Marvel Phase 6 is back up and running. After a quiet end to 2025, Marvel Studios has plenty of new movies and Disney+ shows coming this year, so you'll want to know what'll be rolling of the production line in the weeks and months ahead.
Below, I've rounded up the biggest and latest news on every forthcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) film and TV series. Consider this as your one-stop shop guide to the release dates/windows, cast lists, trailers, and plot details for every MCU Phase 6 project. So, dive in!
Marvel Phase 6: the full line-up
Here's an at-a-glance list of every Marvel Phase 6 film and TV show in active development, plus everything else that's still being worked on:
- Daredevil: Born Again season 2 – March 24, 2026
- X-Men 97 season 2 – mid-2026, date TBC
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day – July 31, 2026
- VisionQuest – mid- to late 2026, date TBC
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 – late 2026, date TBC
- Avengers: Doomsday – December 18, 2026
- Avengers: Secret Wars – December 17, 2027
- Armor Wars – TBC
- Blade – TBC
- Marvel Zombies season 2 – TBC
- Nova – TBC
Marvel Phase 6: confirmed release dates and launch windows
Daredevil: Born Again season 2
Release date: March 24
Confirmed cast: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Margarita Levieva, Krysten Ritter, Wilson Bethel, and more
The second season of Daredevil: Born Again isn't too far away now. Indeed, we learned that Daredevil: Born Again season 2 will premiere in late March when its release date was unveiled alongside its first trailer.
Picking up after last season's finale – read my Born Again season 1 ending explained piece for more details – it'll continue the battle for New York's soul between the titular vigilante and crime boss-turned-mayor Wilson Fisk. For more on its cast and likely plot, check out my official guide to Daredevil: Born Again season 2.
X-Men 97 season 2
Just announced at #NYCC: Marvel Animation's #XMen97 Season 2 is coming to @DisneyPlus Summer 2026! pic.twitter.com/ulilHWaiFeOctober 11, 2025
Release window: mid-2026
Expected cast: Ray Chase, Jennifer Hale, Alison Sealy-Smith, Cal Dodd, J.P. Karliak, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Holly Chou, Matthew Waterson, Ross Marquand, and more
With its first season ending on a cliff hanger – read my X-Men 97 season 1 ending explained article for more – a second season of X-Men 97 seemed inevitable.
And, while we've known it's been in development for some time, the X-Men's latest animated venture was not only confirmed to be in the works at NYCC 2025, but that it would arrive in mid-2026. A third season has also publicly announced.
For more details on what to expect from the hit show's sophomore outing, read my dedicated guide on X-Men 97 season 2.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
Release date: July 31, 2026
Confirmed cast: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Sadie Sink, Jon Bernthal, Mark Ruffalo, and Tramell Tillman
Spider-Man 4 was originally going to swing into theaters on July 24. However, that's no longer the case because Brand New Day's release date was pushed back one week due to Christopher Nolan's next film, The Odyssey, arriving around the same time.
Filming on Spider-Man 4 wrapped in December 2025 and, while we're still awaiting its first trailer, a low quality version of Brand New Day's official teaser leaked online late last year. Hopefully, we won't have to wait much longer for our first proper look at the Sony and Marvel flick.
For a complete rundown of everything else we know so far, read my dedicated Spider-Man: Brand New Day guide.
VisionQuest
Just announced at #NYCC: The trilogy that started with #WandaVision will conclude with Marvel Television's #VisionQuest, coming to @DisneyPlus in 2026. Learn more about the cast: https://t.co/fkXuSCDLKP pic.twitter.com/bDBuOXJ7GYOctober 11, 2025
Release window: expected mid- to late 2026
Confirmed cast: Paul Bettany, James Spader, James D'Arcy, Orla Brady, Emily Hampshire, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Ruaridh Mollica
The third and final installment of a TV show trilogy that also includes WandaVision and Agatha All Along, this Bettany-led production will reunite us with the reprogrammed, soulless version of Vision, who flew off to whereabouts unknown in WandaVision's finale.
Its official launch date and trailer haven't been revealed yet, but the show is expected to drop before the end of 2026. For more on its development and myriad rumors, my VisionQuest guide should be your next port of call.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2
Just announced at #NYCC: Marvel Animation's #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSpiderMan Season 2 will swing onto @DisneyPlus Fall 2026! pic.twitter.com/CYgN8VLQn2October 11, 2025
Release window: late 2026
Expected cast: Hudson Thames, Colman Domingo, Grace Song, Zeno Robinson, and more
Another announcement made at NYCC 2025, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (YFNSM) will return for its sophomore season in late 2026.
