Phase 6 slate after NYCC 2025

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chaser6762025-10-12 04:22

Wow, only one movie in the 18 month stretch between fantastic 4 and avengers. That's pretty wild.

eagc72025-10-12 04:46

I mean they did said they are cutting back on the amount of stuff they do

chaser6762025-10-12 04:47

There's 8 TV shows/presentations during that time period. That's not cutting back lol.

Linnus422025-10-12 05:11

Also don’t think most of the complaints were focused on too many movies

Clemenx002025-10-12 12:22

As someone who kinda lapsed off the MCU and recently got hyped again thanks to F4 and Thunderbolts being fantastic, seeing that series schedule deflates my hype again lol outside of Loki really none of the series managed to capture me.

As long as I can ignore them, no biggie.

But only one Spiderman movie before Avengers does seem very little since both F4 and Thunderbolts left me in the mood for more movies.

eagc72025-10-12 22:17

Luckly for you they are looking at making the shows more optional than obligatory, like Daredevil will not even touch the events of Thunderbolts will focus more on its own corner.

I have no doubt we will still see crossover but now they are gonna make sure you are filled in on what you need to know about the TV character without having to see the series

hannibal412025-10-13 11:18

They confirmed that there would be no thunderbolts refer? That’s disappointing. I love when you can see the links/crossovers, especially if relevant to that location/character. If they’re not going to have them linked so that the canon in each show/film makes sense, then they might as well set each tv show in its own unique universe and not the mcu universe.

eagc72025-10-13 23:47

Yeah from Feige himself, he was asked on July while promoting FF if Born Again S2 will be affected by the events of Thunderbolts and his anwser was a simple no

https://collider.com/daredevil-born-again-season-2-update-thunderbolts-not-addressed-kevin-feige/

Though granted, we don't know when BA S2 occurs in the timeline, if it picks up right after S1, then Thunderbolts likely has not happened yet (Until Marvel gives us an official timeline, its believed that Thudnerbolts occurs circa fall of 2027, while DD S1 occurs around the start of 2027)

Visco08252025-10-12 16:15

Yea, the complaints were the billions of shows

PLZ_N_THKS2025-10-12 05:29

Most of those were projects already in development or continuations of existing series.

There isn’t much new coming to TV.

Visco08252025-10-12 16:11

Sure but they also cut movies like blade. I’m sure there were other movies that they cut like ShangChi 2 or Dr strange 3.

There’s no reason they needed all these shows

snarkywombat2025-10-12 17:27

>Dr strange 2.

About that...

Visco08252025-10-12 17:47

Dr strange 3!!

k4kobe2025-10-12 19:22

You’ll have to excuse him. He was on a 5 year gap 😳

YesicaChastain2025-10-12 17:39

Adventures of Spiderman, X Men and Daredevil were all given new seasons after change in course

PLZ_N_THKS2025-10-12 21:26

I wrote two sentences and you managed to screw that up….

sib29722025-10-12 10:39

The thing is that X-Men and Friendly Neighborhood are so tangential and not part of the main story/timeline. Then Eyes of Wakanda and Zombies are closer in relation but still so far removed from the main stuff. So it’s more like 4 main projects: Wonder Man, Daredevil, Punisher, BND

mint-patty2025-10-12 10:53

VisionQuest, as well, seems like it will play a role in the next Avengers movie.

eagc72025-10-12 22:12

Remember alot of the stuff we have coming up with the expection of DD S2 and S3 is stuff that should had came out years ago, like this year, all of the shows we got this year? that's stuff we should've had seen like 2 years ago or heck we should had seen by last year, but they chose not to pull a David Zaslav and release them anyway

Besides if we count the Animated shows...........i don't see them having 1 live action show and 1 animated show a year or a year we we get 2 live action, but no animation or a year with 2 animation but no live action. The stuff that is gonna be affected more is the live action stuff which to be honest is the most important stuff in terms of the MCU.

FearLeadsToAnger2025-10-14 05:31

I dont think animated stuff should be included tbh.

