The studio has a slew of projects at different points in development. It’s logical to assume that the films previously listed will take up the remaining 2023 slot, but Disney has not been forthcoming about their future slate given the uncertainty that remains due to the coronavirus.
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In late November 2020, Deadline reported that Deadpool 3 had found its writing team in Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Loeglin, meaning the project was finally kicking into gear. Ryan Reynolds will obviously be returning as Deadpool himself, as his name has become almost synonymous with the character ever since it got successfully rebooted in 2016’s Deadpool, after an atrocious first appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
With Ryan Reynolds announcing ‘a little sabbatical from movie making’ in October 2021, the project seemed to have been indefinitely postponed. It wouldn’t be until March 2022 that news regarding the project would finally surface. Following the streaming debut of The Adam Project, the second collaboration between Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy, it was confirmed that the latter would be directing the Merc with a Mouth‘s upcoming threequel. He’ll be the franchise’s third director following Tim Miller and David Leicht. The same day it was also learned that both Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who wrote the first two Deadpool installments, would be returning to the writers’ table.
In late September 2022, Reynolds confirmed that the project not only had a September 2024 release date set but that none other than Hugh Jackman would be joining the project playing his most iconic role ever: Wolverine.
Deadpool 3 ended up being of the few Marvel feature films affected by an October 2022 shift in release dates. It moved two months from its initial September 2024 slot to November 8, 2024. Following the WGA and SAG strikes, Deadpool 3‘s release date was moved again–this time to July 26, 2024, amid a major overhaul of Marvel Studios theatrical release slate.
On February 11th, 2024, the film’s first trailer revealed the title to be Deadpool & Wolverine.
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It was revealed during The Walt Disney Company’s 2020 Investor Day presentation that Baby Groot would be featured in a number of shorts, alongside several new and unusual characters. Kristen Lepore will serve as Executive Producer and director of the series which will focus on Baby Groot’s adventures while “growing up, and getting into trouble, among the stars.”
After a period of little news regarding this project, in late 2021 Disney+ announced it would be a part of their 2022 programming.
With the release of the show’s first poster on June 5, 2022, fans got confirmation that I Am Groot would be premiering on August 10, only on Disney+. The following month there was confirmation that Bradley Cooper would be returning to voice Rocket in the show.
During the Marvel Animation panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, there was official confirmation that I Am Groot had been renewed for a second season ahead of its Disney+ premiere.
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In late May 2021, in the unlikeliest of places (a trade report focusing on Hollywood’s Top 100 Attorneys for 2021), there was a reference to an Okoye-centered series being developed over at Marvel Studios, supposedly focusing on her origin story. Since its (proper) introduction in 2018’s Black Panther, Wakanda always felt like it had the appeal to allow for further exploration be in through movies or tv series. Chadwick Boseman‘s passing might have fast-tracked a few spin-offs and so it comes with little surprise that Okoye, one of the most beloved characters emerging from the world of the Black Panther, has been chosen as one of the faces Marvel will be focusing on.
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Kevin Feige himself teased the development of a Nova project over at Marvel Studios, in early 2021. Later in the year, reports came out that Fantastic Four was eyeing a 2023 production start, but also that Nova would follow a similar schedule, perhaps in preparation for a 2024 premiere.
In March 2022 the project was seemingly in development with Moon Knight‘s Sabir Pirzada set to pen a script. In early 2023, it was reported that development on Nova was paused while Marvel Studios took stock of their upcoming projects.
In May 2024, Marvel Studios reportedly decided to move ahead with Nova as a streaming series for Disney Plus. Production on the series was rumored to be slated to kick off in 2025.
One of the biggest WandaVision highlights was Kathryn Hahn‘s performance as Agnes / Agatha Harkness, a role that garnered Hahn am Emmy nomination. So being it came with little surprise when in October 2021 a trade report announced that there was an Agatha-centric series in development at Marvel Studios. Hahn is set to return as the witch that kept herself hidden in plain sight throughout the first Marvel Studios streaming series, this time taking center-stage as the MCU expands its foray into its witchcraft mythology. After originally be titled Agatha: House of Harkness, the show’s title changed to Agatha: Coven of Chaos and then again to Agatha: Darkhold Diaries.
Jac Schaeffer, who brought Agatha to life in WandaVision, is heading up the show for Marvel Studios.
The series is reportedly eyeing a 2023 production start, something that would hint at a 2024 Disney+ release. Kathryn Hahn later confirmed that the show would begin production around November 2022.
A couple of rumors surfaced in late 2022, one regarding a possible appearance by Billy Kaplan (a.k.a. Wiccan) and Teddy Altman (a.k.a. Hulkling) and the other focusing on the possible adaptation of elements from the comics’ The Children’s Crusade storyline. In November 2022, Joe Locke joined the cast as Billy Maximoff/Billy Kaplan/Wiccan.
