Marvel Phase 6 is almost upon us, folks. The third and final part of the Marvel Multiverse Saga officially starts in July, and I suspect you'll want to complete lowdown on the new movies and Disney Plus shows that are part of its line-up.
In this guide, I've compiled the latest news and rumors on every Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film and TV series that'll arrive in the months and years ahead. Indeed, you'll learn more about any confirmed release dates, cast lists, trailer, and plot specifics from this point on – so, be advised: light to mild spoilers follow for some MCU Phase 6 productions.
Marvel Phase 6: every forthcoming MCU movie and TV show
Here's the official list of every Marvel Phase 6 movie and show that's currently in development, as well as any confirmed release dates that have been revealed as of February 2025:
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps – July 25, 2025
- Eyes of Wakanda – August 6, 2025
- Marvel Zombies – October 3, 2025
- Wonder Man – December 2025, date TBC
- Avengers: Doomsday – May 1, 2026
- Spider-Man 4 – July 26, 2025
- Avengers: Secret Wars – May 7, 2027
- Armor Wars – TBC
- Blade – TBC
- Nova – TBC
- Untitled Vision TV series – TBC
- X-Men 97 season 2 – TBC
Marvel Phase 6 movies
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Release date: July 25, 2025
Director: Matt Shakman
Confirmed cast: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Julia Garner, Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, Natasha Lyonne, and Ralph Ineson
After months of never-ending speculation, Marvel revealed The Fantastic Four's new title, revised release date, and primary cast in February 2024. Four months later, Marvel chief Kevin Feige announced filming would start in July of that year and that the movie would be a period piece set in an alternate universe – something fans already suspected after Marvel teased some key story details in 2024.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps' official trailer only arrived on February 4, but it gave us first-looks at Marvel's iconic First Family (Pascal as Mr. Fantastic, Kirby as Sue Storm, Quinn as Johnny Storm, and Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm) and much more besides. Indeed, it included a tease of this film's Big Bad in Galactus, who'll be voiced be voiced by The Office UK's Ineson and John Malkovich's enigmatic character. Garner, Hauser, and Lyonne are also part of The Fantastic Four: First Steps' cast, but their roles are also a mystery. Learn more about who they could portray in my dedicated hub on The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Avengers: Doomsday
Release date: May 1, 2026
Directors: Joe and Anthony Russo
Expected cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Tom Holland, Anthony Mackie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach
After mid-2024 reports suggested they'd make a shock return to the MCU just days before Comic-Con 2024, the Russo brothers were confirmed to be helming not only the fifth Avengers film, but also their fifth Marvel movie. Avengers 5 was expected to begin shooting in January without The Fantastic Four's involvement, but the Russos told Collider that filming will begin in early 2025. Mackie, who plays Sam Wilson/Captain America, has since stated (via Deadline) that it'll begin in mid-2025, though.
Downey Jr, who played Iron Man between 2008 and 2019, will surprisingly portray Doctor Victor von Doom, one of Marvel's most popular adversaries. Avengers: Doomsday is also said to be bringing back another huge Marvel star in Chris Evans. As for other possible returnees, Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatch said he wouldn't appear in Avengers 5 before backtracking on those comments (per Business Insider). Feige has also revealed that The Fantastic Four will also feature.
Spider-Man 4
Release date: July 24, 2026
Rumored director: Daniel Destin Cretton
Expected cast: Tom Holland and Zendaya
Spider-Man 4 will swing into theaters in July 2026. Holland has confirmed filming will start in mid-2025 via a competition link on the website of The Brother's Trust charity, which he co-founded.
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) and Variety claim Shang-Chi filmmaker Daniel Destin Cretton will direct it. The former also hints that Zendaya's MJ will play a supporting role. A separate THR article alleges that Holland will also be in Avengers 5, with the A-lister shooting scenes for that movie around Spider-Man 4 and his co-leading role in Christopher Nolan's next flick.
Plot details for Spider-Man's fourth MCU outing are thin on the ground, but Holland has teased (per the Rich Roll Podcast) that it "lit a fire in me", and that it had him and Zendaya jumping around the room when they read its screenplay. For more, read our dedicated Spider-Man 4 hub.
