Disney has officially delayed the next two Avengers films, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, pushing both highly anticipated releases deeper into the decade.
Avengers: Doomsday, initially scheduled for May 1, 2026, has been moved to December 18, 2026. Its successor, Avengers: Secret Wars, will now open nearly a year later on December 17, 2027, instead of its original May 7, 2027 slot. The delay marks another major reshuffle in Marvel Studios’ evolving calendar as it recalibrates production timelines and release strategies across its cinematic universe.
The studio also removed three previously announced Marvel dates from the schedule entirely. A project once slated for February 13, 2026, and two other untitled Marvel entries—originally placed on November 6, 2026, and November 5, 2027—have now been updated on Disney’s release calendar as generic “Untitled Disney” films, indicating broader flexibility or possible genre pivots.
One consequence of the delay is that Sony and Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day will now release before Doomsday. The Tom Holland-led sequel begins filming this summer and is set to hit theaters on July 31, 2026, making it the next major Marvel team-up before the Avengers reconvene.
While no official reason was provided, the reshuffling comes amid continued industry recovery post-strike and an evolving franchise strategy from Marvel Studios, which has recently pivoted to focus more on quality control and audience reception after a mixed Phase 4 and 5 rollout.
These delays are likely to give the studio time to rebuild momentum leading into Secret Wars, which many expect to be a multiverse-spanning culmination on the scale of Endgame.
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