ago, poisonbricks said:

For sure, I ended up buying a full set, but the X-Men were easily my favourites. 

And yeahhhh. What's even coming out on Disney+ soon? The Agatha show... but she already has a figure. Ironheart, I guess? That'd only really be Riri, though, unless they go more for villains and make Hood and Mephisto. And then there's Wonder Man, but who knows when that's coming, and again, it'd only really be Wonder Man himself, most likely.

I can't see a 97 only CMF, but what I COULD see happening is a Marvel Animation specific CMF, given that X-Men '97 season 2, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Eyes of Wakanda are all releasing within a pretty short timeframe by the looks of things 

My bets, if they did that, would be 

1.Wolverine (brown suit)

2. Nightcrawler 

3. Jubilee

4. Morph

5. Sunspot

6. Spider-Man (maybe the homemade looking suit?)

7. Nico Minoru (she's supposedly one of Peter's friends in the show) 

8. Dr Strange (he appears in his classic outfit, that'd be awesome)

9. Daredevil (maybe? he's in the show, but it just looks kinda like the black Netflix suit - still, a way to tie into Born Again without ACTUALLY doing it)

10. Black Panther (whichever appears and is most interesting)

11. Iron Fist (supposedly in Eyes of Wakanda, an earlier version though) 

12. uhhhhh.... more X-Men? Cable? 

 

 

I think it could be half and half, with half of the figures being from animated shows, with the other half being from live action shows: 

If I had to guess on the potential Marvel CMF 3 for Next year: 

1. Spider-Man (a suit from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man)

2. Jubilee 

3. Kahhori (What If Season 2)

4. Morph 

5. Wolverine (brown suit)

6.  Daredevil (from Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man)

7. God Loki

8. Wonder Man

9. Ironheart

10. Rio Vidal (Aubrey Plaza's character from Agatha)

11. Billy Maximoff

12. O.B.aka Ouroboros (Ke Huy Quan's character from Loki 2)

Edited August 2 by calebcold3

[PGBQW]

LEGO!!!! INCLUDE HELMET MAGNETO IN THE MANSION SET AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!

[THELEGOBATMAN]

According to exabricks, Captain America minifig in the buildable logo has his WW2 suit.

[Buckethead]

9 hours ago, poisonbricks said:

And yeahhhh. What's even coming out on Disney+ soon? The Agatha show... but she already has a figure. Ironheart, I guess? That'd only really be Riri, though, unless they go more for villains and make Hood and Mephisto. And then there's Wonder Man, but who knows when that's coming, and again, it'd only really be Wonder Man himself, most likely.

I can't see a 97 only CMF, but what I COULD see happening is a Marvel Animation specific CMF, given that X-Men '97 season 2, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Eyes of Wakanda are all releasing within a pretty short timeframe by the looks of things 

Unfortunately, we don't have a large sample of Marvel CMFs to know how Lego could/would shift in the future. I don't think an exclusively animated CMF is likely; although, with the number of animated projects coming out, or having already come out, and the minority of live action opportunities, I wouldn't be surprised by a mostly animated CMF.

I still offer the idea that if Lego were to shift from their Disney+ themed CMFs, an Avengers expansion series to tie into Doomsday in 2026 could be fun. Any character who doesn't appear in the film could be in a CMF.

7 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

The main strike against an all animated line is that the animated shows don't do nearly as well as the live-action shows on Disney+. Both What If? and X-Men '97 were their highest rated animated shows but '97 was still way below Echo in terms of viewers and Echo was one of the least watched MCU shows. Although Ms. Marvel still holds the record for being the least watched MCU show. 

From what I've seen, X-Men '97 is one of the most viewed series on Disney+ this year, even more than Echo. Either way, I'm not sure how strong the correlation is between viewership and figure selection. If Lego receives concepts and permission to make figures for upcoming projects, whether they seem popular or not, I think the designers will still find ways of making them.

[poisonbricks]

I do think it's worth noting that LEGO just seems to enjoy making figures for the animated stuff - they cut back to only one figure in series 2, but in series 1, What If got five(!!!) places in the CMF, and X-Men '97 got three in series 2. In both series, the show with the most representation is animated.

[Lego Nostalgia]

1 hour ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

According to exabricks, Captain America minifig in the buildable logo has his WW2 suit.

Hopefully Iron Man is new, Maybe undamaged MK 6 ?

[RedHoodPug]

8 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

According to exabricks, Captain America minifig in the buildable logo has his WW2 suit.

How can we convince people to buy a giant word?

[Buckethead]

Some Marvel release dates were revealed, and I have some guesses and set estimations.

