Disney Dates New ‘Star Wars’ Movie, Shifts ‘Deadpool 3’ and Entire Marvel Slate, Delays ‘Avatar’ Sequels Through 2031

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Disney Dates New ‘Star Wars’ Movie, Shifts ‘Deadpool 3’ and Entire Marvel Slate, Delays ‘Avatar’ Sequels Through 2031

Disney is shaking up its entire release calendar by delaying release dates for its Marvel and 'Avatar' sequels.
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Disney is shaking up its release calendar, adding a new "Star Wars" movie and "Moana" live-action adaptation to the schedule and delaying the next three "Avatar" movies by a year. At this rate, the fifth trip to Pandora will be released in 2031. That's in eight years, for anyone who wants to know the math.

Among the highlights of the overhaul: A live-action "Moana" will be released on June 27, 2025; "Deadpool 3" moved up from Nov. 8, 2024, to May 3, 2024; an untitled "Star Wars" movie is debuting on Dec. 18, 2026; "Avatar 3" has shifted to Dec. 19, 2025; "Avatar 4" to Dec. 21, 2029, and "Avatar 5" to Dec. 19, 2031. Based on this timeline, the final "Avatar" movie is coming 22 years after the original 2009 blockbuster.

Other changes include a massive Marvel reshuffling. "Captain America: Brave New World" is moving from May 3, 2024, to July 26, 2024, which in turn is delaying "Thunderbolts" to Dec. 20, 2024, "Blade" to Feb. 14, 2025, and "Fantastic Four" to May 2, 2025. "Avengers: The Kang Dynasty" is getting pushed back an entire year, from May 2, 2025, to May 1, 2026. It's taking the place of "Avengers: Secret Wars," which is jumping from May 1, 2026, to May 7, 2027.

With the addition of a "Star Wars" film in December 2026, it means that two movies set in a galaxy far, far away will be released in that year. A separate "Star Wars" movie has been pushed from Dec. 19, 2025, to May 22, 2026. Another "Star Wars" film is set for Dec. 17, 2027. Disney hasn't clarified the premises of any of those installments.

Elsewhere, the new "Alien" movie, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Fede Alvarez, will open on Aug. 16, 2024.

Production delays and the ongoing WGA strike are part of the reason behind the total overhaul of the release plan. Disney recently paused filming on "Blade" and "Thunderbolts," which led to a ripple effect on the rest of the interconnected Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In regards to "Avatar," the space between the sequels will allow the post-production and visual effects department to continue expanding, developing and refining the different ecosystems across the vast world of Pandora.

 
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It still gets me that MCU went from fun that managed to serialise movies into a continuous story that I wanted to keep seeing to "lol the next Avengers is going to be so shit". At least Deadpool, Blade, and F4 have a fighting chance.

Star Wars getting two movies in one year says so much about the franchise. They're milking that cow for all it's worth.

As for Avatar, I got bored of the first within 10 minutes and the second got bad reviews once people stopped jizzing over water effects or whatever it was. Is there really that much demand for a third so soon, or is that another one milked in the style of a Vin Diesel franchise?
 
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Soodanim said:
As for Avatar, I got bored of the first within 10 minutes and the second got bad reviews once people stopped jizzing over water effects or whatever it was. Is there really that much demand for a third so soon, or is that another one milked in the style of a Vin Diesel franchise?
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Marvel is a sinking ship. Diminishing returns. The super hero fad is pretty much over and we have moved onto Video game movies now. Unless they get some real creative people in there its doomed. Which means Disney is fucked because they will only go with diversity hires.

2 new Star Wars = 0 interest. We know they will have a female protagonist and find a way to shit on the OGs and the characters we all love. TBH I am shocked they aren't just remaking the OT since they have no new ideas.

Avatar 1 wasn't that interesting to me, but the 2nd one was actually pretty good and I wanted to hate it. I am looking forward to the 3rd but pissed they did something to one of the characters that is a spoiler to discuss further. Was hoping for a fake out on that one. I don't think I can make it to 2031 to watch all 5 of em but hey its a great way to keep it going. You don't want franchise fatigue so I think really spacing them out works. And once 5 comes out you can then just remake them all over again for another 25 year plan.
 
