Key Takeaways
- MCU continues after Endgame with new big bad Dr. Doom, setting up future films, shows, and projects.
- Lineup includes Captain America, Fantastic Four, Thunderbolts, Blade, Avengers films, and more.
- New live-action and animated Marvel shows in the works for Disney+ featuring familiar characters and new superheroes.
When Marvel released Endgame in 2019, it brought an end to some of Earth’s mightiest heroes and served as a finale to the first few phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, aka the Infinity Saga. But the MCU didn’t end with Endgame.
As hard as it was to imagine an MCU without heroes like Iron Man and Captain America that we’ve come to love over the past decade of 20-plus blockbusters, Marvel has gone on to release over 18 films, shows, and special projects since Endgame hit theaters. This leads to a question that has dominated the MCU’s fourth phase: What’s next?
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Fans have been waiting for the next big bad guy who will force the Avengers to re-assemble. The fifth phase of the MCU is shaping up to be Dr. Doom after some last-minute shuffling. However, the plan is now in place for the future of the MCU in both film and TV form with plenty to look forward to.
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Every upcoming Marvel movie and TV show in the works
Here is everything you need to know about what’s next for the MCU.
We’ve split up this guide into live-action movies, live-action shows, animated shows, and specials. If you want the spoiler-free version of this guide, scroll to the bottom, where we’ve appended at-a-glance list versions that you can skim.
New live-action Marvel movies in the works
Below are all the confirmed live-action movies coming to the MCU over the next three years.
Captain America: Brave New World (Live-action movie)
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Captain America: Brave New World
Release Date: February 14, 2025
Anthony Mackie is set to make his feature film debut as Captain America in the fourth solo Cap film.
- Director
- Julius Onah
- Writers
- Julius Onah, Malcolm Spellman, Dalan Musson
- Starring
- Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Shira Haas
Marvel officially unveiled Captain America: New World Order at Comic-Con 2022.
Following the conclusion of the Disney+ TV series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, it was revealed that Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson will get his own big-screen adventure now that he’s the new Captain America. There’s no other word on who else could be returning for the film, but here’s hoping we get to see Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes team up with the new Cap again.
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s showrunner, Malcolm Spellman, is penning the script, and Julius Onah will serve as the Director.
The initial teaser showed that Red Hulk will be at least one of the villains involved.
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Thunderbolts (Live-action movie)
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Thunderbolts
Release Date: May 2, 2025
With the Avengers gone, a new team of anti-heroes, led by Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, is called upon to save the day.
- Director
- Jake Schreier
- Writers
- Lee Sung Jin, Eric Pearson
- Starring
- Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Harrison Ford
Thunderbolts was announced at Comic-Con 2022, revealing that the film will be the final entry in Phase 5 of the MCU. This isn’t an Avengers film, but it will see a few of the recent anti-heroes Marvel has introduced joining forces — including Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Wyatt Russell’s John Walker, and Daniel Bruhl’s Baron Zemo under the guise of General Thunderbolt Ross. William Hurt had played General Ross in previous MCU films, but with Hurt recently passing away, the character has been recast with Harrison Ford.
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Fantastic Four: First Steps (Live-action movie)
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Fantastic Four
Release Date: July 25, 2025
One of Marvel’s most famous group of heroes will officially join the MCU with this film directed by WandaVision showrunner Matt Shakman.
- Director
- Matt Shakman
- Writers
- Jeff Kaplan, Josh Friedman, Ian Springer
- Starring
- Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
The Fantastic Four have been some of Marvel’s premiere comic characters since their inception. All that success, however, hasn’t translated to the big screen yet, with three films produced since 2005, and none of them being particularly successful. That will likely all change with the next Fantastic Four film, as Marvel reacquired the rights to produce it and add the foursome to the MCU. In Multiverse of Madness, we’ve recently seen John Krasinski portray an alternate-universe version of the group’s leader, Reed Richards. However, it seems that Marvel has decided on Pedro Pascal to play Richards full-time in the MCU.
