Moviegoers didn’t let a pandemic stop them from seeing the newest Marvel Cinematic Universe title, allowing “Spider-Man: No Way Home” to surpass “Avengers” Infinity War” and become the film with the second-highest opening weekend in history, standing only behind “Avengers: Endgame.”

Thankfully, Marvel has plenty more titles planned in the new year to give fans even more reasons to head to theaters and tune in on their television screens. Here’s a look at eight new titles that are expected to debut in 2022.

“Doctor Strange and The Multiverse of Madness” — Release Date: May 6, 2022— takes place following the events of both “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the first season of “Loki” and “WandaVision.” In it, Dr. Strange continues his research on the Time Stone, which winds up hindered.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams and Chiwetel Eljiofor all reprise their roles in the film, while Xochitl Gomez joins the cast as America Chavez.

Sam Raimi is set to direct.

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"Doctor Strange 2" will be the first scary movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Doctor Strange/Facebook

“Thor: Love and Thunder” — Release Date: July 8, 2022—is set to be a direct sequel to “Thor: Ragnarok,” and will unite the cast with the “Guardians of the Galaxy” crew. It will also introduce Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher.

Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Jaimie Alexander, Jeff Goldblum, Chris Pratt, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn and Vin Diesel are all set to reprise former roles for the film.

Taika Waititi is also set to return as director.

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Chris Hemsworth said the next “Avengers” film will be even more shocking than “Infinity War.” In this photo, the actor attends the Los Angeles Global Premiere for Marvel Studios “Avengers: Infinity War” on April 23, 2018 in Hollywood, California. Getty Images/Jesse Grant

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” — Release Date: Nov. 11, 2022—will bring fans back into the world of Wakanda, but without actor Chadwick Boseman, who died from pancreatic cancer in 2020. Disney has maintained they will not recast his lead role.

Letitia Wright, Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Winston Duke, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, Martin Freeman, Michael Coel and Angela Basset will all be returning for the sequel.

Ryan Coogler also returns as director.

The MCU is of course, not just limited to movies, following the launch of more TV titles than ever on Disney+, with new Phase 4 releases expected in 2022, though none have a specific release date on the calendar as of yet.

“Moon Knight” stars Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector/Moon Knight, who is described as a U.S. Marine with dissociative identity disorder. May Calamawy and Ethan Hawke are also signed on in unknown roles, though Hawke has previously stated he based his character on cult leader David Koresh.

“She-Hulk” stars Tatiana Maslany as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk, who is the cousin of Bruce Banner/Hulk and can also transform into a larger, powerful, green-hued version of herself. Mark Ruffalo, who portrays Hulk, is also set to be in the series.

Additional roles will include Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/Abomination, Ginger Gonzaga, Renée Elise Goldsberry and Jameela Jamil.

“Ms. Marvel” will be the third title released on the streamer in 2022, starring Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel, Aramis Knight as Kareem/Red Dagger, Saagar Shaikh as Amit Khan, Rish Shah as Kamran, Matt Lintz as Bruno Carrelli, Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan and Mohan Kapur as Yusuf Khan.

“Secret Invasion” is another highly-anticipated show in the MCU, which will see Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as Nick Fury, as well as Colbie Smolders as Maria Hill and Ben Mendelsohn as Talos. Olivia Colman and Emilia Clarke also join the cast.

Finally, “I Am Groot,” which follows the story of baby Groot, is also set to debut in 2022.

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