Predictably, there are very few details on what its story will entail. However, based on how its debut season ended, there are plenty of story-based directions it can go in, and new and returning characters we'll see. I'll have an official guide on YFNSM season 2 soon, so keep your eyes peeled for a rundown on what we know so far in the near future.
Avengers: Doomsday
Release date: December 18, 2026
Confirmed cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Sir Patrick Stewart, Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and more
Marvel's next big team-up movie was originally due out in May, but Avengers: Doomsday's release was delayed until this December in mid-2025.
Downey Jr, who played Iron Man between 2008 and 2019, will portray Doctor Victor von Doom, one of Marvel's most iconic villains and the new Big Bad of the Multiverse Saga. He'll be joined by a whole host of familiar faces, too, with a chair-based livestream in March revealing the initial 27-strong cast for Avengers: Doomsday.
Since then, Marvel confirmed Chris Evans' Steve Rogers will return in Doomsday's first teaser. In the weeks that followed, teasers spotlighting Thor, the Fox X-Men, and Black Panther and The Fantastic Four. You can view those trailers and learn even more about the highly-anticipated film in my guide to Avengers: Doomsday.
Avengers: Secret Wars
Release date: December 17, 2027
Confirmed cast: TBC
The sixth Avengers movie's title hasn't changed since it was announced at Comic-Con 2019. Filming could begin in mid-2026 (per The Hollywood Reporter) and, unsurprisingly, there's very little information on its cast and story.
That said, while Marvel hasn't confirmed which actors are involved for obvious reasons, Robert Downey Jr's Doctor Doom is definitely going to be part of proceedings.
Paul Bettany (via The Telegraph), Letitia Wright (via ScreenRant), and Simu Liu (per People.com) have all indicated they'll appear. Spider-Man 4's Sadie Sink is said to have a role in Secret Wars, too.
Marvel Phase 6: movies in development
Armor Wars
Release date: TBC
Expected cast: Don Cheadle
Originally billed as a TV show, Armor Wars has been retooled as a movie, with Yassir Lester (Black Monday) writing the script.
Cheadle has regularly played down – albeit jokingly – that Armor Wars isn't an official MCU project (per The Today Show and TVLine), while Lester (via MovieWeb) has even suggested that its development status shifts on a day-to-day basis, so it's unclear if it'll ever get made.
If it is, it should pick up events from Secret Invasion's finale, given what we learned about Rhodey (or what fans have fiercely debated about him, anyway) in that series.
Blade
Release date: TBC
Expected cast: Mahershala Ali and Mia Goth
After his off-screen Eternals cameo, Blade was expected to get an R-rated MCU movie. However, with so many issues affecting its development, nobody really knows what's going on with Marvel's Blade movie.
After reports that Blade had been delayed indefinitely last November, Marvel President Kevin Feige told Brazilian outlet omelete.com that Marvel was "committed to Blade". Since then, Variety has indicated that Marvel isn't in a rush to make the film and will only move forward with it if it feels right to do so. More recently, industry insider Jeff Sneider has claimed that the movie is officially dead, although Marvel is yet to confirm this.
For his part, Ali, who's still expected to star as the titular vampire hunter, still wants to play the vampiric anti-hero (per Variety). Goth, who was heavily rumored to be playing Blade's lead villain, is also open to being involved (per Elle magazine) in whatever Blade's next big-screen adventure actually is
Marvel Phase 6: TV shows in development
Marvel Zombies season 2
Release date: TBC
Expected cast: TBC
With season 1 of Marvel Zombies releasing on Disney+ last September, attention quickly turned to the prospect of a follow-up, especially after last season's cliff hanger.
The latest update we've received has come from Marvel's Head of TV, Animation, and Streaming Brad Winderbaum, who said Marvel was "actively developing" ideas for Marvel Zombies 2. If it officially moved forward, showrunner Bryan Andrews has already suggested (via the Phase Hero podcast) that it might star Bucky Barnes, who was conspicuous by his absence in its debut installment.
Nova
Release date: TBC
Expected cast: TBC
A Nova project is in the works, with Feige telling ComicBook.com it'll focus on the Richard Rider version of the cosmic superhero. Speaking to Collider, Winderbaum teased it'll be a cross between Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica, while Deadline seemingly confirmed it'll be a Disney+ show.
Last March, development was paused on Nova, with Winderbaum saying (via the Phase Hero podcast): "When we develop something, the material might be great, but the timing might be wrong… we’re only going to make things we feel are ready and can go on for multiple seasons". It's unclear, then, if and when we'll see Nova.
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