You'll Need A Disney+ Subscription If You Hope To Keep Up With The Marvel Cinematic Universe

The Marvel TV shows coming to Disney+ clearly won't be optional viewing, because Kevin Feige has now confirmed that you'll need to tune in if you hope to understand what's going on in the movies...

By JoshWilding - Nov 08, 2019 02:11 AM EST

Filed Under: Marvel Studios

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (obviously) has a lot of fans, but does it now run the risk of alienating some of them with the launch of Disney+? Well, it's certainly possible as Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has confirmed that watching TV shows like WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will be essential to understanding what's happening on the big screen.

According to Bloomberg, "If you want to understand everything in future Marvel movies, [Feige] says, you’ll probably need a Disney+ subscription, because events from the new shows will factor into forthcoming films such as Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness."

While comic book fans will obviously dive into every piece of Marvel content they can get their eyes on, casual moviegoers who don't follow this shared world religiously could wind up being confused if they haven't watched two six hour TV shows before checking out the Doctor Strange sequel.

As a result, they could wind up feeling alienated and that may very well hurt future Marvel movies at the box office. Then again, with studies claiming that two thirds of Americans are planning to subscribe to Disney+, it may not end up being an issue. Either way, a subscription will be a must!

How do you guys feel about this news?

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RageDriver2401 - 11/8/2019, 2:44 AM

Or... Just internet.

Battabing - 11/8/2019, 9:31 AM

@RageDriver2401 -
Bingo. 😎

Kurne - 11/8/2019, 2:45 AM

Nah just an internet connection fam

Kurne - 11/8/2019, 2:51 AM

I swear to god X-Men TAS better be up on the Australian release

bkmeijer2 - 11/8/2019, 1:51 PM

@Kurne - it was already on during the trial (in the netherlands) just like 24 other Marvel series

dracula - 11/8/2019, 2:58 AM

I already have enough streaming services. Hopefully the movies explain things enough so you don’t have to watch the shows, and the show just provide more detail

Origame - 11/8/2019, 6:54 AM

@dracula - according to this, thats not the case. And i feel this is gonna lead to major issues for marvel for this coming phase.

FireandBlood - 11/8/2019, 2:58 AM

They had me at The Mandalorian.

TheManFromMars - 11/8/2019, 3:01 AM

(Laughs in 123movies)

WakandanQueen - 11/8/2019, 3:04 AM

That's a little risky. But I trust Feige to pull this off.

Scarilian - 11/8/2019, 4:51 AM

@WakandanQueen -
He is pretty much just contractually obligated to say the shows matter.

He had to do the exact same thing for the Netflix shows, Inhumans, etc...

Moriakum - 11/8/2019, 5:47 AM

@Scarilian - These shows are produced by Feige and Marvel Studios (unlike the Netflix shows, Inhumans etc) and starring the MCU actors (unlike the Netflix shows, Inhumans etc) and you think Feige is only saying the shows matter because he is contractually obligated to? You really think that?

Moriakum - 11/8/2019, 3:13 AM

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