2025 is expected to bring some of the biggest updates and breaking news in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and other Marvel franchises. Unlike 2024, 2025 will be a year full of Marvel movie and TV show releases. The release of three new feature films, at least five new TV shows, and the continued development of the MCU and Sony Spider-Verse Franchise is very exciting. With so many new releases, there's more promise for the future, so Marvel could be about to release some huge new updates.
Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: Getting Started will see major developments made in the MCU's Multiverse Saga. In addition to these big releases, Marvel Studios also appears to be about to confirm big news about the cast of Avengers: Judgment Day, Black Panther 3 and the MCU X-Men reboot, while the fate of Sony's Spider-Man Universe could also be confirmed, and the animated film Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse the sequel will be closer to release. This possible news makes 2025 a very exciting year for Marvel fans.
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Avengers: Doomsday cast list as filming begins
Avengers: Doomsday is scheduled for release in May 2026
Avengers: Judgment Day is scheduled to be released on May 1, 2026, with filming is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2025 in London. As the start date for the next MCU crossover film approaches, with the Russo brothers back in the lead, it's very likely that more solid casting news will be released soon for the highly anticipated project. So far, Robert Downey Jr. has been confirmed as Judgment Day titular villain, Doctor Doom, while Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anthony Mackie and the cast of Rays* and The Fantastic Four: Getting Started were also confirmed.
The fact that Downey Jr. and Evans are returning in Avengers: Judgment Day suggests that Marvel Studios may also try to capture the other members of the original Avengers. This could mean that Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner will be confirmed to return, while Scarlett Johansson is more of a wild card. It is very likely that several new MCU heroes, such as Simu Liu's Shang-Chi, Tatiana Maslany's She-Hulk and Oscar Isaac's Moon Knight, among others, will also be confirmed, and 2025 could provide the much-desired confirmation.
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New Avengers lineup after Captain America 4
Captain America will be asked to rebuild the Avengers in 2025
2025 Trailers Captain America: Brave New World showed Harrison Ford's President Ross urging Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson to rebuild the Avengers team, with Captain America as their new leader. This means audiences may finally see the Avengers reform in 2025, which would provide insight into the official lineup of the next team. While it's unclear whether Sam Wilson will actually agree to assemble a new Avengers team, Brave new world can still suggest the possible lineup of the team.
Popular theories have suggested that Captain America: Brave New World The potential Avengers team could include a number of new and familiar heroes, including War Machine, She-Hulk, Shuri's Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Star-Lord, and Spider-Man, among others. It would, of course, be great to see the participation of these heroes Brave new worldalthough it is perhaps more likely that the public will not see the formation of the starting line-up until Avengers: Judgment Day. Brave new world It could still be followed by a confirmation of the new Avengers lineup, which would be huge for the MCU.
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will conclude the Miles Morales trilogy
Sony's third animation Spider-Verse film, featuring Shameik Moore as the voice of Miles Morales, was originally planned for release on March 29, 2024, nearly a year later Through the Spider-Verse. However, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse was removed from Sony's July 2023 release schedule following production delays and the SAG-AFTRA strike. Sony still has June 27, 2025 set aside for a Marvel release, but that hasn't been confirmed because Beyond the Spider-Verse and it may be too soon for the epic finale to the animated trilogy.
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
December 14, 2018 |
US$394 million |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse |
June 2, 2023 |
US$690.8 million |
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse |
TBD |
TBD |
Recent reports suggest Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will be released in 2026 at the earliest, while 2027 appears to be a more reliable release window. Following recent news that Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson will direct the sequel and with voice recording beginning soon, it looks like 2025 could come with a finalized and definitive release date for the highly anticipated film. from Sony Spider-Verse franchise comprises its most successful and popular Marvel filmsSo getting an actual release date for the final film in the Miles Morales trilogy is an exciting prospect.
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Scarlet Witch's MCU Return Details
Rumor has it that Elizabeth Olsen will return to the MCU
Elizabeth Olsen first appeared as Wanda Maximoff, one of Marvel Comics' most popular and powerful characters, in the 2014 post-credits scene. Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Over the next eight years, she became one of the MCU's most central heroes, and this became even more prominent in the Multiverse Saga.as WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness put it front and center. However, Scarlet Witch turned into a true villain in these projects, culminating in her sacrifice – a death that Marvel Studios has confirmed several times.
Despite her death, there are rumors that Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch will return to the MCU, just as she did after the M's House and Decimation events at Marvel Comics. Marvel recent Agatha all the time the series hinted at Wanda Maximoff's return several times, but didn't actually bring Scarlet Witch back. While Olsen will return to voice the zombified Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Animation film Marvel Zombies miniseries, its live-action return, perhaps in Avengers: Judgment Dayit could also be confirmed in 2025.
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MCU Phase 6 Release Schedule
MCU Phase 6 Still Has Plenty of Empty Launch Slots
Avengers: Secret Wars It's expected to be the final film in the MCU's Multiverse Saga, bringing the franchise's current chapter to a close in May 2027. Before then, however, there are still several empty release slots that Marvel Studios needs to fill. Next to Avengers: Judgment Day and Spider-Man 4, Marvel Studios has empty slots on February 13 and November 6, 2026, and 2025 could deliver confirmation on which films will fill those slots. There are a number of projects currently in development that do not yet have release dates, each vying for those coveted Phase 6 spots.
Marvel Studios also has empty release slots on July 23, 2027, November 5, 2027, and February 18, May 5, and November 10, 2028, although these apparently fall into the next MCU saga that is widely rumored to focus on the MCU mutants and the X-Men. There are also plenty of Disney+ TV shows currently planned for MCU Phase 6 and beyond. These updates in 2025 could give audiences a clearer idea of what the future of the MCU will look like and will certainly come with some surprising additions as well.
