Upcoming New Marvel Movies for 2026 and Beyond: Release Dates for Phase 6

It might be hard to keep Marvel's upcoming movie and TV slate straight -- it's a lot to absorb, we know, but the biggest news in recent memory is surely that Robert Downey, Jr. himself is returning to the MCU . No, not as Tony Stark, but rather as one of the most anticipated Marvel villains -- Doctor Doom!

How the former Iron Man could now be the Fantastic Four's greatest villain remains unclear at the moment, but we do know that he will be the centerpiece of the next Avengers movie: Avengers: Doomsday , which will bring together the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and even the X-Men (plus a bunch of other folks!).

Until we know more, all we can do is watch our newsfeeds and wait, and hope, and speculate about what's next for Marvel. Hey, that's how it works for us nerds! In the meantime, we've done our best to wrangle and rein in all of the many MCU movie and TV shows that are in the works in one easy place for you to reference and learn about what's next. From the movies to the Disney+ shows, here's a quick rundown of everything on the MCU horizon.

Come join us in the Multiverse and click on through the slideshow below for a glimpse (or read on for more)...

Marvel Phase 6 Movies/TV Shows and Beyond: 2026 Release Dates

Marvel Cinematic Universe: Every Upcoming Movie and TV Show

For those keeping track, here's the full lineup of upcoming Marvel movies and shows:

VisionQuest TV Series (October 14, 2026)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man: Season 2 (January 13, 2027) & Season 3 (Date TBD)

Avengers: Secret Wars (December 17, 2027)

Ghost Rider Starring Ryan Gosling (2028)

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Sequel (Date TBD)

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2 (Date TBD)

Here are some of the most definite Marvel movies and shows in the MCU's Multiverse Saga that are currently in the works...

Deadline reported in October, 2022, that a WandaVision spin-off called VisionQuest was in the works with a writers room opening up. The possibility of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) showing up on the Vision show was not ruled out in the report. Star Trek: Picard showrunner Terry Matalas will oversee the Paul Bettany-led series .

Originally called Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, we learned at San Diego Comic-Con 2024 that the next Avengers film is now called Avengers: Doomsday , and it will feature the return of Robert Downey, Jr. himself as Doctor Doom (somehow)! Avengers: Secret Wars will bring an end to The Multiverse Saga and Phase 6 of the MCU a year later.

In March 2025, Marvel revealed the full Doomsday cast via a livestream, with surprises including Channing Tatum's Gambit and a number of other fan-favorite X-Men. Avengers 5 will be released in theaters on December 18, 2026.

With Season 1 concluding in February, 2025, after featuring the likes of Charlie Cox's Daredevil, Dr. Octavius, Chameleon, Speed Demon, Scorpion, Butane the Pyromaniac, Harry Osborn, Amadeus Cho, and many other familiar faces, a second and third season of the show have been confirmed to be in the works.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 debuted on Disney+ on March 24, 2026. Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio continued their roles as Daredevil/Matt Murdock and Kingpin/Wilson Fisk, respectively, but Season 3 looks to establish a new status quo as Daredevil was in prison by the end of Season 2 and Kingpin was essentially banished from New York City.

Production on Season 3 began in March, 2026, with the episodes likely hitting Disney+ in 2027. Season 3 will also be the show's last , so it remains to be seen where Cox's hero will appear in the MCU next.

Marvel has three Marvel Zombies two-part specials in the works . The first, The Winter Soldier, hits in Halloween of 2027. The next is The Fist of Konshu in 2028, and the third is The Last Guardian in 2029. (Who would that be? Time will tell!)

Brad Winderbaum, who heads up the TV side at Marvel Studios, had previously confirmed a second season of Marvel Zombies, but it sounds like that has morphed into these specials.

Avengers: Secret Wars will mark the end of both Phase 6 of the MCU and the entire Multiverse Saga that encompasses Phases 4, 5, and 6. It will arrive almost exactly a year after Avengers: Doomsday, on December 17, 2027. It will also be the big-screen adaptation of the beloved Secret Wars comic run that saw the Avengers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men team up to stop an unimaginable threat. Will it mark a reboot of the MCU as well? Kevin Feige says no !

