{"id":1207768,"date":"2026-02-20T22:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=601082"},"modified":"2026-02-20T22:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T22:01:52","slug":"marvel-delays-both-upcoming-avengers-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/marvel-delays-both-upcoming-avengers-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel delays both upcoming Avengers movies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marvel Studios has chosen to delay its next two high-stakes Avengers movies by seven months apiece. Avengers: Doomsday<\/a><\/em> moves from May 1 to December 18, 2026, while Avengers: Secret Wars<\/a><\/em> shifts from May 27, 2027 to December 17 of that year.<\/p>\n

Insiders told Deadline<\/a> that the delay is just to accommodate the \u201cgargantuan vision\u201d of two films that will be \u201camong the biggest ever made.\u201d (Or maybe Marvel is scared of GTA 6<\/em><\/a>.) The films are being made back-to-back by directors Joe and Anthony Russo<\/a>, who directed the two previous Avengers team-up movies and Marvel\u2019s two highest-grossing films: 2018\u2019s Infinity War<\/em> and 2019\u2019s Endgame<\/em>. Avengers: Doomsday<\/em> is in production now.<\/p>\n

Marvel owner Disney won\u2019t have any concerns about moving the Avengers movies from their traditional early summer slots to the holidays. Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/em> launched in mid-December 2021 and was a massive success, becoming the third-highest-grossing Marvel film. (Avengers: Doomsday<\/em>\u2019s coveted May 1, 2026 slot will go to another big Disney movie, The Devil Wears Prada 2<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

Still, the move reflects a shift from quantity to quality at Marvel Studios, which Disney CEO Bob Iger said<\/a> during an investor call had \u201clost a little focus by making too much.\u201d After releasing only one film in 2024 (Deadpool & Wolverine<\/em>), Marvel is putting out three in fairly quick success in 2025: Captain America: Brave New World<\/em>, Thunderbolts*<\/em>, and the forthcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/em>. But then there will be a break of a full year \u2014 long by Marvel standards \u2014 before Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em> in July 2026, followed by another yearlong break between the two upcoming Avengers movies.<\/p>\n

Underlining this point, Variety notes<\/a> that Disney has removed or swapped out several slots for \u201cuntitled Marvel\u201d projects in 2026 and 2027, though it has three slots in 2028 reserved for Marvel films. What these might be \u2014 indeed, what the future holds generally for the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Secret Wars<\/em> \u2014 remains a mystery. The status of the Armor<\/em> Wars<\/em> movie<\/a> is unknown, to say nothing of the beleaguered Blade<\/em><\/a>, while plans for Shang-Chi<\/a> and Black Panther<\/a> sequels remain vague. Above all this looms the specter of a possible X-Men movie, which finally seems to be coming together<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two Avengers films ought to be more than enough to look forward to in the meantime. Marvel\u2019s announced cast for Doomsday<\/em><\/a> is a multiversal pile-up of MCU veterans, newcomers from Fantastic Four<\/em> and Thunderbolts*<\/em>, actors from the legacy Fox X-Men movies, and wild cards like Channing Tatum\u2019s Gambit. The cast is led by Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom<\/a>, not<\/em> Tony Stark. They really could go anywhere from here.<\/p>\n

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Marvel Studios has chosen to delay its next two high-stakes Avengers movies by seven months apiece. Avengers: Doomsday moves from May 1 to December 18, 2026, while Avengers: Secret Wars shifts from May 27, 2027 to December 17 of that year. Insiders told Deadline that the delay is just to accommodate the \u201cgargantuan vision\u201d of two films that will be \u201camong the biggest ever made.\u201d (Or maybe Marvel is scared of GTA 6.) The films are being made back-to-back by directors Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed the two previous Avengers team-up movies and Marvel\u2019s two highest-grossing films: 2018\u2019s Infinity War and 2019\u2019s Endgame. Avengers: Doomsday is in production now. Marvel owner Disney won\u2019t have any concerns about moving the Avengers movies from their traditional…<\/p>\n

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