Summary
- Avengers: Doomsday & Secret Wars pushed back 7 months.
- No plan to split Avengers: Secret Wars into two parts.
- Marvel aims to conclude Avengers: Secret Wars in one epic blockbuster.
Marvel might be focusing on the immediate release of The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but the studio is also actively in production for Avengers: Doomsday, which will lead directly into Avengers: Secret Wars. Given the back-to-back nature of the two major Avengers films, there is a lot of excitement for what Marvel has planned, but that was slightly tempered when they decided to delay the release of both.
Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars were pushed back by seven months, meaning the latter will now be released on December 17, 2027. However, after the news broke that a mysterious fourth film had been added to Marvel Studios' 2028 slate, there have been some question marks over whether or not they intend to split Avengers: Secret Wars into two movies.
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Avengers: Secret Wars is slated to be a huge tentpole event for Marvel Studios, featuring many of the franchise's biggest characters, adding plenty of expectation to the film. However, according to industry insider Daniel Richtman, there are no plans to split Avengers: Secret Wars into two parts. The story is still set to be told within one movie, solving the aftermath of whatever transpires in Avengers: Doomsday.
That means that the fourth movie Disney plans to add to its slate from Marvel Studios remains unknown. The post-Avengers: Secret Wars era is set to end the multiverse storyline, setting up a whole new period for the franchise. It is currently expected that the long-awaited X-Men movie will be one of the four films, while Black Panther 3 is slated to take up one of the other slots. There have also been rumors regarding Thor 5 and a potential sequel to Fantastic Four: First Steps, which could provide a fast turnaround from this summer's movie.
However, when it comes to Avengers: Secret Wars, the film is very much up in the air regarding what the story will end up being. Marvel fans will have a greater idea once Avengers: Doomsday has been released, as the plot will lead directly into Avengers: Secret Wars, which will follow. Doctor Doom is slated to be the villain in Avengers: Doomsday, and Robert Downey Jr's return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe could end up pushing into Avengers: Secret Wars as well, which will be an exciting decision in the eyes of many fans.
Ultimately, not splitting Avengers: Secret Wars into two will likely be the right decision as it will allow Marvel Studios to create a fantastic movie filled with action and excitement to wrap up the storyline in style. Avengers: Secret Wars will likely get a long run time to ensure no details are left out; therefore, there likely won't be a need for another movie to be created as they should be able to finish the movie in one, especially since they will already have Avengers: Doomsday to set that up. Marvel will then be able to have a clean slate moving into the next phase, building up to another Avengers-level movie that will tell its own story down the line. However, regarding Avengers: Secret Wars, Marvel intends to conclude things in one epic blockbuster.
