Avengers Kang Dynasty And Secret Wars Delayed A Year, As Marvel Shuffles Release Dates

Disney’s film release schedule hit the shuffle button pretty hard, and fans are going to be waiting some time longer now for some of their favorite characters. On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the studio underwent several changes for upcoming releases for their tentpole franchises.

What may not exactly come as a surprise, but Marvel's Avengers: Kang Dynasty has been pushed a year to May 1, 2026. The epic feature that was to showcase Jonathan Majors as the MCU's Next Big Bad has been clouded by questions and concerns since the actor is facing assault charges in a New York court. The follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars, has also been pushed a year, to May 7, 2027.

Marvel also made a few small changes to its schedule. Captain America: Brave New World has moved back three months to July 26, 2024. Thunderbolts has pushed five months to December 20, 2024. Blade with Mahershala Ali has also moved five months to February 14, 2025, while Fantastic Four moved back three months to May 2, 2025. There is some good news for Deadpool fans though: Deadpool 3 will now open in theaters on May 3, 2024, instead of November 8, 2024.

Multiple Marvel movies, including Blade and Thunderbolts, opted to delay going into production amid the ongoing WGA strike.

Here's the current Marvel Studios schedule:

• Deadpool 3 - May 3, 2024
• Captain America: Brave - New World July 26, 2024
• Thunderbolts - December 20, 2024
• Blade - February 14, 2025
• Fantastic Four - May 2, 2025
• Avengers: Kang Dynasty - May 1, 2026
• Avengers: Secret Wars - May 7, 2027

There will now be new Star Wars movies for 2026 and pushing back Avatar 3 by a year, from December 2024 to December 2025. In addition to that, Avatar 4 will now hit theaters in December 2029, followed by Avatar 5 in December 2031, so each new film will now be released three years more than originally announced.