The Marvel Cinematic Universe kicked off Part 6 in 2025 with The Unbelievable 4: First Steps, however the newest slate is nearer to its finish already, with solely a handful of tasks left. The Multiverse Saga will conclude in 2027 with Avengers: Secret Wars, earlier than the franchise heads right into a reset for Part 7 and past.
In an interview with Boston, Gwyneth Paltrow, who has been with the MCU since 2008’s Iron Man, revealed out of nowhere that she is seemingly revisiting the franchise. The actor, who performs Marvel’s Pepper Potts, shared with the outlet that “I could be in one other Marvel film.”
It is unclear whether or not she meant that she has already shot one thing as her MCU character for an upcoming Marvel movie, or if she is on the brink of reprise the position in one of many motion pictures that has but to start out capturing. Pepper’s final look was in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, as she took half within the last warfare in opposition to Thanos.
One risk is that she is a part of the Avengers: Doomsday solid, which completed principal pictures again on September 19, 2025. Whereas she wasn’t introduced as one of many solid members throughout Marvel Studios’ shock live-stream on March 26, 2025, Kevin Feige adopted up at CinemaCon on April 3 that all the line-up of characters hadn’t been revealed but.
As Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU timeline, however as Victor von Doom, a.okay.a. Physician Doom, for the subsequent two Avengers movies, having Paltrow concerned would arrange an emotional arc, following Tony Stark’s dying in Avengers: Endgame. There’s additionally the facet of seeing a Pepper Variant by the multiverse idea.
The one different upcoming MCU film that Paltrow could possibly be exhibiting up in is Spider-Man: Model New Day, which is at present in manufacturing, as Tom Holland shall be returning to the franchise in 2026. An look within the new Peter Parker-centric movie would even be comedic, after Paltrow famously forgot in 2019 that she was in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
With Spider-Man: Model New Day releasing in theaters on July 31, 2026, whereas Avengers: Doomsday arrives on December 18, 2026, the MCU viewers will discover out ultimately subsequent yr if Paltrow’s Pepper is concerned with both undertaking, or if she could have hinted at Avengers: Secret Wars, opening on December 17, 2027.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a multimedia superhero franchise that started in 2008 with Paramount’s Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr. The franchise rapidly grew in recognition, with Disney ultimately shopping for out Marvel Leisure in 2009. The MCU consists of dozens of films and TV reveals, most notably Avengers: Endgame, WandaVision, and Loki.