As the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to expand with Phase Four, superhero movie fans eagerly anticipate Kevin Feige’s next step in this growing world of heroes. At San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Feige announced Marvel’s upcoming slate for Phases Five and Six, including two new Avengers films. We have had four Avengers movies so far, and Feige revealed that the fifth installment would be called Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and the sixth would be Avengers: Secret Wars. This is everything we know so far about the sixth Avengers movie.
When is the Avengers: Secret Wars (2025) release date?
At Hall H in SDCC 2022, the release date for the sixth Avengers movie was announced. Avengers: Secret Wars will arrive in theaters on November 7, 2025. The film will be the 42nd movie of the MCU and the final installment of Phase Six. The movie will also close out the Multiverse Saga, a three-phase saga beginning with Phase Four. Furthermore, Avengers: Secret Wars will be released six months after Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, which will be released in May 2025.
Who is in the Avengers: Secret Wars (2025) cast?
While no official cast has been confirmed for Avengers: Secret Wars, this series has had a long history of ensembles, so we should be expecting to see many faces, new and old. Kang the Conqueror will be the main antagonist of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, so he will likely be reprising his role for this direct sequel. Jonathan Majors previously portrayed Kang in the season 1 finale of Loki.
Secret Wars is originally a 12-issue comic book limited series featuring many of Earth’s mightiest heroes, including those who have been established in the MCU. Captain America, Captain Marvel, and the Hulk are all possible contenders to return. She-Hulk was also a character in the comic series, and as she is about to get a Marvel miniseries starring Tatiana Maslany, she may also be returning.
If Kang returns in this sequel, we may also be seeing the return of Paul Rudd as Ant-Man and Evangeline Lilly as the Wasp, as Kang will be the main antagonist of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. These two heroes may help the other Avengers defeat Kang.
Who is the Avengers: Secret Wars (2025) director?
When the next two Avengers movies were announced, it was revealed that the Russo brothers, who directed Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, will not be returning to direct these films, as they will be focusing on The Gray Man franchise. Destin Daniel Cretton, the director of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, will be helming Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, but it has widely been speculated that Marvel will find a different director for Avengers: Secret Wars.
There is no director currently set for Avengers: Secret Wars, but if Marvel goes down the route they did with The Kang Dynasty and gets a director who has worked with them in the past to helm the new one, there are many possibilities. Taika Waititi, James Gunn, and Sam Raimi are all directors who have done excellent work with Marvel, but with a growing franchise, the possibilities are limitless for who will be in the director’s chair of this blockbuster event.
