Upcoming Marvel Films and TV Shows: All We Know About Phase 5 & 6 (2024)

While Black Panther: Wakanda Forever marked the end of Phase Fourin the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was not the end of the MCU, or even the Multiverse Saga. In fact, the ever-expanding continues onas itexplores the lives familiar charactersand introduces new heroes (and major villains) both on film and television, with projects slated through 2025.

In 2022, audiences were treated toDoctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madnessas well asThor: Love and Thunder and the Black Panther sequel in theaters, whileMoon Knight, Ms. Marvel andShe-Hulk: Attorney at Lawall debuted on Disney+. We were even gifted two timely specials, with Werewolf by Night pegged to Halloween andThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special arriving just in time for Christmas.

The new year, meanwhile, kicked off Phase Five with Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumaniaand will continue into 2024 with Daredevil: Born Again on TV and Blade -- finally -- in theaters. Beyond that, fans will be dealing with the wrath of Kang the Conqueror, who is the franchise's newest big bad, through Phase Six, which is slated to close out the Multiverse Saga with two back-to-back Avengers movies.

Below isa breakdown of everything we know about Phase Fiveand beyond.

Phase Five

Agatha All Along
Sept. 18, 2024 (Disney+)

Head writer:Jac Schaeffer
Starring: Kathryn Hahn, Patti LuPone,Sasheer Zamata, Aubrey Plaza, Ali Ahn,Maria Dizzia and Emma Caulfield Ford

Everyone's favorite nosy neighbor Agnes-turned-powerful-witch Agatha is set to get her own WandaVision spinoff previously calledAgatha: House of Harkness,Agatha: Coven of Chaos, andAgatha: The Lying Witch with Great Wardrobe(which all turned out to be jokes). According to Variety,the series will be a dark comedy with WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer at the helm as the show's writer and executive producer.

When ET caught up with the Emmy-nominated actress, she played coy about the series."Witches, witches, witches, witches," Hahn said when asked what she could tease about the spinoff, before adding,"I'm very excited about it."

She continued, "I'm very excited for you to see it."

Read more about Agatha All Along.

Eyes of Wakanda
TBA 2024 (Disney+)

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler produces the new series, created and directed by Todd Harris. Eyes of Wakanda centers on the stories of Wakandanwarriors throughout history who have traveled the world to retrieve dangerousvibraniumartifacts.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
TBA 2024 (Disney+)

Starring:Hudson Thames, Eugene Byrd, Grace Song,Hugh Dancy,Kari Wahlgren,Zeno Robinson,Charlie Cox, Paul F. Tompkins

Previously known as Spider-Man: Freshman Year, this animated installment in the Spider-Man franchise follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming the titular hero in the MCU, with a journey unlike we've ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots.

From creator and head writer Jeff Trammell, the series is set in an alternate universe from the main MCU, in which before Peter is mentored by Norman Osbourn, not Tony Stark. It will also include various Spidey suits, and some familiar names from the Marvel canon, including Nico Minuro of Runaways, Lonnie Lincoln, Amadeus Cho, Harry Osborn, and more. Charlie Cox is also set to reprise his Daredevil role and voice the animated version of the character in the show.

Captain America: Brave New World
Feb. 14, 2025

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford,Danny Ramirez,Shira Haas,Xosha Roquemore,Carl Lumbly,Giancarlo Esposito,Liv Tyler,Tim Blake Nelson

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier ends with Sam Wilson officially picking up the star-spangled shield and an updated title card that acknowledges his new moniker: Captain America and the Winter Soldier. Following the finale, Anthony Mackie it was reported he would next front his own Captain America movie, to be scripted be FAWS duoMalcolm Spellman and staff writer Dalan Musson.

For his part, Mackie says, "They always have some kind of plan. But there's, like, 30 million projects in production right now, so I just wait for the phone call from Kevin [Feige] and Nate [Moore] to tell me what I'm doing," while Spellman says, "When Kevin says it, then it is."

Read more about the Captain America films.

