What is the new debut date of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Secret Wars’?

Last Thursday, Dysney, the postponement of the premiere of new Avengers feature films, ‘Doomsday’ and ‘Secret Wars’, through Variety magazine. In addition, the producer also announced a reorganization of launch programming.

Initially with a debut date scheduled for the first day of May 2026, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, now hits the big screen on December 18. The film, which is expected by the Marvetes (fans of Marvel) for marking return of Robert Downey Jrnow as the antagonist Doctor Destiny, has had some confirmed cast names, such as: Chris Hemsworth Returning to Thor’s cloak, Anthony Mackie Living Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, Paul Rudd Again as Ant-Man, Winston Duke giving life to M’Baku and Letitia Wright like the new black panther, besides the iconic Tone Hiddleston That represses the god of lies, Loki.

Already sixth feature film of the largest blockbuster of the decade, ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’, will also be released at the end of the year. Previously planned for May 7, 2027, now the feature will only be on theaters on December 17, 2027.

According to the Disney CEO, Bob Igerthe decision is part of a strategy to reduce the volume of productions. According to the director, Marvel “lost focus” by excessively expanding its programming between films and series, and the new planning aims to prioritize the quality of productions.

Marvel calendar change

Still in the disclosure, the studio removed from the program dates that were reserved for Marvel movies not yet officially announced. The date of February 13, 2026 was canceled, while November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2027, previously destined to MCU feature films, were resigned for productions classified as “Untitled Disney”.

With the changes, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ and ‘Spider-Man 4’, starring Tom Holland In partnership with Sony, they remain the only MCU films scheduled for 2026. Both will be released in December, in the same debut window as ‘Spider-Man: No return home’, which in 2021 raised $ 1.9 billion at a global box office.

The new schedule also establishes an interval of over a year without launches of the studio between ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’, scheduled for July 25, 2025and ‘Spider-Man 4’, scheduled for July 31, 2026. This will be MCU’s largest hiatus since the pandemic break between ‘Spider-Man: away from home’ (2019) and ‘Black Widow’ (2021).

Despite the cuts, Disney maintained three dates reserved in 2028 for future Marvel projects, such as February 18, May 5 and November 10. Remember that titles like ‘Armor Wars’ and ‘Blade’ are confirmed, but still without defined debut dates.