Disney has delayed the release of Marvel Studios‘ upcoming team-up features “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars.” “Doomsday” is now set to debut on Dec. 18, 2026, moving about seven months off of its originally slated date of May 1, 2026.
To match, the follow-up “Avengers: Secret Wars” is moving its release to Dec. 17, 2027, after previously being set for May 7, 2027.
The date of Feb. 13, 2026, previously slotted for an “Untitled Marvel” project, has been removed from the schedule.
Popular on Variety With those changes, “Avengers: Doomsday” and Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” are now the only Marvel Cinematic Universe entries slated to hit theaters in 2026.
Marvel Studios has also previously announced titles like “Armor Wars” and “Blade,” though neither film project currently has an official release date.
It will take several more months to put together the Avengers. Disney has postponed the release of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, the upcoming joint ventures from Marvel Studios. “”.
The new release date for “Doomsday” is December. 18, 2026, roughly seven months ahead of its initial May 1, 2026, date. In accordance with this, the sequel “Avengers: Secret Wars” is delaying its March release. 17, 2027, following its initial date of May 7, 2027.
In addition to a comprehensive reorganization of its upcoming theatrical slate, Disney announced both “Avengers” delays Thursday afternoon. Notably, the studio dropped a number of Marvel films that had not been announced from its schedule in favor of the new one. the month of February. 13, 2026, which was originally scheduled for a project called “Untitled Marvel,” has been taken off the schedule. Meanwhile, the dates of Nov. 6, 2026, and November. Previously scheduled for “Untitled Marvel” features, 5, 2027 have been changed to just “Untitled Disney” movies.
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Avengers: Doomsday and Sony’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day are now the only MCU films scheduled to be released in theaters in 2026 as a result of those modifications. Notably, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” debuted on the same pre-holiday December frame as the other “Avengers” films in 2021, and at $1.09 billion worldwide, it became one of the franchise’s highest-grossing films.
The fourth Tom Holland “Spider-Man” film is scheduled for release on July 31, 2026, more than a year after the release of “The Fantastic 4: First Steps,” and there is currently no theatrical Marvel film scheduled to be released between those dates. This will be the largest gap between feature films in the MCU since the COVID era, which occurred between “Spider-Man: Far From Home” in 2019 and “Black Widow” in 2021. “”.
On the dates of the 2028 “Untitled Marvel” features, Disney has left a few hints: Feb. 18, May 5, and November. 10. . Marvel Studios has also previously revealed films like “Armor Wars” and “Blade,” though neither project has an official release date as of yet.
The significant decline in upcoming theatrical Marvel films is consistent with Disney CEO Bob Iger’s recently announced plan for the studio’s superhero offerings. According to Iger, Marvel Studios “lost a little focus by making too much” between its tentpoles and other Disney+ series during an investor call. He went on, “We think that by having Marvel concentrate much more on their films and consolidating a little, the quality will be higher.”. “.”.
With a large cast that includes Robert Downey Jr.’s MCU comeback, “Doomsday” and “Secret Wars” are both enormous productions for Marvel Studios. — this time portraying the antagonist Doctor Doom — as well as superhero ensembles from the films Thunderbolts* and Fantastic 4: First Steps, and even re-enactments from the “X-Men” series, such as Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. In an effort to support their Marvel peers, Downey shared a picture of himself and other cast members showing up to see “Thunderbolts*” as “Doomsday” production has accelerated in recent weeks.
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