Latest News, Announcements & Reveals
William Smith
Published Mar 29, 2026
The MCU has revealed information on 24 upcoming projects. Here's all the Marvel news and Marvel updates for Phase 4's movies and TV shows.
The MCU has a bountiful supply of upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows in the next few years - 24 confirmed with more heavily rumored at time of writing. 2021 saw the Marvel Cinematic Universe conquer new territory, with the streaming service Disney+ releasing several hit shows starring MCU characters. While there was talk of the superhero bubble bursting, Marvel's upcoming slate laughs in the face of such cynicism.
Kevin Feige's ideas pad is far from empty, with sequels and spin-offs joining brand new original properties on both the big screen and Disney+ and no less than two holiday specials in 2022 alone. Animation sits alongside live-action, and actors with numerous awards under their belts are still joining the franchise more than a decade into its status as one of cinema's absolute powerhouses.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe halts for no person, and it inevitably won't be long until a whole raft of new movies and TV shows are announced. To get on top of everything that's already on the way, here's the most crucial of Marvel's movie and TV show announcements and updates as MCU's Phase 4 for every upcoming project.
Ms. Marvel (June 8, 2022)
Marvel updates confirmed Iman Vellani is playing Kamala Khan a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, the teenage Pakistani hero who was inspired by her idol Carol Danvers. An initial short sizzle reel discussed the impact of the comic character, explained how Vellani was cast, touched on the show's creative talent, and featured footage of Kamala both at home and idolizing Captain Marvel. The show's trailers have revealed a significantly different tone to the show, which feels like it's aiming at a younger demographic than the rest of the MCU. Ms. Marvel has changed the hero's powers from the comics, prompting some criticism, but early critical reviews suggest those complaints are unfounded:
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Thor: Love And Thunder (July 8, 2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder's first teaser trailer revealed Jane Foster's Mighty Thor, played by Natalie Portman, who will be starring alongside Chris Hemsworth in the God of Thunder's fourth MCU movie. Foster was Thor's love interest in his previous solo films. It will be interesting to see how Foster and Thor's dynamic evolves now that both of them wield the power of the Asgardian Gods. The latest Thor: Love & Thunder trailer also offered the first look at Christian Bale's Gorr the God Butcher, confirming that his look will rely on practical effects rather than a CG transformation to make him look more like the alien Marvel comics original Gorr.
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She-Hulk: Attorney At Law (August 17, 2022)
Tatiana Maslany's casting as Jennifer Walters a.k.a. She-Hulk has been confirmed, but the big Marvel news is that the Disney+ legal drama will be bringing back Mark Ruffalo as Walter's cousin Bruce Banner and Tim Roth as Abomination, who debuted all the way back in 2008's The Incredible Hulk. Kevin Feige has also teased the possibility of other Marvel characters joining the show, and given the legal setting, that feels like a pointed nod towards Daredevil. Incidentally, Charlie Cox is rumored to be among the various Spider-Man: No Way Home names after first playing the Marvel hero on Netflix. The latest She-Hulk trailer introduced the MCU's She-Hulk, revealed Tim Roth's Abomination will be in human form once more, and hinted at a significant role in her origin story for Mark Ruffalo's Smart Hulk.
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Untitled Halloween Special (October 2022)
Reportedly following Werewolf by Night, the MCU's 2022 Halloween Special will star Gael García Bernal in the lead role. Filming ran from late March 2022 to the end of April 2022. Little is known beyond those details, but it's a intriguing new approach for Marvel's flagship franchise.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 11, 2022)
Following the tragic death of Chadwick Boseman in August 2020, Marvel won't be recasting Black Panther for the in-development sequel. Ryan Coogler is returning to write and direct Black Panther 2, which Feige claims will explore the world of Wakanda so beautifully established in the first film.
Dominique Thorne will portray Riri Williams/Ironheart in her own MCU solo series on Disney+, but before that, however, she'll be introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. An August 2021 Marvel news announcement confirmed Thorne's involvement in the 2022 movie, with Riri Williams attending MIT as a young prodigy. Her association with Black Panther could be the Wakandan Outreach program established at the end of the first movie. Attending the famous school and associating with the likes of Shuri could be how Riri builds her Ironheart armor, setting up Thorne as an established superhero ahead of her arrival on Disney+.
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The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (December 2022)
After 2020's The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, Marvel is getting in on the festive fun. The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special will be directed by James Gunn for Disney+, filmed in conjunction with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and will release in Winter 2022 ahead of the threequel.
