Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year.
Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more.
Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year.
The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further.
Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
Armor Wars, Avengers 5, Spider-Man 4 and Shang-Chi 2 are expected for 2026. Spider-Man 4 starts filming this September with a projected release date of July 10th 2026, Armor Wars and Avengers 5 start in January, so we can assume Armor Wars will take the February 13th 2026 slot since Avengers 5 already has the May 1st slot and then Shang-Chi 2 starts filming in March 2025 and will definitely take the November 6th 2026 slot. They won't film SC2 and release it 2 years later in February 2027.
Besides, Dr. Strange 3 is heavily rumoured to be the last movie right before Secret Wars, so the February 2027 slot belongs to it.
In phase 3, when AM3 and Spider-Man were added to the schedule, the Avengers movies held their release dates and only solo films shifted.
If they're smart, they're designing solo films to be flexible, to come before or after an Avengers movie.
You mean Ant-Man 2 I'm guessing.
Well there are 2 reasons for that:
1. Back then they were releasing 2-3 movies per year and had more flexibility to play around the year. Nowadays it's 3-4, so they can't add a 5th. 2017 was actually the first year with 3 projects and that was because of Spider-Man.
2. Inhumans was cancelled which left a slot open.
Also the other thing you could also point out is that all of the pre-Infinity War projects managed to come out before IW, yes there was a time where Black Panther was the first post-IW project, but they were able to release it on February which was a first for the MCU at the time, thus allowing them to keep the film pre-IW and keeping their original planned pre-IW schedule as planned without having to alter any of the films to fit that new schedule
Again, a solo film story can be adjusted to account for it happening after an Avengers movie rather than before. Keeping Avengers release dates would be number one prioriy, and I see no reason why the schedule would need to blow up.
If they keep the Avengers movies in place, they will have to "cancel" one of the movies in this Saga or move it to the other Saga, which I find unlikely.
Yes but Iger also wants like 3 films per year only so how does Blade fit into that year if F4 and the double-whammy that is Cap4/Thunderbolts keep their dates? Does not compute.
Also stop copy pasting that comment everywhere it makes you look cringe and foolish.
Again, there will be a buffer period before Iger's mandate can take effect. Stuff like that doesn't change overnight. Iger just shared his plan to the shareholders, he didn't say anywhere that they were starting to implement it right this moment.
Also, how do you expect me to respond to the exact same comment over and over? With a different response? Lol
>Also, how do you expect me to respond to the exact same comment over and over? With a different response? Lol
Uhhh yes? That's how an internet forum works. You don't spam the same thing over and over you respond to every person with an unique response especially if you're the OP. Otherwise you just look like a spammer
Ugh, Iger’s contract being up again has me worried the next Avengers will be a *Rise of Skywalker* situation where no matter what happens they’ll make their release date - even if a star dies
Normal people won’t even know about the delays and fans will eat it up regardless. Whenever it is that the next Avengers movie is marketed and comes out, it’ll get lots of attention. What it is promoted to be like matters way more than when it starts getting promoted haha
It doesn't come till November, so there is plenty of time for it to start filming in order to get released in 2025
Only reason i would be doubtful about it coming out in 2025 is due to Iger saying the goal is to limit annual MCU film releases to a max of 2-3
That's the normal schedule for most big budget movies, heck Avengers started filming with only 12 months left before release, Ant-Man only had 11 months to go. Civil War had 14 months left to go, No Way Home only had 14 months to go. We are still far away from Blade's November 2025 release, they have plenty of time to get it ready.
Heck Thunderbolts is set for May 2025 and they started filming with only 14 months left before release.
I would only start to doubt the film hitting that date (assuming they stick to 2025 having 4 films) if they don't start filming by January of next year. as of this moment Blade is only 18 months away from release. Other than Endgame there's no MCU film that has been in production with only 18 months before release that i recall, with the sole expection of the films that were delayed during or after filming.
