Marvel's Multiverse Saga: Everything Revealed at SDCC 2022 (Release Dates, Cast, Trailers, and More)

To say that Marvel made a splash with their Multiverse Saga announcement at SDCC 2022 this past weekend is an understatement. Marvel announced 5 previously unknown movies, showed new trailers for this year’s releases, and a whole mess of other exciting upcoming projects.

Since it can be a bit confusing to sort through all the various announcements, we’ve put everything we know so far about Phases 4-6 of the MCU into this one handy article. Thanks to the folks at r/marvelstudios as we used their post as a major source for this article.

Phase 4 – Currently Released

As a quick recap, here is everything that has already come so far in Phase 4:

WandaVision (Disney+ Series, 9 episodes, began January 15 2021)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+ Series, 6 episodes, began March 19 2021)
Loki (Disney+ Series, 6 episodes, began March 19 2021)
Black Widow (Film, July 09 2021)
What If…? (Disney+ Series, 9 episodes, began August 11 2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings (Film, September 03 2021)
Eternals (Film, November 05 2021)
Hawkeye (Disney+ Series, 6 episodes, began November 24 2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (Film, December 17 2021)
Moon Knight (Disney+ Series, 6 episodes, began March 30 2022)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Film, May 06 2022)
Ms. Marvel (Disney+ Series, 6 episodes, began June 08 2022)
Thor: Love and Thunder (Film, July 08 2022)

Phase 4 – Remaining Releases

I Am Groot (Disney+ show) Season 1 (Animated Disney+ show)

Release Date: August 10th 2022
Head Writer: Ryan Little
Directed by: Kirsten Lepore
No. of Episodes: 5
Status: Almost Ready for Release

A short, animated series featuring everyone’s favourite plant-based Guardian of the Galaxy.

She-Hulk (Disney+ show)

Release Date: August 17th 2022
Head Writer: Jessica Gao
Directed by: Kat Coiro
No. of Episodes: 9
Status: Post-Production

Tatiana Maslany stars as Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk in this new series, which also stars Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner/Hulk), Tim Roth (Emil Blonsky/The Abomination), Jameela Jamil (Titania), Ginger Gonzaga (Nikki Ramos), and Renée Elise Goldsberry (Amelia).

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Movie)

Release Date: November 11th 2022
Written and Directed by: Ryan Coogler
Status: Post-Production

Shuri (Letitia Wright), Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Okoye (Danei Gurira) and the rest of Wakanda mourn the death of T’Challa while also facing a new threat in the form of Namor (Tenoch Huerta).

Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Disney+ 40-minute special)

Release Date: December 2022
Written and Directed by: James Gunn
Status: Post-Production

A live-action holiday special said to star all the Guardians (Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Groot, Nebula, Mantis, and Kraglin) that is meant to be in the vein of the Star Wars Holiday Special. But, you know, good.

Phase 5

2023

What if…? Season 2 (Animated Disney+ show)

Release Date: Early 2023
Head Writer: A.C. Bradley
Directed By: Bryan Andrews
No. of Episodes: 9
Status: Post-Production

While a trailer was released at SDCC, it has not yet been made public. So far we have heard that we will see the return of Captain Carter as she meets her version of the Winter Soldier, a version of the 1602 universe, and Iron Man stuck on Sakaar.

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (Movie)

Release Date: February 17th 2023
Written by: Jeff Loveness
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Status: Post-Production

Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly return as Ant-Man and the Wasp, with Scott Lang’s daughter Cassie (Kathryn Newton) joining the growing team of shrinking heroes. They will be facing off with Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) and M.O.D.O.K. (no actor yet announced), with Bill Murray also joining the cast in an unknown role.

Secret Invasion (Disney+ show)

Release Date: Spring 2023
Head Writer: Kyle Bradstreet
Directed By: Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim
No. of Episodes: 6
Status: Post-Production, Reshoots in August

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Movie)

Release Date: May 5th 2023
Written and Directed by: James Gunn
Status: Post-Production

Echo (Disney+ show)

Release Date: Summer 2023
Head Writer: Marion Dayre
Directed By: Sydney Freeland
No. of Episodes: 6
Status: Filming

Loki Season 2 (Disney+ show)

Release Date: Summer 2023
Head Writer: Eric Martin
Directed By: Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead
No. of Episodes: 6
Status: Filming

The Marvels (Movie)

Release Date: July 28th 2023
Written by: Megan McDonnell
Directed by: Nia DaCosta
Status: Post-productions, Doing Reshoots Currently

X-Men ’97 Season 1 (Animated Disney+ show)

Release Date: Fall 2023
Head Writer: Beau DeMayo
Directed By: TBA
No. of Episodes: 8
Status: In Development

Blade (Movie)

Release Date: November 3rd 2023
Written by: Stacy Osei-Kuffour
Directed by: Bassam Tariq
Status: Starts Filming in September 2022

Ironheart (Disney+ show)

Release Date: Fall 2023
Head Writer: Chinaka Hodge
Directed By: Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes
No. of Episodes: 6
Status: Filming

Agatha: Coven of Chaos (Disney+ show)

Release Date: Winter 2023 (and will run until Early 2024)
Head Writer: Jac Schaeffer
Directed By: TBA
No. of Episodes: TBA
Status: Starts Filming in January 2023

2024

Daredevil: Born Again (Disney+ show)

Release Date: Spring 2024
Head Writers: Matt Corman & Chris Ord
Directed by: TBA
No. of Episodes: 18
Status: Reportedly Starts filming in Early 2023

Captain America: New World Order (Movie)

Release Date: May 3rd 2024
Written by: Malcolm Spellman and Dalan Musson
Directed by: Julius Onah
Status: Reportedly Starts filming in Early 2023

Thunderbolts (Movie)

Release Date: July 26th 2024
Written by: Eric Pearson
Directed by: Jack Schreier
Status: Starts Filming Summer 2023

Marvel Zombies (Animated Disney+ show)

Release Date: 2024
Head Writer: Zeb Wells
Directed by: Bryan Andrews
No. of Episodes: TBA
Status: In Development

Spider-Man: Freshman Year (Animated Disney+ show)

Release Date: 2024
Head Writer: Jeff Trammel
Directed by: Lisa Singer
No. of Episodes: TBA
Status: In Development