With The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series on Disney+, Marvel action shifts to the small screen
- Six-part series on Disney+ continues Marvel Cinematic Universe storylines and is Marvel Studios’ second small-screen release, after WandaVision
- Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige is adamant fans of the superhero action won’t miss out, with scenes just as explosive as those seen in Avengers: Endgame
Avengers: Endgame has lost its crown as the biggest box office hit of all time, but the Marvel superhero spectacular still looms large over parent company Disney’s plans for the small and big screens.
The 2019 smash hit – whose US$2.79 billion haul was surpassed by last weekend’s Chinese re-release of Avatar – was a unique cinematic “event” that concluded the plots of 21 previous, interconnected films.
Those eagerly anticipated storylines continue on Friday, not in cinemas but on Disney+, with six-episode series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige is adamant that fans of his studio’s explosive superhero antics will not miss out during the shift to the small screen.
“We kept saying ‘if we’re going to do a series with Falcon and Winter Soldier in it, we need to at least start off with the best action that we’ve ever seen,’” Feige said at a virtual press conference. “And we’ve seen a lot of cool action with both of them before.”