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Daredevil: Born Again Announced During San Diego Comic-Con

After making his ful MCU debut in Spider-Man: No Way Home, Charlie Cox is getting his very own series on Disney Plus. During tonight's Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con, MCU boss Kevin Feige announced that Daredevil: Born Again will be launching as part of Phase 5.

The new project will feature Charlie Cox, now wholly a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and will debut in Spring 2024. It will run 18 episodes.

Daredevil: Born Again will be part of Phase 5, which will kick off with Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantamania and continue all the way to Thunderbolts. Other shows include Ironheart, Agatha Coven of Chaos, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.

Dardedevil has been a hotly-requested addition to the MCU in the wake of the show's cancellation on Netflix. Fans got their wish when Charlie Cox made a cameo in Spider-Man: No Way Home, where he represented Peter Parker.

Other major announcements during the San Diego Comic-Con panel include Secret Invasion. We also got a brand-new trailer for She-Hulk and lots more. Keep an eye on our full recap of the Marvel Studios panel as lots more news appears during San Diego Comic-Con.

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She-Hulk and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Will Conclude Phase 4 of the MCU, Phase 5 Revealed – San Diego Comic Con

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has not only confirmed that She-Hulk and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will conclude Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he also helped reveal which films and shows will be part of the upcoming Phase 5.

Revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Phase 5 will begin on February 17, 2023, with Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania and will end on July 26, 2024, with Thunderbolts. In between, ten more MCU films and TV series will air. The full Phase 5 schedule as of now is:

  • Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania - February 17, 2023
  • Secret Invasion - Spring 2023
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - May 5, 2023
  • Echo - Summer 2023
  • Loki: Season 2 - Summer 2023
  • The Marvels - July 28, 2023
  • Blade - November 3, 2023
  • Ironheart - Fall 2023
  • Agatha: Coven of Chaos - Winter 2023/24
  • Daredevil: Born Again - Spring 2024
  • Captain America: New World Order - May 3, 2024
  • Thunderbolts - July 26, 2024

As if that wasn't enough, Marvel also detailed Phase 6 of the MCU and confirmed it will begin with Fantastic Four on November 8, 2024, and will end with Avengers: The Kang Dynasty on May 2, 2025, and Avengers: Secret Wars on November 7, 2025. All of these phases will be known as The Multiverse Saga.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will be the final piece of the Phase 4 puzzle and Marvel's panel revealed the first trailer for the much-anticipated film. Alongside receiving new plot details and a tease of the new Black Panther that will follow in the footsteps of the late Chadwick Boseman, we were also introduced to Tenoch Huerta's Namor the Sub-Mariner and Dominique Thorne's Ironheart.

She-Hulk also got a new trailer ahead of its August 17 premiere on Disney+, and it featured the Hulk, a Hulk/She-Hulk training montage, Emil Blonsky/the Abomination, Wong, and Charlie Cox's Daredevil.

For more, check out our recaps of the footage shown of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. You can fill yourself in on everything that's been announced at San Diego Comic Con so far, Marvel and otherwise, with our roundup.

She-Hulk and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Will Conclude Phase 4 of the MCU, Phase 5 Revealed – San Diego Comic Con

Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has not only confirmed that She-Hulk and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will conclude Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he also helped reveal the films and shows that will be part of Phase 5.

Revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, Phase 5 will begin on February 17, 2023, with Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania and will end on July 26, 2024, with Thunderbolts. In between, the following MCU films and TV series will air;

  • Secret Invasion - Spring 2023
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 - May 5, 2023
  • Echo - Summer 2023
  • Loki: Season 2 - Summer 2023
  • The Marvels - July 28, 2023
  • Blade - November 3, 2023
  • Ironheart - Fall 2023
  • Agatha: Coven of Chaos - Winter 2023/24
  • Daredevil: Born Again - Fall 2023
  • Captain America: New World Order - May 3, 2024

Phase 4 of the MCU has so far included 6 movies (Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Eternals, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Thor: Love and Thunder) and seven Disney+ series (WandaVision, The Falcon & the Winter Soldier, Loki, What If…?, Hawkeye, Moon Knight, Ms. Marvel).

Following Love and Thunder's release, we've said that Phase 4 needs a goal – not least because of quite how many loose ends there are across the franchise at this point.

There's still a lot of Phase 4 to come, as well. On the movies side, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Marvels, and Fantastic Four are still scheduled. On Disney+, we're expecting She-Hulk, Secret Invasion, Ironheart, Armor Wars, a Wakanda series, and two specials to come. And that's not taking into account the animated series in the works.

