Marvel has reportedly shifted the dates for Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, Echo, What If…?’s second season, X-Men ’97, and extra amid the continued strikes and modifications to Disney+’s technique.
As reported by THR, SAG-AFTRA and the WGA’s strikes have clearly impacted manufacturing and improvement of those MCU exhibits, however sources have additionally stated “Marvel desires to focus its efforts to make every title an occasion for followers and audiences.” Its plan to make that so seems to be spreading out its upcoming content material releases greater than ever earlier than.
While Loki’s second season seems to be secure and locked to that October 6 date, the subsequent present – the second season of Marvel’s What If…? – is not set to reach till close to Christmas Day. This anthology sequence was initially deliberate to reach in early 2023.
Echo, which is a spin-off from Hawkeye, was going to be launched on November 29, however it’s now slated to have all its episodes drop in January 2024. Echo appears to have a “grittier and extra grounded tone” than different MCU tasks and can characteristic cameos from Daredevil and The Kingpin.
X-Men ’97, which appears to choose up the torch of the enduring Nineteen Nineties X-Men sequence, was going to have a fall 2023 debut earlier than Disney shifted it to early 2024. Sources declare this present is “retro and a love letter to the unique” and {that a} second season is presently within the works.
Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, which was seemingly simply modified from its earlier recognized title of Agatha: Coven of Chaos, was introduced for winter 2023. Now, the Kathryn Hahn-led sequence will not hit Disney+ till early fall 2024 as a lead-up to Halloween.
There have been a number of different exhibits that do not have dates that additionally seem to have been impacted by the strikes, together with Ironheart. The Dominique Thorn-led sequence, which might have been launched this fall if all of the playing cards fell into place, now has been taken off the schedule because the strikes are stopping it from being accomplished.
Daredevil: Born Again was anticipated for spring 2024, however the strikes have introduced the manufacturing to a halt regardless of them being beforehand laborious at work on it. Lastly, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Wonderman was additionally placed on pause in the midst of its manufacturing as a result of strikes.
For extra, take a look at Marvel’s unique plan for Phase 5 of the MCU from San Diego Comic-Con 2023 and our breakdown of The Marvels’ newest trailer, which is the subsequent MCU movie set to him theaters.
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