After months (years) of speculation, Marvel finally announced this project at D23 2026. The new X-Men movie is set to debut in May of 2028 as the first film in the MCU line-up after Secret Wars. With various characters from the Fox X-Men universe showing up in MCU projects, including in Avengers: Doomsday and presumably Avengers: Secret Wars, the general theory is that the events of those films will reboot continuity in some way -- much as it did in the comics version of Secret Wars -- allowing for a fresh start with new actors filling the roles of Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, and the rest. Jake Schreier (Thunderbolts*) will direct the film. But will they actually recast Hugh Jackman's Wolverine!?

As for those new actors, they include: Adam Driver as Mister Sinister, Christopher Abbott as Professor X, Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Kit Connor as Cyclops, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, and Maya Boyd as Storm.

Confirmed at SDCC 2026, Ryan Coogler is returning to direct a third Black Panther movie . David Jonsson (Industry, Alien: Romulus, The Long Walk) will be the new Black Panther, playing T'Challa's now adult son.

Ryan Gosling is joining the MCU as the fire-headed motorcycle-riding Ghost Rider himself, with Deadpool & Wolverine's Shawn Levy directing. Kevin Feige made the announcement at SDCC 2026.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a huge hit , so of course another Spider-sequel can be expected, even if we don't know anything about it yet. Way back during Spider-Man: No Way Home's press tour, producer Amy Pascal said that the thinking is that there will be at least three more Spider-Man films starring Tom Holland. That means Brand New Day is the first installment in a new trilogy.

Whatever the sequel to Brand New Day winds up being, it will definitely be released after Avengers: Secret Wars has established whatever the new status quo is going to be in the MCU.

The first season of X-Men '97 , the revival of the original X-Men: The Animated Series from the 1990s, continued right where that storyline left off, and the second picked up from there! Some original voice actors from the first show returned to their characters, including Wolverine's Cal Dodd, Rogue's Lenore Zann, Beast's George Buza, and more. The show was well-received by fans, with Season 2 exciting mutie-loving Marvel aficionados everywhere, and while a Season 3 is in the works, word has it a Season 4 is also happening too.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: Who's Who in the Cast

At one point, Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed the first film, was said to be returning to write and direct Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2 . "We're in very early stages of brainstorming and figuring out what direction we want to go," he told IGN back in 2021. "But yeah, we'll be kind of simultaneously working on a lot of these things from now until we start shooting."

The thing is, the filmmaker eventually got the gig to direct Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which obviously took priority over Shang-Chi. Still, Shang-Chi will appear in Avengers: Doomsday, so another solo film is certainly still possible. In June of 2026, the director told Deadline the following: "We're working on it. The first film's reception was incredible, and we want to honor that. It's evolving in a way we're excited about."

With Daredevil: Born Again ending in 2027, Marvel's future TV slate is looking pretty murky. However, THR reports that Marvel has several new shows in development, including one currently code-named "Zodiac." It's unclear whether this series is actually about the supervillain organization of the same name or something else entirely.

Don Cheadle could be back as James Rhodes -- War Machine -- for Armor Wars, which was originally designed to be a TV series on Disney+. The project was initially described as "a classic Marvel story about Tony Stark’s worst fear coming true: what happens when his tech falls into the wrong hands?" However, in September of 2022, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the project was being reshaped into a movie rather than a TV series. We haven't heard much about it since then, so it's possible this is one that winds up never coming together now that Disney and Marvel are easing back on how many MCU films and shows they make.

The first season of Wonder Man was generally well-received on Disney+, and for a brief time -- in what's sort of a rare move for Marvel Studios' Disney+ shows -- it was getting a second season. Brand New Day and Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton was reported in March of 2026 to be back as executive producer of Season 2 of Wonder Man, along with showrunner Andrew Guest (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Community, 30 Rock), stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sir Ben Kingsley also returning. However, in July of 2026 the news broke that the second season was cancelled. Huh.

Blade was supposed to return to the big screen, starring Mahershala Ali... but it seems increasingly unlikely that it will happen at this point. Besides a quick voice cameo in Eternals, Ali's Blade was plagued with production starts and stops since the film was announced at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2019. The release date shifted from November 3, 2023 to February 14, 2025 to November 7, 2025... and most recently the film was reported to be taken off the release calendar. The latest word is that the character will be included in a potential Midnight Sons movie at some point, and Marvel boss Kevin Feige said that he feels like a "gigantic loser and failure" for not being able to get the film off the ground.

Note: This story was updated on 10/12/2026. It was originally posted on 7/29/2021.