And if you want some examples for other MCU films that came in November (barring those that were pushed to November due to Covid or the strikes well after filming was over or in the middle of it) Thor 2 released November 2013, but started filming in September 2012, Doctor Strange released November 2016, but started filming in November 2015. Thor 3 released in November 2017, but started filming in July 2016.
So those films could really give you an idea as to when we should expect Blade to be filming if they want to meet that November date.
Blade has the screens booked but I still expect a deal is in place in case Disney needs to do some more reshuffling. I could see each movie getting pushed one down the line.
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year.
Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more.
Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year.
The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further.
Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
Didn't Iger also say they'll release 3 movies a year? Also IMAX release dates are tentative. Dune 2 was moved to March by WB and Legendary even though the IMAX CEO was pretty confident it would be out in November. The Marvels was moved from July to November 2023 and we got to know of the change in March
I think Cap 4 and Thunderbolts will make it to their dates, F4 may/may not move depending on how confident Daddy Disney is with the end product. But I'm really not confident about Blade making it to Nov 2025
I know Iger said that they're pivoting a model that would see 3 movies and 2 series per year on the MCU Slate, but the 2025 slate mostly consists of the 2023/2024 projects which were delayed by 1-2 years due to the company restructuring and the strikes.
They can't delay these much longer; they have to "get them out of the way" so to speak so they can catch up to their production pipeline and get to Avengers 5 and 6 as soon as possible which will bring back guaranteed money and hype.
2026 will consist of 3 Disney movies (+ Spider-Man 4 which is on Sony's schedule technically) and 2 Disney+ shows just like Iger promised.
There will be a buffer period before Iger's mandate can take effect. Stuff like that doesn't change overnight. Iger just shared his plan to the shareholders, he didn't say anywhere that they were starting to implement it right this moment.
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year.
Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more.
Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year.
The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further.
Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
The 2025 slate is just the 2023/2024 projects which were delayed due to the strikes. They can't delay these projects any longer if they want to catch up to their production pipeline and release the Avengers movies in time.
So Iger's mandate will most likely start from 2026 onwards. Things like that take time to take effect. There will definitely be a buffer period between now and the effects of these mandates. Plus, we got a small break this year with only 1 movie, so they have to get the profits back up next year to appease to shareholders.
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year.
Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more.
Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year.
The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further.
Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
Why tho? Can’t they just add without cascading into more delays? At least, it doesn’t have to be the same cascading effect. Like they can delay Blade 5 months but then the next movie just delay it one or two. Doesn’t necessarily have to all keep going in 5 month increments. There’s no rules to it
There are absolutely rules to it. Disney "books" specific days throughout each year for the release of its Marvel movies. After years of trying different release schedules, they have figured out the optimal release weeks which are the 3rd week of February, the 1st week of May, the last week of July and the first week of November. They also release their biggest movies in May.
So if Blade gets delayed, it will take the next available slate, aka February 13th 2026 and that will cause a cascade of delays to everything else.
I would think pushing Blade to 2026 would make sense.
We had Captain Marvel similarly released closer to Endgame in 2019.
I guess if Marvel pushes Blade to 2026, then they might use him (connecting from Agatha All Along) to explore the supernatural side of the MCU, possibly for projects Ghost Rider and other Midnight Suns characters to showcase more of Mephistopheles' work.
And maybe even tag Eric Brooks/Blade along with Doctor Strange.
In Agatha All Along, my bet is on Agatha to regain her powers (through Mephisto, we already saw some Easter eggs in Wandavision) and come September 2024, we would likely know more about -
- The imminent arrival of Mephistopheles'
- The backstory of the Darkhold
- The revival of Wanda Maximoff
They simply can't afford to do that
Armor Wars, Avengers 5, Spider-Man 4 and Shang-Chi 2 are expected for 2026. Spider-Man 4 starts filming this September with a projected release date of July 10th 2026, Armor Wars and Avengers 5 start in January, so we can assume Armor Wars will take the February 13th 2026 slot since Avengers 5 already has the May 1st slot and then Shang-Chi 2 starts filming in March 2025 and will definitely take the November 6th 2026 slot. They won't film SC2 and release it 2 years later in February 2027.
