Marvel Phase 5: new MCU movie and Disney Plus show release dates, confirmed cast lists, trailers, plot synopses, and more
The next Marvel Phase 5 project to be released will be What If…? season 3
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Welcome to TechRadar’sMarvelPhase 5 hub. In this article, you’ll find the latest news and rumors on Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)’s current phase, which is due to end in July 2025.
It’s somewhat surreal that MCU Phase 5, which only began in February 2023, is almost over, but there are a number ofnew moviesandDisney Plusshows to look forward to before it bows out. Indeed, there are still six more projects set to arrive as part of the comic book giant’s latest film and TV series line-up, and you can learn more about their release dates, cast rosters, trailers, and plot details in this handy guide. So, what are you waiting for? Dive in, superhero!
Marvel Phase 5: every upcoming movie and TV show
Here’s a full list of every Marvel Phase 5 project that’ll launch between now and June 2025. That includes theofficial release dates for numerous Marvel TV shows that’ll air in late 2024 and early 2025, such asDaredevil: Born Again– information previously teased on Disney’s press image database that suggestedMarvel was gearing up for a bumper 2025 with six new Disney Plus shows.
For the time being, we’ve includedIronheartas there’s some discrepancy over whether it’ll be a Phase 5 or Phase 6 project. Once we know for certain, we’ll either keep it here or move it to ourMarvel Phase 6hub.
Marvel Phase 5 movies
Captain America: Brave New World
Release date:February 14, 2025Director:Julius OnahConfirmed cast:Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Tim Blake Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Shira Haas, Liv Tyler, Xosha Roquemore, and Carl Lumbly
Captain America: Brave New World,whose title has ties to a shocking Marvel comic series, will see Mackie return as Sam Wilson/Cap 2.0 and Ford take on the role of Thaddeus ‘Thunderbolt’ Ross/Red Hulk, which was held by William Hurt until his death in March 2022. Ramirez and Lumbly reprise their roles as Joaquin Torres and Isaiah Bradley fromFalcon and the Winter Soldier, while Nelson’s Samuel Sterns/The Leader and Tyler’s Betty Ross also make their first MCU appearances since 2008’sThe Incredible Hulk.
At San Diego Comic-Con 2024, Esposito revealed he’s playing Seth Voelker (aka Sidewinder, the Serpent Society’s leader), whileMarvel.comconfirmed Haas is playing Ruth Bat-Seraph, a former Black Widow. The identity of Roquemore’s character is currently unknown.
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Brave New World’s first trailer arrived in early Julyand teased plenty about the film’s plot. Not only does it look like it’ll follow inThe Winter Soldier’s political thriller footsteps, but also confirmed Ross will ask Wilson to help him rebuild The Avengers, plus Ross' transformation into Red Hulk. It has ties toEternals, too, with various nations set to battle it out for the adamantium – yep, that precious metal – encased in the corpse of Tiamut. You know, the deceased Celestial that’s been sticking out of the ocean since 2021.
Thunderbolts*
Release date:May 2, 2025Director:Jake SchreierConfirmed cast:Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, Olga Kurylenko, Wyatt Russell, Hannah-John Kamen, Lewis Pullman, and Geraldine Viswanathan
Billed as an anti-hero Avengers-style film,Thunderbolts*(don’t ask about the astericks) will be Marvel Phase 5’s final flick. TheMCU movie rode out its long-gestating creative storm to start filming in late Marchand surprisingly wrapped production just three months later.
Stan’s Bucky Barnes, Dreyfus' Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Pugh’s Yelena Belova, Harbour’s Red Guardian, Kurylenko’s Taskmaster, Russell’s US Agent, and Kamen’s Ghost are all set to feature. Newcomer wise, Viswanathan will reportedly play Fontaine’s right-hand person, whileTop Gun: Maverick’s Lewis Pullman is playing Bob Reynolds/Sentry.
Thunderbolts' first trailer dropped in mid-September, one month afterThunderbolts' D23 Expo 2024 teaser was leaked online. The pair gave us good looks at its paranoia thriller vibes, a first glimpse of Pullman’s Bob, the uneasy alliances at play between the titular group’s characters,anda surprise revelation that Fontaine is seemingly the new owner of Avengers Tower.
Marvel Phase 5 TV shows
What If…? season 3
Release date:December 22, 2024Director:Bryan AndrewsLikely cast:Anthony Mackie, Simu Liu, Sebastien Stan, David Harbour, Teyonah Parris, and Oscar Isaac
Revealed in January via a sneak peek video (see above), a third and final season of animated anthology seriesWhat If…?will arrive in late December. It’s unclear if it’ll release in full or ifnew episodes will drop daily as they did withWhat If…?season 2. One entry will be a comedy road-trip story starring Red Guardian and The Winter Soldier, while a recentMarvel Look Ahead trailerteased a Shang-Chi-starring cowboy adventure and a Gundam-style Captain America-led episode.
