From the mysterious to the revealed: Secret Wars and The Kang Dynasty get working titles
Buzz has it that the next two Avengers movies, still in their development stages, have unveiled their secretive working titles. The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars will enter the realm of production as Apple Pie 1 and 2 respectively.
Updated : October 20, 2023 05:26 PM ISTBuzz has it that the next two Avengers movies, still in their development stages, have unveiled their secretive working titles. The Kang Dynasty and Secret Wars will enter the realm of production as Apple Pie 1 and 2 respectively.
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As the buzz and clamor of Hollywood are muted by writers' and actors' strikes, whispers still fly about the future of certain projects stymied by the industry's slowdown. On the forefront of such whispers are the revelations of the working titles for the upcoming Avengers installments, despite the forced halt of development by Marvel Studios. A recent revelation from Cosmic Circus indicates that the pair of films are being shaped together so intimately that they share eerily similar working titles.
Raising the shroud of mystery, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty will forge ahead in development and production under the working title Apple Pie 1. Its companion film, Avengers: Secret Wars, however, will delve into production under the similarly intriguing working title Apple Pie 2.
In case you're scratching your head as to why Marvel Studios would opt for such classified titles, the answer is reasonably simple: an added buffer of secrecy. Rather than shooting on location under their film names, a working title diverts the watchful eyes of fans and paparazzi, making it tricky to track each film's whereabouts. Marvel incorporates a similar structural principle for its movies – establishing an LLC for each film, as a shield to protect liability from one movie to the next.
Former Marvel attorney Paul Sarker elucidated the reasoning behind this move to ComicBook.com, stating, "Each project should ideally be set up through its own entity primarily to isolate any liability associated from that project and its other projects."
With an air of suspense still looming over them, Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is slated to bring the drama to theaters on May 1, 2026 while Avengers: Secret Wars is set to charge into cinemas on May 7, 2027. Intertwined in secrecy and surprises, Marvel continues to stir up the cinematic world with its sneak peeks and revelations.
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