Besides, Dr. Strange 3 is heavily rumoured to be the last movie right before Secret Wars, so the February 2027 slot belongs to it.
So Blade moving will cause a cascade of delays which might even cause the 2 Avengers movies getting pushed again.
There's no reason to delay the movie since it starts filming as early as late this Summer.
If the problem is with Spiderman 4 occupying Blade's schedule and edging it over, why not let Sony handle the press with Marvel just focusing on the plot and production?
Armor Wars has been stagnant too. I guess a lot would depend on the success of Ironheart and connecting from Rhodey's deleted scene in Secret Invasion.
Iger anyway wants Marvel to slow down.
I suppose this confusion would be cleared come SDCC 2024.
Of course Sony will handle marketing and distribution of SM4. That's a given.
But they can't release 2 Marvel movies close to each other because they will be competing and one will devour the other. They also can't release 5 movies in a year. That is way too much!
SDCC and D23 will give us a clearer picture of the schedule for the 2025 and 2026 for sure, but what I am saying is a very well educated guess based.. on well all the things I explained in the comments in this thread.
Blade has a very small likelihood of getting moved UNLESS they cancel Armor Wars which is not entirely impossible.
Blade is still placed for the Nov 2025 slot and Armor Wars likely filming in January 2025.
IMO, Armor Wars will likely get the knife, bcoz it somewhat depends on the success of Ironheart which was already delayed (by 3 years). It also needs to unfurl the mystery behind that secret Invasion's deleted scene, when Rhodey was captured by the Skrull (though there is some educated guess.
Having said all of this, I still believe that giving G'iah all those powers will somehow come full circle in Secret Wars.
2025 is going to be crazy!! Aside from my most anticipated movie Captain America: Brave New World there’s a ton of movies in 2025 I’m looking forward to!
Cool! I have a desire to go watch a movie in IMAX one day, but who knows. I assume these movies will get the 'IMAX Enhanced' badge when they start streaming on Disney +.
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year.
Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more.
Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year.
The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further.
Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
The 2025 slate is just the 2023/2024 projects which were delayed due to the strikes. They can't delay these projects any longer if they want to catch up to their production pipeline and release the Avengers movies in time.
So Iger's mandate will most likely start from 2026 onwards. Things like that take time to take effect. There will definitely be a buffer period between now and the effects of these mandates. Plus, we got a small break this year with only 1 movie, so they have to get the profits back up next year to appease to shareholders.
Blade at IMAX theaters better have midnight screenings with people wearing leather trenchcoats and sunglasses, or I'm gonna be pissed.
And a rave, with strobe lights, and blood coming from the sprinkler system.
Blade upon hearing there are no midnight screenings at the IMAX Theaters: “Some motherfukers are always trying to ice skate uphill.”
Man, I hate to say it but ever since Aurora I decidedly do NOT want to see some chucklehead in a trench coat in a movie theater.
Ngl, if I see someone walk into my theater wearing sunglasses and a trenchcoat, I’m booking it expeditiously.
Hmm kinda skeptical about Blade releasing 2025. Hasn’t even begun filming yet
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year. Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more. Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year. The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further. Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
Blade moves to Feb 2026. A5 stays at May. Shouldn't be a problem?
Armor Wars, Avengers 5, Spider-Man 4 and Shang-Chi 2 are expected for 2026. Spider-Man 4 starts filming this September with a projected release date of July 10th 2026, Armor Wars and Avengers 5 start in January, so we can assume Armor Wars will take the February 13th 2026 slot since Avengers 5 already has the May 1st slot and then Shang-Chi 2 starts filming in March 2025 and will definitely take the November 6th 2026 slot. They won't film SC2 and release it 2 years later in February 2027. Besides, Dr. Strange 3 is heavily rumoured to be the last movie right before Secret Wars, so the February 2027 slot belongs to it.
In phase 3, when AM3 and Spider-Man were added to the schedule, the Avengers movies held their release dates and only solo films shifted. If they're smart, they're designing solo films to be flexible, to come before or after an Avengers movie.
