Disney Removes Thriller Marvel Film From 2027 Launch Slate: What It Means For MCU Future (Pic: AP)
Seems Disney has quietly pulled an untitled Marvel film from its launch calendar. This has left many followers questioning what does this imply for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The July 23, 2027 slot, reserved for the key venture, will now as an alternative be used for The Simpsons Film 2, as per the studio announcement.
The choice comes a 12 months after Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that Marvel Studios would cut back output, limiting its theatrical slate to “two or a most of three” movies per 12 months. With the change, Marvel will now launch only one MCU movie in each 2026 and 2027: Avengers: Doomsday (Dec. 18, 2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (Dec. 17, 2027).
That hole means there will probably be no Marvel motion pictures between the 2 Avengers blockbusters, that are positioned as a two-part crossover occasion akin to Infinity Battle (2018) and Endgame (2019). Beforehand, Marvel had inserted Ant-Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel between these Avengers movies, although their tales came about earlier within the timeline.
Initially, the untitled July 2027 film was anticipated to come back after Secret Wars, probably serving because the MCU’s first Section 7 movie and addressing the fallout from the Multiverse Saga’s conclusion.
Whereas Marvel by no means confirmed the venture’s identification, a number of movies in improvement may have crammed the slot, together with:
- Black Panther 3, teased by
Ryan Coogler with Denzel Washington rumored to star. - A sequel to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, directed by Destin Daniel Cretton.
- A rebooted X-Males movie following appearances in Avengers: Doomsday.
- Armor Wars, with Don Cheadle reprising Battle Machine, although reportedly not a precedence.
- Blade, lengthy delayed regardless of Mahershala Ali’s casting.
Different potential initiatives, together with Physician Unusual 3, a Scarlett Johansson-produced secret movie, and one other Deadpool-adjacent mutant film.
The subsequent MCU launch is Sony’s Spider-Man: Model New Day on July 31, 2026, starring Tom Holland. Although not produced by Disney, the movie stays a part of the MCU storyline. On the Disney+ facet, Marvel Man debuts this December, whereas Daredevil: Born Once more season two and Imaginative and prescient Quest are slated for 2026.
Marvel nonetheless has 4 untitled movies scheduled for 2028 (February 18, Could 5, November 10, December 15).