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Blade (Live-action movie)
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Blade
Release Date: November 7, 2025
Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is set to play Marvel’s most fearsome vampire hunter, Blade. The film is set to be one of the first MCU films to be rated R.
- Director
- TBA
- Starring
- Mahershala Ali
- Writers
- Eric Pearson
After winning an Oscar for Best Actor, Mahershala Ali set up a meeting with Marvel and let them know he wanted to play the vampire hunter Blade. Marvel Studios then announced his casting at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, and he “appeared” in one of the post-credit scenes from The Eternals where we could hear Ali’s voice speak to Kit Harrington’s Dane Whitman.
The film, which was originally set to release in 2023, has been pushed back numerous times amid rumors around problems with the direction of the film. There’s now been a change in directors, with Bassam Tariq leaving and Yann Demange stepping into the role. Marvel is also bringing on Logan screenwriter Michael Green in hopes of fixing the script problems that have plagued the production so far.
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Avengers: Doomsday(Live-action movie)
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Avengers: Doomsday
Release Date: May 1, 2026
The next Avengers film will see a new version of the superhero team form to take on the maniacal Dr.Droom and set up the final act of this phase.
- Writers
- Michael Waldron, Stephen McFeely
- Starring
- Robert Downey Jr., Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Originally meant to be a Kang movie, the MCU has now shifted to the Fantastic Four villain Dr. Doom as the primary antagonist. As shocking as that shift was, the most surprising announcement had to be who was cast as Doom himself, which is none other than Robert Downey Jr. Many suspect this Doom will come from a different version of Earth, but almost everything about this film is up in the air at the moment until we see more.
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Avengers: Secret Wars (Live-action movie)
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Avengers: Secret Wars
Release Date: May 7, 2027
After Doomsday, another Avengers film is set to release a year later centered around a famous comic storyline that pits all the heroes against one another.
- Writers
- Michael Waldron
- Starring
- Tom Holland, Brie Larson
A second Avengers film will be released one year after Doomsday. While we’re still very far out from the film being in theaters, the Secret Wars comic run sees heroes and villains of the MCU, including the X-Men, abducted by an entity known as the Beyonder and made to fight on a pieced-together planet known as Battleworld.
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Armor Wars (Live-action movie)
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Armor Wars
Release Date: Unannounced
Don Cheadle is set to reprise his role as Rhodey, or War Machine. He’ll be tasked with tracking down some of Tony Stark’s stolen tech.
- Writers
- Yassir Lester
- Starring
- Don Cheadle, Dominique Thorne
This live-action project is not a series as originally reported, but rather a feature film. It will star Don Cheadle as his MCU character, James Rhodes, aka War Machine, who deals with the fallout of his old friend’s technology falling into the wrong hands. The movie will be based on a popular run of the Iron Man comics, albeit with major differences, as Tony Stark is dead.
Armor Wars was conspicuously left out of a huge set of reveals Marvel made at Comic-Con 2022, but Yassir Lester, who’s writing the movie, assured fans it would still be coming out. Dominique Thorne’s Ironheart is also set to appear in the film.
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New live-action Marvel shows in the works
Marvel has also confirmed plans for new live-action shows over the next three years.
Agatha All Along
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Agatha All Along
Release Date: September 18, 2024
Kathryn Hahn will reprise her role as Agatha Harkness in her own series after she debuted as the villain in WandaVision.
The series was initially titled Agatha: Coven of Chaos before undergoing a name change. Hopefully, It will shed more light on some of the dark magic she used in WandaVision and the history of witches in the MCU. Jac Schaeffer is serving as showrunner for the series after helping to create WandaVision. Aubrey Plaza has also been added to the series in an unannounced role.
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Daredevil: Born Again (Live-action Disney+ TV series)
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Daredevil: Born Again
Release Date: March 2025
Charlie Cox’s Daredevil will get his own MCU show after three seasons on Netflix. The show isn’t a direct continuation though.
