Upcoming New Marvel Movies for 2026 and Beyond: Release Dates for Phase 6

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It mightiness beryllium hard to support Marvel's upcoming movie and TV slate consecutive -- it's a batch to absorb, we know, but the biggest quality successful caller representation is surely that Robert Downey, Jr. himself is returning to the MCU. No, not arsenic Tony Stark, but alternatively arsenic 1 of the astir anticipated Marvel villains -- Doctor Doom!

How the erstwhile Iron Man could present beryllium the Fantastic Four's top villain remains unclear astatine the moment, but we bash cognize that helium volition beryllium the centerpiece of the adjacent Avengers movie: Avengers: Doomsday, which volition seemingly bring unneurotic the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and adjacent the X-Men (plus a clump of different folks!).

Until we cognize more, each we tin bash is ticker our newsfeeds and wait, and hope, and speculate astir what's adjacent for Marvel. Hey, that's however it works for america nerds! We've done our champion to wrangle and rein successful each of the galore MCU movie and TV shows that are successful the works successful 1 casual spot for you to notation and larn astir what's next. From the movies to the Disney+ shows, here's a speedy rundown of everything connected the MCU horizon.

Come articulation america successful the Multiverse and click connected done the slideshow beneath for a glimpse (or work connected for more)...

Marvel Phase 6 Movies/TV Shows and Beyond: 2026 Release Dates

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Every Upcoming Movie and TV Show

For those keeping track, here's the afloat lineup of upcoming Marvel movies and shows:

Wonder Man (January 27, 2026)
Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 (March 2026) & Season 3 (Date TBD)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (July 31, 2026)
X-Men '97: Season 2 (Summer 2026) & Season 3 (Date TBD)
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 2 (Fall 2026) & Season 3 (Date TBD)
Avengers: Doomsday (December 18, 2026)
Vision Quest TV Series (2026)
The Punisher Marvel TV Special (2026)
Avengers: Secret Wars (December 17, 2027)
Blade (Date TBD)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2 (Date TBD)
Armor Wars (Date TBD)

Here are immoderate of the astir definite Marvel movies and shows successful the MCU's Multiverse Saga that are presently successful the works...

Wonder Man (January 27, 2026)

Destin Daniel Cretton volition executive-produce a Wonder Man bid for Disney+, with Andrew Guest (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Community, 30 Rock) serving arsenic caput writer. Wonder Man's existent sanction is Simon Williams, and helium has adjacent ties to the Avengers and Vision successful the comics. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman, Watchmen) volition play the rubric character, portion Sir Ben Kingsley volition reprise his relation arsenic Trevor Slattery.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 (March 2026) & Season 3 (Date TBD)

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 began accumulation successful New York City successful February, 2025, close earlier the debut of Season 1. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio proceed their roles arsenic Daredevil/Matt Murodock and Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, respectively, arsenic the Devil of Hell's Kitchen continues to woody with the fallout of Season 1, including a large Daredevil quality decease and Fisk's ascension to politician of New York City.

Executive shaper Brad Winderbaum confirmed with IGN that Season 3 has besides been greenlit. Production connected Season 3 volition statesman successful 2026, with the episodes apt hitting Disney+ successful either 2027 oregon 2028. There's nary connection yet connected whether Season 3 volition proceed the Mayor Fisk storyline oregon determination successful a antithetic direction.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day (July 31, 2026)

Tom Holland confirmed he's donning the reddish and bluish tights erstwhile again for a 4th live-action Spider-Man movie acceptable successful the MCU. The sequel volition statesman filming successful Summer 2025 for a July 2026 release. Shang-Chi's Destin Daniel Cretton is directing this clip around. We don't cognize overmuch astir the crippled of the 4th movie yet, though Holland teased that the latest publication "really lit a occurrence successful me."

As for aboriginal solo films, during Spider-Man: No Way Home's property tour, shaper Amy Pascal said that the reasoning is that determination volition beryllium astatine slightest 3 much Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland. It should beryllium noted, however, that has not yet been confirmed by Sony oregon Marvel.

X-Men '97: Season 2 (Summer 2026) & Season 3 (Date TBD)

The archetypal play of X-Men '97, the revival of the archetypal X-Men: The Animated Series from the 1990s, continued close wherever that storyline near off. Original dependable actors from the archetypal amusement returned to their characters, including Wolverine's Cal Dodd, Rogue's Lenore Zann, Beast's George Buza, and more. The amusement was well-received by fans and volition beryllium backmost for astatine slightest 2 much seasons.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 2 (Fall 2026) & Season 3 (Date TBD)

With Season 1 concluding successful February, 2025, aft featuring the likes of Charlie Cox's Daredevil, Dr. Octavius, Chameleon, Speed Demon, Scorpion, Butane the Pyromaniac, Harry Osborn, Amadeus Cho, and galore different acquainted faces, a 2nd and 3rd play of the amusement person been confirmed to beryllium successful the works.