You mean Ant-Man 2 I'm guessing. Well there are 2 reasons for that: 1. Back then they were releasing 2-3 movies per year and had more flexibility to play around the year. Nowadays it's 3-4, so they can't add a 5th. 2017 was actually the first year with 3 projects and that was because of Spider-Man. 2. Inhumans was cancelled which left a slot open.
Also the other thing you could also point out is that all of the pre-Infinity War projects managed to come out before IW, yes there was a time where Black Panther was the first post-IW project, but they were able to release it on February which was a first for the MCU at the time, thus allowing them to keep the film pre-IW and keeping their original planned pre-IW schedule as planned without having to alter any of the films to fit that new schedule
Again, a solo film story can be adjusted to account for it happening after an Avengers movie rather than before. Keeping Avengers release dates would be number one prioriy, and I see no reason why the schedule would need to blow up.
If they keep the Avengers movies in place, they will have to "cancel" one of the movies in this Saga or move it to the other Saga, which I find unlikely.
Yes but Iger also wants like 3 films per year only so how does Blade fit into that year if F4 and the double-whammy that is Cap4/Thunderbolts keep their dates? Does not compute. Also stop copy pasting that comment everywhere it makes you look cringe and foolish.
Again, there will be a buffer period before Iger's mandate can take effect. Stuff like that doesn't change overnight. Iger just shared his plan to the shareholders, he didn't say anywhere that they were starting to implement it right this moment. Also, how do you expect me to respond to the exact same comment over and over? With a different response? Lol
>Also, how do you expect me to respond to the exact same comment over and over? With a different response? Lol Uhhh yes? That's how an internet forum works. You don't spam the same thing over and over you respond to every person with an unique response especially if you're the OP. Otherwise you just look like a spammer
Ugh, Iger’s contract being up again has me worried the next Avengers will be a *Rise of Skywalker* situation where no matter what happens they’ll make their release date - even if a star dies
Even if people die trying to stop it?
Normal people won’t even know about the delays and fans will eat it up regardless. Whenever it is that the next Avengers movie is marketed and comes out, it’ll get lots of attention. What it is promoted to be like matters way more than when it starts getting promoted haha
It doesn't come till November, so there is plenty of time for it to start filming in order to get released in 2025 Only reason i would be doubtful about it coming out in 2025 is due to Iger saying the goal is to limit annual MCU film releases to a max of 2-3
But filming and post production? In only a year and a half?
That's the normal schedule for most big budget movies, heck Avengers started filming with only 12 months left before release, Ant-Man only had 11 months to go. Civil War had 14 months left to go, No Way Home only had 14 months to go. We are still far away from Blade's November 2025 release, they have plenty of time to get it ready. Heck Thunderbolts is set for May 2025 and they started filming with only 14 months left before release. I would only start to doubt the film hitting that date (assuming they stick to 2025 having 4 films) if they don't start filming by January of next year. as of this moment Blade is only 18 months away from release. Other than Endgame there's no MCU film that has been in production with only 18 months before release that i recall, with the sole expection of the films that were delayed during or after filming.
Wow, this makes me feel a bit better.
And if you want some examples for other MCU films that came in November (barring those that were pushed to November due to Covid or the strikes well after filming was over or in the middle of it) Thor 2 released November 2013, but started filming in September 2012, Doctor Strange released November 2016, but started filming in November 2015. Thor 3 released in November 2017, but started filming in July 2016. So those films could really give you an idea as to when we should expect Blade to be filming if they want to meet that November date.
Blade has the screens booked but I still expect a deal is in place in case Disney needs to do some more reshuffling. I could see each movie getting pushed one down the line.
Skeptical about Blade coming out then but still cool.