Daredevil: Born Again
March 2025 (Disney+)

Starring: Charlie Cox,Vincent D’Onofrio,Jon Bernthal,Margarita Levieva,Michael Gandolfini,Genneya Walton, Arty Froushan,Deborah Ann Woll,Elden Henson,Wilson Bethel, Jeremy Earl, Ayelet Zurer

Cox is returning at the titular superhero oppositeD’Onofrio in an all-new,18-episode season that will continue the saga of Daredevil.

"It's a bizarre experience to have played this character, to have the experiences I've had with this character, and the journey we've been on with the show, for that to be finished and ended -- in my mind and heart, it's over -- and then to be yanked back in and suddenly we're starting again and it's all happening again," Cox admitted to ET in 2022, after reprising his role on She-Hulk. "It feels a bit like a dream."

For now, Cox admitted that he's happy to "know what everyone else knows" about Born Again, which is very little so far."[It's] a great feeling, 'cause I can't spoil anything," he laughed. "I haven't read anything-- I'm psyched to discover what stories they're gonna tell over that long period of time, tonally, what it's gonna be like, how is it different, how is it the same, you know?"

The actor added that Kevin Feige "has been very clear" about Daredevil: Born Again being "season 1 not a season 4," hinting that the new series will not pick up where the Netflix show left off."It's a whole new deal, and in a way, that's what's great about that, is that we potentially get to tell some of the stories over and over again, in the same way that they do in the comics," Cox pointed out.

Read more about Daredevil.

Ironheart
TBA 2025 (Disney+)

Head writer:Chinaka Hodge
Starring:Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos,Alden Ehrenreich,Lyric Ross, Matthew Elam, Anji White,Manny Montana, Shea Couleé.

Dominique Thorne (If Beale Street Could Talk) will play the titular genius Riri Williams, inventor of the most high-tech supersuit since Iron Man, in a series penned by Snowpiercer writer Chinaka Hodge.

In the comic canon, Riri is a proud resident of Chicago, so it makes sense that one of the city's most popular drag queens will be part of the show -- though information on Shea's character is being kept tightly under wraps. "BEYOND excited to be strutting out of the Werkroom right into the Marvel Cinematic Universe," Shea shared on social media. "Words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this amazing project! Acting was my first love, and I’m thrilled to be doing it again in such a big way!"

Thunderbolts*
May 5, 2025

Starring:Sebastian Stan, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko and Harrison Ford

While we know from co-star Sebastian Stan that the project is still in the early stages, the Thunderbolts team-up will bring together a cast of misfits from across the MCU -- including Stan's Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Wyatt Russell as John Walker/U.S. Agent, Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr/Ghost and Olga Kurylenko as Antonia Dreykov/Taskmaster.

Harrison Ford is also reportedlyjoining the MCU as General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross, replacing the late William Hurt, who played the supporting character from 2008 until his death in March 2022.

"I feel like there's a lot of fun to be had," Harbour told ETof the impending team-up. "I'm really excited about it. I was wondering if I would be brought back, or how I would be brought back. And this really is beyond my expectations of cool." He also added that the "Thunderbolts is a group in the MCU that I've always kind of liked... I think they're kind of these cool losers, and I really think that if you're gonna have a team of losers, you know, gotta call David Harbour and put him in there."

The newest ensemble film will featurean exciting new group of heroes.While Julia Louis-Dreyfus is not confirmed, she is expected to reprise her role as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, who was first introduced in Black Widow and The Falcon and the Winter Solider.

Read more about Thunderbolts.

Phase Six

Fantastic Four
July 25, 2025

While John Krasinski portrayed and alternate-universe Reed Richards in the Doctor Strange sequel, he'll be handing off the mantle to Pedro Pascal in the upcoming film, which will formally introduce Marvel’s most iconic family to the MCU.

The cast was officially announced in February 2024, with The Last of Us star set to playReed Richards, aka Mister Fantastic.Mission: ImpossibleandThe CrownstarVanessa Kirbywill play Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman.Stranger Things'Joseph Quinnwill play Sue's brother, the wisecracking Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch. AndThe Bear'sEben Moss-Bacharach will return to the MCU as Ben Grimm, aka The Thing.

Blade
Nov. 7, 2025

Starring:Mahershala Ali

Mahershala Ali will play Blade within the MCU. ("But he was in Luke Cage!," you scream into the void about the fact that Ali played Cottonmouth on season one of the Netflix series, which purported to take place within the MCU. Turns out it was all less connected than we'd been told, and Daredevil was never going to be in Infinity War.)

