Plan your watchlist: Marvel movies coming through 2028 and beyond
After Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Marvel’s big-screen slate is set — and what’s queued up next might surprise you.
Well, it looks like the Marvel machine is properly up and running again. After a couple of wobbly years where it genuinely seemed like the MCU steamroller might have lost its edge, we’re now in the thick of a serious comeback. Thanks to the monster performance of Spider-Man: Brand New Day at the box office, the MCU brand is about as lively as it’s been since that pre-pandemic golden run in 2019. If you’re the kind who likes to know what’s next, and you want every relevant fact about the next phase of Marvel and Sony’s lineup, here’s what we’re looking at after Brand New Day.
Avengers: Doomsday arrives on December 18, 2026.
MCU’s Next Big Swings
The very next chapter is Avengers: Doomsday, rolling out 18 December 2026. This one’s billed as the first half of a two-part send-off for the current era of MCU mega-blockbusters. The big hook? The now-standard Avengers squad is teaming up not just with the New Avengers and Fantastic Four, but the Fox-era X-Men as well – in a truly full house against Doctor Doom, who, in the sort of casting move that guarantees headlines, is being played by Robert Downey Jr.
This is not just any Avengers outing – it’s basically what rose from the ashes of the scrapped Avengers: The Kang Dynasty plan. Whatever drama went down behind closed doors, hype is obviously through the roof: tickets for the “Infinity Vision” screens were gone in hours.
Skip ahead to Avengers: Secret Wars, and you’re looking at a year-long gap (absolutely no new MCU features dropping in between). Not much has dropped officially about the film, but if you know your comics, you’ll clock that they’re adapting Jonathan Hickman’s 2015 take, where Doctor Doom is ruler of Battleworld – a mashup patchwork of Marvel realities. It lands on 17 December 2028, and you can bet there will be a load of legacy characters turning up for the grand finale of Phase Six and the theoretical launchpad for whatever the next era is supposed to be.
Not Just Avengers: Other Heavyweights
Before Secret Wars takes over, Marvel is banking on Black Panther III becoming its end-of-year tentpole for 2028. Ryan Coogler is still behind the camera. Returning: Letitia Wright and Winston Duke as Shuri and M'Baku. New bit of casting worth flagging: David Jonsson jumps in as Toussaint/T'Challa II, so he’s the fresh Black Panther in the mix. (If you know him from Alien: Romulus or The Long Walk, that's the one.) Denzel Washington’s in as well, but nobody’s saying who he’s playing. With a prime December slot, the Oscar push is a given.
But those aren’t the only Marvel icons being lined up. The long, weird wait for the MCU X-Men film is apparently nearly over. Jake Schreier is directing, after Thunderbolts. Sadie Sink (who’s already Jean Grey as of Brand New Day) is back, and Samara Weaving is now Emma Frost. Officially, there’s no release date, but all signs suggest an early May 2028 drop – which would land it right in time for the 20th anniversary of Iron Man and the MCU itself.
Spinoffs and Outliers
Outside mainline MCU, there’s still one proper Sony-Marvel leftovers to come: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. This is the conclusion to the animated Miles Morales saga, scheduled at long last for 18 June 2027. This thing was originally supposed to land in 2024, so it’s running late – but it has to wrap up the multiversal shenanigans of the Spider-Society and settle the business with The Spot. One added wrench: there’s now a universe where Miles Morales is the Prowler. Lot of threads to tie up, and fans are, predictably, already stressing over whether it can possibly live up to the buildup.
In the “it finally happened” department, Marvel confirmed at Comic-Con 2026 what has to be the worst-kept secret in fan casting history: Ryan Gosling will play Ghost Rider. Word is that we’ll see that in 2028, very likely in July – with Shawn Levy (lately of Deadpool & Wolverine) behind the lens. Nobody’s said out loud which version Gosling is tackling, but Johnny Blaze seems odds-on favourite. Sacha Baron Cohen is lined up to return as Mephisto – because we’re doing that gag again, apparently.
Last bit for those still watching the Sony corner: although they’ve stopped throwing money at live-action symbiote experiments, they’re launching an animated Venom. Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (those behind the recent Final Destination outing) are taking charge. Tom Hardy is producing, as is Kelly Marcel from the previous Venom films – but it’s anyone’s guess whether this connects to Hardy’s existing franchise or comes out of the Spider-Verse continuity.
- Avengers: Doomsday – 18 December 2026
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse – 18 June 2027
- Ghost Rider – 2028 (date likely July 28)
- Black Panther III – 15 December 2028
- Avengers: Secret Wars – 17 December 2028
- X-Men – Date TBA (likely May 2028)
- Animated Venom Movie – Date TBA