Status: Reported (via Alex Perez, The Cosmic Circus)
Secret Wars has not even finished filming, and Marvel is already sketching out life after the Multiverse. A new Marvel Saga 3 report from The Cosmic Circus insider Alex Perez claims the studio is actively moving forward with five sequels for the era that begins once Avengers: Secret Wars closes the book in December 2027.
And the list is juicier than a Kevin Feige Comic-Con hat reveal. Here is everything the report says, and how much of it we would actually bet on.
What is in the Marvel Saga 3 slate?
Answering a reader Q&A, Perez laid out where Marvel’s movie attention sits right now. Per the report, first surfaced in detail by The Direct, five sequels are in motion for the MCU’s third saga:
- Shang-Chi 2, which director Destin Daniel Cretton says is “in active development right now”
- Spider-Man 5, riding the tidal wave of Brand New Day’s box office run
- A Thunderbolts sequel, continuing the New Avengers thread
- Black Panther 3, long rumoured and now reportedly a priority
- A seventh Avengers film, following Doomsday and Secret Wars
Perez put it bluntly: “Marvel’s movie focus right now is on Black Panther 3, Shang-Chi 2, Spider-Man 5, the X-Men, Thunderbolts sequel, Blade, Midnight Sons, and the next Avengers title.” Yes, Blade is still breathing. Yes, Midnight Sons is on the board.
How much of this Marvel Saga 3 report should you believe?
Here is our honest read. Perez and The Cosmic Circus have a solid track record on Marvel’s development pipeline, and nothing on this list is outlandish. Two items are barely even scoops: Cretton has publicly confirmed Shang-Chi 2 is in active development, and Feige himself has said “there are always plans” for a fifth Spider-Man film.
The real news is the priority order. A seventh Avengers movie being discussed before Doomsday has even hit theatres tells you Marvel sees the Mutant Saga as a full decade-long runway, not a wind-down. We would put real money on Shang-Chi 2, Spider-Man 5 and the Avengers film happening. Black Panther 3 and the Thunderbolts sequel feel likely but slower. Blade, as ever, we will believe when cameras roll.
What does a seventh Avengers film mean for the Mutant Saga?
Everything in Marvel Saga 3 reportedly orbits the X-Men. The reboot lands May 5, 2028 as the Phase 7 launch film, with Jake Schreier directing and a cast unveiled at D23 that includes Sadie Sink’s Jean Grey and Kit Connor’s Cyclops, a lineup that got the blessing of X-Men fandom almost instantly, as we covered when Maya Boyd’s Storm casting won over X-Men ’97 voices.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day already planted the seeds: mutant paranoia, inhibitor collars, and Damage Control’s ugly new agenda. Stack that against reports that Spider-Man takes point in Avengers: Secret Wars, and the bridge from the Multiverse Saga into mutant chaos is already half built.
What happens next
None of this becomes official until Marvel says so, and the studio’s full attention through December is Avengers: Doomsday, which is why every leak, including that wild opening battle rumour, keeps pointing at the bigger picture. Expect the Saga 3 branding, and maybe a few of these titles, to firm up between NYCC in October and the Doomsday press tour.
So, five sequels, a mutant decade, and a seventh Avengers film already on the whiteboard. Which one are you most excited to see first, and which one do you think never leaves development? Sound off in the comments.
Sources: The Direct, The Cosmic Circus. Photo: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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