Upcoming Marvel Movies and TV: MCU Release Date Schedule for Phase 5 and 6
If you're looking for updated details on all the Marvel MCU movies and Disney+ TV series coming up, including Deadpool 3, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, and Avengers: Secret Wars, this is the place!
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Turns out, all the MCU needed to turn things around was to acknowledge its struggles. Deadpool & Wolverine has revitalized excitement in the franchise, reaching box office heights not seen in half a decade.
Kevin Feige hopes to ride that wave of enthusiasm through the rest of Phases 5 and 6, which has undergone some heavy changes. Although Deadpool & Wolverine is the only proper Marvel movie coming out this year, they’re planning a host of films for the next few years, including a brand new version of Blade, Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts, Fantastic Four: First Steps, a pair of big Avengers movies, and much more. Then there’s all the other TV series in the works, like Agatha All Along, Wonder Man, Ironheart, Daredevil: Born Again. Furthermore, Sony will continue to produce non-MCU projects, which means Marvel Zombies fans will have plenty of entertainment coming their way.
If you’ve been a little confused by Marvel’s shifting dates and streaming priorities, never fear! We’ve got a comprehensive release calendar for you here detailing all the upcoming MCU projects, so you’ll always be able to find the latest updates when you need them. This latest update encompasses all the announcements that came out of San Diego Comic Con.
Let’s take a look at everything that Marvel and the Marvel Studios-Sony partnership have in store over the next few years…
Agatha All Along
Release Date: September 18, 2024
WandaVision writer Jac Schaefer returns to the MCU’s small screen with this live-action spin-off series that will bring back the breakout character of that first show, Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn). Cackling and witchy vibes incoming; bunny stroking likely. Joining the brilliant Hahn are Joe Locke, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, Sasheer Zamata, and Aubrey Plaza (make Legion MCU canon, you cowards!).
The series will follow Agatha as she tries to recover the magic that she lost after WandaVision by assembling a group of witches without a coven. The trailer includes a little of the genre playfulness of WandaVision, but the real exciting part might be Locke as Billy Kaplan aka Billy Maximoff, Wanda’s son (sort of) and a founding member of the Young Avengers.
Kraven the Hunter
Release Date: December 13, 2024
While technically not part of the MCU, things are always murky enough with these Sony Spider-Man projects that we figure it’s better safe than sorry when it comes to including them. In this case, another Spidey villain is getting his own movie. This time, it’s Kraven the Hunter, a character who had once been tapped to appear in Sony’s previous attempt to bring a Sinister Six movie to life (his spear appeared in that tease at the close of The Amazing Spider-Man 2), and who Jon Watts once considered as the villain for his third Spidey flick before No Way Home came together.
JC Chandor is directing from a screenplay by Matt Holloway, Art Marcum, and Richard Wenk. Aaron Taylor-Johnson will star as Sergei Kravenoff. It’s gotta be better than Morbius, right? Anyone who says “it’s Kraven time” will be blocked and reported.
Eyes of Wakanda
Release date: TBA 2024
Created by veteran Marvel storyboard artist Todd Harris, the animated series Eyes of Wakanda follows warriors sent to return Vibranium relics to their home country. Black Panther director Ryan Coogler will be involved in some capacity, but it might just be as a producer. We wrote more about some of the implications of this here.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Release Date: TBA 2024
Originally titled “Spider-Man: Freshman Year,” Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is yet another MCU animated series that will follow Peter Parker “on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU, with a journey unlike we’ve ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.” But there’s a twist! Executive producer Jeff Trammel serves as head writer on this prequel show currently in the works at Disney+.
Captain America: Brave New World
Release Date: February 14, 2025
For most of its production, Captain America: Brave New World seemed like a cursed project. It spun out of the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which had a mixed reception, and was plagued with everything from a controversial subtitle and character to multiple reshoots. The latest round of revisions added a whole new character in Giancarlo Esposito’s Sidewinder, leader of the terrorist group the Serpent Society.
But then the first trailer dropped, which promised not only ’90s political thriller action but also Harrison Ford’s Thunderbolt Ross turning into the Red Hulk. Then, footage from SDCC confirmed that the movie will finally deal with the Celestial Tiamut, last seen protruding through the Earth’s crust in Eternals. And then, the same footage revealed that Tiamut would be the source of adamantium, further teasing the arrival of the MCU Wolverine.
All of that information has turned Captain America: Brave New World into one of the most anticipated films of the next year. Written by FWS alumns Malcolm Spellman and Dalan Musson and directed by Julius Onah, Brave New World stars Anthony Mackie will return as Sam Wilson in a new and badass Captain America costume, alongside Tim Blake Nelson as the Leader, and Israeli superhero (and mutant!) Sabra by Shira Haas.