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Marvel's What If...? Season 2 (TBC 2022)
While Marvel's What If...? season 1 ended with a multiverse-splitting crossover that introduced the Guardians of the Multiverse, more is coming in 2022. Already, some of the story details teased in the first season - like Space Iron Man - are confirmed to get more space in the second outing. On top of that, rumors of episodes dedicated to the Eternals and Shang-Chi abound.
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Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania (February 17, 2023)
Ant-Man 3 will be going large, with a new title that promises even more Quantum Realm action: Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer are all returning, joined by Kathryn Newton as a recast Cassie Lang (the third actor to play the role), who will presumably become Stature. They're fighting against multiverse-hopping villain Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors.
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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 3 (May 5, 2023)
After repeated delays due to James Gunn's firing/rehiring and the COVID-19 pandemic, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 finally has a release date. The (likely) closing chapter of Gunn's trilogy is set to premiere on May 5, 2023 - a full six years after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in 2017. And while there it's still some time away, and has multiple MCU properties to come before it - Vol 3 has wrapped filming, with James Gunn promising sadness in its storyline, which also introduces Will Poulter's Adam Warlock to the MCU.
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The Marvels (July 28, 2023)
With Black Panther: Wakanda Forever kicking Carol Danvers from Marvel's final 2022 spot, The Marvels will now premiere in theaters February 17, opening the MCU's 2023 slate of superhero cinema. This means fans have longer to wait before Monica Rambeau's WandaVision story is resolved, since the series aired on Disney+ back in early 2021. The Marvels' delay could also have consequences for Secret Invasion and Ms. Marvel. The upcoming Disney+ shows were previously expected to land in 2022, but WandaVision's post-credits suggested Teyonah Parris' Monica could feature in Secret Invasion, while Ms. Marvel stars Imam Vellani as Kamala Khan, potentially making both dependent on Captain Marvel 2.
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Secret Invasion (TBC)
Ever since the Skrulls were introduced to the MCU in Captain Marvel, fans have been waiting for Secret Invasion - the comic story where the green alien shapeshifters infiltrate Earth. That's finally happening on Disney+ with a Secret Invasion TV series, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Ben Mendelson as Talos. Although plot details are light, Kevin Feige has hinted previously that Secret Invasion involves a rogue pack of Skrulls, which makes sense given the aliens were ultimately heroes in Captain Marvel. Secret Invasion was further set up by the post-credits scenes of both Spider-Man: Far From Home, and WandaVision and will feature a cast consisting of Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman, Emilia Clarke, Killian Scott, Christopher McDonald, and Noel Fisher. A first look was released as part of Disney+ Day 2021 which showed a much older looking Nick Fury sporting a gray beard and without his signature eye patch.
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Ironheart (TBC)
The first of two Iron Man pseudo-sequel shows, Ironheart will follow teenage genius Riri Williams as she becomes the inheritor to Tony Stark's armored crown. Dominique Thorne has already been cast as Riri, who was only introduced to Marvel Comics in 2015, but other Marvel updates on Ironheart remain scant for now, other than confirmation that the series will have 6 episodes.
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Armor Wars (TBC)
The MCU's second Iron Man-related series on Disney+ is Armor Wars, which stars Don Cheadle as James Rhodes a.k.a. War Machine. The description provided by Feige claims that Armor Wars explores "what happens when his [Tony Stark's] tech falls into the wrong hands," which can be said of many MCU stories. The show will be written by Yassir Lester and will at least partly deal with fallout from Tony Stark's death. Filming is expected to begin in late 2022 in Atlanta.
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I Am Groot (TBC)
Marvel news reveals another Guardians of the Galaxy release on Disney+, this time a series of shorts. I Am Groot looks back to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2's Baby Groot, and will see the tiny wooden terror in a series of misadventures.
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Fantastic Four (TBC)
After Disney acquired the studio in 2019, Marvel now owns the rights to all characters previously sold to Fox, and the first movie to explore those tantalizing properties will be Fantastic Four. Marvel's First Family are coming to the MCU, but will no longer be directed by director Jon Watts, who has overseen all three Tom Holland Spider-Man entries. Despite John Krasinski's appearance as Mister Fantastic in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, his MCU casting is not
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Deadpool 3 (TBC)
Deadpool fans got to enjoy two-and-a-half Fox movies starring Ryan Reynolds as the Merc with a Mouth, before the studio was purchased by Disney, and Fox's contingent of Marvel characters became MCU stars in waiting. Fans questioned how Deadpool's less-than-family-friendly approach would be handled by the Mouse House, and Marvel news neglected to mention Deadpool 3 until January 2021, when Kevin Feige confirmed a Reynolds threequel that would be set within existing MCU continuity. Deadpool's habit of breaking the fourth wall makes a crossover easier than for other Fox acquisitions, but questions over the film's R-rated nature remain.
