Marvel Phase 6 is, at the time of this article's latest update, four months away. Indeed, the final part of Marvel's Multiverse Saga begins in late July, and there'll be plenty of new movies and Disney+ shows to check out in the months and years to come.
Luckily for you, I've rounded up everything we know about the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) next slate. Below, you'll learn more about Phase 6's full line-up, any confirmed launch dates, trailer releases, cast rosters, and story details. There's the odd rumor or two in some of the below entries, too, so proceed with caution if you're actively avoiding those.
Here, then, is all you need to know about Marvel Phase 6.
Marvel Phase 6: every forthcoming MCU movie and TV show
Here's the complete list of Marvel Phase 6 projects that are due to be released and/or are in active development:
- 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
Marvel revealed The Fantastic Four's official title, new release date, and primary cast in February 2024. Four months later, Marvel chief Kevin Feige announced filming would start in July 2024 that it would be a period piece set in an alternate universe – something fans suspected after Marvel teased some key story details earlier in 2024.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps' official trailer finally arrived on February 4 and gave us first-looks at Marvel's iconic First Family, its retro-futuristic world, and more besides. It even included a tease of this film's Big Bad in Galactus, who'll 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. For more cast and plot specifics, read 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 reports suggested they'd make a shock return to the MCU ahead of San Diego Comic-Con 2024, the Russo brothers were confirmed to be helming the next two Avengers films. Avengers 5 was expected to begin shooting in January without The Fantastic Four's involvement, but the Russos have since confirmed (per Deadline) it'll begin in April.
Downey Jr, who played Iron Man between 2008 and 2019, will surprisingly portray Doctor Victor von Doom, one of Marvel's most iconic villains. 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, while the Russos exclusively told me that there's the potential for heroes from Marvel Disney+ shows to show up in Doomsday and its sequel, too.
On the story front, the Russos also exclusively told TechRadar which of Marvel's Secret Wars comics will influence Avengers 5 and 6's plot. The pair say the movies are "a new beginning" for the MCU, too – that's not a great surprise to hear, considering they'll set up Phase 7 and beyond, but it's nonetheless intriguing to learn about.
Lastly, Marvel reportedly suffered an internal leak when apparent concept art for Avengers 5 and 6 appeared online. However, the Russos claim that artwork doesn't spoil anything about the forthcoming films. Read into that what you will.
Spider-Man 4
Release date: July 24, 2026
Rumored director: Daniel Destin Cretton
Expected cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Sadie Sink
Spider-Man 4 was originally going to swing into theaters on July 24, 2026. However, its release date was pushed back one week because Christopher Nolan's next film arrives around the same time.
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, too.
THR also suggests Zendaya's MJ will play a supporting role. In mid-March, new reports emerged that Sadie Sink has been cast in a key supporting role as well. For what it's worth, the Stranger Things star tried to play down that speculation on a March 2025 edition of the Happy Sad Confused podcast.
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 my 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. Speaking to Collider, the Russos said principal photography will begin "a year or so" after filming wraps on Avengers 5 but, in a more recent interview with Deadline, the duo suggested they might film both at the same time.
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 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.com that 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+. "Eyes of Wakanda follows the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history," it story brief reads. "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 also confirmed it's the first animated series that'll be 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 will be released on October 3. That means it'll arrive in time for Halloween on Disney+, aka one of the world's best streaming services.
In it, the MCU's newer heroes will 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
Wonder Man is an eight-part 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, aka Simon Williams/Wonder-Man, in November 2022. Kingsley, who played Trevor Slattery in Iron Man 3 and Shang-Chi, is also part of proceedings.
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
This second WandaVision spin-off is expected to arrive on Disney+ in 2026. Bettany told THR that filming will begin in early 2025 but, as of March, principal photography hasn't 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+ 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
A Nova project is in the works, with Feige telling ComicBook.com it'll focus on the Richard Rider version of the cosmic superhero. Speaking to Collider, Winderbaum teased it'll be a cross between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, while Deadline seemingly confirmed it'll be a Disney+ show.
As of mid-March, though, development has been paused on Nova, with Winderbaum saying (via the Phase Hero podcast): "When we develop something, the material might be great, but the timing might be wrong… we’re only going to make things we feel are ready and can go on for multiple seasons". Like Blade and Armor Wars, then, this one is on ice for the time being.
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