- Showrunner
- Dario Scardapane
- Director
- Michael Cuesta (first episode)
- Writers
- Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Jill Blankenship, Grainne Godfree
- Starring
- Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Michael Gandolfini
- Number of episodes
- 18
After playing the role on Netflix, Charlie Cox will reprise his role as Matt Murdock/Daredevil. This will be Cox’s fourth appearance in the MCU after popping up in Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and Echo. It doesn’t appear the series will be a continuation of the Netflix series, as only Vincent D’Onofrio is slated to return for the new series, reprising his role as Kingpin. Recently, Charlie Cox stated the series would not be season four of the Netflix series, implying that this is indeed a soft reboot of the character.
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Ironheart (Live-action Disney+ TV series)
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Ironheart
Release Date: 2024
Dominique Thorne will get her own solo adventure after debuting in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
- Creator
- Chinaka Hodge
- Director
- Sam Bailey, Angela Barnes
- Writers
- Chinaka Hodge
- Starring
- Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Alden Ehrenreich
- Number of episodes
- 6
Dominique Thorne made her debut as Riri Williams in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever before taking over the reins of her own Disney+ TV series. In Wakanda Forever, Riri is an MIT student who creates a technology capable of locating Vibranium before she sides with Wakanda with her own version of Tony Stark’s Ironman armour.
Alden Ehrenreich has been added to the cast and is rumored to play Zeke Stane, the son of Obidiah Stane from the first Iron Man film. He joins Anthony Ramos, who is playing a character known as The Hood. Chinaka Hodge is currently the series’ head writer.
Wonder Man (Live-action Disney+ TV series)
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Wonder Man
Release Date: Unannounced
Wonder Man is set to tell the story of a Hollywood actor who gets superpowers. Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed Shang-Chi, is set to serve as showrunner.
- Showrunner
- Andrew Guest
- Director
- Destin Daniel Cretton, Stella Meghie, James Ponsoldt
- Writers
- Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Guest
- Starring
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley, Demetrius Grosse, Ed Harris
- Number of episodes
- 10
Shang Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton will helm this upcoming MCU series centered around a Hollywood stuntman named Simon Williams, who becomes the superhero known as Wonder Man. In the comics, Williams gains his powers from radiation poisoning at the hands of Baron Zemo. Marvel will likely go a different route for this origin story. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is set to star as Simon Williams, while Ed Harris is currently attached to play his agent, Neal Saroyan.
New animated Marvel shows in the works
Marvel has also confirmed animated shows in the works for Disney+.
Marvel Zombies (Animated Disney+ TV series)
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Marvel Zombies
Release Date: 2024
The MCU will get its own four-episode zombie spin-off show in 2024.
What if MCU, but The Walking Dead? This animated series will see Earth’s mightiest heroes confronted with a zombie apocalypse. Marvel revealed that the series will be released in 2024 and, most importantly, be rated TV-MA. It’s set to have a four-episode season, and Brian Andrews will serve as executive producer.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man(Animated Disney+ TV series)
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Spider-Man: Freshman Year
Release Date: TBD, 2024
Spider-Man: Freshman Year is a prequel series that serves as the origin story for the MCU’s version of Peter Parker.
This animated series will see a young Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man. Jeff Trammel will serve as executive producer and head writer. Marvel revealed that Charlie Cox will voice his character Daredevil in the series at Comic-Con 2022. In addition, they revealed that the series has already been renewed for a second season.
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Spoiler-free: Upcoming Marvel movies and shows at a glance
Here’s everything we described above, broken down into three at-a-glance lists that are spoiler-free.
New live-action Marvel movies in the works
- Captain America: Brave New World – February 14, 2025
- Fantastic Four – May 2, 2025
- Thunderbolts – July 25, 2025
- Blade – November 7, 2025
- Avengers: Doomsday- May 1, 2026
- Avengers: Secret Wars – May 7, 2027
- Armor Wars – Unannounced
New live-action Marvel shows in the works
- Agatha All Along – September 18, 2024 (Live-action Disney+ TV series)
- Daredevil: Born Again – March 2025 (Live-action Disney+ TV series)
- Ironheart – September 3, 2025 (Live-action Disney+ TV series)
New animated Marvel shows in the works
- Marvel Zombies – 2024
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – November 2, 2024
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