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2031, LOL, please fuck off, Disney.

Something needs to happen to speed up movie- and game-development. Waiting so many years isn't acceptable. We're about to count how many Avatar-movies we'll be able to see in our lifetime, ffs.
 
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2031, LOL, please fuck off, Disney.

Something needs to happen to speed up movie- and game-development. Waiting so many years isn't acceptable. We're about to count how many Avatar-movies we'll be able to see in our lifetime, ffs.
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You understand we are getting three Avatar sequels in 8 years (whereas Avatar 2 released 13 years after the original), right?

Avatar 3 in 2025, two years from now.
Avatar 4 in 2029, four years after Avatar 3.
Avatar 5 in 2031, two years after Avatar 4.
 
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I feel like I remember reading that the writer behind She-Hulk was hired on to write for this.
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I'm going to pretend I didn't just read that

The thing with Deadpool is that I have this glimmer of hope because of how the first came about and how strongly connected Ryan Reynolds is to it. That has to undoubtedly come with creative control, so I hope he manages to keep it feeling like it should.

Speaking of She-Hulk, it was mostly throwaway aside from returning characters but Daredevil in his yellow outfit makes me remember that he's appeared in MCU twice now and he should be getting something again, same as Kingpin.
 
Fuck you Disney. Cameron should sue them for another Avatar delay. Hope they crash and burn and 20th Century Fox passes on to someone else

Soodanim said:
As for Avatar, I got bored of the first within 10 minutes and the second got bad reviews once people stopped jizzing over water effects or whatever it was. Is there really that much demand for a third so soon, or is that another one milked in the style of a Vin Diesel franchise?
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Ahem it only got bad reviews on D-Pad (not edgy enough). Rest of the world loved it.
 
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I all got from that was we have crap crap crap, Deadpool 3, crap crap crap new Ridley Scott Alien, crap crap crap.
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Deadpool 3 will likely be crap based on Disney mandated changes, Alien will be crap because Promethius and Covenant proved Ridley Scott has no fucking idea what made Alien work in the first place.
 
Honestly, I don't give a shit anymore. Any love I had for these IPs is long gone and exhausted. If I don't give a fuck in 2023, then I'm sure as shit not going to have any left to give in 2025-2031.

Watch Secret Wars end up on a reboot so that they can reboot the MCU.
 
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Ahem it only got bad reviews on D-Pad (not edgy enough). Rest of the world loved it.
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You know what, it's entirely possibly that I got that impression from here and/or GAF. I don't read movie reviews.
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Honestly, I don't give a shit anymore. Any love I had for these IPs is long gone and exhausted. If I don't give a fuck in 2023, then I'm sure as shit not going to have any left to give in 2025-2031.

Watch Secret Wars end up on a reboot so that they can reboot the MCU.
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I know what you mean (to a somewhat lesser extent). There are very few franchises where I would happily go in blind and excited for a sequel, because over the years the disappointing games and movies have left me feeling neutral towards everything. Each release has to prove itself, very little gets a free pass based on quality of the previous release.

Movies get even less of a pass than games, too. I have no urgency to see things in the cinema, but that's a whole different subject.
 
Don't give a fuck. Star Wars and Marvel suck and I don't give a shit about Avatar. They drew their line in the sand and chose to prioritize wokeness over entertaining their audience. Look at where it's gotten them now. Unless they fire all the braindead shitlibs in the company and start making stuff that people like to watch, I'm not gonna cry when the House of Mouse goes under.
 
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Marvel Zombies was a neat story arc. Making it today means it is going to suck.

What evidence do I have for that? Outside of the obvious DEI bullshit that will permeate every facet of this movie, just look at the Walking Dead series.

I don't have Zombie fatigue, since I like the concept and still enjoy games that employ them, but Zombies from the lens of modern writers is not an interesting subject and they somehow suck the compelling ideas that make Zombies a scary or thrilling monster.
 
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