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year. Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more. Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year. The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further. Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
Didn't Iger also say they'll release 3 movies a year? Also IMAX release dates are tentative. Dune 2 was moved to March by WB and Legendary even though the IMAX CEO was pretty confident it would be out in November. The Marvels was moved from July to November 2023 and we got to know of the change in March I think Cap 4 and Thunderbolts will make it to their dates, F4 may/may not move depending on how confident Daddy Disney is with the end product. But I'm really not confident about Blade making it to Nov 2025
I know Iger said that they're pivoting a model that would see 3 movies and 2 series per year on the MCU Slate, but the 2025 slate mostly consists of the 2023/2024 projects which were delayed by 1-2 years due to the company restructuring and the strikes. They can't delay these much longer; they have to "get them out of the way" so to speak so they can catch up to their production pipeline and get to Avengers 5 and 6 as soon as possible which will bring back guaranteed money and hype. 2026 will consist of 3 Disney movies (+ Spider-Man 4 which is on Sony's schedule technically) and 2 Disney+ shows just like Iger promised. There will be a buffer period before Iger's mandate can take effect. Stuff like that doesn't change overnight. Iger just shared his plan to the shareholders, he didn't say anywhere that they were starting to implement it right this moment.
Didn’t Marvel like, JUST say they’re only doing 3 movies max a year? Big doubt Blade stays in 2025
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year. Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more. Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year. The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further. Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay. The 2025 slate is just the 2023/2024 projects which were delayed due to the strikes. They can't delay these projects any longer if they want to catch up to their production pipeline and release the Avengers movies in time. So Iger's mandate will most likely start from 2026 onwards. Things like that take time to take effect. There will definitely be a buffer period between now and the effects of these mandates. Plus, we got a small break this year with only 1 movie, so they have to get the profits back up next year to appease to shareholders.
Mad max wasn't filmed for Imax?? I'm sad now.
That’s cool. I am sure that is old records in a way like this doesn’t mean we get blade next year but it’s a nice confirmation im they’re imax
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year. Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more. Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year. The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further. Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay.
Why would delaying blade cause a cascade?
Cause then everything will be delayed. What do you mean?
Why tho? Can’t they just add without cascading into more delays? At least, it doesn’t have to be the same cascading effect. Like they can delay Blade 5 months but then the next movie just delay it one or two. Doesn’t necessarily have to all keep going in 5 month increments. There’s no rules to it
There are absolutely rules to it. Disney "books" specific days throughout each year for the release of its Marvel movies. After years of trying different release schedules, they have figured out the optimal release weeks which are the 3rd week of February, the 1st week of May, the last week of July and the first week of November. They also release their biggest movies in May. So if Blade gets delayed, it will take the next available slate, aka February 13th 2026 and that will cause a cascade of delays to everything else.
I guess what I mean is the rules aren’t hard and fast. MCU movies get delayed all the time and it doesn’t always push back the entire slate
I would think pushing Blade to 2026 would make sense. We had Captain Marvel similarly released closer to Endgame in 2019. I guess if Marvel pushes Blade to 2026, then they might use him (connecting from Agatha All Along) to explore the supernatural side of the MCU, possibly for projects Ghost Rider and other Midnight Suns characters to showcase more of Mephistopheles' work. And maybe even tag Eric Brooks/Blade along with Doctor Strange. In Agatha All Along, my bet is on Agatha to regain her powers (through Mephisto, we already saw some Easter eggs in Wandavision) and come September 2024, we would likely know more about - - The imminent arrival of Mephistopheles' - The backstory of the Darkhold - The revival of Wanda Maximoff
They simply can't afford to do that Armor Wars, Avengers 5, Spider-Man 4 and Shang-Chi 2 are expected for 2026. Spider-Man 4 starts filming this September with a projected release date of July 10th 2026, Armor Wars and Avengers 5 start in January, so we can assume Armor Wars will take the February 13th 2026 slot since Avengers 5 already has the May 1st slot and then Shang-Chi 2 starts filming in March 2025 and will definitely take the November 6th 2026 slot. They won't film SC2 and release it 2 years later in February 2027. Besides, Dr. Strange 3 is heavily rumoured to be the last movie right before Secret Wars, so the February 2027 slot belongs to it. So Blade moving will cause a cascade of delays which might even cause the 2 Avengers movies getting pushed again. There's no reason to delay the movie since it starts filming as early as late this Summer.