Captain America 4, Thunderbolts, and Fantastic 4 release next year. So does Blade, but its Rated-R, so likely no sets.

Doomsday and two other films in 2026 (likely Armor Wars and Shang-Chi 2). They dropped a previously dated July film which could be for Spider-Man 4.

Secret Wars and two films after its release in 2027. My guess is X-Men and one other film.

Edited August 2 by Buckethead

[Leggomyleggo]

A cool feature for the x mansion set to have is for the Sentinel to have a separate master mold face or head like the marvel legends Sentinel.

[CF Mitch]

22 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

According to exabricks, Captain America minifig in the buildable logo has his WW2 suit.

 please stop!

13 hours ago, RedHoodPug said:

How can we convince people to buy a giant word?

  

Just so I'm clear: from what I gather, there will (presumably) more than one minifigure coming with the LEGO Marvel logo?

Regards,
Mitch

[THELEGOBATMAN]

8 hours ago, CF Mitch said:

Just so I'm clear: from what I gather, there will (presumably) more than one minifigure coming with the LEGO Marvel logo?

Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Scarlet Witch, and either Nick Fury or Bruce Banner.

Edited August 3 by THELEGOBATMAN

[BrickBob Studpants]

14 hours ago, Buckethead said:

So does Blade, but its Rated-R, so likely no sets.

Them sticking to the release date is very surprising. Not impossible since even big budget movies can be completed within a year and some change, but that announcement means they likely settled on both a director and a script behind the scenes now  As for sets, we can definitely rule that out. As you say, the movie’s gonna be R-rated.

The big question is now how many sets Thunderbolts* and F4 will get. Fingers crossed for 2 and 3 respectively!

[PGBQW]

50 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Scarlet Witch, and either Nick Fury or Bruce Banner.

I know you're just the messenger in this scenario, but I find this so surreal. What do they mean "either nick fury or bruce banner"? They couldnt look any less alike, how do you mix them up?

[THELEGOBATMAN]

10 minutes ago, PGBQW said:

I know you're just the messenger in this scenario, but I find this so surreal. What do they mean "either nick fury or bruce banner"? They couldnt look any less alike, how do you mix them up?

I genuinely have no idea. Was wondering about that myself.

19 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Them sticking to the release date is very surprising. Not impossible since even big budget movies can be completed within a year and some change, but that announcement means they likely settled on both a director and a script behind the scenes now 

Mind you, that's Blade's third release date, and they're gonna keep pushing it back as long as they want to.

This movie is an absolute disaster, and it's hilarious that for some reason they can't get the simplest concept ever—superhero vampire hunter—to work. How many directors and writers have already left this project? At least seven I think?

I'm fairly sure they have no director attached at this point, because we would've heard something by now (the last one left two months ago).

[RedHoodPug]

40 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

I'm fairly sure they have no director attached at this point, because we would've heard something by now (the last one left two months ago).

Yep, and that was the second director and they are on the third and fourth writers. Screams confidence.

[poisonbricks]

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

This movie is an absolute disaster, and it's hilarious that for some reason they can't get the simplest concept ever—superhero vampire hunter—to work.

Right?! Granted I'm sure he's a little more complex in the comics, but I'm a massive fan of the Blade movies because they're just concerned with what is cool and nothing else hahaha

Have Blade kill some vampires with a cool sword for an hour and a half. Your movie's done.

Genuinely don't understand why it's taking so long.

Kind of tragic there won't be sets though :( maybe for Midnight Sons, if/when they get to that.

[Scarilian]

17 hours ago, Buckethead said:

-snip-

I don't think a lot of it is set in stone, but in terms of estimating the slate moving forward:

• 2025 Films: Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, Fantastic Four: The First Steps, Blade
  2025 Shows: What If S3, Daredevil: Born Again S1, Iron Heart
• 2026 Films: Iron Man: Armour Wars, Avenger: Doomsday, Spider-man 4, Shang Chi & The Wreckage of Time
  2026 Shows: Spider-Man: Sophomore Year, Wonder Man, Vision Quest, Special - potentially Mephisto, X-Men 97 S2
• 2027 Films: Avengers: Secret Wars (Part 1), The X-Men, Doctor Strange: Midnight Suns
  2027 Shows: Daredevil Born Again S2, Nova, X-Men 97 S3
• 2028 Films: Avengers: Forever (Part 2)

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The big question is now how many sets Thunderbolts* and F4 will get. Fingers crossed for 2 and 3 respectively!

