Marvel has confirmed delayed release dates for Avengers: Secret Wars, Fantastic Four and Deadpool.
The movies have all had their dates bumped back while Blade is facing a delayed production (via Deadline).
The shift in release dates starts with the currently-untitled Deadpool threequel, which has been moved from a September 6, 2024 premiere date to November 8, 2024.
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Fantastic Four, which was meant to be released on the new Deadpool spot, has been moved from November 8, 2024 to February 14, 2025 – how romantic.
Meanwhile, Avengers: Secret Wars, the second of two movies which will follow on from Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, will now premiere on May 5, 2026.
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is still on track for its premiere date of May 2, 2025 and will be directed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.
If this all sounds confusing, Marvel boss Kevin Feige recently confirmed a timeline for Marvel's upcoming films during a San Diego Comic-Con presentation detailing where each movie will fit in with each MCU phase.
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Rounding out Phase 4 of the MCU is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which is set for release on November 11 of this year.
Meanwhile, Phase 5 is set to kick off with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which has a release date of February 2023 and will close with Thunderbolts in July 2024.
Fantastic Four will now launch Phase 6, with the later date of February 2025, and it will close with the double-bill of Avengers movies – Avengers: The Kang Dynasty on May 2, 2025 and Avengers: Secret Wars on its new date of May 5, 2026.
The Marvel presentation also confirmed the official title for Phases 4 to 6: The Multiverse Saga.
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