Marvel no longer has the untitled project for 2027, leaving a gap between Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. The studio has seen some shakeups since the Multiverse Saga came together, with one notable example being the pushback of the next two Avengers films from their original release dates.
No one is saying Marvel Studios is having a midlife crisis, but when The Simpsons Movie 2 swoops in and steals your summer blockbuster slot, you might want to have a serious conversation with your therapist. And by therapist, I mean Kevin Feige. Here’s the tea that’s brewing hotter than Tony Stark’s arc reactor: Marvel just handed over their precious July 23, 2027, release date to Homer Simpson and his animated family.
That’s right – the House of Ideas just got schooled by a cartoon dad who chokes his son for entertainment. The unnamed Marvel movie that was supposed to grace our screens between Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars? Poof! Gone faster than Thanos after he snapped his fingers. That date for The Simpsons Movie sequel, leaving fans staring at a calendar with more gaps than Spider-Man’s web after a particularly rough day.
This isn’t just any ordinary schedule shuffle – this is Marvel essentially admitting they bit off more than even the Hulk could chew. Remember when they were pumping out movies faster than Peter Parker’s web-shooters? Those days are officially over, folks. The emotional weight of this decision hits differently when you realize what it means for the studio’s future.
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We’re looking at a year where Avengers: Secret Wars stands alone as the only Marvel theatrical release in 2027. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige told Variety about Avengers: Secret Wars being a reset rather than a reboot. “Reboot is a scary word,” Feige said, “Reboot can mean a lot of things to many people. Reset, singular timeline — we’re thinking along those lines.”
The Russo brothers dropped a teaser of Avengers: Doomsday on Instagram, captioning it, “Look Hard,” which is reminiscent of Avengers: Endgame. Marvel’s pulling back on their release schedule isn’t exactly breaking news. After Avengers: Endgame left us all emotionally devastated and sobbing in theater seats, the MCU has been struggling to recapture that lightning-in-a-bottle magic.
The frantic pace that once made Marvel the king of box office domination was starting to feel more like desperation than confidence. Think about it: between Doomsday in 2026 and Secret Wars in 2027, there’s now nothing but tumbleweeds and our collective anxiety about whether the studio can stick the landing on whatever they’re planning next.
The 2027 slate is pivotal for Marvel Studios. Although Avengers: Secret Wars is set to be an endpoint for the Multiverse Saga, it will serve as a new beginning for the MCU. It will close the book on the Multiverse Saga and likely serve as a farewell to some characters we’ve grown to love. For now, 2027 is shaping up to be one of the most significant years in Marvel’s history, promising a spectacular finale and a thrilling glimpse of the future.
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