Thunderbolts* I'd lean to either two or three sets, quite a few characters they can release including Winter Soldier, Ghost, U.S. Agent, Yelena, Red Guardian, Taskmaster, Sentry, Valentina and Thunderbolt Ross.

Fantastic Four I'm expecting two sets, one featuring Shalla-Bal, Big-fig Thing and Johnny Storm with the Fantasticar. The other featuring Mr Fantastic, Susan Storm, H.E.R.B.I.E.and a Galactus build.

8 minutes ago, poisonbricks said:

Genuinely don't understand why it's taking so long.

Kind of tragic there won't be sets though :( maybe for Midnight Sons, if/when they get to that.

At its core they don't want to adapt Blade, they want to adapt his daughter as part of a push towards having a Young Avengers team (along with a desire for an all-female Avengers team). That's why it has taken so long because each version of the script is more about his daughter than him, yet they know the fanbase is more interested in Blade.

I would'nt be surprised if Doctor Strange 3 is an adaptation of Midnight Sons/Suns and features Doctor Strange, Clea, Blade and some of the other supernatural characters they are introducing in Phase 4-6.

Edited August 3 by Scarilian

[poisonbricks]

3 hours ago, Scarilian said:

At its core they don't want to adapt Blade, they want to adapt his daughter as part of a push towards having a Young Avengers team (along with a desire for an all-female Avengers team). That's why it has taken so long because each version of the script is more about his daughter than him, yet they know the fanbase is more interested in Blade.

I heard this rumour, but I also saw someone who actually worked on the script say that they hadn't seen anything along those lines - I'm not really sure there's anything to back it up? 

If it was just a means to introduce Bloodline, I doubt they'd be putting so much effort into it (or that Mahershala Ali would stay on) - Marvel's been totally content to just scrap projects that they don't have confidence in for a while 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

3 hours ago, Scarilian said:

I don't think a lot of it is set in stone, but in terms of estimating the slate moving forward:

• 2027 Films: Avengers: Secret Wars (Part 1)
• 2028 Films: Avengers: Forever (Part 2)

No idea where this weird rumour comes from.

Secret Wars is already a second part to Doomsday, just like Endgame was to Infinity War.

Why else do you think they'd release them a year apart from each other?

[Scarilian]

48 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Secret Wars is already a second part to Doomsday, just like Endgame was to Infinity War.

Why else do you think they'd release them a year apart from each other?

I'm leaning primarily to the notion that it'd be ridiculous for them not to have an Avengers film in 2028 and splitting Secret Wars into two and/or adapting Avengers Forever as a finale seems appropriate given the set-up we have. It'd also make the formula less predictable by ending with a trilogy of Avengers films as opposed to two where as you said, Doomsday would function like Infinity War focusing on building up the villain while Secret Wars would function like Endgame with a ton of cameos and a huge team-up to defeat the villain.

Given the context of Phase 4-6 seemingly leaning towards establishing three generations of Avengers having Avengers Forever as a finale would be appropriate as its the bringing together of Avengers from the past, present and future. It's a way for Disney to celebrate everything they've done over 20 years and to promote what they are going to do next in an Avengers movie rather than leaving people confused as to the direction the franchise is taking. It looks better for Marvel if they can reach a 20th anniversary before a reboot of sorts than rebooting just before the 20th anniversary.

1 hour ago, poisonbricks said:

If it was just a means to introduce Bloodline, I doubt they'd be putting so much effort into it (or that Mahershala Ali would stay on)

The core plot that stayed consistent: Blade retired and return due to Lilith going after Blade's daughter to create an army. Mahershala Ali had a daughter in 2017 and was confirmed as Blade in 2019. I would'nt be surprised if the father/daughter plot of the film is part of the reason he hasn't left the project despite the film taking so long to happen. Some actors stick with projects due to them being passion projects. He's also not remotely busy in regards to filmography or shows so no real reason for him to quit.

1 hour ago, poisonbricks said:

Marvel's been totally content to just scrap projects that they don't have confidence in for a while 

I don't think they've actually scrapped any project yet, at least not one that was directly announced? There's quite a lot of projects we've heard rumblings of being poor quality requiring extensive reshoots and spiralling budgets that they still intend to release regardless that they frankly should be scrapping to keep things focused.

[Buckethead]

1 hour ago, poisonbricks said:

If it was just a means to introduce Bloodline, I doubt they'd be putting so much effort into it (or that Mahershala Ali would stay on) - Marvel's been totally content to just scrap projects that they don't have confidence in for a while 

I don't understand this last line. I can't think of any projects Marvel has announced and then canceled other than Inhumans.

