Doomsday is delayed. Marvel Studios on Thursday pushed again the discharge dates of the subsequent two Avengers motion pictures, transferring Avengers: Doomsday from Might 1, 2026, to December 18, 2026, and sequel Avengers: Secret Wars from Might 7, 2027 to Dec. 17, 2027. A number of retailers reported that the seven-month delay for each movies is due to the scope and scale of what insiders describe as the most important motion pictures Marvel has ever made.
Disney shifted twentieth Century’s The Satan Wears Prada 2 onto the Doomsday date, and the fifth Avengers film will now open reverse Disney’s personal Ice Age 6 (additionally presently slotted for Dec. 18). That’s one week after the Dwayne Johnson-fronted Jumanji 3 from Sony, and one other week earlier than Common and Illumination’s Shrek 5 within the Christmas hall of Dec. 23. Warner Bros. and Legendary Photos beforehand staked out the Dec. 18 launch date for the Denis Villeneuve-directed Dune 3.
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2021’s Spider-Man: No Manner Residence was the primary Marvel Studios film to launch in December (Disney sometimes slots its superhero blockbusters in the summertime months of Might-July). The Sony Photos-Marvel Studios co-production swung into theaters on Dec. 17, 2021, and grossed $1.92 billion on the international field workplace to change into Sony’s highest-grossing movie and the third highest-biggest Marvel film behind solely Avengers: Infinity Struggle ($2.05 billion) and Avengers: Endgame ($2.79 billion), launched a yr aside in April 2018 and 2019.
The brand new Avengers: Doomsday launch date comes a month after principal images bought underway within the UK.
In March, throughout a five-and-a-half-hour livestream, Marvel introduced the 27 actors to date confirmed to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As well as to former Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. donning the metallic masks of Physician Doom within the lead position, Doomsday will reunite Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Tom Hiddleston (Loki), and can function franchise regulars like Anthony Mackie (Captain America) and Paul Rudd (Ant-Man). Letitia Wright (Black Panther), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Danny Ramirez (the Falcon), Tenoch Huerta Mejía (Namor the Sub-Mariner), and Winston Duke (M’Baku) are additionally confirmed to return.
The Thunderbolts* forged — which incorporates New Avengers Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes), David Harbour (Pink Guardian), Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), and Lewis Pullman (Bob Reynolds/Sentry) — can even be assembling alongside the celebrities of The Unbelievable 4: First Steps, who make their MCU debuts this summer time: Pedro Pascal (Mister Unbelievable), Vanessa Kirby (the Invisible Girl), Joseph Quinn (the Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (the Factor).
Channing Tatum (Gambit) will reprise his fan-favorite Deadpool & Wolverine position with forged members from the Fox X-Males motion pictures, together with franchise vets Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), James Marsden (Cyclops), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), and Kelsey Grammer (Beast).
Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige confirmed that the complete forged record has but to be introduced and that extra actors are nonetheless to come (possible at Marvel Studios’ Corridor H takeover at San Diego Comedian-Con in July). Notable names lacking from the preliminary roll name embody Tom Holland (Spider-Man), Benedict Cumberbatch (Physician Unusual), Brie Larson (Captain Marvel), Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Don Cheadle (Struggle Machine), Benedict Wong (Wong), Iman Vellani (Ms. Marvel), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), and Chris Pratt (Star-Lord). Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter) and Chris Evans (Steve Rogers) are additionally reportedly set to return.
Disney’s 2026 slate contains Pixar’s Hoppers (March 13), twentieth Century’s The Canine Stars (March 27) and The Satan Wears Prada 2 (Might 1), Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian and Grogu (Might 22), Pixar’s Toy Story 5 (June 19), and the live-action Moana (July 10). Sony’s Spider-Man: Model New Day, additionally co-produced by Marvel Studios, was beforehand set for July 31, with Avengers: Doomsday now earmarked for Dec. 18 within the pre-holidays slot reserved for different Disney heavyhitters like Star Wars and Avatar.
