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Take a look at the latest clip for Marvel Animation's What If...? Season 3 as Captain America Sam Wilson gets the rundown on The Mighty Avenger Protocol from Bruce Banner's Hulk and what it was originally intended to be used for.

Witness the season that ends it all. Check out the Marvel Animation’s What If…? season 3 trailer for this upcoming animated series. “What If…?” begins streaming December 22 on Disney+, with a new episode debuting daily for eight days.

Watch as classic characters make unexpected choices that will mutate their worlds into spectacular alternate versions of the MCU. The Watcher (voice of Jeffrey Wright) will guide viewers as the series traverses new genres, bigger spectacles, and incredible new characters. The series features a voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their iconic roles. Season 3 features fan-favorite characters like Captain America/Sam Wilson, The Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes, Hulk/Bruce Banner, The Red Guardian, Captain Peggy Carter, Agatha Harkness, Shang-Chi, Storm the Goddess of Thunder, and numerous others.

Episodes are directed by Bryan Andrews and Stephan Franck and are written by Matthew Chauncey, Ryan Little, and A.C. Bradley. Executive producers are Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, and Bryan Andrews, with co-executive producer Matthew Chauncey, and producers Danielle Costa, Carrie Wassenaar, and Alex Scharf.

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For the past three years, Marvel has released a new chapter of creative, refreshing, and occasionally downright silly animation with What If…? The annual MCU event ends (apart from the upcoming Marvel Zombies spin-off in 2025) with this year’s Season 3 drop, once more timed to release an episode every day across Christmas.

Over the same course of time, What If…? has consistently struggled to pick the lowest-hanging fruit possible in its multiverse: actually answering any questions anyone might have about the Sliding Doors parts of the Multiverse. The very concept of What If…? as it was originally conceived was to explore what would happen if things moments on the Marvel timeline we all know had not gone as they did in canon history. Marvel Studios simply didn’t hasn't done that.

What If… ? is an animated anthology series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe which features fan-favorite characters, including Peggy Carter, T’Challa, Doctor Strange, Killmonger, Thor, and more. The new series, directed by Bryan Andrews with AC Bradley as head writer, features signature MCU action with a curious twist. The show sees Uatu the Watcher, an omnipotent being that observes the events of multiple universes from afar as they unfold, unable to interfere. However, things shift when an entity peers beyond the veil, jeopardizing the multiverse.

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The third season of What If…? now heading to Disney+ in its usual festive slot, and it’s largely the same situation all over again. Creative - often zany - concepts pulled out of thin air that don’t so much riff on “real” Marvel history, but to use the concept as an excuse to mess around a bit. It’s become clear that we always knew the end of the title’s question: What If... Marvel Answered Questions Nobody Would Ever Ask?

You Can’t Argue With The Quality… Mostly

As with both of the previous two seasons, What If…? Season 3 is technically impressive: the animation is great and the medium is actively used to show setpieces that simply wouldn’t be possible in live-action. Celestials fighting would look silly in the mainline MCU; mecha-Avengers duking it out with giant Hulks would be, I suspect, too cartoonish. But in animation, it all works, and there’s a lot of style to it.

Commendably, more conventionally cinematic sequences also work: smaller scale fight scenes have a habit of feeling less impactful in realistic animation (even X-Men ‘97 proved that), but What If…? has always felt choreographed. And car chases work well too: in short, the show manages the same accomplished feel in grounded scenes as the MCU does in live-action.

The voice work is mostly very good, despite the often-controversial decision to lean away from actual voice actors. It takes different muscles to be a voice actor, and there are precious few who cross over into live-action well because of that. Which is precisely why Alan Tudyk voices roughly 87% of all characters you’d care to name. The returning members of What If...?'s cast from other MCU projects do mostly well, sometimes lacking the higher energy animation requires. Theres definitely a spectrum of quality where David Harbour (Red Guardian), Seth Green, and Kat Dennings at the top end, and Anthony Mackie, Oscar Isaac, and others somewhere lower.

That’s not to be unfair to those actors, they’re very good at owning their original characters, and you can admire the brand decision to bring them back, but it’s just obvious when they’ve done less voice acting than some of their costars. And it’s particularly telling when some of the recasts step in for MCU originals who couldn’t reprise their roles for whatever reason.

The Stories In What If Season 3 Feel Sillier Than Last Time

Three seasons in, I have to accept that I have become radicalized by What If…?’s failure to deliver on its real promise. Even while accepting that the production quality is great, and there are standout moments, it’s impossible to ignore the specter of what this all should have been.

Marvel fans wanted to see close multiversal variations of real MCU moments: branches that feel like they could have happened. Frustratingly, we’ve seen this more in live-action in flashes thanks to Loki, and Spider-Man: No Way Home, where the stakes are more tangible because there’s just more of a sense of investment. I always wanted to see answers to things like the other half of the universe surviving Thanos’ snap, or Tony Stark not sacrificing himself, or Captain America not being lost in time. Instead, I got what would happen if Howard The Duck married Darcy.

These are not pitch meetings I would ever predict in a million years, because they simply don’t register as beneficial to the MCU story brand. But perhaps that was always the point: this was meant to be a series of more frivolous free throws that didn’t require the same level of homework as the live-action timeline does. Which would be easier to accept if Season 2 hadn’t created a unified but annexed timeline, and Captain Carter wasn’t in live-action precisely because of What If…?

What If Season 3 Course Corrects Somewhat

That decision to centralize everything around Captain Carter in season 2 led to a compromise in vision, with limits placed on imagination. That isn’t a criticism of the character, and actually I’m glad she jumped to live-action even if she deserved better in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but it limited the scope a little. What If...? season 3 mostly abandons that singular narrative to instead focus on what amounts to a series of heartfelt PSAs about the value of love and friendship and being nice. I found some of it rather cloying, to be frank, but if you’ve ever wanted a Sesame Street vibe to your MCU content, you’ll be delighted.

Captain Carter and the Guardians of the Multiverse return in What If...? season 3, but not to the same degree as the previous season.

Season 3 of any show - and the promise of it being the final season, to boot - would usually mean more risk-taking. Sort of like a second-term presidency where you can get away with doing whatever you like free from the pressure of having to make yourself re-electable. That does seem to have been adopted in What If...? as an opportunity to be increasingly more unhinged: a suspicion that reaches its climax when Howard the Duck and Darcy (the Duck) chase across the galaxy attempting to stop their offspring from being weaponized for nefarious means.