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What does the asterisk in Thunderbolts* mean?
The mystery of Thunderbolts* title will become clear in 2025
In a video released from the set of this highly anticipated MCU crossover film, Florence Pugh revealed an addition to the title, such as Rays* got a mysterious asterisk. Currently, Marvel Studios has not revealed what this asterisk means, though it has persisted in marketing material for the upcoming 2025 film, including the first trailers for Rays*. The addition of the asterisk has spurred theories about its meaning, with some suggesting that the titular team may not actually be to be the raysbut it could be a new version of the MCU's Avengers.
Marvel Studios' Rays* will bring together reformed anti-heroes and villains from MCU history, including the Winter Soldier, Yelena Belova, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and US Agent, as a new super-powered team. There has been speculation that Damn*' the asterisk may suggest that the team has changed its name, perhaps being called the Dark Avengers or even simply the New Avengers. Since the film's July 2025 release, it won't be long before this lingering mystery is finally solved..
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Black Panther 3 Casting and Release News
Black Panther 3 is officially in development for the MCU
While talking to Today's program In November 2024, Hollywood legend Denzel Washington let slip that Ryan Coogler was writing a role for him in the then-unannounced Marvel Studios film. Black Panther 3. This led Marvel, a month later, to confirm Black Panther 3 is in development for the MCU, beyond 2018 Black Panther and its exciting 2022 sequel, Wakanda foreverwhich honored the late Chadwick Boseman. While it's unclear who Denzel Washington will be playing Black Panther 3The film's confirmation means more casting news is likely to come.
Ryan Coogler Black Panther franchise is one of the most successful corners of the MCU, so it makes sense for the franchise to continue to build on the past Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and the next animation Eyes of Wakanda series. Wakanda forever ended with Letitia Wright's Shuri, Winston Duke's M'Baku, Lupita Nyong'o's Nakia, Danai Gurira's Okoye, Martin Freeman's Everett Ross, Tenoch Huerta's Namor and more perfectly set up to return. It's possible that all of these stars, and perhaps even young Divine Love Konadu-Sun, who played T'Challa's secret son, could be confirmed to return.
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Sony's Marvel Future After Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Noir
Kraven the Hunter Could Be SSU's Last Film
Competing with the behemoth that is the MCU is a tall order, and Sony's Spider-Man Universe has completely crumbled under the weight. Sony's Marvel franchise, which curiously did not feature the titular wall-crawler, who was instead portrayed by Tom Holland in the MCU, released six feature films between 2018 and the end of 2024most of which were critical and commercial failures. Just before the premiere of 2024 Kraven the HunterSSU was revealed because the public knows it would be ending, with no future films planned.
SSU Films |
Release date |
Box office |
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Poison |
October 5, 2018 |
US$856.1 million |
Venom: Let There Be Carnage |
October 1, 2021 |
US$506.8 million |
Morbius |
April 1, 2022 |
US$167.5 million |
Lady Teia |
February 14, 2024 |
US$100.5 million |
Venom: The Last Dance |
October 25, 2025 |
US$476.4 million |
Kraven the Hunter |
December 13, 2025 |
US$52.5 million (as of December 29) |
The cast and crew confirmed in mid-2024 that Venom: The Last Dance it would be the last film starring Tom Hardy's Eddie Brock, which has spurred theories suggesting the Symbiote could move into the MCU proper. Following Andy Serkis' debut as Knull, which came with the promise of future annihilation, it seems possible that the SSU will be incorporated into the main MCU timeline at Marvel Studios and Sony's upcoming film. Spider-Man 4. Sony is also developing Spider-Noira series starring Nicolas Cageso more updates on real projects starring Spider-Man are certainly on the horizon.
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Updates for Blade, Shang-Chi 2, Doctor Strange 3 and Armor Wars
Several MCU films have uncertain futures
In addition to projects that have release dates receiving some much-desired updates, Marvel Studios may also clarify the future of some more uncertain films and TV shows in 2025. Blade the reboot has gone through an incredibly tumultuous production period, so 2025 could bring good news for the Mahershala Ali-led film. The tastes of Armor Warsstarring Don Cheadle, and Shang-Chi 2 were also announced but saw little developmentso it would be great for Marvel to provide some clarification on their status.
There have also been calls for Marvel Studios to release details about some expected sequels, such as Doctor Strange 3, Thor 5, Captain Marvel 3, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 4, Eternals 2 and more, none of which have yet been confirmed as being in development. Upcoming TV shows like New series, an untitled show set in Wakanda, and a series starring Giancarlo Esposito's Sidewinder also haven't seen many updates. Marvel has slowed down its production following recent criticism, so it may be some time before these projects are further developedbut 2025 could be the year for those big updates.
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First Cast Confirmations for X-Men Reboot
X-Men casting news is starting to heat up
Perhaps the most exciting updates and breaking news that could be expected from Marvel Studios in 2025 is the naming of some of the first cast members for the next MCU film. X-Men restart. This may have already started, as Stranger Things' Sadie Sink was recently suggested as the frontrunner to play the MCU's Jean Grayreplacing Famke Janssen and Sophie Turner in 20th Century Fox's X-Men franchise. Marvel boss Kevin Feige recently teased that notable mutants would appear in the MCU soon, so big casting news should be on the way.
The possible casting of Sadie Sink as Jean Gray suggests a younger X-Men team debuting in the MCU, which could imply an adaptation of the original Marvel Comics team's lineup. This could mean that Marvel Studios may want to cast Professor X, Cyclops, Beast, Iceman, and Angel next.with other iconic Marvel Comics mutant heroes and villains following after. 2025 could see these casting choices confirmed and could even mark their official debut on Marvel Cinematic Universethat would set the stage for the next few years of live-action Marvel stories.
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