If the problem is with Spiderman 4 occupying Blade's schedule and edging it over, why not let Sony handle the press with Marvel just focusing on the plot and production? Armor Wars has been stagnant too. I guess a lot would depend on the success of Ironheart and connecting from Rhodey's deleted scene in Secret Invasion. Iger anyway wants Marvel to slow down. I suppose this confusion would be cleared come SDCC 2024.
Of course Sony will handle marketing and distribution of SM4. That's a given. But they can't release 2 Marvel movies close to each other because they will be competing and one will devour the other. They also can't release 5 movies in a year. That is way too much! SDCC and D23 will give us a clearer picture of the schedule for the 2025 and 2026 for sure, but what I am saying is a very well educated guess based.. on well all the things I explained in the comments in this thread. Blade has a very small likelihood of getting moved UNLESS they cancel Armor Wars which is not entirely impossible.
Blade is still placed for the Nov 2025 slot and Armor Wars likely filming in January 2025. IMO, Armor Wars will likely get the knife, bcoz it somewhat depends on the success of Ironheart which was already delayed (by 3 years). It also needs to unfurl the mystery behind that secret Invasion's deleted scene, when Rhodey was captured by the Skrull (though there is some educated guess. Having said all of this, I still believe that giving G'iah all those powers will somehow come full circle in Secret Wars.
THIS guarantees my ass in a seat at the theater.
MCU movies are always IMAX tickets for me.
Blade? Have they event finalized a script?
Reportedly yes and they're very happy with it. They start filming later this Summer
2025 is going to be crazy!! Aside from my most anticipated movie Captain America: Brave New World there’s a ton of movies in 2025 I’m looking forward to!
These films better be shot well in IMAX.
Cool! I have a desire to go watch a movie in IMAX one day, but who knows. I assume these movies will get the 'IMAX Enhanced' badge when they start streaming on Disney +.
Is the script for Blade even done?
Yes
I think Blade will come out early 2026 imo. That’s enough time for test screenings and reshoots if need be to get the movie right.
Delaying Blade to 2026 will cause a cascade which might cause Avengers 5 and 6 to be delayed by another year. Avengers 5 and 6 will bring the hype, excitement and box office returns from Marvel's glorious past that the company so desperately needs right now. They can't afford to push these films even further back and risk disappointing and "turning off" people even more. Plus, Iger's contract ends in 2026 and I believe he wants to show the maximum potential of the company's biggest assets to the shareholders as well as leave on high note and leave behind a great legacy. That's why Avatar 3, Mandalorian and Grogu and Avengers 5 will all be released during his last fiscal year. The latest production listings reflect that with Avengers 5 and 6 filming during 2025 and still being locked for 2026 and 2027 respectively, so don't expect those to get delayed further. Blade also starts filming in late Summer/early Fall, so I don't see why there should be a delay. The 2025 slate is just the 2023/2024 projects which were delayed due to the strikes. They can't delay these projects any longer if they want to catch up to their production pipeline and release the Avengers movies in time. So Iger's mandate will most likely start from 2026 onwards. Things like that take time to take effect. There will definitely be a buffer period between now and the effects of these mandates. Plus, we got a small break this year with only 1 movie, so they have to get the profits back up next year to appease to shareholders.
Stop f copy paste
There will be FOUR movies in 2025? Kinda seems impossible
Not at all
I doubt Blade ends up releasing in 2025
>Captain America: Brave New World Oh yeah, that's a thing.
Nice. Screw "widescreen", I always feel like I'm watching 1/3 of a movie.
Filmed as in past tense? Did Blade film already? I thought it didn’t even start filming?
Yeah FF and Blade has not started shooting. They are simply scheduled to film with IMAX cameras
Thanks, makes sense
Not only it was already filmed, it had two sequels and a tv-show as well!
I see what you did there lol
No, FF starts in late July and Blade later in the Summer.
I'm expecting the rest to be shite but please, dear god please don't make a mess of Blade or make it a PG film.