Disney Pushes Back Release Dates For 'Avengers: Doomsday' & 'Avengers: Secret Wars'

Just as hype for Avengers: Doomsday was beginning to really rev up thanks to rumors, leaks and secret set photos hitting the internet, fans were disheartened by the latest news coming out of Marvel Studios pertaining to the highly anticipated film.




According to Variety, the original release date for Marvel's latest epic has been changed from May 1, 2026 to Dec. 18, 2026. But it doesn't end there. Doomsday's follow-up, Avengers: Secret Wars, has also been pushed back from May 7, 2027 to Dec. 17, 2027. Though no reason was given for the new release dates for both films, we're going to go out on a limb and place the blame on the Trump administration because what haven't they made worse at this point? Just sayin'.




While we're sure this isn't the news that comic book fans wanted to hear coming out of Disney in relation to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this wasn't the only change made to the MCU line-up as Disney continues to shake things up for unknown reasons.




Variety reports:




Disney announced both "Avengers" delays Thursday afternoon, alongside a sweeping reorganization of its coming theatrical slate. Notably, the new calendar saw the studio remove several unannounced Marvel titles off of its calendar. The date of Feb. 13, 2026, previously slotted for an "Untitled Marvel" project, has been removed from the schedule. Meanwhile, the dates of Nov. 6, 2026 and Nov. 5, 2027 - also both previously set for "Untitled Marvel" features - have been amended to simply "Untitled Disney" films.




With those changes, "Avengers: Doomsday" and Sony's "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" are now the only Marvel Cinematic Universe entries slated to hit theaters in 2026. Also of note: the new pre-holiday December frame for both "Avengers" installments is the same one that "Spider-Man: No Way Home" launched on in 2021, which became one of the franchise's highest-grossing installments at $1.9 billion worldwide.




Two huge Avengers films releasing for the Christmas holidays a year apart? Yeah, Marvel's going to clean up at the box office.




That being said, it seems like Spider-Man: Brand New Day may be the film that will lead into Avengers: Doomsday as it will release four months before the fifth Avengers film on July 31, 2026. With word that the villains for Spider-Man: Brand New Day will be some classic Spidey villains in Tombstone, Scorpion and Boomerang, it should be interesting to see how that particular adventure would tie into Doctor Doom invading the MCU.




As underwhelming as those villains may be, Marvel Studios has yet to let us down with their Spider-Man films. And it would make sense as the next Spidey film will serve as a soft reboot of the franchise and cast Spider-Man as a more grounded superhero as he restarts his life following the events of the multiverse-centered Spider-Man: No Way Home.




But as long as Marvel Studios has a plan to get Spider-Man his black suit in Secret Wars a la the original comic book arc in 1984, and have him face off an actual evil Venom at some point in the future, we'll let Marvel cook with its current plans.




What do y'all think about Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars getting their films pushed back to the Christmas holidays of 2026 and 2027? Let us know in the comments section below.



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