That episode, and, let’s be honest, most of the season’s new chapters, is an example of the real brand of What If...?: nonsense. At almost every turn, when something genuinely interesting arises, it’s smashed under the celestial-sized fist of silliness. Perhaps I’m wrong for expecting something else, but I definitely feel like this is all a case of high-gloss missed opportunities.

So, is What If...? season 3 worth watching? Absolutely. It is an undeniably well-made production; the commitment to pure fun is very admirable; there's more from some popular characters (and reappearances from some more surprising ones); and we genuinely won't see most of what it does in the mainline MCU. Some of the story-telling is a little rushed, some of the characters could have got a little more to do (and others feel a little shoe-horned in), and there should have been a closer commitment to telling stories that matter to the MCU, but if you liked it already, you will again.

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6/10
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Pros
The animation is excellent, again.
There is a lot of imagination on show.
The opportunity to see more of the MCU's lesser characters is a positive.
Cons
Some of the voice acting is uneven.
The What If concept is too untethered from tangible MCU storylines.
Certain episodes are just too silly.
New episodes of What If...? season 3 release every day from December 22 to 29 on Disney+

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After three years of Hulk-sized expansion — including 10 feature films, 12 seasons of TV and two TV specials, an increase of over 300% from the Infinity Saga era — Marvel Studios is starting to ease up on the pace of its storytelling in the Multiverse Saga. But only a little.

In 2024, two live-action Disney+ shows (“Echo” and “Agatha All Along”), two animated series (“X-Men ’97” and Season 3 of “What If…?”) and one feature film (“Deadpool & Wolverine”) joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That pace will quicken, however, starting in 2025. Although Disney CEO Bob Iger announced in May 2024 that Marvel will release no more than three feature films and two live-action series a year, production delays (this time caused by the guild strikes in 2023) appear to have crunched the MCU calendar a bit.

In feature films, the year will include a sequel to “Captain America” with Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford and director Julius Onah; the anti-hero team up movie “Thunderbolts*” with Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan and director Jake Schreier; and “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” with Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby and director Matt Shakman. On Disney+, Matt Murdock will be “Daredevil: Born Again,” with Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” spin-off series “Ironheart” will finally arrive with Dominique Thorne and Anthony Ramos, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II will play an actor trying to book a role as the titular superhero in “Wonder Man.” Three animated series — respectively focusing on Spider-Man, Wakanda and zombies — will debut as well, meaning only April, September and November will pass without a new Marvel project premiere.

Further on the horizon: A second “WandaVision” spin-off featuring Paul Bettany’s Vision (or his ghostly doppelgänger); a fourth “Spider-Man” movie with Tom Holland; and the return of Robert Downey Jr. to the MCU — as Victor von Doom.

Here is the full list of projects.

“What If…?” Season 3 (Dec. 22)
What If Season 3
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On Disney+

After launching Season 2 over the 2023 Christmas holiday, Marvel announced that the third and final season of the animated series was already under way with a preview clip from an episode involving Red Guardian (David Harbour), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan) and Bill Foster (Laurence Fishburne) and a new character, Ranger Morales (America Ferrera).

Other episodes will involve episodes in the style of a Western and Japanese Mecha sci-fi, and White Vision, Ironheart and Shang-Chi will appear in episodes as well. And, of course, Jeffrey Wright’s the Watcher will return. As with Season 2, episodes will premiere daily through the rest of the year.

MCU Tie-In: Since “What If…?” deals in the multiverse, nothing that’s happens on the previous two seasons have had an effect on the main MCU storyline. And yet, a thorough knowledge of, and love for, the MCU is a prerequisite to fully appreciating this show’s alternative storylines.

“Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” (Jan. 29, 2025)

On Disney+

Unlike the smooth, modern look of “What If…?”, this animated show will harken back to Peter Parker’s comic book origins as he begins his journey to become Spider-Man.

This version of Peter’s life will feature a bunch of new characters, including Nico Minoru, from the Runaways team; a new crush who isn’t Mary Jane or Gwen Stacey; Amadeus Cho, who becomes a new Hulk in the comics; a Wakandan exchange student; and Harry Osborn, with Harry’s father Norman (voiced by Colman Domingo) serving as Peter’s mentor. (Well, at first, anyway.)

Charlie Cox will be voicing the role of Daredevil, and Doctor Strange will appear as well (though it’s unclear if Benedict Cumberbatch will voice that role). Paul F. Tompkins will voice Bentley Whittman, aka the Wizard.

We’ll also see some classic Spidey villains, including Unicorn, Chameleon, Scorpion, Speed Demon, Tarantula, Rhino, Butane and Doc Ock.

Jeff Trammel (Cartoon Network’s “Craig of the Creek”) is the head writer and executive producer.

Season 2 is also in the works.

MCU Tie-In: Early press materials had indicated that this show is a prequel to the Tom Holland storyline in the MCU, but details unveiled at San Diego Comic-Con 2022 — like the appearance of Harry and Norman Osborn — threw cold water on that idea. So: multiverse!

“Captain America: Brave New World” (Feb. 14, 2025)
(L-R): Harrison Ford as President Thaddeus Ross and Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America in Marvel Studios' CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD. Photo by Eli Adé. © 2024 MARVEL.
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The new Captain America, Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie), fights the good fight without the support of the Avengers, who disbanded in the wake of “Endgame.” Also returning from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” are Carl Lumbly as Isaiah Bradley, a.k.a. the first Black supersoldier (who told Sam in “FAWS” that the U.S. would never accept a Black Captain America), and Danny Ramirez as Joaquín Torres, who inherits the Falcon moniker from Sam. Shira Haas (“Unorthodox”) joins the cast as Ruth Bat-Seraph, a.k.a. Sabra. In the comics, Sabra is a mutant who works as an agent of the Israeli Mossad, but a spokesperson for Marvel tells Variety that the filmmakers are taking “a new approach” with the character.

Julius Onah (“Luce,” “The Cloverfield Paradox”) is directing from a screenplay by “FAWS” head writer Malcolm Spellman and staff writer Dalan Musson, with Matthew Orton (“Moon Knight”) writing material for additional photography in 2024.

The film was originally subtitled “New World Order,” but Disney announced it was changed to “Brave New World” in June 2023. While main photography concluded before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Disney pushed the film from a May 2024 release to Feb. 2025.

MCU Tie-In: Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross, will appear as the president of the United States in “Brave New World” — played by Harrison Ford, replacing the late actor William Hurt, who originated the role in 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk” and played it several times, most recently in 2021’s “Black Widow.” As the first trailer all but confirmed, Ross will also transform into the Red Hulk.