For those who never saw the Wesley Snipes trilogy of films, Eric Brooks, aka Blade, is a half-human/half-vampire Daywalker on a quest to rid the world of bloodsucking fiends. How the MCU plans to introduce literal vampires into a largely science-based universe remains to be seen, but we do know one foe from the comics he won't be facing any time soon: Morbius the Living Vampire, who is part of Sony's Marvel-verse and will be played by Jared Leto in a 2020 film.

During 2020's Disney Investor Day, Feige confirmed the movie is still in the works and further announcements would be coming "very, very soon."

Read more about Blade.

Avengers 5
May 1, 2026

After first being introduced in Loki season 1, it was announced that the saga of Kang the Conquerer (played by Jonathan Majors) would conclude in the newest Avengers film. Preliminarily titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, Majors' ongoing legal issues have called his role -- and that of the villain in the future in the MCU -- into question.

Untitled Vision Series
TBA 2026 (Disney+)

WandaVision creator Jac Schaefferwas originally set to head another spin-off series, then-called Vision Quest, but withdrew from the project to focus on Agatha All Along. In May 2024, Marvel hired Terry Matalas to redevelop the series, with Paul Bettany confirmed to reprise his role as the titular hero.

Filming is expected to begin in late 2024 in the United Kingdom.

Avengers: Secret Wars
May 7, 2027

No official details for the second of the two upcoming Avengers movies have been announced aside from the fact that the two-part story will conclude the Multiverse Saga.

Following his presentation at Comic-Con 2022, Feige spoke to ET about why he wanted to reveal plans for Phase 6 so early in the process.“Well, you know, we’re in a slightly different rhythm now. Phases 1, 2 and 3 were less projects over more years. Now, we’re doing more projects, with all the amazing series we were able to do on Disney+, over less years,” Feige said, noting that not every Phase was ending with an Avengers movie.

“And it felt like we needed to let people know -- people used to have that guide point of when an Avengers would come to cap the Phase -- it felt like announcing today that the Multiverse Saga and two Avengers films would cap that was something that we needed to share,” he continued.

TBA

Armor Wars
TBA

Starring:Don Cheadle

Don Cheadle's War Machine (aka James Rhodes) was originallygetting his own series, which is said to explore Tony Stark's worst fear: What happens when his technology falls into the wrong hands. It was later reported that the series has been converted into a standalone film set sometime after Endgame -- however there have been no new announcements about the project in recent months.

Marvel Zombies
TBA (Disney+)

Directed by:Bryan Andrews

The animated series from Marvel Studios reimagines the Marvel Universe as a new generation of heroes battle against an ever-spreading zombie scourge. Director Bryan Andrews previewed the upcoming series at Comic-Con, confirming that it is a continuation of the zombies episode from What If...? season 1, and sharing that it will be rated TV-MA!

The series is set to include heroes like Shang-Chi, Black Widow's Yelena Belova and Red Guardian, Hawkeye's Kate Bishop, Ant-Man and WandaVision's Jimmy Woo, and Ms. Marvel, as well as zombie-fied versions of Ghost, Abomination, Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Okoye and Captain America.

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Upcoming Marvel Films and TV Shows: All We Know About Phase 5 & 6 (2024)

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Upcoming Marvel Films and TV Shows: All We Know About Phase 5 & 6? ›

The films of the phase include the ensemble The Fantastic Four, Blade, starring Mahershala Ali, as well as the ensembles Avengers 5 and Avengers: Secret Wars. Three unannounced films are set for release in 2026. An untitled Vision series starring Paul Bettany is also set to debut in 2026, during this phase.

What is rumored for Phase 6 Marvel? ›

The films of the phase include the ensemble The Fantastic Four, Blade, starring Mahershala Ali, as well as the ensembles Avengers 5 and Avengers: Secret Wars. Three unannounced films are set for release in 2026. An untitled Vision series starring Paul Bettany is also set to debut in 2026, during this phase.