Daredevil: Born Again
Release Date: March 2025
Matt Murdock returns to the Marvel fold once again in 2024, this time for an 18-episode season on Disney+ that is currently cloaked in mystery. We’ve already seen Matt pop up in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the full Daredevil on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, but all eyes will be on Charlie Cox as he leads another new solo series as the Man Without Fear in Daredevil: Born Again. Vincent D’Onofrio will of course be back as the thorn in his side, Kingpin, as are Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, and Jon Bernthal as Karen Page, Foggy Nelson, and the Punisher, respectively. Loki directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are now spearheading this series after Marvel decided to rethink the project some way into filming.
Thunderbolts*
Release Date: April 30, 2025
No, that’s not a typo. The official title (at least at this point) of the Thunderbolts film is Thunderbolts*. What that asterisk means is still unclear, but smart money is on the team becoming the Avengers, at least the morally-ambiguous team known in the comics as the Dark Avengers.
The Thunderbolts, of course, are a crew of villains who pretend to be heroic characters in the public eye. After they’ve gained the trust of the planet, they then use their clout to orchestrate world events in their favor. Jake Schreier will direct and Lee Sung Jin, who recently worked on the Netflix series Beef, is writing.
Now, in the comics it was none other than Captain America: Civil War villain Baron Zemo (Daniel Bruhl) who led the team. Bruhl hasn’t been noted as officially part of this project…yet, and it seems that Bucky Barnes will be their leader instead.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Release Date: July 25, 2025
Though Thunderbolts* might seem like it’s coming out of left field, the MCU has been building to this team-up for quite some time. Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) has been recruiting members for it since Black Widow, and now we have our full MCU Thunderbolts lineup: Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh), Bucky Barnes/The Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), John Walker/US Agent (Wyatt Russell), Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster (Olga Kurlyenko), Red Guardian (David Harbour), and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen). Lewis Pullman will play Marvel’s Superman homage Sentry, standing in for the departed Steven Yeun, while Geraldine Viswanathan has been cast to replace Ayo Edebiri as an undisclosed character.
Phase Six begins with The Fantastic Four: First Steps! Marvel’s first family seems to be arriving at just the right time, bringing with them the optimism and big imagination that launched the Marvel Age of comics in 1961.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm, aka the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing. Directed by WandaVision‘s Matt Shakman and written by Josh Friedman, First Steps takes place in an alternate reality retrofuturistic 1960s, where the team are worldwide celebrities.
A sizzle reel for the movie released at SDCC gave viewers a taste of the movie’s zippy aesthetic, complete with Pascal adopting a Mid-Atlantic accent for Reed and snippets of a stirring score from Michael Giacchino, cementing the Incredibles feel. Even better, fans got a quick look at the movie’s primary antagonist Galactus, played by the gravelly-voiced Ralph Ineson, complete with purple helmet.
Marvel still hasn’t revealed much about the movie’s supporting cast, which will include Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer, as well as John Malkovich and Paul Walter Hauser in undisclosed roles. We wrote more about our hopes for the MCU Fantastic Four movie here.
Ironheart
Release Date: TBA 2025
The first series to explore the legacy of Iron Man and Tony Stark in the MCU, Ironheart stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, a teenager at M.I.T. who creates her own suit of armor to right the wrongs of the world. She’s already made her debut in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and will definitely be a character to keep an eye on as the MCU evolves.
Anthony Ramos (In The Heights) will play Parker Robbins, aka The Hood, as the primary villain of this series. We think The Hood could have a big future in the MCU and explain why here if you know little to nothing about him other than he’s a great card in Marvel Snap. There are also rumors that Mephisto will finally make his MCU debut in this series (yes, really).
Avengers: Doomsday
Release Date: May 1, 2026
Easily the biggest news coming out of SDCC was about the second-to-last film of the Multiverse Saga. Originally, Marvel planned for Kang the Conquerer to be the big bad of Phases 4 through 6, with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty leading into the capper Avengers: Secret Wars. But when Kang actor Jonathan Majors’s misdeeds came to light, Marvel went into a panic trying to come up with a new plan.
After shuffling through various directors and writers, Fiege has decided to go back to what worked in the past, in more ways than one. Avengers: Doomsday will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, who left the franchise after helming Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. With them comes Robert Downey Jr., but not as Tony Stark. No, he’ll be playing Victor Von Doom, the long-awaited Doctor Doom.
“What?” you ask? “How” you ask? “Don’t know!” we answer. While there is some comic book precedent for an Iron Man/Doctor Doom connection, some reality swapping will probably be involved. Early reports suggest that, in addition to the Avengers, Doomsday will also feature the Fantastic Four and the Thunderbolts.