Another character who began in “The Incredible Hulk” is also returning: Tim Blake Nelson will play Samuel Sterns, a.k.a. The Leader. In that film, Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth) forces Samuel to use blood samples from Bruce Banner (played by Edward Norton) to transform Emil into the Abomination. In the aftermath, some of Bruce’s blood lands on an open wound on Emil’s skull, transforming him into The Leader. Seventeen years later, we’ll finally see what happened next for Samuel.

This film will also finally deal with the ending of 2021’s “Eternals,” when a colossal Celestial emerged in the Indian Ocean and was turned to stone. As revealed at 2024’s San Diego Comic-Con, the metal adamantium will be discovered within the Celestial’s body — an eyebrow-raising addition to the MCU.

The Leader and Ross may not be the only MCU legacy characters to return for “Brave New World,” especially since the anti-hero team-up movie “Thunderbolts” is set to follow later in 2025, which features disgraced former Captain America John Walker (Wyatt Russell), a.k.a. U.S. Agent, and the shadowy operative Contessa Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) — two characters first introduced on “FAWS.” And then there’s the post-credits tease for “FAWS,” in which Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) revealed herself to be the nefarious Power Broker just as she’s pardoned and brought back into the U.S. government — what’s to become of her?

“Daredevil: Born Again” (March 4, 2025)
Daredevil Born Again
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On Disney+

After “Daredevil” ran for three seasons on Netflix through 2018, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) faded back into the shadows once the streamer cut ties with Marvel in advance of the debut of Disney+. After Murdock popped up as Peter Parker’s lawyer in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home” — and his nemesis, Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), reemerged the same month as the lead villain on “Hawkeye” — there was a great deal of anticipation that the Man Without Fear would return to fight crime again.

In May 2022, Variety reported that Matt Corman and Chris Ord (“Covert Affairs”) signed up to write and executive produce a new “Daredevil” series, which Feige announced will unfold over 18 episodes — triple the usual number for a drama series in the MCU.

Since then, the show underwent a significant creative overhaul: Corman and Ord exited the series midway through production, and Dario Scardapane (“The Punisher”) stepped in as the new showrunner. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (“Loki,” “Hawkeye”) will direct the bulk of the episodes of Season 1, which will most likely not consist of all 18 episodes.

MCU Tie-In: Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner) and especially Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) have a complicated relationship with Kingpin, so either of those characters could factor on the show. Matt’s burgeoning relationship with Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), a.k.a. the title hero of “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” could also wind up on the show (though that seems like much more of a stretch).

The big question, however, has been if the events of Netflix’s “Daredevil” are part of the MCU and would be incorporated into “Daredevil: Born Again.” For years, Marvel Studios was publicly coy, and privately dismissive, about whether it would be integrating the Netflix shows into its storytelling. But in Jan. 2024, Marvel executive Brad Winderbaum told Screen Rant that he was “confident” that the Netflix series was part of “the sacred timeline” — i.e., the main MCU — which means Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle (aka the Punisher) will be bringing all of his Netflix baggage with him when he appears on “Born Again.” Whether any of the other Netflix Marvel characters — including Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) or Danny Rand aka Iron Fist (Finn Jones) — will also return remains to be seen.

“Thunderbolts*” (May 2, 2025)
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Marvel Studios’ answer to DC’s Suicide Squad, the Thunderbolts are a team of anti-heroes — or reformed villains, depending on your point of view — who are formed at first to do bad but then decide to try to make up for the errors of their ways.

Jake Schreier (“Paper Towns”) will direct from a script by Eric Pearson (“Black Widow”). The team will include Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes (aka the Winter Soldier) from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”; Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova from “Black Widow” and “Hawkeye”; David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov (aka Red Guardian) from “Black Widow”; Wyatt Russell as John Walker (aka U.S. Agent) from “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”; Hannah John-Kamen as Ava Starr (aka Ghost) from “Ant-Man and the Wasp”; Olga Kurylenko as Taskmaster from “Black Widow”; and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Valentina Allegra de Fontaine from “Falcon and Winter Soldier,” “Black Widow” and “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

“Thunderbolts*” was originally set to open in late 2024, until the SAG-AFTRA strike delayed production and pushed its release to 2025.

At CinemaCon in 2024, Kevin Feige revealed that the title to the film includes an asterisk, and then teased that Marvel “won’t talk more about that until after the movie comes out.”

MCU Tie-In: All of these characters carry a lot of baggage with them from their earlier appearances, which will no doubt factor into whatever transpires in “Thunderbolts*.” With “Captain America: New World Order” opening a few months earlier, one also expects Sam Wilson, aka Captain America (Anthony Mackie), could play some kind of role here. And given that Baron Zemo (Daniel Brühl) is a major character in the Thunderbolts in the comics, he could pop up as well.

“Ironheart” (June 24, 2025)
Ironheart
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On Disney+
Dominique Thorne (“If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Judas and the Black Messiah”) will play Riri Williams, who, in the comics, is an engineering prodigy who develops her own supersuit similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man.

Screenwriter, poet, playwright, and educator Chinaka Hodge (“Amazing Stories,” “Snowpiercer”) will serve as head writer. Sam Bailey (“Dear White People”) and Angela Barnes (“Blindspotting”) are dividing directing duties, and Proximity — the production company co-founded by “Black Panther” filmmaker Ryan Coogler — is producing with Marvel Studios.

Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”) plays Parker Robbins, aka The Hood, who starts as an ally of Riri’s but winds up as an antagonist — dabbling in the dark arts will do that. The cast also includes Lyric Ross (“This Is Us”), Manny Montana (“Good Girls”), Alden Ehrenreich (“Solo”) and Shea Couleé (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”).

MCU Tie-In: Williams first appeared in 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” and Jim Rash will reprise his role as the Dean of MIT from 2016’s “Captain America: Civil War.”

“The Fantastic 4: First Steps” (July 25, 2025)
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In Theaters

When Disney bought 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios), Marvel fans knew it would mean that the X-Men and the Fantastic Four — the two classic Marvel franchises that had heretofore existed outside the MCU — would finally join the fold.

Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”) will direct the film. He took over from “Spider-Man” filmmaker Jon Watts, who was originally announced as the director by Feige in December 2020, but backed out of the project in April 2022, citing superhero cinema fatigue.

In November 2023, news leaked that Marvel was eyeing Pedro Pascal to play Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic. Four months later, the studio officially announced the full foursome: Pascal, Vanessa Kirby (as Sue Storm, aka Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (as Johnny Storm, aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (as Ben Grimm, aka Thing).

