I believe that every series should be a companion to one specific movie which it will build around - leading straight into it, following it or taking place alongside it.

This approach provides more structure and reduces homework, because it becomes clear to the viewer that the series is the less important bit... But definitely something to pick up if they enjoy the current story thread or that particular character.

Thus the phase-4-5 slate can become:

• Loki Movie + Ant-Man in the Quantum Realm Series
  Wandavision (series) + Dr Strange MoM (film)

  (pairings don't have to be released at the same time but it's definitely better if released near to each other)
  Ms Marvel (film) + The Marvels (Series)

  The Marvels was a busy movie, with 3 super-powered leads. But I found Ms Marvel's storyline simple enough to be contained in a movie. So I would switch them. It didn't feel like The Marvels presented much new info to the multiverse narrative.
  Eternals (Film) + Brave New World (Series)

  [I think Eternals contributed nothing to the larger narrative except for Adamantium. BNW feels fairly open-shut, but also a series about running around fighting red hulk or a bunch of hulks could be fun and could include Bruce Banner or Jennifer Walters]
  Ironheart (Series) -> Armour Wars (Cancelled) (Film)

  These two were clearly a bonded pair, and could see Rhodey team up with Riri, except Armour Wars was supposed to come out as a series. Rhodey deserves his own movie so I figure it's not too controversial to make Armour Wars a movie.

If you try and pair up every series to a movie in this way, you'll reveal which stories (like Secret Invasion + Thor 4) are too weak to stand alone, thus shouldn't really exist. Moon Knight doesn't have a matching property, and for cohesiveness they probably should've thought about giving it one.

Another problem is that the 8 short-length episode format prevents characters like moon knight having satisfying origin arcs, especially when shows follow the same formula of "fight minor villains for 7 episodes, then dedicated a messy, crowded eighth episode to fighting big villain"

May 12, a week after the Daredevil Born Again season 2 finale.

I can NOT wait for this evening!!

"We're still developing. You know, one of the exciting things that's tying into Beef is that Sonny [Lee Sung Jin] and Joanna [Calo] both worked on this season. Obviously, I mean, Beef is Sonny's show, and Joanna worked on the season as well, and we worked together on Season 1 of Beef and on Thunderbolts*. They have come in and are working on a draft right now, which is really exciting to be able to put that group of people together again."

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45263694