Marvel Chief Kevin Feige recently admitted that Marvel is returning to San Diego Comic-Con, even revealing that “The Fantastic Four” will start production on the Monday after Comic-Con weekend, July, 25-28. But it’s a slow Friday, a day for rumors so let’s take a look at what the Interwebz is saying.
For the most part, the sentiment seems to be that Marvel is going to really try and bring it and deliver a lot. Another rumor suggests—and this makes a lot of sense, honestly— that Marvel will only promote movies and announce new ones and save TV and Disney+ content for D23 in August. That tracks, you want to have something left over for D23. But hey, let’s take a look at what they’ll announce and what they’ll promote.
“Deadpool & Wolverine”
First off, there’s the obvious. Shawn Levy’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” comes out the very same weekend as Comic-Con which is odd timing, but nonetheless, they’ll surely have something, whether its Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds coming out to say thank you to the fans or maybe a fun deleted scene or something. That said, the film will have just come out and those many cameo spoilers may have not been revealed yet because not everyone will have seen the movie yet, so they may need to be careful and quiet. Also, if Jackman and Reynolds go out to theaters to surprise fans, maybe they’ll only be able to deliver a video message or a thank you. Regardless, some kind of probable thank you to fans, presuming it’s gonna be a blockbuster in at the box office.
“Captain America: Brave New World”
The Anthony Mackie-starring “Captain America: Brave New World” comes next on February 14, 2025, so it’s almost a guarantee they’ll either unveil the first teaser trailer or footage from the movie. They’ll probably pull back the curtain on the plot a little bit, potentially reveal who Giancarlo Esposito is playing. Maybe for the audience in San Diego, they’ll play a scene too.
“Thunderbolts*”
Marvel’s anti-villains film “Thunderbolts*” (with a purposeful asterisk in the title to indicate that’s what the team is named… for now), arrives after that on May 2, 2025. It’s probably too early for an official teaser trailer, they want to save that for ‘Brave New World’ as they focus on pushing one film at a time in order, but it’s very likely we’ll get some official first looks and photos and perhaps confirmation of some of the characters that actors are playing (like Lewis Pullman as Sentry, even if Marvel hasn’t officially confirmed it yet).
“Fantastic Four”
Like Feige already said, the movie doesn’t even start until after Comic-Con starts so there won’t be a second of footage to show off. But expect more posters and concept art, perhaps a reveal of who some of the supporting cast is playing and probably all the major players from the film to come and discuss it and tease some plot points (like the fact that it’s a 1960s period piece, but set in an alternate universe where the 1960s was way more futuristic at the time; like the imagined, idealistic space-age retro-futurism of the 1950s and the notion of flying cars right around the corner). The film is currently dated for July 25, 2025.
“Blade”
Currently dated for November 2025, that’s most certainly not happening. “Blade” recently lost its director, and the trades reported its going through rewrites again this summer and then Marvel Studios will be on the hunt for a new director. That pretty much squashes the rumors that “Blade” is shooting this fall. Marvel and Disney’s Bob Iger have already said they’re moving back to a world where they are going to scale back to 2-3 movies a year, so “Blade,” which would have been the fourth movie of 2025 would have been moving regardless. The optimists think Marvel will reveal a new director at Comic-Con, but I think, at best, you’re getting a new release date, potentially in 2026.
“Spider-Man 4”
Don’t expect anything. “Spider-Man” movies are produced by Marvel, but are distributed and owned by Sony. Marvel has never had a Tom Holland-led “Spider-Man” movie at Comic-Con because it’s technically not theirs. And it said that Sony won’t be at SDCC24, so don’t expect any updates unless that changes.
“Avengers: Kang Dynasty”
Scheduled for May 1, 2026, we’ll probably only get small teases of information from ‘Kang Dynasty.’ One solid bet is probably a new title to shy away from Kang, and maybe re-casting news for the character who is said to still be part of the movie, but dialed back in importance. If we’re super lucky, you might get a director announcement—Shawn Levy is rumored to be at the forefront—but it really depends if they’re ready to make that announcement and a deal has been done. Maybe we’ll get a small tease about what the movie is about, but one suspects all the 2024 and 2025 movies will inform that plot so, we might not get much.
2026 and Beyond
Currently Marvel’s 2026 ofifically ooks like this:
2/13/26 Disney UNTITLED MARVEL
5/1/26 Disney AVENGERS: THE KANG DYNASTY
7/24/26 Disney UNTITLED MARVEL
11/6/26 Disney UNTITLED MARVEL
That’s four movies, so we know at least one of those dates is dropping and probably the November one.
What’s taking that slot? Well, “Blade” seems like its taking one of those slots since it won’t be ready for 2025 and other potential rumored projects that should be ready soon are “Shang Chi 2.” If you believe the online rumors we might get news of a “Midnight Son” and “Young Avengers” movie, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they did that, you wouldn’t get more than “hey, we’re planning on making these movies with no release dates.” I would slow the brakes on things like “Doctor Strange 3” and “Black Panther 3” they sound like they’re aways off and might even arrive after “Secret Wars” in 2027. “X-Men” should get a mention too, but don’t be surprised if it’s little more than, “we have a writer and we’re working on it” (and it’s said to arrives after the “Secret Wars” and the end of the Multiverse Saga, so 2027 or 2028 might be the earliest)
TV has lots of possibilities that could be mentioned in passing. Clearly “Daredevil: Born Again” and “Ironheart” will be the two Disney+ shows for 2025 and “Wonder Man” and “VisionQuest” will be the shows for 2026. A “Blonde Phantom” show is rumored too, so maybe we’ll get a brief mention. We might get one of those big impressive timelines that gives an indication of when everything will arrive, but they’ll probably save more of the details for D23 as suggested. All for now.