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Marvel Teases Massive Avengers Finale and Jonathan Hickman’s Next Series | Comic-Con 2022

Marvel's Next Big Thing panel at Comic-Con included several major reveals for upcoming 2022 and 2023 projects, including the impending climax of Jason Aaron's Avengers saga and the next big project for House of X's Jonathan Hickman.

Marvel didn't reveal what Hickman has been working on since exiting the X-Men line in 2021, but they did reveal he'll be reuniting with Inferno artist Valerio Schiti for... something. Here's a teaser:

This teaser suggests Hickman may be delving into the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe, perhaps building on certain elements introduced in Powers of X involving the evolution of artificial intelligences across the galaxy.

As for Aaron's Avengers, that series will enter its final phase, "Avengers Assemble," starting in November 2022. Aaron is teaming with The Ultimates artist Bryan Hitch for a one-shot special called Avengers Assemble Alpha #1, which introduces a conflict uniting the present-day Avengers, the prehistoric Avengers of 1,000,000 BC and the futuristic heroes of Avengers Forever. From there, the storyline will play out in the pages of the monthly Avengers and Avengers Forever comics.

“Four years of Avengers stories. Threads from really every major series I've worked on throughout my last decade and a half at Marvel, from Ghost Rider to Thor. It all leads to this. The biggest Avengers story I could possibly imagine," teased Aaron in Marvel's press release. "Featuring a cavalcade of characters from across creation. And I'm so deeply thrilled and honored that it all kicks off with an oversized Alpha issue that's being drawn by the legendary Bryan Hitch, who I'm getting to work with here for the very first time. Avengers Assemble. Say the words like a prayer. It's the only thing that can save you.”

Marvel is also teasing a new incoming creative team on Fantastic Four, as current writer Dan Slott will be wrapping up his run with the Reckoning War crossover. The new team will make their debut in November.

A few other items of interest were revealed at the panel:

  • Silver Surfer: Black artist Tradd Moore is writing and drawing a very psychedelic Doctor Strange miniseries called Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise.
  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is returning as a new monthly series, this time written by Jordan Ifueko and drawn by Alba Glez.
  • Iron Man #25 marks the end of writer Christopher Cantwell's run. That issue is also the 650th issue of Iron Man, so Marvel will be celebrating with an oversized finale and several additional stories highlighting the past and future of Tony Stark.

In other Comic-Con news, Marvel is reviving X-Treme X-Men with the original creative team, and Batman and Spawn will cross paths once more.

There's tons of news for all your favorite shows, films, games, and more coming out of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, and we've got the full schedule to guide you through the weekend of panels, announcements, trailers, and surprises.

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Marvel Teases Massive Avengers Finale and Jonathan Hickman’s Next Series | Comic-Con 2022

Marvel's Next Big Thing panel at Comic-Con included several major reveals for upcoming 2022 and 2023 projects, including the impending climax of Jason Aaron's Avengers saga and the next big project for House of X's Jonathan Hickman.

Marvel didn't reveal what Hickman has been working on since exiting the X-Men line in 2021, but they did reveal he'll be reuniting with Inferno artist Valerio Schiti for... something. Here's a teaser:

This teaser suggests Hickman may be delving into the cosmic side of the Marvel Universe, perhaps building on certain elements introduced in Powers of X involving the evolution of artificial intelligences across the galaxy.

As for Aaron's Avengers, that series will enter its final phase, "Avengers Assemble," starting in November 2022. Aaron is teaming with The Ultimates artist Bryan Hitch for a one-shot special called Avengers Assemble Alpha #1, which introduces a conflict uniting the present-day Avengers, the prehistoric Avengers of 1,000,000 BC and the futuristic heroes of Avengers Forever. From there, the storyline will play out in the pages of the monthly Avengers and Avengers Forever comics.

“Four years of Avengers stories. Threads from really every major series I've worked on throughout my last decade and a half at Marvel, from Ghost Rider to Thor. It all leads to this. The biggest Avengers story I could possibly imagine," teased Aaron in Marvel's press release. "Featuring a cavalcade of characters from across creation. And I'm so deeply thrilled and honored that it all kicks off with an oversized Alpha issue that's being drawn by the legendary Bryan Hitch, who I'm getting to work with here for the very first time. Avengers Assemble. Say the words like a prayer. It's the only thing that can save you.”

Marvel is also teasing a new incoming creative team on Fantastic Four, as current writer Dan Slott will be wrapping up his run with the Reckoning War crossover. The new team will make their debut in November.