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Wakanda TV Series (TBC)
Black Panther fans were already looking forward to revisiting Wakanda on the big screen, but the MCU will also be returning to African climes on Disney+. In February 2021, Marvel unveiled plans for a brand new TV series based in Wakanda, developed by the director of both Black Panther movies, Ryan Coogler. The project is both without title and release date as per the latest Marvel updates, but reports suggest Danai Gurira's Okoye could be the focus.
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Echo (TBC)
Alaqua Cox made her MCU debut as Echo in the Disney+ Hawkeye series. Marvel has now confirmed Cox will front her own Echo spinoff series, which is currently in the early stages of development.
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Loki Season 2 (TBC)
Loki's narrative will continue through Ant-Man & The Wasp Quantumania, but the God of Mischief will also be getting a second season of his own on Disney+. With WandaVision and Falcon & The Winter Soldier both seemingly limited to a single run, Tom Hiddleston is the first MCU star to be granted a sophomore streaming season.
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Blade (TBC)
Somewhere on the horizon of MCU Phase 4 is a reboot of Blade, with the titular Daywalker to be played by Mahershala Ali. Initially confirmed in 2019, Blade Marvel updates have been rarer than a vegetarian vampire, with only Stacy Amma Osei-Kuffour attached as a writer. Bassam Tariq has now been confirmed as Blade's director. Though not yet a household name, Tariq recently earned plaudits for Mogul Mowgli starring Riz Ahmed. Tariq has already described his excitement ahead of joining the MCU director ranks, and promises a different take on the iconic character.
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Captain America 4 (TBC)
Rumors of Captain America 4 starring Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson arose immediately after Falcon & The Winter Soldier's finale aired, but with nothing official, it wasn't clear whether Marvel would be pursuing a big-screen outing for its brand new Cap. In August 2021, however, news emerged of Mackie signing on the red, white and blue line, and the actor was congratulated by his on-screen BFF, Sebastian Stan. Release date, director, plot, cast, title, and virtually everything else remain unknown at present.
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Agatha: House of Harkness (TBC)
Kathryn Hahn made a huge splash as Agatha Harkness in WandaVision, lighting up Disney+ with her bewitching charm and catchy-as-hell theme song. Kevin Feige had already teased more to come from Agatha, and in early October 2021, Marvel updates began claiming Hahn had signed for a Disney+ spinoff, as well as future MCU movie appearances. WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer is slated to helm the project. Agatha: House of Harkness was confirmed alongside a fresh new logo on Disney+ Day 2021.
Spider-Man: Freshman Year (TBC)
In the wake of What If...? season 1's success, Disney+ Day's Marvel updates included a slew of animated MCU project announcements. Spider-Man: Freshman Year is set within the MCU and follows Tom Holland's Spider-Man during his earlier years - essentially a prequel to his cameo in Captain America: Civil War. Jeff Trammel will executive produce. Not strictly an MCU release but exciting for fans nonetheless is X-Men '97, which picks up the baton of the classic 1990s cartoon. Airing in 2023 and overseen by Beau DeMayo, get ready to hum that theme tune all over again.
Marvel Zombies (TBC)
The third new animated project joining Marvel's upcoming roster of Disney+ releases is a spinoff from What If...? - Marvel Zombies. The fifth episode of What If...? season 1 debuted Marvel's zombie apocalypse, where only a handful of heroes remained unbitten thanks to Ant-Man and Wasp's botched Quantum Realm mission. The potential in a full series was plain to see, and Marvel obviously agreed, putting Bryan Andrews in charge of directing and executive producing.
Other Rumored Future MCU Projects - Nova, Thunderbolts & More
Though most MCU projects on Kevin Feige's slate have been confirmed by an official source, others remain within the realm of report and rumor... for now. In October 2021, outlets claimed a Nova movie is currently scheduled to begin production in 2023, picking up from the off-screen destruction of the Nova Corps, who debuted in Guardians of the Galaxy. According to those same reports, Thunderbolts is also in the pipeline for 2023, featuring the likes of Bucky Barnes, Baron Zemo and Thunderbolt Ross as part of a more villainous super-team. They're not the only new Avengers-esque collective potentially coming to the MCU, as the introductions of Kate Bishop, Yelena Belova, Ironheart, and Ms. Marvel have rumors of a Young Avengers movie swirling. Shang-Chi & The Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu has expressed a desire to make Shang-Chi 2, and given how Eternals ended, many are expecting Eternals 2 as another future follow-up. Check back for when Marvel updates the status of these exciting MCU projects.
