Marvel Studios San Diego Comic-Con Panel Recap — Phase 5 Lineup, Two ‘Avengers’ Movies Coming in 2025, and MORE
Marvel Studios Phase 5 announcement (Thunderbolts missing). Picture from DiscussingFilm
Marvel Studios wrapped what has been a very exciting Comic-Con, and they did it with a bang.
Three years after they announced the lineup of projects for Phase 4, Kevin Feige came back on stage to announce the projects that will constitute Phase 5. While most of them were known already, we now have official confirmation, plus new details, on most of them.
But first, we have to mention the big bomb that was dropped during the panel. Fantastic Four will be the beginning of Phase 6 of the MCU, coming out on November 8, 2024, and then, in 2025, Marvel Studios will release two Avengers movies titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars.
First, Feige announced that Phase 4 will end with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which means that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will be the first project of Phase 5, which will include all of 2023 and 2024. They also confirmed:
- Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania, which will be released on February 17, 2023, will spend a lot of time in the Quantum Realm. Paul Rudd, Jonathan Majors, and Kathryn Newton (Cassie Lang) came out on stage. Feige also confirmed that Bill Murray will appear in the movie, as well as M.O.D.O.K. Some footage was shown from the movie; it included Majors as Kang the Conqueror.
- Secret Invasion will debut on Disney Plus during spring 2023. Cobie Smulders came out on stage to announce Maria Hill’s return, and said the series is “an exciting thriller. You’re never going to know who people are. Are they a Skrull?” They also previewed some footage from the show, exclusive to Hall H attendees.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 will be released in theaters on May 5, 2023. James Gunn came out on stage to confirm this movie will be the end of this Guardians era in the MCU (though he said that doesn’t mean everyone will die). Gunn confirmed that Chukwudi Iwuji plays the High Evolutionary and Maria Bakalova plays Cosmo. They also showed some footage, which apparently included Baby Rocket Raccoon.
- Echo will be released in spring 2023. Alaqua Cox is returning as Maya López from the Hawkeye series, with Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio reprising the roles of Daredevil and Kingpin respectively.
- Loki season 2 will be released on Disney Plus in summer 2023. The series is currently filming.
- The Marvels will be released in theaters on July 28, 2023. It will feature Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, as well as Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, and Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel.
- Blade finally confirmed its official release date, November 3, 2023, after many months of rumors and speculation. Mahershala Ali will be the lead of the film, which will be directed by Bassam Tariq. It will begin shooting this October.
- Ironheart will be released on Disney Plus in fall 2023. The series is currently shooting, with Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams/Ironheart. The character will first appear in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Agatha: Coven of Chaos received a new name and a tentative release date — winter 2023/2024. Kathryn Hahn is returning in the title role after she played the character in WandaVision, but no more details are known at this point.
- Daredevil: Born Again will feature the return of Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil as well as Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin. It will be set in the MCU and will release in spring 2024. Feige confirmed it will be 18 episodes long.
- Captain America: New World Order will be released on May 3, 2024. Anthony Mackie will play the lead role.
- Thunderbolts will conclude Phase 5 on July 26, 2024.
Also, buried at the beginning of the presentation, Marvel Studios released a brand-new trailer for She-Hulk, which will premiere on Disney Plus on August 17, 2023. The series will see Tatiana Maslany as the title character, and will also feature the return of Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Tim Roth as the Abomination, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock. Check it out below:
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as authors like Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
