Marvel's"Avengers: Doomsday" and "Avengers: Secret Wars" Delayed
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 December 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 December 17, 2027, after previously being set for May 7, 2027.
Disney announced both 'Avengers' delays Thursday afternoon, alongside a sweeping reorganization of its coming theatrical slate. Notably, the new calendar saw the studio remove several unannounced Marvel titles off of its calendar.
The date of February 13, 2026, previously slotted for an 'Untitled Marvel' project, has been removed from the schedule.
Meanwhile, the dates of Novemberv 6, 2026 and November 5, 2027 — also both previously set for 'Untitled Marvel' features — have been amended to simply 'Untitled Disney' films.
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.
Moreover, the new pre-holiday December frame for both 'Avengers' installments is the same one that 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' launched on in 2021, which became one of the franchise's highest-grossing installments at $1.9 billion worldwide.
Additionally, there is now no theatrical Marvel feature slated to release between 'The Fantastic 4: First Steps' on July 25 and the fourth Tom Holland 'Spider-Man' installment on July 31, 2026 — more than a year later. It'll be the MCU's biggest gap between feature films since the COVID era gap between 2019's 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' and 2021's 'Black Widow.'
Disney has kept a few flags planted on 2028 dates for 'Untitled Marvel' features: February 18, May 5 and November 10.
Marvel Studios has also previously announced titles like 'Armor Wars' and 'Blade,' though neither film project currently has an official release date.
The notable decrease in theatrical Marvel features on the immediate horizon aligns with Disney CEO Bob Iger's strategy for the company's superhero features.
During an investor call, Iger shared that Marvel Studios had 'lost a little focus by making too much' between its tentpoles and various Disney+ series.
He continued, 'By consolidating a bit and having Marvel focus much more on their films, we believe that will result in better quality.'
'Doomsday' and 'Secret Wars' are both massive productions for Marvel Studios, featuring a sprawling cast that includes the MCU return of Robert Downey Jr. — this time playing the villainous Doctor Doom — as well as superhero teams from the 'Thunderbolts*' and 'Fantastic 4: First Steps' movies, and even reprisals from the 'X-Men' franchise, like Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.
'Doomsday' production has ramped up in recent weeks, with Downey sharing a photograph of himself and other cast members rolling out to see 'Thunderbolts*' to support their Marvel peers.
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