Avengers: Doomsday (December 18, 2026)

The particulars of this movie were successful flux aft Marvel has parted ways with Jonathan Majors successful the aftermath of his being recovered blameworthy of battle and harassment. Will his character, Kang the Conqueror, proceed to look successful the MCU successful immoderate way? It seems unlikely. Originally called Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, we learned astatine San Diego Comic-Con 2024 that the adjacent Avengers movie is present called Avengers: Doomsday, and it volition diagnostic the instrumentality of Robert Downey, Jr. himself arsenic Doctor Doom (somehow)! Avengers: Secret Wars volition bring an extremity to The Multiverse Saga and Phase 6 of the MCU a twelvemonth later.

In March 2025, Marvel revealed the afloat Doomsday formed via a livestream, with surprises including Channing Tatum's Gambit and a fig of different fan-favorite X-Men. Following Marvel's latest delay, Avengers 5 volition beryllium released successful theaters connected December 18, 2026.

Vision Quest TV Series (2026)

Deadline reported successful October, 2022, that a WandaVision spin-off called Vision Quest was successful the works with a writers country opening up. The anticipation of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) showing up connected the Vision amusement was not ruled retired successful the report. Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas volition oversee the Paul Bettany-led series, which is present expected to merchandise successful 2026.

The Punisher Marvel TV Special (2026)

Jon Bernthal's Punisher has been introduced to the MCU due arsenic portion of Daredevil: Born Again, but that won't beryllium the past clip we spot him. Marvel is presently processing a standalone peculiar featuring the character, successful the vein of the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special and Werewolf By Night. Bernthal is penning the peculiar alongside We Own This City's Reinaldo Marcus Green.

Avengers: Secret Wars (December 17, 2027)

Avengers: Secret Wars volition people the extremity of some Phase 6 of the MCU and the full Multiverse Saga that encompasses Phases 4, 5, and 6. It volition get astir precisely a twelvemonth aft Avengers: Doomsday connected December 17, 2027. It volition besides beryllium the large surface adaptation of the beloved Secret Wars comic tally that saw the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men squad up to halt an unimaginable threat.

Blade (Date TBD)

Blade volition beryllium returning to the large screen, starring Mahershala Ali... oregon astatine slightest we anticipation helium will. The happening is, too a speedy dependable cameo successful Eternals, we person yet to larn thing much astir Ali's Blade. Marvel primitively revealed a November 3, 2023 merchandise day astatine SDCC 2022. Since then, however, the movie has pushed backmost to February 14, 2025, arsenic accumulation reportedly halted owed to Ali's dissatisfaction with the publication and the departure of manager Bassam Tariq. The day past shifted to November 7, 2025, and astir precocious the movie was reported to beryllium taken disconnected the merchandise calendar. But Marvel brag Kevin Feige says they're inactive moving connected the film, which aft immoderate backmost and forth, volition present beryllium acceptable successful the modern-day.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2 (Date TBD)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Who's Who successful the Cast

At 1 point, Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed the archetypal film, was said to beryllium returning to constitute and nonstop Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2. "We're successful precise aboriginal stages of brainstorming and figuring retired what absorption we privation to go," helium told IGN backmost successful 2021. "But yeah, we'll beryllium benignant of simultaneously moving connected a batch of these things from present until we commencement shooting."

The happening is, the filmmaker yet got the gig to nonstop Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which evidently took precedence implicit Shang-Chi. Still, Shang-Chi volition look successful Avengers: Doomsday, truthful different solo movie is surely inactive possible.

Armor Wars (Date TBD)

Don Cheadle could beryllium backmost arsenic James Rhodes -- War Machine -- for Armor Wars, which was primitively designed to beryllium a TV bid connected Disney+. The task was initially described arsenic "a classical Marvel communicative astir Tony Stark’s worst fearfulness coming true: what happens erstwhile his tech falls into the incorrect hands?" However, successful September of 2022, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the task was being reshaped into a movie alternatively than a TV series. We haven't heard overmuch astir it since then, truthful it's imaginable this is 1 that winds up ne'er coming unneurotic present that Disney and Marvel are easing backmost connected however galore MCU films and shows they make.