(L to R) Kevin Feige, Joe Russo, Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Russo current ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ at San Diego Comedian-Con 2024. © 2024 twentieth Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.
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- Marvel has opted out of a Corridor H panel at SDCC 2025
- This resolution doesn’t imply they don’t have faith in upcoming initiatives
- James Gunn’s DCU will doubtless be the massive headliner
Marvel has introduced that they won’t be internet hosting a Corridor H panel at San Diego Comedian-Con 2025. After final yr’s unimaginable line-up, this doesn’t shock me. Whereas I nonetheless assume it’s potential for them to have a shock screening of ‘The Unbelievable 4: First Steps’, similar to they did for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ final yr, their skipping out on a full panel this yr makes excellent sense.
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Superhero fatigue is actual. ‘Thunderbolts*’ is a superb film – audiences and critics agree – and but it didn’t carry out on the field workplace. It could not be good for Marvel to spend a ton of cash placing on an enormous panel (as a result of there isn’t any level in doing one and never going all out) when they should save all of the pennies they’ll proper now.
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Marvel Not Doing A 2025 SDCC Panel Does Not Imply They Don’t Have Confidence In Their Upcoming Slate
(L to R) Kevin Feige, Joe Russo, Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Russo current ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ at San Diego Comedian-Con 2024. © 2024 twentieth Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.
Marvel has three extra initiatives left to launch in 2025: ‘Ironheart’, ‘The Unbelievable 4: First Steps’, ‘Eyes of Wakanda’, and ‘Surprise Man’.
‘Ironheart’, which admittedly Marvel appears to be making an attempt to make individuals overlook about, will likely be all launched by the point San Diego Comedian-Con rolls round. The primary three episodes come to Disney+ on June twenty fourth, and the ultimate three comply with only a week later, on July 2nd. It has been a very long time since viewers have seen Riri Williams, so this collection must be good to make viewers care about her once more.
In Marvel comics, she has a detailed relationship with Tony Stark. After all, he’s not alive within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which has some followers a little bit bit nervous about how her story goes to play out. The trailer for the present seems nice, however there will likely be no have to put it up for sale at SDCC a few weeks after it’s already streaming on Disney+.
The identical will be stated for ‘The Unbelievable 4: First Steps’, though it involves theaters the week of SDCC, on July twenty fifth. In 2024, Marvel hosted a “shock” screening of ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ on Thursday night to have a good time its launch that week. It’s extremely doubtless that they do the identical with ‘First Steps’ this yr. One would virtually assume that they’d this deliberate all alongside, and that’s the reason they prefer to take the discharge slot for the week of San Diego Comedian-Con.
This protects them from having to pay for a whole panel, however they’ll nonetheless be capable of promote their remaining huge challenge of 2025. In the event that they comply with go well with from final yr, they only may need the forged in attendance as properly.
The one 2025 initiatives that Marvel could be showcasing at a Corridor H panel could be the upcoming animated present, ‘Eyes of Wakana’, and ‘Surprise Man’. Whereas we’ve got heard little or no about each, there isn’t any purpose to avoid wasting a whole Corridor H panel for 2 initiatives, and streaming collection at that.
‘Eyes of Wakanda’ is a four-episode collection, which is premiering on the Annecy Worldwide Animation Movie Pageant on June ninth. Since it’s going to already be outdated information by the point SDCC comes round, though the collection involves Disney+ in August, there isn’t any have to do a whole panel only for a brief animated collection that, sadly, Marvel followers don’t appear to care about an excessive amount of anyway. ‘Surprise Man’ could be the one actual draw and even that one followers appear to not be too excited for.
What Does This Imply For Avengers: Doomsday?
‘Avengers: Doomsday’. © 2024 twentieth Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.
‘Avengers: Doomsday’ was just lately pushed from Might 1, 2026, to December 18, 2026, which is a superb transfer for a number of causes, together with that the studio won’t have to rush out a subpar film and may take a little bit bit extra time to make sure it has the identical influence that ‘Avengers: Infinity Battle’ did.
Throughout final yr’s Marvel San Diego Comedian-Con panel, they went all out for this movie. Marvel invited out the Russo Brothers to tease the film, however the largest shock was the reveal that Robert Downey Jr. could be returning to the MCU, not as Iron Man, however as Physician Doom. It could be extraordinarily troublesome to high that, so why even attempt?
Filming is already underway in London for ‘Doomsday’ and isn’t anticipated to wrap till August. It could be disruptive for Marvel to close down manufacturing (even for a day or two) to be able to carry among the forged to SDCC only for a photograph alternative and what would doubtless be a behind-the-scenes take a look at the film. Add in the fee to fly expertise again to the States for a fast look, the return on funding would merely not be price it for Marvel.
Plus, now that it’s releasing after San Diego Comedian-Con 2026, they’re doubtless going to attend till then to indicate off what they’ve provide you with, whereas teasing ‘Avengers: Secret Wars’ on the similar time. It’s the most reasonable resolution for Marvel to make.
Will DC Take Over SDCC Corridor H?
James Gunn at CinemaCon 2025. Picture: Warner Bros.
With Marvel out of the image, San Diego Comedian-Con is DC’s time to shine. Whereas there isn’t any official affirmation on the time of writing, there’s a good probability that Co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran will take the stage at Corridor H to share what they’ve in retailer for followers over the subsequent couple of years.
It’s well-known that they’ve an in depth plan for the DC Universe, which kicks off on July eleventh with ‘Superman’. Positive, the film may have been out for 2 weeks by SDCC, however this simply means they’ll go into element about all of the characters that make appearances and their future initiatives. We already know that ‘Peacemaker’ is heading to the conference. When confirming this on social media, James Gunn stated that whereas he’s specializing in the present, he’ll, after all, “speak about all the pieces.”
It could make way more sense for DC to benefit from Marvel skipping Corridor H this yr and host a big panel detailing the upcoming DCU slate. It could imply that they arrive out on high of the discussions that week, which will surely not harm, contemplating that ‘Superman’ will nonetheless be in theaters (and going up in opposition to the primary week of ‘The Unbelievable 4: First Steps’).
Marvel may be skipping San Diego Comedian-Con in 2025, however likelihood is, this implies they will include unimaginable bulletins, first seems, and divulges in 2026. Their resolution doesn’t imply that they assume any much less of their upcoming initiatives; it truly makes a complete lot of sense. This additionally opens up a window for James Gunn and the DCU to step in and take over this yr, which followers would like to see.
San Diego Comedian-Con will happen on the San Diego Conference Heart July twenty fourth via twenty seventh, 2025.
(L to R) Louis D’Esposito, Kevin Feige, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Russo and Anthony Russo current ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ at San Diego Comedian-Con 2024. © 2024 twentieth Century Studios / © and ™ 2024 MARVEL.