Marvel Studios' Phase 4 has been nothing if not chaotic, but it definitely feels like we're entering a new era of storytelling with the MCU. This October, a Marvel Studios Presentation will hit Disney+ in the form of Werewolf by Night, a full-blown horror story that brings werewolves and Man-Thing into this shared world.
However, those might not be the only monsters we see in the MCU moving forward. While the Blade reboot means vampires are on the horizon, it really does feel like a Midnight Suns project, for example, could be imminent.
Talking to The Direct, Werewolf by Night executive producer Brian Gay teased the future of this particular corner of the MCU.
"I think one of the very cool things about the Special is it's just peeling back the corner of monsters in the MCU, right? So, there are not just the monsters that are part of Werewolf by Night, but the ones that were up on the wall, there's some of that artwork as well," he teases, suggesting fans should keep their eyes peeled while watching the Special.
"What all this lends to is the idea that for centuries there have been monsters within the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and they've been being tracked or hunted or kept at bay by these hunters."
We have to assume that Blade is one of them, but if the monster hunters in this Disney+ Special all run afoul of Werewolf by Night, perhaps the floodgates are about to open as more beasts emerge from the shadows? We'll have to wait and see, but Gay did strongly hint that these monsters will soon be revisited.
"I think, well, we don't know exactly where they'll pop up next, the idea is that, with this wide swath of different species and types, they're going to pop up again," the producer adds. "You're going to see these guys in different ways, of course."
It's an exciting time to be a fan of the MCU, and while these monsters aren't quite as well-known as Captain America and Iron Man, for example, their presence could be a real game-changer.
Werewolf by Night premieres on Disney+ on October 7.