Marvel’s ‘Illuminati’ Reportedly in Development
By George Robbins
Marvel Studios is now world renowned for the countless hero films that they have put out over the past decade plus. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, now known simply as the MCU, is one of the biggest and most popular franchises to ever exist. They have pumped out at least a movie or two a year ever since the release of ‘Iron Man’ back in 2008. That film’s release was one that was plagued with almost no backing and a filming schedule that would ruin an ordinary production. With that in mind, it would be the film that started it all and would go on to make a huge change in the movie industry. Without the MCU, the industry would probably be very different than it is now.
With the MCU, eventually there came Marvel Studios which was entirely devoted to the production of new films and television shows that focus on the established universe. If not for the efforts of the writers, the universe could have ended up differently from the end product that we got after all. There is much to look at when it comes to examining the MCU and the efforts put into the inter-connectivity of it all. This connectivity is what made the MCU stand out beyond just the films being good on their own. Thus we ended up with a finished product that took over 10 years which is now called the Infinity Saga which follows an over-arching storyline in all of the films.
Now that the initial saga is complete, many are looking forward to the future of the MCU because literally anything can happen from this point onwards. The first three phases of the MCU are finished and unfortunately, phase 4 will not get to start until the release of ‘Black Widow.’ Due to everything going on with the pandemic, there is no telling exactly when that release will be but as of now the release date is set for November. The range of upcoming movies for this phases includes new characters we have never seen before and the end of the phase will end with a ‘Doctor Strange’ sequel. With all of this still on the table, there is still talk of what will be done in the future.
What is now being discussed is the apparent development of a serialization from the comics known as ‘Illuminati.’ The point of that comic series is to feature a number of different characters who discuss issues going on in the world in secret. The group is not really an official team, but they discuss how to deal with crises’ that are currently going on in the world. With the development of this under way, no one is quite sure how it will turn out or what form of media we will be able to see it on if it does come out. As of now, it is unknown if it will be a TV series or if it will be a movie in the future but we can hope that we will see more on it in the near future.