Julia Garner (“Ozark”) will play Shalla-Bal, a variant of the Silver Surfer, and Ralph Ineson (“The Witch”) will play the main antagonist, Galactus. John Malkovich, Paul Walter Hauser and Natasha Lyonne will costar.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, especially since this film will be set in an alternate universe from the Sacred Timeline. But in the comics, the Fantastic Four play a critical role in the “Secret Wars” series, and Victor von Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) is their main enemy, so they’re sure to play a part in “Avengers: Doomsday.”

“Eyes of Wakanda” (Aug. 6, 2025)
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On Disney+

In Dec. 2023, Marvel announced its first official “Black Panther” spin-off series, a four-part animated show about the Wakandan War Dogs who are “tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous vibranium artifacts,” according to an official release. The show will look back at the history of the African nation of Wakanda, stretching back centuries before the events of “Black Panther.”

Veteran storyboard artist Todd Harris (“What If…?,” “John Wick: Chapter 4,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) is serving as executive producer and series director, and “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler is producing the series.

“Eyes of Wakanda” is also separate from the live-action Wakanda-based series that Coogler is developing as part of a multi-year overall TV deal between Coogler’s production company Proximity Media and the Walt Disney Company. That show was announced in Feb. 2021, and no further news about the project have been released since.

MCU Tie-In: Apparently, the martial arts master Iron Fist will appear in an episode, though it’s unclear whether it

“Marvel Zombies” (October 2025)
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On Disney+

Pretty much everything you need to know about this animated series is right there in the title: A zombie apocalypse causes most of the Avengers to turn into super-powered, flesh-craving undead. The title comes from the 2005-2006 comic book mini-series written by, who else, “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman, with art by Sean Phillips; those comics were already loosely adapted on an episode of the first season of “What If…?”

This four-part series — which will be rated TV-MA — will feature zombie versions of Clint Barton, Captain Marvel, Captain America (cut in half), the Abomination from “The Incredible Hulk” and “Shang-Chi,” Ghost from “Ant-Man and the Wasp,” Scarlet Witch, Okoye from “Black Panther” and Ikaris from “Eternals.” Taking them on will be Yelena Belova and Red Guardian (along with a team of Widows) from “Black Widow,” Shang-Chi and his BFF Katy, Kate Bishop from “Hawkeye,” Jimmy Woo from “Ant-Man and the Wasp” and “WandaVision,” Death Dealer from “Shang-Chi,” Ms. Marvel, and a biker gang of Skrulls from “Captain Marvel.”

“What If…?” director Bryan Andrews is also directing this show, with Zeb Wells (“Robot Chicken”) serving as head writer and executive producer.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear.

“Wonder Man” (December 2025)
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On Disney+

In the Marvel Comics, Simon Williams is the son of a captain of industry whose business buckles under pressure from Stark Industries, so he turns to Baron Zemo, who transforms him into the superhero known as Wonder Man.

This show, however, appears to be about a struggling actor, played by Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Watchmen,” “Aquaman”), who strives to be cast as Wonder Man.

“Shang-Chi” director Destin Daniel Cretton developed the series with head writer Andrew Guest (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Community”), part of Cretton’s overall deal with Marvel Studios and Onyx Collective. Cretton will direct.

Abdul-Mateen will be joined by Ed Harris, Josh Gad, Demetrius Grosse (“Fear the Walking Dead”), Lauren Glazier (“Mindhunter”) and Byron Bowers (“Swarm”).

MCU Tie-in: Ben Kingsley will reprise his role as ne’er-do-well British actor Trevor Slattery from “Iron Man 3” and “Shang-Chi.” Otherwise, unclear, though it would be pretty funny for the MCU version of Zemo, who passionately hates superheroes, would show up in a meta comedy about a superhero project.

“Avengers: Doomsday” (May 1, 2026)
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In the same way that “Avengers: Infinity War” led into “Avengers: Endgame,” “Doomsday” will lead into “Secret Wars,” with Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU to play Dr. Victor von Doom, easily the biggest, most important villain in the Marvel comics universe. The directors and one of the screenwriters of “Infinity War” and “Endgame” — Joe and Anthony Russo, and Stephen McFeely — are also returning to Marvel to direct and write “Doomsday” and “Secret Wars.”

Getting to this point has been bumpy in the extreme. This project was originally titled “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty,” with Jonathan Majors playing the titular main villain, Destin Daniel Cretton (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) directing, and Jeff Loveness (“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”) and then Michael Waldron (“Loki”) writing. By the time Marvel parted ways with Majors hours after the actor’s conviction in December 2023 for misdemeanor assault and harassment, the original conception of the project was all but cooked.

MCU Tie-In: Given Doom’s main adversaries are the Fantastic Four, it’s safe to assume they will play a significant role in “Doomsday.”

“Spider-Man 4” (July 24, 2026)
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After his triumphant multiversal team-up with the Spider-Men played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” Tom Holland will return as the web-slinger for an untitled fourth outing. Destin Daniel Cretton (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) is set to direct, replacing Jon Watts, who bowed out from the franchise after “No Way Home.”

Not much more is known about the project at this point, although it is likely safe to presume that Zendaya and Jacob Batalon would return. The story will need to incorporate both the ending of “No Way Home” — in which Holland’s Peter Parker had Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) erase himself from everyone’s memory, forcing him to start over as Spider-Man from square one — and the events of 2026’s “Avengers: Doomsday,” which premieres two months earlier.

MCU Tie-In: Given that Marvel Studios is continuing its unique partnership with Sony Pictures to produce the film, it’s safe to say at least some MCU characters will factor into this movie. Whether that includes Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom remains to be seen, but here’s some food for thought: Miles Morales plays a major role in the “Secret Wars” comic run from 2015, and “Avengers: Secret Wars” is set to premiere in 2027.

Untitled Vision Series (2026)
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For Disney+

The second “WandaVision” spin-off after “Agatha All Along,” this series will follow the exploits of White Vision, the emotionless physical reproduction of the dearly departed Vision introduced in the final episodes of the MCU’s inaugural Disney+ series.

Terry Matalas, executive producer and showrunner for Season 3 of “Star Trek: Picard,” is the showrunner, and Paul Bettany will return in the role.

MCU Tie-in: Unclear, though if anything could resurrect Wanda Maximoff from underneath the rubble of Wundagore Mountain, it’s the return of her beloved Vision. Also, White Vision became involved with the West Coast Avengers in the comics, so the events of “Avengers: Doomsday” and “Avengers: Secret Wars” could factor in as well.

