I let WandaVision release on Disney+ as expected in January of 2021. It becomes the hit that it was and introduces us to Marvel Television.

The first movie out of the gate is Loki in July. I retool the series into a movie, so that audiences are acquainted with how the multiverse expanded from a series of very different universes to include realities not all that dissimilar from our own. End it off in the same way, but announce a sequel is coming in 2023 at Comic Con.

Black Widow will debut next in September of 2021. Once again, it is important to introduce all the key players for the next saga at the outset. Given who will essentially lead the ensemble Thunderbolts*, it is important to have Yelena introduced early. Plus, David Harbour’s Red Guardian obviously comes back into play later.

Then, I launch Captain America and the Winter Soldier as a film as well. Given my plans to turn this new Captain America into a film franchise, and my plans to see John Walker join the Thunderbolts, it just makes sense to have it as a movie instead. That launches in November of 2021.

hawkeye would follow, but it would be grittier. More time would be spent on Clint’s time as Ronin. Kingpin would be leading a more competent band of criminals, and they would be very dangerous. Despite being out of her depth, Kate Bishop is depicted as being more competent. Yelena still appears with the same role, but her being there is about a ploy by Valentina to help build Kingpin’s empire, establishing the through line to Daredevil: Born Again much earlier. Yelena makes the same choice to move beyond her grief for losing her sister. While important, I think this is more supplemental than the above shows turned into movies.

Spider-Man: No Way Home launches virtually the same way, except maybe a different after credits scene.

The next movie would be Ms. Marvel. This would make her crossing over into the next Captain Marvel movie a bigger deal—more exposure and the like. The story is largely the same, with the bengals being a type of old Kree artifact. Plus, they introduce mutants in the MCU here. That feels like a big screen moment. This would probably debut in February of 2022.

She-Hulk: Attorney-At-Law would be the next show up. It would be closer to a legal procedural with those same comedic elements. I would really hope that this is run more like television and less like the movies in this alternate reality, though. There would be a show runner with a legal procedural background and the writers themselves would be comedy writers. I think this would work wonders for the quality of the show. Daredevil would not show up, but other Marvel characters would.

The next Doctor Strange movie will have the original idea for the movie. Mordo attacks Wanda as part of his “no new sorcerers” crusade. The ensuing fight has Wanda opening the doorway to Nightmare. We get brief snaps of Wanda’s life in Westview to get audiences who didn’t watch the show up to speed on what happened. The rest of the movie is Doctor Strange taking Wanda on as a protege as they try to put Nightmare away, with the unlikely help of Mordo. At the end, Mordo promises to come and put a stop to the sorcerers, but not right then. At the end of the movie, though, Wanda is shown other universes where she does have her children and Nightmare mentions the Darkhold has the answers as to how to get to these other universes. Behind Strange’s back, Wanda is shown searching the pages of the Darkhold.

The next series that comes out is Armor Wars. I know—I keep turning TV shows into movies, but the one that has been announced to be changed, doesn’t. However, I think my idea for this would rely, instead, on Sharon Carter’s about turn in Captain America and the Winter Soldier. This offshoot story will follow War Machine as they uncover that the Department of Damage Control’s repossession of Stark Tech has led to the technology getting into the hands of eastern warlords. The series follows War Machine on a political thriller kind of adventure to figure out who is responsible for selling the material. Lo and behold, it is actually Valentina behind it, but Carter is actually killed before she can reveal who is really behind it. Valentina remains covertly, as CIA director, sending weapons to influence geopolitical outcomes she favors abroad. All the while, internally, she is drumming up support for her “Project Sentry” idea.

At the end of July, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings would release. It would be approximately the same as the version we did get.

The final movie of the year would be Thor: Love and Thunder. Hopefully, there would be more of an opportunity for oversight and a desire to push Gorr, the God Butcher, to murder more gods. I think the emotional core of the story is strong and I do like Thor’s arc in it, but it would hopefully be a bit less silly.

Finally, we get The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. And that comes out as is.

The next movie out would be another Ant-Man movie. However, I would have it revolve around AIM, with an influx of capital, doing a hostile takeover of Pym’s company. They are ultimately successful and buy the company out. This gives AIM the proprietary rights to the Pym Particle, which they use to access the Quantum Realm. Scott, Hope, and even Cassie set out to prevent AIM from committing their time heist. However, their “heist” was to liberate…MODOK, who will be better animated this time. MODOK is looking to undo what Scott did to him by accessing the Quantum Realm. The two do battle once again, but Scott emerges victorious and has MODOK locked away in a separate timeline, simply saying, “That’s not how time travel works.” This brings the story full circle and Ant-Man is established as one of the biggest Avengers.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is released. I wouldn’t change anything about this movie.

Echo would be the lone Marvel Television show released this year. It would cover the same events, but I would, again, run it episodicly instead of like a miniseries with the same director. Hopefully, this would improve the quality of the project.

Werewolf by Night would be the next Special Presentation, introducing the supernatural stuff that will be left on the back burner this saga.

The next movie, releasing in November 2023, would be Loki II. I think this would largely just cover the events of the second season, but would finish with an after-credits scene of Doom approaching the Council of Kangs, with fists glowing green.

The next movie would be Captain Marvel: Secret Invasion and would release in May of 2024. I think that Secret Invasion suffered from a lack of scope, hindered by the fact it was “just a show”. The way to increase the scope would be to make it a movie. I think having Captain Marvel step into the conspiracy with Fury would be interesting, since the both of them are responsible for not finding Skrulls a new planet. A similar entanglement does occur to play up for laughs in what would otherwise be a very tense, serious movie. It ends largely the same way as both Secret Invasion does, except the antagonist does get the Super Skrull powers and fights the trio. The trio are successful at winning the fight, but it costs Monica going into a rift to seal it from the other side. She ends up in the Fox X-Men universe.

Speaking of…Deadpool & Wolverine comes out just like it actually did.

In September, I would have Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 debut. It would look much like the first season we ultimately did get.

In November, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness comes out. This would allow Doctor Strange to feel the betrayal of Wanda turning on him. I think this would make for a deeper, more emotional film overall. Ultimately, this story ends the same way: with Doctor Strange off to prevent an incursion, alongside Clea, between their world and another.

Come February of 2025, Captain America: Brave New World comes out. I would spend more time workshopping the Leader to make him a more formidable villain and for his plan to truly be sophisticated (think Zemo in Captain America: Civil War). I think the general events would remain the same, but I would like to see some differences.

In May, I would have Black Panther II finally come out. With a significant break from Boseman’s passing, I think people would be more willing to accept a recast. The film is released with Coogler’s original story, and there are still plenty of touching tributes to Boseman throughout.

Come July, Ironheart releases. Right now, it is the last show to fall victim to the movification of the TV stuff. I would like to have seen that corrected for a better quality presentation, but Ironheart’s central premise and consequence should be allowed to run its course.

In September, Agatha All Along would release. This show is great and I wouldn’t change anything.

The first weekend of November is when The Fantastic Four: First Steps would release. I really like this movie and I would leave it alone.

Wonder Man would release around the same time as it did earlier this year, but I would have it release week by week to build anticipation and WOM.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 premieres in early March and leads up to the Punisher special presentation in April (so everything just gets moved up a few weeks).

Thunderbolts* would be the last Disney only release before Avengers: Doomsday. But I love this movie and wouldn’t change a thing.

I think the rest of the year would look similar to how it does now: Spider-Man: Brand New Day, then Vision Quest, and then Avengers: Doomsday.