Speaking on the Official Marvel Podcast episode 2, Marvel’s Head of TV and Streaming Brad Winderbaum said: “What If…?season 3 feels like the completion of a trilogy. It takes us to places you’d never expect. It goes beyond the first two seasons in its exploration of the multiverse and it pulls in characters that are very unexpected. And it has, what I think, is an extremely moving and fulfilling culmination for Uatu the Watcher.”
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Release date:January 29, 2025Director:TBCConfirmed cast:Hudson Thames and Colman Domingo
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which isn’tcanonin the MCU, follows Peter Parker during his high school days and apparently features a fresh take on hisSpider-Manorigin story.
At D23 Expo 2024,Marvel revealed Thames and Domingowill voice Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Norman Osborn. Per IGN, a whole host of supporting Spider-Man characters will feature, with showrunner Jeff Trammell later telling theOfficial Marvel Podcastthat Amadeus Cho and Pearl Pangan are two such supporting characters. The image in IGN’s X/Twitter post confirmed we’ll get the odd Marvel superhero cameo (Doctor Strange is also set to appear) in this project, too.
Speaking on a different episode of the Official Marvel Podcast, Winderbaum elaborated further on what fans can expect. “The showrunner is Jeff Trammel,” he said, “Who made a show calledCraig of the Creek, which was a kids cartoon that spent seasons in the connected backyards of this neighborhood and had a whole mythology that grew out of it, and characters you really grew to care for over the course of the series. He’s amped that up in such a major way playing with characters like, not just Peter Parker, but also Nico Minoru, Lonnie Lincoln – who’s my personal favorite – and Harry Osborn and others who really flesh out this teenage ensemble.”
Daredevil: Born Again
Release date:March 4, 2025Directors:Aaron Moorhead and Justin BensonConfirmed cast:Charlie Cox, Vincent D’Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Jon Bernthal, Ayelet Zuhrer, and Wilson Bethel
Daredevil: Born Againwas in serious trouble after Marvel decided to give its a near-total overhaulin October 2023. However,our faith in Daredevil’s MCU TV show was restoreda few weeks later, with Dario Scardapane (The Punisher,Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) confirmed as its new head writer, and Moorhead and Benson (Lokiseason 2,Moon Knight) directing it.
The Marvel Phase 5series is now a pseudo-sequel toNetflix’s TV adaptation, with numerous actors returning to play the same characters. That includes Cox, who returned as the titular vigilante in MCU projectsSpider-Man: No Way Home,She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, andEcho, and D’Onofrio, who showed up inHawkeyeandEcho.
Filming wrapped on Marvel’sDaredevilTV show in mid-April, but not beforeleakedDaredevil: Born Againfootage had Marvel fans fearing for a beloved character. Per Winderbaum,Born Againwill also be “similar toX-Men 97"with how it’s reviving a beloved TV show with a modern twist. As part of an 85th birthday celebration video,Marvel revealed an official first look atBorn Againin late August, before 20 more seconds were unveiled in Marvel’s most recent Look Ahead trailer (see ourWhat If…?season 3 entry for a link to that video).
Ironheart
Release date:June 24, 2025Directors:Samantha Bailey and Angela BarnesMain cast:Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos
This Marvel Phase 5 TV show will see Thorne’s Riri Williams/Ironheart star in her own MCU project, which is slated to arrive next June. It’s been written by Chinaka Hodge (Snowpiercer) andBlack Pantherdirector Ryan Coogleris one ofIronheart’s executive producers.
Ramos (In The Heights) will play Parker Robbins, aka The Hood, who specializes in dark magic. There are rumors Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat)will portray Mephisto, a previously rumoredWandaVisionvillain. Elden Ehrenreich (Solo: AStar WarsStory) and Anji White (perDeadline) are also reportedly part of the cast.
LikeDaredevil: Born Again,Ironheart’s first-look footage, which showed Williams flying through some Chicago traffic in her Iron Man-inspired supersuit was teased in Marvel’s 85th anniversary celebration video. The studio’s latest Look Ahead teaser treated us to 15 brand-new seconds, too, including official looks at Ramos' antagonist and Williams' new white and silver super-suit.
Marvel Phase 6: every announced movie so far
Marvel Phase 5 is the primary focus of this guide. However, if you want details on every confirmed Phase 6 movie and TV show, here’s a brief rundown on what’s coming from late 2025 onwards.
With the comic titan altering its Multiverse Saga plans following the 2023 Hollywood strikes andMarvel’s firing of Kang actor Jonathan Majors, the headline news is thatAvengers 5is now known asAvengers: Doomsday. One ofnine huge announcements that wowed us at Comic-Con 2024, Robert Downey Jr. will return as one of Marvel’s legendary villains in Doctor Doom. He’ll also show up inAvengers: Secret Wars, which might bring the curtain down on MCU Phase 6.
Before those two Avengers movies, plusSpider-Man 4, bring the Multiverse Saga to an end, there are myriad other projects due to be released. Here’s a complete list on what’s coming soon:
For more Marvel-based content, find outhow to watch the Marvel movies in order. Alternatively, read ourX-Menmovies in orderarticle,Spider-Manmovies in orderguide, andbest Marvel moviespiece.
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