Avengers: Secret Wars
Release date: May 7, 2027
Directors: Joe and Anthony Russo
Expected cast: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Tom Holland, Anthony Mackie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach
The sixth Avengers movie's title hasn't changed since it was announced at Comic-Con 2019, but it won't shoot back to back with Doomsday. Speaking to Collider, the Russos said principal photography will begin "a year or so" after filming wraps on Avengers 5.
At Comic-Con 2024 (per reporter Erik Davis), Feige confirmed The Fantastic Four will feature heavily in Secret Wars alongside Doctor Doom. Cumberbatch has also intimated that, regardless of whether he appears in Doomsday or not, Doctor Strange will have a big role in Secret Wars. It's unclear which other MCU heroes and/or Marvel legacy characters will show up but, for what it's worth, Feige has said (per io9) we shouldn't expect every superhero to appear in the next two Avengers films.
Armor Wars
Release date: TBC
Director: TBC
Expected cast: Don Cheadle
Originally billed as a TV show, Armor Wars has been retooled as a movie, with Yassir Lester (Black Monday) writing the script.
Cheadle has regularly played down – albeit jokingly – that Armor Wars isn't an official MCU project (per The Today Show and TVLine), while Lester (via MovieWeb) has even suggested that its development status shifts on a day-to-day basis, so it's unclear if it'll ever get made.
If it is, it should pick up events from Secret Invasion's finale, given what we learned about Rhodey (or what fans have fiercely debated about him, anyway) in that series.
Blade
Release date: TBC
Director: TBC
Expected cast: Mahershala Ali and Mia Goth
After his off-screen Eternals cameo, the vampiric anti-hero known as Blade was expected to get an R-rated MCU movie. However, with so many issues affecting its development, nobody really knows what's going on with Marvel's Blade movie. After reports that Blade had been delayed indefinitely last November, Feige told Brazilian outlet omelete.comthat Marvel was "committed to Blade", so the movie hasn't been scrapped entirely.
Mahershala Ali is still expected to star as the titular vampire hunter and, while Goth was heavily rumored to be playing Blade's lead villain, she confirmed she'd feature (per Deadline) before the film was seemingly shelved.
Marvel Phase 6 TV shows
Eyes of Wakanda
Release date: August 6, 2025
Director: Todd Harris
Confirmed cast: Winnie Harlow, Cress Williams, Patricia Belcher, Larry Herron, Adam Gold, Lynn Whitfield, Jacques Colimon, Jona Xiao, Isaac Robinson Smith, Gary Anthony Williams, Zeke Alton, Steve Toussaint, and Anika Noni Rose
A surprise Marvel Phase 6 announcement, Eyes of Wakanda is a Black Panther spin-off that'll debut on Disney Plus. Here's its brief story synopsis, courtesy of Marvel: "Eyes of Wakanda follows the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history. In this globe-trotting adventure, the heroes must carry-out dangerous missions to retrieve Vibranium artifacts from the enemies of Wakanda. They are the Hatut Zaraze and this is their story."
Marvel's Head of Television, Streaming, and Animation Brad Winderbaum told CBR.com it'll comprise four episodes and will be an anthology show in the mold of What If...?. Winderbaum has also confirmed that it's the comic giant's first animated series that's part of the MCU and the so-called Sacred Timeline.
Speaking a D23 Expo 2024, director Todd Harris heavily teased Iron Fist (not the Finn Jones version from Netflix's Defenders-Verse) will appear in an episode. Last October, the show's first footage was also debuted as part of Marvel's 2025 'Look Ahead' trailer.
Marvel Zombies
Release date: October 3, 2025
Director: TBC
Confirmed cast: David Harbour, Simu Liu, Elizabeth Olsen, Randall Park, Florence Pugh, Hailee Steinfeld, Dominique Thorne, Iman Vellani, and Todd Williams
A spin-off of What If...?, this show will pick up after season 1 episode 5 – aka 'What If... Zombies!?' – and comprises four episodes. It'll be rated TV-MA in the US (18-plus in the UK and Australia) and, as revealed in January, Marvel Zombies will be released on October 3, so it'll arrive in time for Halloween on Disney Plus, aka one of the world's best streaming services.
It'll also see the MCU's newer heroes battle the ever-growing zombie superhero threat. Vellani, who plays Ms Marvel, says her character is "kind of the center of the show" (per The Direct), and she'll be joined by other non-zombified individuals including Shang-Chi, Yelena Belova, Red Guardian, and Blade. Other heroes who'll have fallen prey to the growing zombie horde will rerportedly include Captain Marvel, Okoye, Ghost, Abomination, and Hawkeye.
