Marvel Studios delays seven releases as Hollywood strikes crumble phase 5 plans
Marvel Studios has had to reshuffle, and rename, multiple fall releases as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes has left only one series still going ahead as planned.
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Marvel Studios has reshuffled their fall releases with their already ambitious plans for Phases Five and Six crumbling amid the ongoing writers and actors strike in Hollywood.
Originally, fans were set to have a jam-packed fall with season two of Loki and What If…? releasing alongside new spinoff shows Echo, Agatha: Cover of Chaos, Ironheart and X-Men ‘97.
Now, Tom Hiddleston’s iconic series is the only show left standing after a widespread pullback at Disney+, with Loki’s second season still scheduled for its October 6th release date according to The Hollywood Reporter.
What If…? is the only other show still expected to be released this year with the Echo and Agatha series being pushed to 2024.
The Emmy-winning animated series has been delayed for months with fans first expecting the second season in early 2023 and is now set for a Christmas release despite not being a holiday-themed season.
Another animated series, X-Men ‘97, was initially set to release this fall but is now planned to drop in early 2024.
Echo, a spinoff from 2022’s hit Disney+ series Hawkeye, was originally planned for a November 29 release but has now been pushed to January 2024.
This move in particular has left fans concerned as the Hawkeye series, which was released around November last year, was heavily holiday-themed with many expecting the same festive look in Echo.
Lastly, Agatha: Coven of Chaos which was announced to be in the works shortly after the original Wandavision series released in January 2021 has not only undergone a date change but also received two new names.
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The show, much like Echo, was set for a winter 2023 release but has been drastically pushed back to fall next year with The Hollywood Reporter claiming it will act as a build-up to Halloween.
Although it finished filming before the strikes started, the show has undergone two name changes since, first moving to Agatha: House of Harkness and currently slated as Agatha: Darkhold Diaries.
Other Marvel projects have been placed on pause since the start of the strike, unable to continue filming or production and delaying their releases originally announced at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con.
Ironheart, a new show focused on inventor Riri Williams first introduced in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was also set to be released this fall but is uncompleted at the moment despite having finished filming before the strikes.
Daredevil: Born Again, a follow-up from the hit Netflix series featuring the MCU hero, and Wonder Man were both in the middle of production when the actors' and writers' strikes started.
As the strikes continue, these three projects are delayed indefinitely with no clear indicators of when they could be released.
Daily Express US have contacted Marvel representatives for comment.