“Avengers: Secret Wars” (May 7, 2027)
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In 2015, Marvel Comics published a nearly year-long miniseries called “Secret Wars,” in which an incursion between the main Marvel universe (Earth-616) and the Ultimate Marvel universe (Earth-1610) caused the destruction of both. Afterwards, many variants of Marvel characters find themselves living on a post-apocalyptic planet called Battleworld.

How the MCU will get to this point (if this is indeed the plot of the movie) remains something of a mystery, although several major players in the comic book storyline — including the Fantastic Four (Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn and Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and their mortal enemy Victor von Doom (Robert Downey Jr.) — are now set to make their debuts in the MCU in the run up to this film and its predecessor, “Avengers: Doomsday.” Joe and Anthony Russo will direct both films, and Stephen McFeely will handle the the screenplay.

Something else to consider: Following “Secret Wars,” Marvel Comics more-or-less rebooted, launching “all-new, all-different” versions of many of its most beloved titles. Most curious, indeed.

MCU Tie-In: Given its storyline and placement at the end of the Multiverse Saga, expect all of the characters to show up in this one.

“Blade” (Undated)
Photo : Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
In Theaters

Back when he was making the Marvel series “Luke Cage” for Netflix, Mahershala Ali made it known to Marvel Studios that he wanted to star in a remake of “Blade,” the superhero franchise about the sword-wielding half-vampire first headlined by Wesley Snipes (and credited by many for paving the way for the superhero cinema renaissance). Marvel, smartly, said yes.

Since then, however, two directors — Bassam Tariq (“Mogul Mowgli”) and Yann Demange (“Lovecraft Country”) — have departed the film and at least six screenwriters have been tapped to write the screenplay. The bumpy development process has pushed “Blade” back twice — from 2023 to 2024, then again to 2025, and finally off the release calendar entirely until the script gets to the right place.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, but Ali did make an audio-only cameo in one of the post-credits scenes in “Eternals” with Kit Harington’s Dane Whitman.

“X-Men ’97” Season 2 (Undated)
Photo : Marvel Studios
On Disney+

At the end of Season 1 of “X-Men ’97,” the team are flung into extreme ends of mutant history: Cyclops and Jean Grey wind up in 3960 A.D. within a post-apocalyptic wasteland, while Charles Xavier, Magneto, Rogue, Nightcrawler and Beast discover they’re in ancient Egypt, circa 3000 B.C. — where they encounter En Sabah Nur, the early version of the massively powerful mutant villain Apocalypse. Marvel Animation chief Brad Winderbaum told Variety that at least part of Season 2 will be spent continuing the story of Apocalypse.

Other major “X-Men” characters to expect in Season 2 include Sabretooth, Havoc, Polaris, Lady Deathstrike, Danger, and Wolverine love-interest Mariko Yashida.

MCU Tie-In: Since this show exists in its own timeline, Season 1 featured several cameos from other A-list Marvel characters, including Captain America, Doctor Doom, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Black Panther and Iron Man. Expect more of that for Season 2.

“Armor Wars” (Undated)
Marvel Armor Wars title treatment
Photo : Marvel Studios
In Theaters

In the comics, the Armor Wars storyline depicted Tony Stark’s horror when his Iron Man technology ends up in the wrong hands. With Stark dead in the MCU, Don Cheadle’s James Rhodes will headline this adaptation instead. Yassir Lester (“Black Monday”) will serve as screenwriter.

Originally developed as a Disney+ series, Marvel Studios announced in September 2022 that “Armor Wars” will be a feature film.

MCU Tie-In: At the 2022 D23 Expo, Feige said “Armor Wars” will carry over the events from the 2023 Disney+ series “Secret Invasion.”

Untitled “Nova” Project (Undated)
Photo : Marvel Comics
In Development

“Moon Knight” writer Sabir Pirzada is developing a project based on Nova, the intergalactic superhero tied to the Nova Corps from the Marvel Comics. It’s unclear whether this project would be a series for Disney+ or a theatrical feature.

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, though Nova Corps was a central part of 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” — and we learn in 2018’s “Avengers: Infinity War” that Thanos devastated Nova Prime in order to secure one of the Infinity Stones.

PREMIERED: “Echo” (Jan. 10)
Photo : Marvel Studios
All Episodes on Disney+ and Hulu

As Variety first reported in March 2021, Alaqua Cox stars in this “Hawkeye” spin-off series as Maya Lopez, a deaf Native American who works as an enforcer for the New York crime boss Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio). The show is the first standalone superhero series about a Native American character.

As such, the central cast of the series is made up of indigenous actors, including Zahn McClarnon (“Reservation Dogs”), reprising his role as Maya’s father, and Native American acting legend Graham Greene (“Dances With Wolves,” “Wind River,” “1883”). Also among the cast: Chaske Spencer (“Wild Indian”), Tantoo Cardinal (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), Devery Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”) and Cody Lightning (“Hey, Viktor!”).

Sydney Freeland (“Reservation Dogs,” “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”) and Catriona McKenzie (“The Walking Dead,” “Shining Vale”) direct.

In a first for Marvel, all five episodes of the show will premiere at the same time. The show is also Marvel’s first to debut simultaneously on Hulu and Disney+, and to be rated TV-MA.

MCU Tie-In: Kingpin first wreaked havoc on Netflix’s “Daredevil” series and reemerged in December 2021 on the Disney+ series “Hawkeye.” His nemesis, Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil (Charlie Cox), also shows up on the series, after first popping up in “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and on “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.”

PREMIERED: “X-Men ’97” (March 20)
Photo : Marvel Animation
All Episodes on Disney+

With the 20th Century Fox “X-Men” movies dead and gone following Disney’s acquisition of the studio, many fans thought Marvel Studios would first reboot the mutant superheroes in a series of live-action films or TV series.

Instead, Marvel revived the seminal Saturday morning “X-Men” animated series, which ran for five seasons from 1992 through 1997 and is widely considered to be the reason Fox decided to make a live-action “X-Men” movie. The series updates the story from the original series, focusing on the mutants Rogue, Beast, Gambit, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Storm, Jubilee and Cyclops; they’ll be led by Magneto, sporting long hair and a purple suit. (On the original series finale, Prof. Charles Xavier is forced to leave Earth to be cured after a crippling attack.)

The X-Men are joined on the show by Cable, Bishop, Forge, Morph and Nightcrawler. Mr. Sinister, Bolivar Trask, Emma Frost and Sebastian Shaw also appear.

Beau DeMayo (Netflix’s “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf”) is the head writer.

