Marvel Is Delaying ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’

The Avengers gained’t be on summer season trip once more anytime quickly. Each Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars have been scheduled to start out their respective summer-movie seasons in Could 2026 and Could 2027 however every has now been pushed again a number of months. Doomsday has moved from Could 1, 2026 to December 18, 2026, and Secret Wars goes from Could 7, 2027 to December 17, 2027.

io9 reached out to Marvel Studios in regards to the dates and it confirmed that the shift is basically to present the filmmakers extra time. These are large motion pictures, in spite of everything, and with directors Joe and Anthony Russo helming each movies, and Doomsday already in manufacturing, you couldn’t transfer one with out shifting the opposite.

Marvel additionally talked about the December time-frame is identical one Spider-Man: No Method Residence opened up in 2021, and that grew to become one of many greatest superhero movies of all time. After all, the earlier two Avengers motion pictures opened in Could and had even larger success, however a vacation opening continues to be thought of one. Lastly, as Marvel begins to cut back what number of issues they make and launch, shifting these motion pictures to December provides them time to breathe with regard to different movies on the schedule, resembling Spider-Man: Model New Day in July 2026.

Additionally, the Doomsday film provides Disney extra time to concentrate on The Mandalorian & Grogu, the primary Star Wars film in seven years, which comes out only a few brief weeks after that authentic date on Could 22, 2026. And no, the dates don’t conflict with any Avatar motion pictures. Although Avatar motion pictures have all, and can all, come out across the identical time in December, after this 12 months’s Hearth and Ash, the fourth movie gained’t be out till 2029.

However the way forward for Marvel is definitely extra mysterious than ever. After July’s The Implausible 4: First Steps, solely three official movies are on the schedule—Model New Day, Doomsday, and Secret Wars, in that order. Meaning followers should wait over a full 12 months to see a brand new Marvel film after this summer season. After all, past that, the studio has three dates deliberate for 2028—February 18, Could 5, and November 10—however we’ll see if these stick.

Are you frightened about these delays? Do you suppose it’s encouraging? What’s it going to be prefer to see an Avengers film on Christmas?

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