WhenMarvelreleasedEndgamein 2019, it brought an end to some of Earth’s mightiest heroes and served as a finale to the first few phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, aka the Infinity Saga. Butthe MCU didn’t end with Endgame.
As hard as it was to imagine an MCU without heroes like Iron Man and Captain America that we’ve come to love over the past decade of 20-plus blockbusters, Marvel has gone on to release over 20 films, shows, and special projects since Endgame hit theaters. This leads to a question that has dominated the MCU’s fourth phase: What’s next?
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Fans have been waiting for the next big bad guy who will force the Avengers to re-assemble. The fifth phase of the MCU is shaping up to see Dr. Doom make his MCU debut after some last-minute shuffling. However, the plan is now in place for the future of the MCU in both film andTV formwith Robert Downey Jr. returning to play the next big bad.
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Every upcoming Marvel movie and TV show in the works
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1Captain America: Brave New World
Sam makes his Captain America debut
Captain America: Brave New World
Anthony Mackie is set to make his feature film debut as Captain America in the fourth solo Cap film.
Marvel officially unveiled Captain America: New World Order at Comic-Con 2022.
Following the conclusion of the Disney+ TV series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, it was revealed that Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson will get his own big-screen adventure now that he’s the new Captain America. There’s no other word on who else could be returning for the film, but here’s hoping we get to see Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes team up with the new Cap again.
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’s showrunner, Malcolm Spellman, is penning the script, and Julius Onah will serve as the Director.
The initial teaser showed that Red Hulk will be at least one of the villains involved.
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2Thunderbolts
MCU’s answer to the Suicide Squad
Thunderbolts
Release Date: June 29, 2025
With the Avengers gone, a new team of anti-heroes, led by Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, is called upon to save the day.
Thunderbolts was announced at Comic-Con 2022, revealing that the film will be the final entry in Phase 5 of the MCU. This isn’t an Avengers film, but it will see a few of the recent anti-heroes Marvel has introduced joining forces – including Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Wyatt Russell’s John Walker, and Daniel Bruhl’s Baron Zemo under the guise of General Thunderbolt Ross. William Hurt had played General Ross in previous MCU films, but with Hurt recently passing away, the character has been recast with Harrison Ford. He’ll make his debut as the character in Captain America: Brave New World.
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3Fantastic Four: First Steps
Marvel’s first comic stars make their MCU debut
Fantastic Four
One of Marvel’s most famous group of heroes will officially join the MCU with this film directed by WandaVision showrunner Matt Shakman.
The Fantastic Four have been some of Marvel’s premiere comic characters since their inception. All that success, however, hasn’t translated to the big screen yet, with three films produced since 2005, and none of them being particularly successful. That will likely all change with the next Fantastic Four film, as Marvel reacquired the rights to produce it and add the foursome to the MCU.
Marvel recently unveiled the cast of the next Fantastic Four, with Pedro Pascal being tapped to play the group’s leader Reed Richards. Vanessa Kirby will play Sue Storm, while Joe Keery will play her brother Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch. Ebon Moss-Bachrach rounds out the cast as Ben Grimm, aka the Thing. Matt Shakman is directing the film after working on WandaVision previously.
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Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is set to play Marvel’s most fearsome vampire hunter, Blade. The film is set to be one of the first MCU films to be rated R.
After winning an Oscar for Best Actor, Mahershala Ali set up a meeting with Marvel and let them know he wanted to play the vampire hunter Blade. Marvel Studios then announced his casting at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, and he “appeared” in one of the post-credit scenes from The Eternals where we could hear Ali’s voice speak to Kit Harrington’s Dane Whitman.
The film, which was originally set to release in 2023, has been pushed back numerous times amid rumors around problems with the direction of the film. There’s now been a second change in directors after Bassam Tariq left, his replacement Yann Demange has now also left the film. Marvel is also bringing on Eric Pearson in hopes of fixing the script problems that haveplagued the productionso far, but there are even rumors now that Ali has grown frustrated with the drama surrounding the project.
