Marvel Phase 5 is slowly creeping towards its conclusion. With only two more Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies and four shows left to arrive as part of its line-up, it won't be long before we're bidding farewell to a largely enjoyable slate of films and TV series.
So, what are the new movies and Disney Plus shows that'll be released between now and July 1, 2025? You'll have to read on to find out. If you do, you'll learn more about these six remaining projects, including their confirmed launch dates, cast details, plot briefs, official trailers, and more. Here, then, is everything we know about Marvel Phase 5's last few productions.
Marvel Phase 5: every upcoming movie and TV show
Here's a full list of the last six Marvel Phase 5 movies and TV series that'll air in theaters or on Disney Plus very soon.
For now, Ironheart is part of this guide as we're not sure whether it'll bookend MCU Phase 5 or kickstart Phase 6. Once we know more, we'll either keep it here or move it to our Marvel Phase 6 hub.
- What If...? season 3 – December 22, 2024
- Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man – January 29, 2025
- Captain America: Brave New World – February 14, 2025
- Daredevil: Born Again – March 4, 2025
- Thunderbolts* – May 2, 2025
- Ironheart – June 24, 2025
Marvel Phase 5 movies
Captain America: Brave New World
Release date: February 14, 2025
Director: Julius Onah
Confirmed 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 from Falcon and the Winter Soldier, while Nelson's Samuel Sterns/The Leader and Tyler's Betty Ross make their first MCU appearances since 2008's The Incredible Hulk.
Brave New World's first trailer arrived in early July and, while it teased plenty about this film's political thriller vibes, Captain America 4's official trailer not only doubled down on them, but also gave us our best look yet at Sam's new suit and Ford's Red Hulk. Both trailers confirmed Cap 4's ties to Eternals, 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.
For more details on this Marvel Phase 5 movie, read our dedicated Captain America: Brave New World hub.
Thunderbolts*
Release date: May 2, 2025
Director: Jake Schreier
Confirmed 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. The MCU movie rode out its long-gestating creative storm to start filming in late March and 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, while Top Gun: Maverick's Lewis Pullman is playing Bob Reynolds/Sentry.
Thunderbolts' first trailer dropped in mid-September, one month after Thunderbolts' 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, and a surprise revelation that Fontaine is seemingly the new owner of Avengers Tower. A new special look video was debuted at D23 Brazil in November, too.
Marvel Phase 5 TV shows
What If...? season 3
Release date: December 22, 2024
Director: Bryan Andrews
Confirmed cast: Hayley Atwell, Anthony Mackie, Simu Liu, Sebastien Stan, David Harbour, Mark Ruffalo, Teyonah Parris, Kathryn Hahn, Samuel L. Jackson, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, and Hailee Steinfeld among many others
The third and final season of animated anthology series What If...? will debut on December 22. Like What If...? season 2's daily episodic releases over the 2023 festive season, it'll follow the same release schedule of its forebear. You can check out a slice of all eight episodes, whose titles were recently revealed on X/Twitter, in the above trailer, too - one of which features of a sort of crossover episode with X-Men 97.
Speaking on episode 2 of the Official Marvel Podcast, 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, 2025
Director: TBC
Confirmed cast: Hudson Thames and Colman Domingo
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which isn't canon in the MCU, follows Peter Parker during his high school days and apparently features a fresh take on his Spider-Man origin story.
At D23 Expo 2024, Marvel revealed Thames and Domingo will 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 the Official Marvel Podcast that Amadeus Cho and Pearl Pangan are two such individuals. 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.
Bizarrely, Marvel still hasn't released an official trailer publicly for this one. Here's hoping we get to see some footage before its debut next month.
Daredevil: Born Again
Release date: March 4, 2025
Directors: Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson
Confirmed cast: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Jon Bernthal, Ayelet Zuhrer, and Wilson Bethel
Daredevil: Born Again was in serious trouble after Marvel decided to give its a near-total overhaul in October 2023. However, our faith in Daredevil's MCU TV show was restored a few weeks later, with Dario Scardapane (The Punisher, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan) confirmed as its new head writer, and Moorhead and Benson (Loki season 2, Moon Knight) directing it.
The Marvel Phase 5 series is now a pseudo-sequel to Netflix's TV adaptation, with numerous actors returning to play the same characters. That includes Cox, who returned as the titular vigilante in MCU projects Spider-Man: No Way Home, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, and Echo, and D'Onofrio, who showed up in Hawkeye and Echo.
Filming wrapped on Marvel's Daredevil TV show in mid-April, but not before leaked Daredevil: Born Again footage had Marvel fans fearing for a beloved character. Per Winderbaum, Born Again will also be "similar to X-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 at Born Again in late August, but we're still waiting for a proper trailer to arrive.
Ironheart
Release date: June 24, 2025
Directors: Samantha Bailey and Angela Barnes
Main cast: Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos
This Marvel Phase 5 crime-centric 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) and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is one of Ironheart'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 rumored WandaVision villain. Shared after Marvel's D23 Expo 2024 panel, Disney revealed a first hint at its plot, which reads: "Ironheart pits technology against magic when Riri Williams – a young, genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world – returns to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins, aka 'The Hood'."
Like Daredevil: 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 July 2025 onwards:
- The Fantastic Four: First Steps – July 25, 2025
- Eyes of Wakanda – August 6, 2025
- Marvel Zombies – October 2025, date TBC
- Wonder Man – December 2025, date TBC
- Avengers: Doomsday – May 1, 2026
- Spider-Man 4 – July 24, 2026
- Avengers: Secret Wars – May 7, 2027
- Armor Wars – TBC
- Blade – TBC
- Nova – TBC
- Untitled Vision TV series – TBC
- X-Men 97 season 2 – TBC
For more Marvel-based content, find out how to watch the Marvel movies in order. Alternatively, read our X-Men movies in order article, Spider-Man movies in order guide, and best Marvel movies piece.
