Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been confirmed to begin in 2023 and with it is coming a huge number of new movies and Disney+ shows.
The current phase, Phase 4, will end with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in November 2022 and Phase 5 will begin with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania in February 2023.
Watch the first trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever here:
Some massive new movies have been announced and given release dates including Captain America: New World Order, Blade and Thunderbolts.
The brand new Captain America film stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson, the new Captain America, and will release on May 3rd 2024, while Blade drops on November 3rd 2023 and stars Mahershala Ali as the lead character.
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Thunderbolts will be final film of Phase 5 and releases on July 26th 2024.
In terms of shows, the biggest news is that Charlie Cox will return in Daredevil: Born Again, an 18-episode series that drops in Spring 2024. Loki is getting a second season and will release in Summer 2023. Agatha: Coven of Chaos is set to start streaming in Winter 2023.
Other newly-announced shows include Echo, which airs in Summer 2023, Secret Invasion, which releases in Spring 2023 and Ironheart which drops in Fall 2023.
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All of the series will stream on Disney+ when they are released.
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It's also been confirmed that Charlie Cox will return as Daredevil in the upcoming She-Hulk series, making his first on-screen appearance in the full suit since joining the MCU.
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Vincent D'Onofrio is also making a proper comeback in the new Daredevil series, after his earlier return in Hawkeye.
Not a lot of detail has been provided yet about what will happen in the upcoming releases, but Secret Invasion has Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury on the run and hunting Skrulls, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will introduce Kang the Conqueror, a villain who is tipped to play a big role in the overall arc of the MCU.
James Gunn, director of Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 has also confirmed the film will be the end of this Guardians era in the MCU, though he was quick to establish that doesn't mean everyone will die.
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In case you missed it as well, two new Avengers movies were announced for 2025. You can read more about them here.
So, Marvel's first Comic-Con panel in years definitely lived up to the hype. Phase 5 looks like it's going to be absolutely packed.
Topics: Film and TV, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America, Kevin Feige, Disney, Disney Plus, Loki
Alex Maxam