I don't know what's causing Blade to have so many issues, but they seem to have some confidence now to not remove Blade from their 2025 slate.

For 2025, I hope we get 2 or more sets each for Thunderbolts and Fantastic 4. Thunderbolts has a large roster to warrant multiple sets, and Fantastic 4 has so many sets concepts (buildable Galactus, the Fantasticar, the Baxter Building, and the arrowhead-shaped rocket).

For 2026, we could get Doom and perhaps Latveria. The only films I know are in development that could release in 2026 are Armor Wars, Spider-Man, and Shang-Chi.

Spoiler

I don't know who else could be in Armor Wars that we could get in Lego, but there are rumors that Iron Fist could be in Shang-Chi, so we may finally get an MCU Iron Fist in Lego.

Spider-Man 4 was rumored to either be a Spider-Man/Daredevil team-up film, but if it does take that July 2026 date and is set between Doomsday and Secret Wars, we may be getting a Spider-Man/Venom team-up film like Sony has always wanted. Sony gets their multiverse story with Venom and maybe the Sinister 6, and Marvel can piggyback off that and have Spider-Man return in Secret Wars with the black suit.

For 2027, we get more Avengers and variants for Secret Wars. Besides that, the only other film confirmed to be in development is X-Men. So if we don't get Deadpool & Wolverine in Secret Wars, we may get other mutants in 2027.

Spoiler

Other films I've heard rumored include: Midnight Sons (probably rated-R though), Young Avengers, Silver Surfer, Scarlet Witch, Thor 5, Doctor Strange 3, and Black Panther 3.

 

[THELEGOBATMAN]

28 minutes ago, Scarilian said:

I'm leaning primarily to the notion that it'd be ridiculous for them not to have an Avengers film in 2028 and splitting Secret Wars into two and/or adapting Avengers Forever as a finale seems appropriate given the set-up we have. It'd also make the formula less predictable by ending with a trilogy of Avengers films as opposed to two where as you said, Doomsday would function like Infinity War focusing on building up the villain while Secret Wars would function like Endgame with a ton of cameos and a huge team-up to defeat the villain.

That sounds like an absolutely awful idea, and I cannot express that enough. Making a trilogy of Avengers movies with no build-up whatsoever sounds ridiculous (not that it's much better than two, but whatever).

Releasing a new huge-event level Avengers movie every year for three years is gonna tire the audience like nothing else ever has, increasing the Marvel fatigue to enormous levels. 

Not to mention the VFX crew is gonna be overworked like never before—those people will not see their families for three years straight, and they are gonna work until seconds before each movie releases.

Or you know, maybe they should just do it. Seems like a perfect spot for DC to come in with actual variety and creativity to take the comicbook movie studio crown.

[poisonbricks]

2 hours ago, Scarilian said:

I don't think they've actually scrapped any project yet, at least not one that was directly announced? There's quite a lot of projects we've heard rumblings of being poor quality requiring extensive reshoots and spiralling budgets that they still intend to release regardless that they frankly should be scrapping to keep things focused.

I think the most notable one that was actually announced is Kang Dynasty - when it became clear it wasn't gonna work, they just went with what is pretty much a different movie entirely, regardless of the time and money they put into setting it up.

A LOT of stuff that hasn't been technically officially announced has been cancelled, though. Bob Iger confirmed not long ago that they'd been quietly cancelling a fair few projects. Reportedly Eternals, Captain Marvel and Ant-Man sequels were all in development before being canned/indefinitely delayed.

More into rumour (but from relatively reliable scoopers) territory, it seems like Mephisto, Sentry, Silver Surfer and Witches' Road special presentations were in development before being cancelled (although it seems Witches' Road was folded into Agatha) 

There was also a lot of talk about a Strange Academy project not long ago, and that seems to have totally evaporated.

Not that most of these were in any sort of production, all very early development, but it seems like when it's clear to Marvel Studios that something's not working, they don't bother pursuing it. 

[squiz18]

5 hours ago, Scarilian said:

I'm leaning primarily to the notion that it'd be ridiculous for them not to have an Avengers film in 2028 and splitting Secret Wars into two and/or adapting Avengers Forever as a finale seems appropriate given the set-up we have. It'd also make the formula less predictable by ending with a trilogy of Avengers films as opposed to two where as you said, Doomsday would function like Infinity War focusing on building up the villain while Secret Wars would function like Endgame with a ton of cameos and a huge team-up to defeat the villain.

Yeah good shout. I believe you are right. I think SW will be split into 2 films and then the soft reboot will happen after SW2.