MCU Tie-In: With the multiverse in full bloom, “X-Men ’97” didn’t link up with any of the MCU, a distinction further emphasized with the introduction of “Marvel Animation” logo at the opening of ever episode. But Marvel also has “Deadpool & Wolverine” in later 2024, so who knows what self-aware shenanigans may be afoot.

PREMIERED: “Deadpool & Wolverine” (July 26)
Deadpool Wolverine Ryan Reynolds Hugh Jackman
Photo : Marvel Studios
Currently Playing In Theaters

While Fox’s “X-Men” movies officially ended with the twin flops of “Dark Phoenix” and “The New Mutants” prior to the sale to Disney, the two “Deadpool” spin-off films remain the most financially successful “X-Men” movies ever made, earning $1.57 billion combined. That’s enough cash to convince Disney and Marvel Studios to make their first R-rated superhero movie, and their first movie starring a character from the Fox era.

In March 2022, Reynolds announced that regular collaborator Shawn Levy (“Free Guy,” “The Adam Project”) will direct the film, with “Deadpool” screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick writing it. Later that year, Reynolds revealed that Hugh Jackman will return as Wolverine again — though, based on his costuming, perhaps not the version of Wolverine he retired in 2017’s “Logan.”

MCU Tie-In: In the teaser, Wade Wilson is captured by the Time Variance Authority from “Loki,” where he meets an official played by Matthew Macfadyen, who shows him a bunch of clips from, well, the MCU. The presence of the TVA implies that any Marvel variant from the Fox era could show up in “Deadpool & Wolverine,” suggesting that this film could do for the Fox Marvel era what “Spider-Man: No Way Home” did for the Sony Marvel era.

PREMIERED: “Agatha All Along” (Sept. 18)
Joe Locke Kathryn Hahn Agatha All Along
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All Episodes on Disney+

As Variety first reported, Kathryn Hahn will star in this “WandaVision” spin-off series about Agatha Harkness, the witch she played to Emmy-nominated perfection. “WandaVision” head writer Jac Schaeffer will write and executive produce the show, part of her overall deal with Marvel Studios and 20th Television. In keeping with Hahn’s performance, the new show will be a dark comedy — and a mischievous one.

The show was first announced with the title “Agatha: House of Harkness”; in July 2022, that was updated to “Agatha: Coven of Chaos,” then in Sept. 2023, updated again to “Agatha: Darkhold Diaries,” and finally in May 2024 to “Agatha: The Lying Witch With Great Wardrobe.” The real title was finally revealed at Disney’s 2024 upfront presentation as “Agatha All Along,” evoking the instant classic song about the witch from “WandaVision.”

Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke (“Heartstopper”), Sasheer Zamata (“Saturday Night Live”), Ali Ahn (“The Diplomat”) and Miles Gutierrez-Riley (“The Wilds”) will costar, with Debra Jo Rupp and Emma Caulfield Ford reprising their roles from “WandaVision.”

MCU Tie-In: Unclear, but Agatha’s connection to Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) certainly seems to provide ample storytelling possibilities, especially since, when we last saw Agatha, she’d been trapped by Wanda in her sitcom persona of Agnes, the quintessential sitcom nosy neighbor. A second “WandaVision” spin-off focusing on Paul Bettany’s Vision is also in development (more on that series below).

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The following is a list of films produced by Paramount Pictures and released (or scheduled to be released) in the 2020s.

All films listed are theatrical releases unless specified.

