Marvel Delays Release Dates for All 2022, 2023 Phase Four Movies

Thor, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, and Ant-Man are all on the move.

By Akhil Arora | Updated: 19 October 2021 12:26 IST

Marvel Delays Release Dates for All 2022, 2023 Phase Four Movies

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Chris Hemsworth, Taika Waititi, and Tessa Thompson on Thor: Ragnarok set

Highlights

Production troubles have a knock-on domino effect for Marvel
Each 2022, 2023 Marvel movie has taken the next one’s slot
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 the only title not delayed

Marvel's Phase Four is on the move again. On Monday, Disney announced that all its upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe movies in 2022 and 2023 would be delayed, reportedly due to production issues that are causing a knock-on domino effect. As such, each MCU Phase 4 title is taking the place of the one after it. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is jumping from March 25, 2022, to May 6, 2022. That pushes Thor: Love and Thunder to July 8, 2022. In turn, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is moved to November 11, 2022. Owing to that, The Marvels is pushed to February 17, 2023. And lastly, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania gets flicked to July 28, 2023.

The only MCU Phase 4 title that is sticking to its release date is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, which was pencilled in for May 5, 2023. Of course, that's also the case for the next two MCU chapters, Eternals on November 5 and Spider-Man: No Way Home on December 17, but that's only because they are ready, finished, and awaiting release. With the new delay, that means there will be only three Marvel Studios titles on the big screen in 2022, down from four in 2021: Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, and Spider-Man: No Way Home (co-produced with Sony Pictures). Also, we are looking at a five-month gap between Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

Additionally, Disney has also moved an “untitled Marvel movie” from November 10, 2023, to November 3, 2023 — and scrapped an “untitled Marvel movie” that was set for October 6, 2023. There were rumours that the Mahershala Ali-led Blade reboot, which begins filming in summer 2022, might drop in October 2023. The November 2023 slot looks likely for Blade now. Of course, that slot could also go to the Fantastic Four reboot from the Tom Holland-starring Spider-Man trilogy director Jon Watts or the Ryan Reynolds-led Deadpool 3, both of which also begin production in summer 2022 alongside Blade.

Beyond all the Marvel stuff, Disney moved Indiana Jones 5 (again). Instead of July 29, 2022, it will now release almost a year later on June 30, 2023. Indiana Jones 5 has done the hop, skip, and jump four times now, from July 2019 to July 2020 to July 2021 to July 2022 and now June 2023. I suppose we should be glad that the Avatar sequels haven't been pushed again.

Eternals is out November 5, followed by Spider-Man: No Way Home on December 17, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness on May 6, 2022, Thor: Love and Thunder on July 8, 2022, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever on November 11, 2022, The Marvels on February 17, 2023, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on May 5, 2023, and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania on July 28, 2023.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Release Date 6 May 2022
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Superhero
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, Rachel McAdams, Patrick Stewart, Hayley Atwell, Lashana Lynch, Anson Mount, John Krasinski, Julian Hilliard, Jett Klyne, Charlize Theron, Bruce Campbell
Director
Sam Raimi
Producer
Kevin Feige

Thor: Love and Thunder

Release Date in US 8 July 2022
Release Date in India 7 July 2022
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Superhero
Cast
Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Chris Pratt, Jaimie Alexander, Pom Klementieff, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Sean Gunn, Jeff Goldblum, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Taika Waititi, Russell Crowe
Director
Taika Waititi
Producer
Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Release Date 11 November 2022
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Superhero
Cast
Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel
Director
Ryan Coogler
Producer
Kevin Feige

The Marvels

Release Date 10 November 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Superhero
Cast
Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Samuel L. Jackson, Zawe Ashton, Park Seo-joon, Saagar Shaikh, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur
Director
Nia DaCosta
Producer
Kevin Feige

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Release Date 5 May 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Cast
Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Elizabeth Debicki, Will Poulter
Director
James Gunn
Producer
Kevin Feige

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Release Date 17 February 2023
Language English
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Superhero
Cast
Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathryn Newton, Jonathan Majors, Bill Murray, William Jackson Harper, Jamie Andrew Cutler, David Dastmalchian
Director
Peyton Reed
Producer
Kevin Feige, Stephen Broussard

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