Lucas movie debut
On the second day of D23 Expo 2022, three big companies that have become part of Disney Company, Lucas Film, Marvel Studios and Twentieth Century Studios, announced their under-construction web series and films. The day began with Kathleen Kennedy, chairman of Lucas Films, on stage. Kathleen informed about the completion of the shooting of the first 12 episodes of the company's new web series 'Endor', as well as told that the shooting of the remaining 12 episodes of the series has also started. He also released special posters of this series, which is going to be released exactly 11 days later. Apart from this, he also showed glimpses of the web series 'Willow', which is going to be released on November 30 this year.
Five new
series of Star Wars
Kathleen Kennedy, chairman of Lucas Films, followed it up with five more big bangs in the first session of the second day of D23 Expo 2022. Kathleen announced five new series of the 'Star Wars' franchise during this time. The second season of 'Star Wars: Bad Batch' will start airing on January 4 next year. Before this, a six-short series titled 'Star Wars: Tales of Jedi' will be aired from October 26 this year. Well-known director Jon Favreau, who came on stage, meanwhile, informed the audience about the commencement of the shooting of 'Star Wars: Ahsoka' and 'Star Wars: Skeleton Crew'. After this it was the turn of Season 3 of 'Star Wars: The Mandalorian'. It was told that Lucas Film has completed its preparations to air the third season of this super hit series next year.
Indiana
Jones 5 Trailer
Lucas Films' biggest announcement of the day came in the form of the announcement of the release date of the fifth film in Harrison Ford's cult classic 'Indiana Jones' franchise. Starting with the 1981 film 'Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Last Ark', the franchise has so far included 'Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom' (1984), 'Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade' (1989) and 'Indiana Jones: Movies titled 'The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull' (2008) have been released. On Saturday, the trailer of the fifth film of this series was also shown at D23 Expo 2022. The film will be released in theatres on June 30 next year.
Marvel
Studios' shocking announcement
And, then came the turn of Marvel Studios. As studio president Kevin Feige spoke of his envy of Disney musical films, a unique musical show featuring Marvel's famous characters suddenly took the stage. After the offering titled 'Rogers: The Musical', Feige introduced the audience to the cast of the film 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and also showed the audience some exclusive glimpses of the film which is slated to release on November 11 this year. Marvel Studios has also reached Ironman's laboratory MIT regarding a character from the same film, and Feige announced that this series called 'Ironheart' will air next year. Apart from this, a glimpse of 'Antman and the Wasp Quantummania', the story of the fifth phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is going to be released on February 17, was also presented during this time.
The First
Deaf Superhero and Daredevil
Marvel Studios is also coming up with a special horror series this year on the occasion of Halloween Day. After these glimpses from the series 'Werewolf by Night', which is set to release on October 7, came actor Don Cheadle, with whom Marvel Studios has started making two new web series 'Secret Invasion' and 'Armor Wars'. Apart from showing glimpses of the second season of 'Loki', the poster of 'Fantastic Four' was also released during this season of D23 Expo 2022. Marvel Studios is going to develop a complete web series about the character Maya seen in the web series 'Hawkeye'. The series will introduce a deaf and mute character as a superhero for the first time. And, apart from this, glimpses of a new series 'Daredevil: Born Again' on 'Daredevil', who appeared after a long time in 'Spiderman No Way Home', were also shown to the audience. An exclusive glimpse of Daredevil's entry in Marvel's web series 'She Hulk', which is being aired these days, was also presented during this time.
Marvel's
New Avengers 'Thunderbolts'
The next new movies from Marvel Studios that were shown on the second day of D23 Expo 2022 include the films 'Captain America: New World Order' and 'The Marvels'. The story of 'Captain America: The New World Order' will lead the web series 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' in which Anthony Mackie, who plays the Falcon, is shown becoming the new Captain America. The story of the film 'The Marvels' will be based on the events ahead of the recently released web series 'Miss Marvel' and in this film, apart from Kamala Khan, 'Captain Marvel' and after that Monica appeared in the web series 'Wanda Vision'. Rambu's character will also be seen. Along with these two films, Kevin Feige also announced to start shooting for a new film 'Thunderbolts' from next year, featuring characters seen in different films and series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Avatar: The
Way of the Water
The season of D23 Expo 2022 concluded with a video call from
New Zealand with Director James Cameron. During this, he showed the audience
some exclusive glimpses of his December release 'Avatar: The Way of the Water'
in 3D format. Thousands of spectators present at the expo were stunned by the
underwater photography and special visual effects done for the film. During
this, James told that apart from this second film of the 'Avatar' series, he
has almost completed the shooting of the third film of this episode and the
shooting of the fourth and final episode of the series has also started.