SnooTomatoes47342025-10-12 07:13

Yeah I thought ppl didn’t want home work. Will here you go lmao

ToxicBanana692025-10-12 10:29

I assume most people saying that are referring to all the TV shows and special side projects. It’s much easier to watch a 2 hour movie every few months than it is to watch an entire season of TV, ya know?

SnooTomatoes47342025-10-12 13:08

👍

YesicaChastain2025-10-12 17:38

But then go all out with a bunch of TV shows? Just an odd lineup

eagc72025-10-12 22:08

I mean both in the animation front and live action front alot of the shows we have coming up with the expection of DD S2 and S3 were all being developed years ago, even going as far before they decided to cut back. and alot of that stuff is stuff they delayed for years like really all of the shows we got this year?, we were supposed to have seen them years ago.

VHSreturner2025-10-12 06:10

Disney+ ruined everything.

Xerxes4572025-10-12 07:47

If you ignore Wonder Man and Vision Quest , I don't see the issue with the rest of the stuff, only Daredevil and Punisher are live action shows and the rest is animation that is unrelated to the MCU or just related adjacent I guess Eyes of Wakanda. Both Wonder Man and Vision Quest were meant to come out way before too and got delayed because of the too much stuff.

annanz012025-10-12 06:45

I really don't see how the characters have been set up enough for the Avengers.

mint-patty2025-10-12 10:54

They weren’t really set up before Avengers 2012, either. It’s the job of the movie to get all the pieces in play.

eagc72025-10-12 22:04

Yeah like Tony was the only Avenger to have appeared more than once prior to Avengers with 3 appearances in total, the rest we only had 1 film before they all had to team up

colderstates2025-10-12 07:57

Yeah, when you compare it to 2017-2019, it’s a bit big dog / little dog meme.

“I hate twos seasons of an unrelated nostalgia X-men cartoon”

“I have nine movies that all star Avengers”

etc etc

CherAli2025-10-12 04:27

I hope we see more of the other defenders

CharacterOld86912025-10-12 04:33

6 live action projects next year is promising.

X-WingAtAliciousnes12025-10-12 11:31

Not when 4/6 of them are just more tv shows.

Visco08252025-10-12 16:14

I would have much rather them cut back the shows than the movies. I’m so burnt out with the MCU shows that I have very little interest in any of them.

Having only 3 movies for a whole phase is such a shame to see how far the MCU has fallen.

eagc72025-10-12 22:02

To be fair alot of the live action shows we have are shows that were greenlight when they were in their quantity era, so either they keep in a shelf for another 5 years or lets just get them out of the way (Both upcoming seasons of Daredevil are currently the only live action series not greenlight as part of the quantity era)

Teganfff2025-10-12 05:10

So much X-Men!!

KeepGoing6552025-10-12 05:18

They're gearing up for the X-Men movie reveal in phase 7.

MystifiedBeef2025-10-12 05:14

I have a feeling that Vision Quest will probably be out around this time next year as since the time in between Brand New Day and Doomsday is about 4 and half months. Also depending on when it’s set I could see Punisher being released in between Born Again season 2 and Brand New Day. There’s also a chance that we could get it between the end of the year and February.

Far_Adeptness98842025-10-12 05:19

I'm surprised there is not at least one movie in-between doomsday and secret wars

eagc72025-10-12 06:24

I would not be surprised if maybe they want to avoid the risk of having another "Eternals/Quantumania/Brave New World"-level movie in-between both films and hoping that any potential goodwill generated from Doomsday carries over into Secret Wars, considering they are in shaky ground right now and in not a state where they can afford having at least one bad film once in a while

SeekerVash2025-10-12 06:39

This!

Plus, there really wasn't time. They had to do preproduction and casting for Doomsday and Secret Wars, as well as get them into filming, after a sudden schedule shakeup.

There wasn't a window where they would've had resources to develop, preproduce, and cast 1-2 additional unplanned moves. Everything they had on a shelf script-wise assumed it was a Kang storyline, they'd have to start over from scratch.

