2025 is primed to be a monster year for Marvel. Marvel Studios will roll out Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps; likewise, Marvel Television will roll out a trio of projects: Daredevil Born Again, Ironheart and Wonder Man; finally, Marvel Animation will have its biggest year yet with Your Friendly Neighborhood, Eyes of Wakanda and Marvel Zombies set to stream. For a studio looking to cut back on content, 9 new projects in 12 months seems incongruous with its stated intent.
With six of those nine projects releasing on Disney Plus, fans will have plenty to keep them occupied at home while they wait to head back to theaters. However, Disney+ is not Marvel + and it has been in Disney’s best interest to give each project from its major production studios its own air to breathe. And so, as hyped as MCU fans are for Daredevil: Born Again, Star Wars fans are equally excited for Season 2 of Andor. And since many of those fans overlap, the best way to put up big numbers is to make sure the series compete with one another as little as possible. And in order to make that happen, Marvel Animation’s first 2025 project will roll out on an unprecedented release schedule.
According to multiple outlets, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will follow its two episode debut on January 29th with consecutive three-episode drops on February 5th and 12th before wrapping up on February 19th with the final two episodes.
You’re going to see some familiar faces — and if you’re a fan of Chameleon, you’re going to see a few of his faces. You’re also going to see Scorpion, as well as a few characters who may seem new, like Speed Demon or Butane. We have a huge rogues gallery to play with, and so we’re looking forward to putting some of them in the forefront.
–Jeff Trammell
Coincidentally, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will complete its run on the same day that Pixar, another of Disney’s major production houses, debuts Win or Lose, the studio’s first-ever original streaming series. In order to make that work, while also not sharing space with Daredevil: Born Again, episodes of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will be released according to Marvel Studios’ most unique schedule to date. While a two-episode premier has become the expected norm, the studio has always followed that up with a “one-episode-per-week” pace. Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, originally developed as a canonical adventure, looks to be the canary in the coal mine for Marvel as they look to fit several highly-anticipated projects into D+’s 2025 schedule.
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