From Blade & Deadpool 3 To Avengers: Secret Wars & More – Here’s Which Marvel Films Have Been Delayed (Photo Credit –Poster From Movie)
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Disney has paused its film schedule, delaying the releases of ‘Blade’, ‘Deadpool 3’, ‘Fantastic Four’ and other major Marvel properties. Read on to know which MCU project has been delayed and details regards when it will release now.
As part of the shuffle, ‘Blade’ – which stars Mahershala Ali as the title character, has moved from November 3, 2023 to September 6, 2024. Shawn Levy’s ‘Deadpool 3’ – starring Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, Hugh Jackman as Logan and Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, has relocated from September 6, 2024 to November 8, 2024.
‘Fantastic Four’ has shifted its release date from November 8, 2024 to February 14, 2025; an untitled Marvel film has been pushed from February 14, 2025 to November 7, 2025; ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ has been delayed from November 7, 2025 to May 1, 2026; and another untitled Marvel film – set to release on May 1, 2026 has been removed from Disney’s calendar, reports ‘Variety’.
In non-comic book news, Searchlight’s historical drama ‘Chevalier’, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. as the musician Chevalier de Saint-Georges, will open in theatres on April 7, 2023; ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ is set for May 24, 2024; and ‘A Haunting in Venice‘ is dated for September 15, 2023.
In the case of ‘Blade’, the yearlong postponement is unsurprising, given the recent news that Bassam Tariq exited the project, leaving the film without a director.
Marvel has paused the production — starring Mahershala Ali as the title vampire slayer — as the studio looks to hire a new helmer.
Given the interconnected storylines in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the substantial delay for ‘Blade’ reverberated on the rest of the films in development.
The next Marvel movie to hit the big screen will be November’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’, which marks the end of Phase Four of the MCU.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced in July at San Diego Comic-Con that ‘Fantastic Four’ will kick off Phase Six, making ‘Blade’ and ‘Deadpool 3’ the final two films to round out Phase Five.