Avengers: Secret Wars
Release Date: May 7, 2027
It had long been rumored, and now we know for sure: Avengers: Secret Wars is coming in 2025! However, since there have been a few versions of the Secret Wars saga in Marvel Comics, it’s unclear which story the MCU iteration might follow. But this is the end of the Multiverse Saga, so the movie will probably adapt the 2015 series by Jonathan Hickman.
In that storyline, Doctor Doom recreates reality in his own image, with Reed Richards leading a revolt to set things right.
We’ll be keeping our eyes peeled for cast and story info on this one as its development unfolds!
Vision
Release Date: Unknown
Turns out, Agatha All Along isn’t the only show spinning out of WandaVision. Marvel recently announced a Vision series, coming from Star Trek: Picard season three showrunner Terry Matalas. We don’t know anything else about the show so far, but given the excellent work that Matalas did on Picard, we can’t wait to learn more!
El Muerto
Release Date: Unknown
Rapper Bad Bunny was originally set to play obscure Spider-Man character El Muerto in one of Sony’s ongoing attempts to build a live action Spidey-centric universe of their own. To date, El Muerto has only appeared in two comics, so we’re not sure where they’re going with this one honestly. But hey, they originally landed Jonás Cuarón as director, so something could go right here eventually! However, at the moment the film has been pulled from the release schedule due to Bad Bunny dropping out of the project. It remains in early development, however.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Release Date: Unknown
The final (?) part of Sony’s animated Spider-Man trilogy no longer has a release date, but we’re sure it’ll arrive eventually. Look, if they want to make 15 of these, we’ll watch ’em all.
Marvel Zombies
Release Date: Unknown
With Marvel Studios ramping up their new animated division, it came as no surprise to hear that there are now a number of fresh cartoons on their way to Disney+, but fans of What If…?‘s standout zombie episode will be thrilled to learn that there is an entire series of Marvel Zombies shenanigans incoming!
Armor Wars
Release Date: Unknown
Don Cheadle will reprise his role as Rhodey and will have the solo spotlight in the War Machine armor in a nightmare scenario for the MCU: what if Tony Stark’s Iron Man technology fell into the wrong hands and was getting duplicated by villains? Based on a classic comics run, Armor Wars promises big action and lots of obscure bad guys. Billed as a sequel to Secret Invasion, this movie will deal with the return of the real Rhodey, who was replaced by a Skrull imposter sometime around Captain America: Civil War. Originally imagined as a Disney+ series and then retooled into a movie, Armor Wars still remains in development, despite initial plans to start filming in 2023.
Live Action Wakanda Series
Release Date: Unknown
In addition to Eyes of Wakanda, Disney+ will also produce a live-action series set in Wakanda. The series comes from Coogler’s production company Proximity Media, so the director will be involved somehow. But outside of that, we can only hope that we’ll see more of the franchise’s great characters, such as Winston Duke’s M’Baku or Danai Gurira’s Okoye.
Wonder Man
Release Date: Unknown
Andrew Guest (of the delightful Hawkeye) will serve as head writer/showrunner on a series about Simon Williams, the MCU’s resident superhero celebrity. The ever-brilliant Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will play Wonder Man, and Fear the Walking Dead‘s Demetrius Grosse will play his brother Eric aka the Grim Reaper (remember when we thought we’d see him pop up in WandaVision??). Since this is a series about an actor in the MCU, it’s only natural that Ben Kingsley will show up as Trevor Slattery. Ed Harris also reportedly has a mysterious role in this one.
The ten-part series will feature two episodes directed by Destin Daniel Cretton of Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which has us very excited about whatever Wonder Man will be.
Blade
Release Date: Unknown
Wesley Snipes recently declared that there’s only one Blade, and it’s getting hard to disagree. Mahershala Ali used his Oscar clout to commission a new Blade film way back in 2019. Since then, the movie has been through numerous directors, screenwriters, and co-stars, but no actual film. Most recently, Blade hasn’t even shown up in Marvel’s list of upcoming releases, even though there’s been no official cancelation.
Blade has already (well, his voice) popped up at the end of Eternals to have a chat with Dane Whitman (Kit Harington) about wielding the Ebony Blade. We’re hoping this movie has ties to Black Knight, Moon Knight, and perhaps the Werewolf By Night Halloween special. Ali’s True Detective co-star – and former Blade villain – Stephen Dorff is excited to see what he can do with the character, and so are we… if it ever happens.
Reports say that Marvel is also working on Shang-Chi 2, a Spider-Man: Sophomore Year animated series, a Nova project, and a second season of X-Men ’97! We’ll keep updating this with new information as it becomes available!
What upcoming MCU projects are YOU most looking forward to? Let us know in the comments!