Disney reveals Marvel, live-action and animated dates until 2023

If you thought that Avengers: Infinity War would slow down the slate of Marvel Studios films, then you were incredibly optimistic. Disney has announced dates for all their non-Star Wars content through to 2023, presumably to let other studios know when to run in screaming terror. The slate includes a collection of new Marvel Studios dates, the live-action Mulan, and a whole lot of untitled animation.

Of particular interest is the addition of 7 previously unannounced titles for Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The last one that has an official release date at the moment is the Sony collaboration on the Untitled Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel on 5 July 2019. This adds dates for 31 July 2020 (possibly Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), 7 May 2021, 30 July 2021, 5 November 2021, 18 February 2022, 6 May 2022 and 29 July 2022. So that’s 2-3 Marvel films a year for the next 5 years! Many have already speculated that these could be placeholders for if/when the Disney acquisition of Fox’s film properties takes place.

For a real head-spinner, look no further than the 17 (!!!) untitled live-action films on Disney’s schedule. It’s definitely a signal of where Disney is heading as a creative company over the next few years. Some of these will undoubtedly be reworking animated films from the Disney library, a number of which are already in pre-production, as well as adaptation in the vein of next month’s A Wrinkle in Time.

Of course, all of this is subject to change and the dates just lead us to speculation. We welcome our new Disney overlords. Is it too early to just rename this site The Disney Bits?

The updates to the US release schedule now looks a little like this: