New MCU series are on the way — and Marvel’s staying quiet on purpose

Here we are, 2026, and despite the long spells of radio silence, Marvel Studios is definitely not packing up its bags when it comes to Disney+. So if you were worried that Daredevil: Born Again might be the last hurrah for Marvel's streaming adventures, new reports say: not even close.

October's VisionQuest is the only new Marvel series with a locked-in Disney+ release date right now.

What's actually brewing?

The word from Puck is that Marvel has quite a few live-action projects simmering away for Disney+ — they're just being unusually cagey about it, even dodging the topic at this year's D23. Apparently, this is all part of the strategy: save up the announcements, make a bigger splash later. They've got a particular eye on the upcoming X-Men characters (who are popping up properly in next year's Avengers: Doomsday) and are mixing in some fresh faces, specifically mentioning Nova as already deep in development. The idea, it seems, is to have these upcoming characters and stories bleed across the streamer and Marvel's cinematic slate, knitting everything a bit tighter.

Backstage, executives are as cagey as ever: one exec, texting (partly joking, partly not) after D23's Marvel no-show, quipped that the entire plan at this point 'is just Spider-Man!' Jokes aside, there's more bubbling under the surface.

The superhero squeeze

Marvel's keeping its cards close, but it's not just a Marvel thing — superhero TV is feeling the pinch everywhere, not just on Disney+. Over at DC, two much-heralded series (Waller and Paradise Lost) have quietly been canned before getting anywhere, and even Peacemaker (which did make Nielsen's top 10) isn't getting a third outing. Meanwhile, Amazon binned Gen V despite good reviews and a decent start, citing production costs — not the best look when it had a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

• Daredevil: Born Again S2 landed an 86% audience rating but stayed absent from Nielsen's originals chart. So, audience love is there, but the wider numbers aren't shifting.
• Marvel quietly cancelled its renewal for Wonder Man, with zero explanation offered to fans or press.
• Over at HBO, Lanterns debuted this week — starring Kyle Chandler — and it's already bathing in glowing reviews, so we''ll see if that finally pulls in broader crowds.

The theme across all this? No matter how rave the reviews or rabid the fanbase, streaming superhero shows are struggling to actually grow the audience beyond the folks already watching. That's making the bigwigs nervous and possibly explains Marvel's sudden silence and caution around hyping new series before they're ready.