During San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios revealed multiple new projects, setting an ambitious calendar of release dates for MCU movies going through 2026. This new calendar includes many untitled projects, kept under secrecy because most of them are scheduled for after “The Multiversal Saga,” Marvel Studios' new exciting crossover storyline, set to end in 2025.
While we were not aware of its official name, “The Multiversal Saga” theatrical releases debuted with Black Widow, the first movie of Phase 4. Since then, we saw the release of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Thor: Love and Thunder. As Marvel Studios revealed today, the theatrical side of Phase 4 will wrap this November 11 with the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Even so, we were already aware of multiple upcoming films, now officially set in Phase 5: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, The Marvels, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
The wheels of superhero hype must keep turning, though, and Marvel Studios revealed today the entire schedule for Phase 5, Phase 6, and post-“Multiversal Saga” projects. First, Phase 5 now includes Blade, set to be released on November 3, 2023. Also set in Phase 5 is Captain America: New World Order, set to be released on May 3, 2024. Finally, Phase 5 wraps with the release of Thunderbolts on July 26, 2024.
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Phase 6 starts on November 8, 2024, with the release of Fantastic Four. Then, Disney saved the date of February 14, 2025, for the release of an untitled film. Things start to speed up on May 2, 2025, with the release of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, the first half of a two-part crossover event that promises to shake the MCU. There’s a second untitled project schedule for 2025 on July 25. Lastly, on November 7, 2025, Avengers: Secret Warswill end the “Multiversal Saga”. However, Marvel Studios is not stopping after the “Multiversal Saga”, as they have already set a date for four more untitled projects to be released in 2026: February 13, May 1, July 24, and November 6.
Some of the untitled dates should be filled by projects we already know about, such as Deadpool 3, a sequel for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and a sequel to Spider-Man: No Way Home. There’s also a Mutants movie reportedly in production, which could also occupy one of the untitled dates. Of course, all of that is only on the film side of Marvel Studios, which has been aggressively expanding towards Disney+ with multiple TV shows released yearly. And with a new batch of animated series on the horizon, there’s enough content for any Marvel fan to be satisfied.
Find out more about what happened during Marvel Studio's Hall H panel:
- 'Captain America 4' Title Reveals a 'New World Order'
- 'Captain America: New World Order' Release Date Announced at SDCC
- 'Fantastic Four': MCU Film Arriving in Fall of 2024
- Marvel Reveals Phase 5 Timeline Includes 'Secret Invasion,' 'Daredevil: Born Again,' and 'Thunderbolts'
- Marvel Reveals the Title for Phases 4-6 of The MCU
- 'Thunderbolts' to Cap Off Phase 5 in 2024
Disney has delayed one of the currently untitled Marvel films set to release in 2024 by a substantial seven months.
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The untitled Marvel film was previously set to release on February 16, 2024, but will now be moved to September 6, 2024. There’s currently no word on which film this is or what characters it features.
With the original release date, the untitled film would have been released before Captain America: New World Order and Thunderbolts and around the same time as the Disney+ show Daredevil: Born Again. Now it will release just before the current date for Fantastic Four, which is November 8, 2024. This could mean that the untitled film is now the final film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 5, as Fantastic Four has been confirmed to be the first film in Phase 6.
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This news comes just after this year’s D23 expo, the convention where Disney provides major announcements and updates for their properties, ranging from Disney classics to the Star Wars and Marvel franchises.