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5Avengers: Doomsday
Robert Downey Jr. makes his MCU return
Avengers: Doomsday
The next Avengers film will see a new version of the superhero team form to take on the maniacal Dr.Droom and set up the final act of this phase.
Originally meant to be a Kang movie, the MCU has now shifted to the Fantastic Four villain Dr. Doom as the primary antagonist. As shocking as that shift was, the most surprising announcement had to be who was cast as Doom himself, which is none other than Robert Downey Jr. Many suspect this Doom will come from a different version of Earth. Could the Avengers look to another universe’s Tony Stark for help, but find only Doom instead?
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6Avengers: Secret Wars
Another Avengers film, one year later
Avengers: Secret Wars
Release Date: July 28, 2025
After Doomsday, another Avengers film is set to release a year later centered around a famous comic storyline that pits all the heroes against one another.
A second Avengers film will be released one year after Doomsday. While we’re still very far out from the film being in theaters, the Secret Wars comic run sees heroes and villains of the MCU, including the X-Men, abducted by an entity known as the Beyonder and made to fight on a pieced-together planet known as Battleworld.
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7Armor Wars
Don Cheadle’s War Machine gets a spin-off
Armor Wars
Don Cheadle is set to reprise his role as Rhodey, or War Machine. He’ll be tasked with tracking down some of Tony Stark’s stolen tech.
This live-action project is not a series as originally reported, but rather a feature film. It will star Don Cheadle as his MCU character, James Rhodes, aka War Machine, who deals with the fallout of his old friend’s technology falling into the wrong hands. The movie will be based on a popular run of the Iron Man comics, albeit with major differences, as Tony Stark is dead.
Armor Wars was conspicuously left out of a huge set of reveals Marvel made at Comic-Con 2022, but Yassir Lester, who’s writing the movie, assured fans it would still be coming out. Dominique Thorne’s Ironheart is also set to appear in the film.
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8Agatha All Along
A spin-off for the WandaVision villain
Agatha All Along
Kathryn Hahn will reprise her role as Agatha Harkness in her own series after she debuted as the villain in WandaVision.
The series was initially titled Agatha: Coven of Chaos before undergoing a name change. Hopefully, It will shed more light on some of the dark magic she used in WandaVision and the history of witches in the MCU. Jac Schaeffer is serving as showrunner for the series after helping to create WandaVision. Aubrey Plaza has also been added to the series in an unannounced role. The first trailer for the show was recently released, and the show will debut on Disney+ on September 18th.
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9Daredevil: Born Again
The return of the Netflix series
Daredevil: Born Again
Charlie Cox’s Daredevil will get his own MCU show after three seasons on Netflix. The show isn’t a direct continuation though.
After playing the role on Netflix, Charlie Cox will reprise his role as Matt Murdock/Daredevil. This will be Cox’s fourth appearance in the MCU after popping up in Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and Echo. It doesn’t appear the series will be a continuation of the Netflix series, but most of the main cast is returning, including Jon Bernthal’s The Punisher. Charlie Cox has stated that the series would not be season four of the Netflix series, implying that this is indeed a soft reboot of the character.
Disney revealed a March 2025 premiere for the series at D23.
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10Ironheart
A college student with Iron Man armor
Dominique Thorne will get her own solo adventure after debuting in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Dominique Thorne made her debut as Riri Williams in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever before taking over the reins of her own Disney+ TV series. In Wakanda Forever, Riri is an MIT student who creates a technology capable of locating Vibranium before she sides with Wakanda with her own version of Tony Stark’s Ironman armour.
Alden Ehrenreich has been added to the cast and is rumored to play Zeke Stane, the son of Obidiah Stane from the first Iron Man film. He joins Anthony Ramos, who is playing a character known as The Hood. Chinaka Hodge is currently the series' head writer. Fans were treated to the first footage from Ironheart at D23.