Ali Ahn, Emma Caulfield, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp and Sasheer Zamata all joined the cast as part of Agatha’s coven and Aubrey Plaza will play the mysterious Rio Vidal.
During their TV Upfront presentation on May 14th, Marvel Television revealed the final (?) title for the series, Agatha All Along, as well as a premiere date of September 18th. As has been the case with many of Disney’s major streaming series, Agatha All Along will have a two-episode premiere.
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First teased by Feige at SDCC ’19, Marvel Studios Fantastic Four is one of the studio’s most highly anticipated projects. Though no date was given at the time of the announcement, it initially looked like the First Family could land in theaters as early as 2023. From the start, Solve Everything Productions, as you can read here, sounded an awful lot like someone at Marvel Studios got the ball rolling on the project.
In December 2020, it was confirmed that Jon Watts would be directing the project, but less than two years later he announced he would be taking a break from superhero movies after finishing his Spider-Man trilogy for Marvel Studios, and thus vacating the movie’s director’s chair. This left the Fantastic Four feature film without a director ahead of what’s surely an extremely important period for the project with choices needed to be made in terms of its cast.
Following the rumors attaching WandaVision‘s Matt Shakman to the vacant director’s chair, there was little surprise when Kevin Feige himself confirmed the news at D23 in September 2022.
Fantastic Four was one of the five Marvel feature films affected by an October 2022 shift in release dates. It moved from its initial November 2024 slot to February 14, 2025 and then again to May 2, 2025.
On Valentine’s Day 2024, Marvel Studios revealed that the film had been retitled The Fantastic Four and would now be released on July 25, 2025. They also revealed the long-rumored cast of Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. As the cast began to round out in the Spring of 2024, Julia Garner (Shalla-Bal), Ralph Ineson (Galactus), John Malkovich and Paul Walter Hauser each boarded the project. On May 15, 2024, a trade report revealed that Natasha Lyonne had signed on for an undisclosed role.
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A second season of the original series was confirmed in early 2021 making it the first Marvel Studios Disney+ to do so. There is still no work on production schedules, with one of the few certainties regarding season two being that director Kate Herron won’t be returning. Both Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino are expected to be reprising their roles, and with actors in other lead and supporting roles having options for a second season written into their contracts, it’s very likely we’ll be reunited with a larger number of familiar faces.
In a February 2022 interview, Owen Wilson stated that production for Loki season 2 would start “very soon”, perhaps hinting at a 2023 release. This was seemingly confirmed when Cinematographer Isaac Bauman shared a picture taken on set in June 2022 marking the beginning of production on season 2.
With production well underway, fans got their first looks at Hiddleston and Wilson on set, as well as the return of Di Martino‘s Sophie. Composer Natalie Holt was also set to come back following her work on season one.
Production on the show seemingly wrapped in October 2022, ahead of its 2023 premiere.
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A report by Geeks WorldWide in October 2021 shared information regarding the development of a feature film focused on the World War Hulk storyline by Marvel Studios. Written in 2007 by Greg Pak, World War Hulk followed the Planet Hulk storyline, a book which partially inspired Marvel Studios’ Thor: Ragnarok, one of The Hulk’s last MCU outings.
What seemingly marks the return of the Hulk cinematic rights back to Marvel, also sees the return of Mark Ruffalo to a role that’s been his since 2012’s Avengers. There is no further information regarding either cast or crew but given that Bruce Banner’s next chapter will be told in the upcoming She-Hulk series, it might be possible that either Jennifer Walters or even Emil Blonsky will end up joining Banner on the big screen.
Production is eyeing a late 2022 start, making it likely that the feature will be premiering well into 2024.
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In March of 2021 a trade report announced that an Echo solo series focusing on the deaf Native American character was in development at Marvel Studios with Alaqua Cox, that’s set to make her MCU debut in the Hawkeye series alongside Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld, returning to the role. Most other Disney+ series developed by Marvel Studios have been spin-offs of their feature films with Echo set to become the first spin-off of one of these original Disney+ shows. Its premiere date is, as of now, to be determined.
With news that the series would start production as early as January 2022, it’s becoming more likely that it’ll manage to be released by the end of the year.
Academy Award-nominated actor, Graham Greene, joined the production in an undisclosed role in March 2022. Also apparently joining the show would be two powerhouse names that officially joined the MCU in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye, respectively: Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio. Also with a non-confirmed appearance in the series is Devery Jacobs May even if that also seems like it might actually be true. This was confirmed soon after via a trade report. In May 2022 a few other names were confirmed to have been cast in the show, including Chaske Spencer (The Twilight Saga), Tantoo Cardinal (Wind River), Cody Lightning (Four Sheets to the Wind), and Zahn McClarnon (Reservation Dogs).
With production starting in late April 2022, the series seems headed for a 2023 streaming debut. This was later confirmed alongside the release of its first look and official synopsis in May 2022.
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