So the quality of anything they put in there would've guaranteed a The Marvels result.

aestus2025-10-12 07:56

I thought there would be a film between Spiderman and Doomsday

ObviousAnswerGuy2025-10-13 10:04

Spiderman was originally supposed to be between doomsday and secret wars iirc, but then they changed the date after pivoting from a "multiverse story" to a "street level" story (according to rumors)

HistoricalUse9522025-10-17 00:24

Only a show Visionquest

colderstates2025-10-12 09:48

They added a new date inbetween in one of the reshuffles but then removed it. We’re getting a new Simpsons movie instead.

(gentle weeping)

veemonjosh2025-10-12 17:45

My theory is that it was a placeholder date for Blade in case they actually made any progress with it.

veemonjosh2025-10-12 17:41

I still say that the Marvel Studios date we had for July 2027 (which has now been replaced with The Simpsons Movie 2) would've gone to Blade, if they could've finally gotten their shit together on that film.

That's the only project I could think of squeezing in-between the two films without pulling an actor away from either film.

ResearcherEmotional32025-10-14 15:56

...unless the best edit of Secret Wars is so long it gets split into two parts...

DigificWriter2025-10-12 05:42

I believe that The Punisher Special is supposed to be released around the same time as Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 (March 2026).

Notoriously_So2025-10-12 05:53

3 projects directly from the original Daredevil show on Netflix. This is just awesome!

ijustuseredditformem2025-10-12 05:57

I am very happy they are cutting back on the shows. I honestly think that even 3 seasons of live-action canon MCU is impossible to keep up with. There is some stuff that I haven't watched and ngl I don't really have plans to marvel needs to stop with shows and just do movies. Max, there should be 2 seasons per year. Also, with those 2 seasons, it should only be side stories that only kinda matter. A good example would be Hawkeye. It does matter for the context of the character, but literally that's it. Its like optional content in a video game for people who really wanna do it.

No-Cantaloupe2282025-10-12 08:59

I disagree, shows like x-men 97 and friendly neighborhood spiderman are really good imo. I also am a huge daredevil fan. I agree that that there maybe should be less live action shows. But I’d be really mad if they got rid of shows altogether.

teshh2025-10-12 06:36

This slate is so hollow. There's no movie during Christmas 2025, nor anything in all of 2027 besides the final Avengers in dec. They're really missing out not doing a shang chi 2 or eternals 2, or doctor strange 3. Could also have another capn america with Anthony or make a movie from a tv show like mk or young avengers. Instead, the only movie we get is ANOTHER Spiderman, as if there aren't a dozen movies from that ip alone in the past two decades.

Since the Kang drama, mcu has failed so badly. They haven't developed a single character beyond the intro movie. This entire past two phases just reeks that they have no viable plan and are merely making cash grab movies.

The abundance of TV shows is not a good thing, the MCU lives and breathes through its movies, the TV shows/shorts should be fun bonuses/extra NOT the focus. Again all these TV shows are most likely just being made to hold up Disney plus subscriber counts.

Idk how much of the decision-making is up to Fiege, whether Disney is forcing this playbook or what. But it's clearly not working.

eBICgamer20102025-10-12 06:48

>The abundance of TV shows is not a good thing, the MCU lives and breathes through its movies, the TV shows/shorts should be fun bonuses/extra NOT the focus.

The animated shows are literally what you described.

Clemenx002025-10-12 12:24

I'd say most people consider Animated shows distinctly separate from the MCU. Including them in a timeline like this is a bit of cheating since that's not how most people have the roadmap in their mind.

teshh2025-10-12 16:21

I do see them as separate, I'm referring to the live action shows. Falcons show, Hawkeye, secret invasion, wandavision, etc. All these shows contain PIVOTAL moments that affect the larger mcu.

For instance, I skipped wandavision and was fking lost when I saw an "evil" wanda in multiverse of madness.

rabid_J2025-10-12 16:44

Wandavision is the biggest since that is a direct precursor to Doctor Strange 2 followed by the Falcon show since it introduced John Walker and set up Sam as the new Cap for Cap 3 and Thunderbolts but despite a Kate Bishop appearance in The Marvels I'd say Hawkeye isn't super plot relevant either.