A few other items of interest were revealed at the panel:

  • Silver Surfer: Black artist Tradd Moore is writing and drawing a very psychedelic Doctor Strange miniseries called Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise.
  • Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is returning as a new monthly series, this time written by Jordan Ifueko and drawn by Alba Glez.
  • Iron Man #25 marks the end of writer Christopher Cantwell's run. That issue is also the 650th issue of Iron Man, so Marvel will be celebrating with an oversized finale and several additional stories highlighting the past and future of Tony Stark.

In other Comic-Con news, Marvel is reviving X-Treme X-Men with the original creative team, and Batman and Spawn will cross paths once more.

There's tons of news for all your favorite shows, films, games, and more coming out of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, and we've got the full schedule to guide you through the weekend of panels, announcements, trailers, and surprises.

Jesse is a mild-mannered staff writer for IGN. Allow him to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket by following @jschedeen on Twitter.

Mythic Quest Returns for a Third Season This Fall

Today at San Diego Comic Con we learned that Apple TV+'s series about a game development studio, Mythic Quest, will get its third season this fall. A new trailer was shown at the event.

At the end of season 2, the studio almost fell apart with Rachel (Ashly Burch) and Dana (Imani Hakim) resigning and Ian (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) also resigning but forming a new company since they feel they can't continue with Mythic Quest. Season three will examine their newly-formed company, GrimPop Studios, as David (David Hornsby) takes over leadership of Mythic Quest and Jo (Jessie Ennis) steps in as his assistant.

Oddly, we won't see F. Murray Abraham return as writer C.W. Longbottom in the third season - for reasons Lionsgate declined to comment on.

We've known Mythic Quest had been renewed for a third season since last year, at which point it was also renewed for a fouth season at an as-yet-unknown date.

There's tons of news for all your favorite shows, films, games, and more coming out of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, and we've got the full schedule to guide you through the weekend of panels, announcements, trailers, and surprises.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

Mythic Quest Returns for a Third Season This Fall

Today at San Diego Comic Con we learned that Apple TV+'s series about a game development studio, Mythic Quest, will get its third season this fall. A new trailer was shown at the event.

At the end of season 2, the studio almost fell apart with Rachel (Ashly Burch) and Dana (Imani Hakim) resigning and Ian (Rob McElhenney) and Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao) also resigning but forming a new company since they feel they can't continue with Mythic Quest. Season three will examine their newly-formed company, GrimPop Studios, as David (David Hornsby) takes over leadership of Mythic Quest and Jo (Jessie Ennis) steps in as his assistant.

Oddly, we won't see F. Murray Abraham return as writer C.W. Longbottom in the third season - for reasons Lionsgate declined to comment on.

We've known Mythic Quest had been renewed for a third season since last year, at which point it was also renewed for a fouth season at an as-yet-unknown date.

There's tons of news for all your favorite shows, films, games, and more coming out of San Diego Comic-Con 2022, and we've got the full schedule to guide you through the weekend of panels, announcements, trailers, and surprises.

Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.

New Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania Poster Offers First Proper Look At Kang – San Diego Comic Con

An hour before Marvel Studios is set to take the stage to close off SDCC 2022, a new poster image for the latest Ant-Man installment, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania was released on Twitter by Andy Park, the studio's director of visual development & concept artist.

Park Tweeted, "1ST look at ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA! Poster I illustrated for @MarvelStudios @Comic_Con Honored to work again w/ @MrPeytonReed #PaulRudd @EvangelineLilly & 1st time Cassie @kathrynnewton & KANG."

The new poster shows off Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), but it also gives us our first look at Kang The Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) and Stature (Kathryn Newton). The three heroes are standing looking as heroic as ever, with Major's Kang looming menacingly in the background.

Not much is known about this third installment in the series, as plot details have been kept under heavy wraps, but it had been known that the film had wrapped filming in late November of last year. The film is intended to be the sequel to 2015's Ant-Man and 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp and the 31st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This third installment will once again be directed by Peyton Reed from a screenplay by Jeff Loveness and will again feature the iconic stars we know and love, including — Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, alongside Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathryn Newton, and Jonathan Majors.

For the full coverage of Marvel Studio's SDCC panel and everything else SDCC, stick with us at IGN.

Diego Ramos Bechara is a Freelance Writer for IGN, and he's a fan of all things Star Wars, Rockstar, Naughty Dog, and Batman.

You can follow him on Twitter @DRamosBechara.

New Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania Poster Offers First Proper Look At Kang – San Diego Comic Con

An hour before Marvel Studios is set to take the stage to close off SDCC 2022, a new poster image for the latest Ant-Man installment, Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania was released on Twitter by Andy Park, the studio's director of visual development & concept artist.

Park Tweeted, "1ST look at ANT-MAN AND THE WASP: QUANTUMANIA! Poster I illustrated for @MarvelStudios @Comic_Con Honored to work again w/ @MrPeytonReed #PaulRudd @EvangelineLilly & 1st time Cassie @kathrynnewton & KANG."

The new poster shows off Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) and The Wasp (Evangeline Lilly), but it also gives us our first look at Kang The Conqueror (Jonathan Majors) and Stature (Kathryn Newton). The three heroes are standing looking as heroic as ever, with Major's Kang looming menacingly in the background.

Not much is known about this third installment in the series, as plot details have been kept under heavy wraps, but it had been known that the film had wrapped filming in late November of last year. The film is intended to be the sequel to 2015's Ant-Man and 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp and the 31st film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

This third installment will once again be directed by Peyton Reed from a screenplay by Jeff Loveness and will again feature the iconic stars we know and love, including — Paul Rudd as Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, alongside Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathryn Newton, and Jonathan Majors.

For the full coverage of Marvel Studio's SDCC panel and everything else SDCC, stick with us at IGN.

Diego Ramos Bechara is a Freelance Writer for IGN, and he's a fan of all things Star Wars, Rockstar, Naughty Dog, and Batman.

You can follow him on Twitter @DRamosBechara.

Black Adam: Dwayne Johnson Draws Boos for His Superman Response at Comic-Con

One of the hot topics among DC fans heading into San Diego Comic-Con was whether Henry Cavill would make a surprise appearance to announce that he would be reprising his role as Superman. Those hopes were dashed when he failed to turn up at today's Warner Bros. panel, leading to the speculation that someone else might don the famous cape.

Johnson seemed to confirm that Cavill wouldn't be returning to the DCEU when he responded to whether Black Adam could defeat Superman in a fight.

"That's a great question... don't threaten me with a good time, cause I'm going to answer that question," Johnson said. "Well, I will say, as you guys know, because we're all in deep with this mythology, and it's been an age-old question of who would win a fight between Black Adam and Superman. Pound for pound, they're pretty close. I guess it probably all depends on who is playing Superman; I'm just going to say that. I'll leave it at that."

John's response drew boos, as it seemed to suggest that the role was open and Cavill wouldn't be playing Superman again. Black Adam director Jaume Collet-Serra also confirmed that neither Superman nor Shazam would be appearing in Black Adam.

"Our movie is an original story. By the time the movie ends, he doesn't know who Shazam or Superman is," Collet-Serra told Deadline.

Nevertheless, Johnson is still hinting that Superman could return to the DCEU sooner rather than later, even if it's a different actor playing him. Speaking with IGN, Johnson brought up who else but Superman when he was asked what it really meant that the "hierarchy of power" in the DC Universe would be changing.

"The one who sits at the top of the DC Universe is Superman. The one who is scratching at his back is Black Adam," Johnson said.

Asked whether that dynamic would hold after the movie, Johnson said, "I think so. That's the fun part about the movies that we can make and being in the realm of DC and bringing life to a character who pound for pound is very close to Superman.

"And I always do like reminding people is that Superman has two weaknesses: Kryptonite and magic. Black Adam, one of his anchoring powers is magic. Now, there's a lot of other elements involved, but I will tell you that that has been one of the most gratifying parts about making Black Adam. And I'm right there with all the fans — what if? What if this happened? What if this guy met this guy? Or what if this guy met this woman? What if."

One way or another, Superman remains top of mind for many DC fans. Cavill's version of the character last appeared in 2017's Justice League, but 2021's Snyder Cut helped bring him back into the spotlight. Cavill himself has sworn that he's "still Superman" and that he hasn't given up on the role.

Looking ahead to the DCEU's future slate, Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods are both slated to arrive later this year, with Batgirl, Aquaman 2, The Flash, and Blue Beetle all arriving in 2023. The Flash is being framed as a major event for the DCEU, but it has been dragged down by the controversy surrounding Ezra Miller.

For now, Superman continues to be missing in action, and San Diego Comic-Con has done little to clarify the character's future in the DCEU. But hey, there's always Superman & Lois, right? In the meantime, keep an eye on everything announced during San Diego Comic-Con 2022 as the show continues.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN as well as co-host of Nintendo Voice Chat. Have a tip? Send her a DM at @the_katbot.