What will be the Phase 5 Marvel movies? ›

Marvel Phase 5: every upcoming movie and TV show
  • Deadpool and Wolverine (July 26, 2024)
  • Agatha All Along (September 18, 2024)
  • Eyes of Wakanda (expected 2024)
  • Captain America: Brave New World (February 14, 2025)
  • Daredevil: Born Again (March 2025)
  • Thunderbolts* (May 2, 2025)
  • The Fantastic Four (July 25, 2025)
Jul 3, 2024

What Marvel phase are we in in 2024? ›

Phase Five features all of the Marvel Studios productions set to be released starting from 2023 to mid-2025, with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributing the films, while the series release on Disney+.

What is Phase 8 of the MCU? ›

The Phase 8 of the MCU celebrates 100 years of Marvel Comics with stand-alone films taking place at various times and locations of Earth-199999 and that will cross in the last film of the phase. The main antagonist of the Phase is Kang the Conqueror.

Will there be a Phase 7 in Marvel? ›

Phases 6, 7 and 8 will not be the final phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, since Disney intends to continue the Marvel Cinematic Universe for as long as it can. At least, that's obviously their thinking right now.

Is Marvel going to recast Kang? ›

Despite this, the MCU will reportedly move forward with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, even after dropping the villain's actor himself from the franchise. At this point, no official comment has been made by Marvel Studios or Disney beyond parting ways with Majors, so replacing Kang altogether is still possible.

Is Iron Man 4 coming? ›

Iron Man 4 never materialized, and while no official reason has been given, it was likely a combination of several factors.

What is coming out in 2025 Marvel Universe? ›

The series will air in March 2025 and will be a continuation of the widely popular Netflix series.
  • Daredevil: Born Again is set to premiere in 2025.
  • Ironheart mini-series will premiere in 2025.
  • Thunderbolts will also be a part of the MCU.
  • The Fantastic Four will finally be a part of the MCU.
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How many superhero movies are coming out in 2024? ›

2024 superhero movies
Release DateMovieStudio
July 26Deadpool & WolverineMarvel Studios
August 13WatchmenDC Animation
August 21The CrowLionsgate
October 4Joker: Folie à DeuxDC Studios
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Jul 1, 2024

What movies are in phase 10 of Marvel? ›

Phase Ten/SupremeCommanderEXE
  • Inhumans: Lost City.
  • Wolverine: Mutants Rising.
  • Black Order (film)
  • Black Knight (film)
  • Thor: World Serpent.
  • Nebula (Tv Show)
  • Thanos:Origins.
  • Avengers: War of the Realms.

Will Iron Man come back? ›

Marvel head Kevin Feige refuted the claim it was mulling over bringing Iron Man back. Speaking with Vanity Fair, Feige said Marvel Studios could not “magically undo” Tony Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame. “We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again,” Feige told Vanity Fair.

Will Chris Evans return as Captain America? ›

Right now, we have no solid information on the possibility. The last we heard was from Deadline back in 2021, saying he was coming back but there were no details on whether the contracts were signed. Since then, rumors have been swirling that he was cast in Secret Wars. None of that has been confirmed.

How many phases will there be in Marvel? ›

The first three phases combined to create The Infinity Saga, while Phases Four through Six will comprise The Multiverse Saga. The Infinity Saga concluded in Phase Three, while Avengers: Secret Wars will finish up The Multiverse Saga in 2026 in Phase Six.

Is there an Iron Man 4? ›

Iron Man 4 never materialized, and while no official reason has been given, it was likely a combination of several factors. Tony Stark's role in team-up movies outweighed the need for a fourth Iron Man solo film in the MCU.

Is Madame Web MCU? ›

Despite Spider-Man being an MCU mainstay, Madame Web is not a part of the MCU. With very specific deals and wording between Sony and Disney, the MCU has gone to great lengths to retain its creative control.

Who will be the Phase 4 Avengers? ›

Phase Four is set after the Battle of Earth, with all of the victims of Thanos' Snap being resurrected by the Avengers. Many new heroes are introduced such as Monica Rambeau, Sylvie Laufeydottir, Yelena Belova, Shang-Chi, Xu Xialing, the Eternals, Kate Bishop, Moon Knight, Scarlet Scarab, America Chavez, Ms.

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