Marvel Delays Avengers: Doomsday & Avengers: Secret Wars By Six Months

Marvel has pushed out the releases of Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars by a few months. Deadline reports that the studio has delayed Doomsday from May 1st, 2026 to December 18th, 2026. Additionally, Secret Wars has been delayed from May 7th, 2027 to December 17th, 2027.

The report cites insiders as saying that the delays will allow the studio and the Russo Brothers a bit more time to execute on their vision, stressing that the two films are among the biggest ever made. The studio will also be able to take advantage of the holiday seasons, during which films tend to have much stronger legs than in other parts of the year.

Avengers: Doomsday is currently filming with confirmed cast members Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Paul Rudd, Letitia Wright, Florence Pugh, Simu Liu, Tom Hiddleston, Wyatt Russell, David Harbour, Winston Duke, Danny Ramirez, Hannah John-Kamen, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Alan Cumming, Rebecca Romijn, James Marsden, Kelsey Grammer, Channing Tatum, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Lewis Pullman, and Robert Downey Jr.