You could erase Secret Invasion from Disney+ and nothing of value would be lost. I agree they did too much with all those shows but only two would be "required viewing" to feel kept abreast of the plot. Even Loki didn't affect anything wider yet, though he'll probably show up in Doomsday.

9FingeredFrodo2025-10-12 16:14

It’s because Disney is looking at their overall slate. Any gap you see is probably Avatar, Star Wars, or Pixar. Or Simpsons!

eagc72025-10-12 21:56

The reduction of projects came from the higher ups at Disney, because due to Disney+, Disney originally wanted every division to make as much content as possible as fast they could to feed the streaming platform so we had no excuse to ever unsubscribe, but alot of that stuff from every division was half-baked since there was pressure in having to meet a certain amount of content annually.

So Disney wants to focus on delivering quality content and not throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks and Marvel and Lucasfilms are among the most affected, Lucasfilm right now is looking at only 1 live action series a year for example.

If Disney current mindset was "Who cares if it sucks and we turn away our fans with a bunch of crap, give us 10 Marvel projects a year!" then Phase 6 in terms of movies would've had alot more. But they wanna focus on delivering the best film and show possible first, so right now we are going to see less as result of having a period of hit and miss that resulted in some fans turning their backs on Marvel

ChaoticCaptain1772025-10-12 07:12

Phase 6 looks exciting!

icarus_rising532025-10-12 08:28

I think the only thing I'll end up watching is the standalone YFNSM series

Azzy80072025-10-12 08:40

Wait ... we're still doing phases?

eagc72025-10-12 21:51

Yeah, it never ended

RoxyFan20012025-10-12 09:42

I am looking forward to the new seasons of 'X-Men 97' and 'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' the most especially for SpiderGwen/ Ghost Spider who is my favouite Marvel Superhero but it has been confirmed both series are not part of the MCU and are separate like the 'Into the Spider-Verse' movies are. 'X Men 97' technically exists in the same universe as 'Spider-Man: The Animated Series' and the 'Fantastic Four' animated show from the 90s since they had crossover episodes.

sly_eli2025-10-12 09:43

Anyone else getting the feeling with a ride is over after secret wars?

BeejRich2025-10-12 18:14

I have a strong feel that Fiege is going to retire after Secret Wars

eagc72025-10-12 21:51

I think Feige may leave after X-Men, don't think he'll leave without leaving his own take on the MCU X-Men

sly_eli2025-10-13 07:09

He already did when the X-Men started.

Pristine-Passage-1002025-10-13 06:13

It honestly needs to be, at least for a good long while. I’m so burned out. Out of all of these I’m only looking forward to X-Men and Friendly Neighborhood.

sly_eli2025-10-13 07:09

This franchise needs a break. With three to five years.

ObviousAnswerGuy2025-10-13 10:21

x-men will be the next big movie after

MrAwesome3512025-10-12 10:44

no dr strange 3 💔

darthyogi2025-10-12 11:21

Four movies and six animated series

mythicreign2025-10-12 12:25

As someone whose favorite characters are Spidey, Vision, Daredevil, Cyclops, Doom, and Apocalypse, I am not disappointed with what we’re getting.

JtheIrishNerd42025-10-12 12:30

I think we're definitely in that transition to cutting back on the content that they've talked about. Although I think 1 or 2 more movies in the slate (Dr Strange 3, Shang Chi 2) would be perfect as there's not many movies, it's a good amount of content.

For the casuals, they only need to see the movies now - the shows seem to be disconnecting enough that you don't need to follow someone's whole story through everything to get an idea of who they are (eg. Thunderbolts seemed like it would work if you've seen Black Widow and seen Bucky in a few things).

For heavier Marvel fans, you can hop onto the TV shows for more of a superhero fix and to dive into the world and bit more.

For the die hards, you have the Animated shows taking place pretty much completely outside of the mainline MCU and not impacting the narrative, so it allows us to spend even more time with characters we love (albeit different versions) and see things that they might have a hard time bringing to screen (Zombies).

Overall, I think it's on the right track. You can dive in as deep as you want without it causing fatigue or feeling like you're missing out on important pieces, which is kind of the direction it felt like Marvel was headed.

Loose-Examination-392025-10-12 13:57

Looks exciting and really excited for the shows, especially the animated ones.

Just hoping there was one more movie that directly connects to Doomsday and/or Secret Wars, like Dr. Strange 3.

KingofMadCows2025-10-12 14:58

I don't think they can finish season 3 of X-Men and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man that fast. Especially X-Men since that's done by Studio Mir and they're going to be working on some Avatar stuff.

eagc72025-10-12 21:49

Depends on how long they were in development

Pristine-Passage-1002025-10-13 06:14

They can literally film multiple seasons at the same time, they’re not long.

KingofMadCows2025-10-14 00:47

Except they're not doing that. They just announced that X-Men 97 season 3 was greenlit. Even if they've written the scripts, it takes a full year to do the animation.

The days of large orders for animations is long past. It was done back when they needed a certain number of episodes for syndication. In the 90's, shows like Batman, X-Men, Spider-Man, Superman, etc. would get full orders of 52 - 65 episodes from the start because they were planned to be sold into syndication so they'd have a full year of reruns. Animated shows now work much more like regular shows, where they would finish a season before they decide if it will be renewed for the next season.

Sufficient_Rip8082025-10-12 15:52

Wow thats honestly sad that we have more animation then live action to watch:(

MrHardin862025-10-12 16:09

Phew i thought i was in the mtg group for a second.

pak2562025-10-12 16:09

I’m glad I finally stopped watching every single thing they put out. Now it’s a lot like reading comics, pick up the ones you want and skip others. Sure they are in the same universe but I don’t need to read 6 issues of daredevil to know what’s going on in that spiderman one shot.

XIIISkies2025-10-12 21:37

I honestly dont even keep track of these anymore, if it’s good enough, Im sure I’ll hear about it through word of mouth

someguy9911002025-10-13 02:55

Wow this is a bad line up. All TV shows, no new films, all punisher and daredevil and x men...lame

omegaphallic2025-10-13 03:33

I like F4. I'm looking forward X-Men 96', The Avenger Movies, Marvel Zombies, Eyes of Wakanda (do any other Canadians keel accidently spelling it Wakanada?) and Visionquest.

Honestly I never liked the Netflix series, and so most of the rest don't interest me.

And Wonderman is debilutrately triggering a massive culture war fight that could kill off the MCU all together, very much not interested.

StruggleBoy19992025-10-13 05:59

I wonder what the first project after Secret Wars will be?

eagc72025-10-13 23:41

Either Black Panther 3 or X-Men most likely

For now i bet Black Panther, since the next MCU film in the release schedule post-SW is set for February 2028 and i can totally see them wanting to put Black Panther 3 in time for the first film 10th anniversary

Pristine-Passage-1002025-10-13 06:11

That’s just too much. People are burned out and they keep releasing more and more. Easily could’ve dropped Zombies, Eyes of Wakanda, Wonder Man (which nobody will watch), and Vision Quest and nobody would’ve noticed while the slate would’ve been so much cleaner.

eagc72025-10-13 23:44

Do note that alot of the projects that just came out are projects that were greenlight when Disney were in their quantity over quality phase, they are basically trying to get all of these projects out of the way ASAP (VisionQuest is the last show greenlight during that era), instead of pulling a David Zaslav and do a tax break.

drewbles822025-10-13 12:35

They will need to reveal what comes after Secret Wars soon as writing, directing, casting and going into pre-production will need to happen

Professional-List7422025-10-13 13:49

Wow. A lot of stuff there I’m not interested in. A bit worrying….

FreeStall422025-10-14 07:54

There was a stage 5?

eagc72025-10-14 22:45

Yeah started with Ant-Man 3 and ended with Ironheart

Moist-Audience-74662025-10-15 06:01

Meh i only care about beyond the spiderverse at this point.

PhotoBonjour_bombs192025-11-05 05:06

Can you do the DCU pls

diego2003gp2025-11-10 00:15

Maybe in a near future when their schedule is more developed