Wonder Man
Release date: December 2025, date TBC
Director: Daniel Destin Crretton
Expected cast: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley, Demetrius Grosse, and Byron Bowers
Another long-gestating MCU TV series, Wonder Man is an eight-part Marvel Spotlight comedy series (per Winderbaum on the Phase Zero podcast) that tells the story of an actor who not only plays a fictional superhero, but possesses real-life superpowers that he tries to hide from the world. Feige told the official Marvel podcast that it's "extremely different" from anything that the studio has made before.
Marvel's Wonder Man show landed DCEU alumnus Abdul-Mateen II for the titular role, as Simon Williams/Wonder-Man, in November 2022. Kingsley, who played Trevor Slattery in Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi, is also part of proceedings and, based on the 15 seconds of footage we saw in the 'Look Ahead' teaser, Slattery will be Williams' mentor. Demetrius Grosse (via TVLine) is reportedly playing Eric Williams and his supervillain alias Grim Reaper, too, while Deadline reports Byron Bowers is on board in an undisclosed role.
Untitled Vision TV show
Release date: TBC
Director: TBC
Expected cast: Paul Bettany, James Spader, and Todd Stashwick
Feige finally confirmed (per Inverse) the existence of this second WandaVision spin-off that's expected to arrive on Disney Plus in 2026.Bettany told THR that filming will begin in early 2025 but, as of February, there's been no indication that principal photography has begun.
Written by Star Trek: Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas, it'll star Bettany as White Vision, the revived, persona-less synthezoid body of the deceased Vision (he died in Avengers: Infinity War), who flew off for parts unknown in episode 9 of WandaVision, aka one of the best Disney Plus shows. No other details are known, but it could be inspired by Marvel's 'Vision Quest' and Tom King's 'Vision' comic series runs.
THR claims James Spader will return to voice Ultron, while Deadline suggests minor Iron Man antagonist Raza (played by Faran Tahir) will also show up. Deadline has also reported that The Franchise's Ruaridh Mollica in on board in a mystery role and THR says Picard's Todd Stashwick will portray an unnamed assassin hunting Vision for the synthezoid tech he possesses.
Lastly, Deadline suggests Elizabeth Olsen's Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch might also cameo, though it's unclear if this will be the real character or a version that White Vision fabricates.
X-Men 97 season 2
Release date: TBC
Director: TBC
Expected cast: Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, J.P. Karliak, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Holly Chou, Matthew Waterson, and Ross Marquand
With its first season ending on a cliffhanger – read my X-Men 97 season 1 ending explained article for more – a second season seemed inevitable.
Thankfully, work has been ongoing for some time, with THR reporter Borys Kit saying season 2 has been in development since mid-2022. It's now in post-production, with Winderbaum telling the Official Marvel Podcast: "I've already seen all the animatics and we're well on our way to creating something that hits the heights of the first season. I know the first season is an emotional ride [and] that ride continues in a very X-Men fashion in the second season". For more details, read my dedicated hub on X-Men 97 season 2.
A third season (per Entertainment Weekly) is already in development, too, with Deadline claiming What If...? writer Matthew Chauncey will take the reins for season 3 following the alleged firing of former showrunner Beau DeMayo.
Nova
Release date: TBC
Director: TBC
Expected cast: TBC
Feige confirmed a Nova project was in the works (via ComicBook.com) last July. Feige told the same outlet that it'll focus on the Richard Rider version of the cosmic superhero (i.e. not another member of the Nova Corps.), but it's still "three to four years out" from being released. Speaking to Collider, Winderbaum teased it'll be a cross between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, while Deadline has since suggested Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds) has been hired as its showrunner. The same report seemingly confirms it'll be a Disney Plus show, too.
Brandon Sklenar (per The Hot Mic podcast) and Jonathan Bailey (per MCU leaker MyTimetoShineHelloMTTSH) have been linked with the Marvel Phase 6 show's title role. Lastly, MTTS also suggests Glenn Close and John C. Reilly will reprise their roles from 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy for bit-part roles.
For more Marvel coverage, find out how to watch the Marvel movies in order or read our thoughts on the best Marvel movies. Alternatively, get the lowdown on Daredevil: Born Again ahead of its March 2025 launch or learn more about the final six Marvel Phase 5 productions.