A ‡ signifies a streaming release exclusively through Paramount+.
A § signifies a simultaneous release to theaters and on Paramount+.
A * signifies a streaming release through a third-party streaming service.
Released
Release date Title Notes
January 10, 2020 Like a Boss co-production with Artists First[1][2]
January 31, 2020 The Rhythm Section co-production with Eon Productions, Global Road Entertainment and Danjaq LLC[3]
February 14, 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog co-production with Marza Animation Planet, Sega Sammy Group, Original Film and Blur Studio[4][5][6]
May 19, 2020 Body Cam distribution only; produced by Ace Entertainment, Paramount Players and BET Films
May 22, 2020 The Lovebirds * co-production with MRC, 3 Arts Entertainment and Quinn's House; distributed by Netflix
June 5, 2020 Mighty Oak distribution only; produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
September 25, 2020 The Trial of the Chicago 7 * studio credit only; co-production with Cross Creek Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, Marc Platt Productions and ShivHans Pictures; distributed by Netflix[7][8]
October 2, 2020 Spontaneous distribution only; produced by Awesomeness Films and Jurassic Party Productions
October 16, 2020 Love and Monsters US distribution only; co-production with Entertainment One[9] and 21 Laps Entertainment; distributed internationally by Netflix[10][11][12]
October 23, 2020 Pixie UK distribution only and US home video distribution; produced by Fragile Films, Ingenious Media, Northern Ireland Screen and Endeavor Content
October 30, 2020 Spell co-production with Paramount Players, LINK Entertainment and MC8 Entertainment[13]
March 4, 2021 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run ‡ co-production with Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, MRC, and United Plankton Pictures; distributed by Paramount+[14][15][16][17]
March 5, 2021 Coming 2 America * co-production with Eddie Murphy Productions, Misher Films and New Republic Pictures; distributed by Amazon Studios[18]
April 23, 2021 The Space Between distribution only; produced by Night & Day Pictures, Samuels Media Capital and Tangerine Pictures
April 30, 2021 Without Remorse * co-production with Skydance Media, Weed Road Pictures, Outlier Society, New Republic Pictures and Midnight Radio Productions;[19] distributed by Amazon Studios[20]
May 28, 2021 A Quiet Place Part II co-production with Platinum Dunes and Sunday Night Productions
June 10, 2021 Infinite ‡ co-production with di Bonaventura Pictures, Closest to the Hole Productions and New Republic Pictures; distributed by Paramount+[21][22]
July 2, 2021 The Tomorrow War * co-production with Skydance Media and New Republic Pictures; distributed by Amazon Studios[23]
July 23, 2021 Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Skydance Media, Entertainment One, Hasbro Studios[24] and Di Bonaventura Pictures[14][25][26]
August 20, 2021 PAW Patrol: The Movie § distribution outside of Canada; co-production with Nickelodeon Movies and Spin Master Entertainment[27][28]
October 29, 2021 Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin ‡ co-production with Paramount Players and Blumhouse Productions;[29] distributed by Paramount+[30][31]
November 10, 2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog § co-production with Entertainment One,[32] The Kerner Entertainment Company, New Republic Pictures[33] and Scholastic Entertainment[34][35][36][37]
December 15, 2021 Rumble ‡ co-production with Paramount Animation, WWE Studios, Walden Media and Reel FX Animation Studios; distributed by Paramount+[38][39][40][41]
January 14, 2022 Scream distribution only; produced by Spyglass Media Group, Project X Entertainment and Radio Silence Productions[42]
February 4, 2022 Jackass Forever co-production with MTV Entertainment Studios, Dickhouse Productions and Gorilla Flicks
February 11, 2022 The In Between ‡ * co-production with Paramount Players; distributed by Paramount+ in the United States and Netflix internationally
March 25, 2022 The Lost City co-production with Fortis Films, 3dot Productions and Exhibit A Films[43][44][45]
April 1, 2022 The Contractor US distribution only; co-production with STXfilms, 30West, Thunder Road Films and Ingenious Media
April 8, 2022 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 co-production with Sega Sammy Group, Marza Animation Planet, Original Film and Blur Studio
May 13, 2022 Senior Year * co-production with Paramount Players and Broken Road Productions; distributed by Netflix
May 27, 2022 Top Gun: Maverick co-production with Skydance Media, TC Productions and Jerry Bruckheimer Films[46][26][47]
June 17, 2022 Jerry & Marge Go Large ‡ co-prodution with Paramount Players, MRC and Levantine Films; distributed by Paramount+
July 15, 2022 Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank US and select international distribution only; co-production with Nickelodeon Movies, GFM Animation, Aniventure, Align, Brooksfilms, Flying Tigers Entertainment, HB Wink Animation and Cinesite[48]
August 11, 2022 Laal Singh Chaddha Indian film; co-production with Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom18 Studios[49][50]
August 12, 2022 Secret Headquarters ‡ co-production with Jerry Bruckheimer Films; distributed by Paramount+[51]
August 19, 2022 Orphan: First Kill § US distribution only; produced by Paramount Players, Dark Castle Entertainment, Entertainment One and Eagle Vision; distributed internationally by Sierra/Affinity
August 24, 2022 Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet distribution only; produced by Telecinco Cinema, Lightbox Animation Studios, Ikiru Films, Anangu Grup and La Tadeopelícula AIE
September 23, 2022 On the Come Up ‡ co-production with Paramount Players, Temple Hill Entertainment and State Street Pictures; distributed by Paramount+[52]
September 30, 2022 Smile co-production with Paramount Players and Temple Hill Entertainment[53][54]
October 7, 2022 Significant Other ‡ co-production with Paramount Players; distributed by Paramount+[55]
December 23, 2022 Babylon co-production with C2 Motion Picture Group, Marc Platt Productions and Material Pictures[56]
February 3, 2023 80 for Brady co-production with 199 Productions and Fifth Season[57][58]
March 10, 2023 Scream VI distribution only; produced by Spyglass Media Group, Project X Entertainment and Radio Silence Productions[59]
March 31, 2023 Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves co-production with Entertainment One,[14][26] Hasbro Studios and Sierra/Affinity
April 10, 2023 Organ Trail distribution only; produced by Tatterdemalion Pictures and Three Point Capital[60][61]
June 9, 2023 Transformers: Rise of the Beasts co-production with Skydance Media, Hasbro Studios, New Republic Pictures, Di Bonaventura Pictures, and Bay Films[62][63][64]
June 30, 2023 Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny studio credit only; co-production with Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm; distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
July 12, 2023 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One co-production with Skydance Media and TC Productions[65][26]
August 2, 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem co-production with Nickelodeon Movies and Point Grey Pictures[66][67][68]
September 8, 2023 My Animal distribution only; produced by XYZ Films, Photon Films, Good Movies, Band with Pictures, Jobpro Productions, Greenground Productions Vigilante and Crave
September 29, 2023 PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie distribution outside of Canada; co-production with Nickelodeon Movies and Spin Master Entertainment[69]
October 6, 2023 Pet Sematary: Bloodlines ‡ co-production with Paramount Players, Di Bonaventura Pictures and Room 101, Inc.; distributed by Paramount+[30][70][71]
October 20, 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon theatrical distribution only; produced by Apple Studios, Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions and Appian Way Productions[72][73]
October 27, 2023 Under the Boardwalk distribution only; produced by Paramount Animation, New Republic Pictures and Big Kid Pictures[74][75][76][77]
January 12, 2024 Mean Girls co-production with Paramount Players, Broadway Video and Little Stranger[78][79]
February 2, 2024 The Tiger's Apprentice ‡ co-production with Paramount Animation, Jane Startz Productions and New Republic Pictures; distributed by Paramount+[46][79][80]
February 14, 2024 Bob Marley: One Love co-production with Tuff Gong and Plan B Entertainment[81][79]
April 12, 2024 Sweet Dreams distribution only; produced by The Barnum Picture Company[82]
May 17, 2024 IF co-production with Sunday Night Productions and Maximum Effort[83][26][84]
June 28, 2024 A Quiet Place: Day One co-production with Platinum Dunes and Sunday Night Productions[85][84]
August 13, 2024 Watchmen: Chapter I international distribution only; co-production with Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment; distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in North America[86]
September 13, 2024 Here After distribution only; produced by Artina Films, ClaRo Productions, Fenix Entertainment, Hopscotch Pictures, and Likely Story[87]
September 20, 2024 Transformers One co-production with Paramount Animation, Di Bonaventura Pictures, New Republic Pictures, Bayhem Films and Hasbro Entertainment[88][89][90][91]
September 27, 2024 Apartment 7A ‡ co-production with Paramount Players, Sunday Night Productions and Platinum Dunes; distributed by Paramount+[92][93]
October 18, 2024 Smile 2 co-production with Temple Hill Entertainment and Bad Feeling[79]
November 22, 2024 Gladiator II co-production with Scott Free Productions, Red Wagon Entertainment and Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation[94]
November 25, 2024 Dear Santa ‡ co-production with Conundrum Entertainment; distributed by Paramount+[95][96]
November 26, 2024 Watchmen Chapter II international distribution only; co-production with Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment; distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in North America[97]
December 13, 2024 September 5 U.S. distribution outside Germany, Austria and Switzerland only; co-production with BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion, Constantin Film, Projected Picture Works and Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion[98][99]
December 20, 2024 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 co-production with Sega Sammy Group, Original Film, Marza Animation Planet and Blur Studio[100]
December 25, 2024 Better Man U.S. distribution only; co-production with Footloose Productions, Zero Gravity Management, Jumpy Cow Pictures, Showman and Rocket Science[101][102]
Upcoming
Release date Title Notes Production status
March 14, 2025 Novocaine co-production with Infrared Pictures, Safehouse Pictures, and Circle of Confusion[103][102]
May 23, 2025 Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning co-production with Skydance Media and TC Productions[104][84]
July 4, 2025 Untitled Trey Parker film co-production with PGLang and Park County[105] Filming
July 18, 2025 The Smurfs Movie co-production with Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies[100][106][99] In production
August 1, 2025 The Naked Gun co-production with Fuzzy Door Productions[107][102][99] Post-production
October 3, 2025 Roofman U.S. and select international distribution only; produced by Miramax, Limelight, High Frequency Entertainment, Hunting Lane and 51 Entertainment[108][109] Filming
October 24, 2025 Regretting You co-production with Constantin Film[110][111] Pre-production
November 7, 2025 The Running Man co-production with Genre Films and Complete Fiction[112][99] Filming
December 19, 2025 The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants co-production with Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies and United Plankton Pictures[113][114][84] In production
January 30, 2026 Aang: The Last Airbender co-production with Nickelodeon Movies and Avatar Studios[115][113][106][91]
February 27, 2026 Scream 7 distribution only; produced by Spyglass Media Group, Project X Entertainment and Radio Silence Productions[116][117] Pre-production
July 31, 2026 Untitled PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie sequel distribution outside of Canada; co-production with Nickelodeon Movies and Spin Master Entertainment[118][119][102] In production
October 9, 2026 Untitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel co-production with Nickelodeon Movies and Point Grey Pictures[120][102]
Undated films
Release date Title Notes Production status
2025 Vicious distribution only; produced by Atlas Independent[102][121][99] Post-production
2026 Untitled sixth Scary Movie film distribution only; produced by Miramax, Original Film and Ugly Baby Productions[122][123] Pre-production
Spring 2027 Sonic the Hedgehog 4 co-production with Sega Sammy Group, Original Film, Marza Animation Planet and Blur Studio[124]
TBA Get Lite co-production with Khalabo Ink Society, A Seed and Wings Productions and OFFBRND[125]
A Quiet Place Part III co-production with Platinum Dunes and Sunday Night Productions[126]
Untitled Damien Chazelle film co-production with Wild Chickens Productions[127]
An Officer and a Gentleman co-production with Temple Hill Entertainment[128]
In development
Title Notes
American Girl co-production with Mattel Films and Temple Hill Entertainment[129]
Ballistic co-production with GoldDay[130]
The Little Tikes Movie co-production with Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies and MGA Entertainment[131]
Beyblade co-production with Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disruption Entertainment[132]
Blood Count co-production with SpringHill Company[133]
Boy Band co-production with Maximum Effort and 21 Laps Entertainment[134]
Clifford the Big Red Dog 2 co-production with eOne Films, The Kerner Entertainment Company, New Republic Pictures, and Scholastic Entertainment[135]
Children of Blood and Bone co-production with Temple Hill Entertainment and Sunswept Entertainment[136]
C.O.S.M.O.S. co-production with Paramount Animation[137]
Dropz co-production with Paramount Animation and Gloria Sanchez Productions[138]
Untitled Face/Off sequel co-production with Original Film and Permut Presentations[139]
Familiar co-production with 18hz Productions[140]
Fashionista distribution only; produced by Paramount Players, Ethea Entertainment, and Kellagio Entertainment[141]
Harbinger co-production with Valiant Entertainment, Roth/Kirschenbaum Films, and Original Film[142]
Heart of the Beast co-production with Cedar Park Entertainment and Wild Chickens Productions[143]
Hit the Gas co-production with Original Film[144]
Houdini co-production with Di Bonaventura Pictures[145]
Kill Them All [146]
Major Matt Mason co-production with Mattel Films, Playtone and Weed Road Pictures[147]
Muttnik co-production with Paramount Animation and Imagine Entertainment[138]
Nevermoor co-production with Goddard Textiles[148]
Once Upon a Motorcycle Dude co-production with Paramount Animation[138]
Over Asking [149]
Possession co-production with Bad Feeling, Icki Eneo Arlo and Vertigo Entertainment[150]
Pumpkinhead co-production with Paramount Players[151]
Quinceanerx distribution only; produced by Paramount Players[152]
Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit co-production with Paramount Players, Atomic Monster and 3 Arts Entertainment[153]
Rachel Nevada co-production with Maximum Effort[154]
Rainbow Six co-production with Skydance Media, Weed Road Pictures, Outlier Society, and 87North Productions[155]
Real Pigeons Fight Crime co-production with Paramount Animation[138]
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake co-production with Original Film[156]
The Saint co-production with Di Bonaventura Pictures[157]
Sam & Victor's Day Off co-production with Make Good Content and Counterbalance Entertainment[158]
Sleepy Hollow co-production with Broken Road Productions[159]
Sunset Boulevard co-production with The Really Useful Group and Trillium Productions[160]
Superworld co-production with Paramount Animation and Temple Hill Entertainment[161]
Susie Thunder co-production with Epic Magazine[162]
Swan Lake co-production with Paramount Animation and Temple Hill Entertainment[138]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin co-production with 18hz Productions[163]
Thicc co-production with Broken Road Productions, New York and Vox Media Studios[164]
To Catch a Thief co-production with Pilot Wave and Original Film[165]
Untitled Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover co-production with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Skydance Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Bayhem Films and Hasbro Entertainment
Untitled fourth Cloverfield film co-production with Bad Robot[166][167]
Untitled fourth Star Trek film co-production with Skydance Media and Bad Robot[168][26]
Untitled H. G. Wells film co-production with OddBall Entertainment[169]
Untitled The Longest Yard remake co-production with Gunpowder & Sky[170]
Untitled Mindy Kaling comedy co-production with Paramount Animation[171]
Untitled Rugrats live-action film co-production with Nickelodeon Movies[172]
Untitled Spice Girls film co-production with Paramount Animation and 19 Entertainment[74]
Untitled The Tomorrow War sequel co-production with Amazon MGM Studios and Skydance Media[173]
Untitled third Top Gun film co-production with Skydance Media, TC Productions and Jerry Bruckheimer Films[174]
Untitled TikTok horror film co-production with Paramount Players and Original Film[175]
Vertigo co-production with Davis Entertainment and Team Downey[176]
Yokai Samba co-production with Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies[138]
You Should Be Dancing[177] co-production with Amblin Entertainment, GK Films, Scott Free Productions and Sister[26][178][179][180]
Your Name co-production with Bad Robot and Toho[181][182]
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