No one can deny that 2025 has some of the best upcoming superhero movies to be released in years. Not only do we have the first Marvel Phase 6 movie with the MCU's Fantastic Four, but there is also the DCU's new Superman movie to look forward to as well. It's all kicking off, and now the first superhero movie of the year has finally been released with Captain America: Brave New World – ushering in the new year with super style.
Needless to say, we will have our hands full in 2025 and beyond, so we're here to make sure you don't miss a thing with a complete list of every superhero movie coming up, including release dates and key details. And trust us, you'll want to keep up with all these cinematic cape wearers. As we mentioned above, 2025 is an important year for the genre. Marvel Phase 6 kicks off in summer after Thunderbolts* rounds off Marvel Phase 5, and James Gunn's new DC Universe is debuting on the big screen with the highly anticipated Superman, the first movie in DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.
To make sure that you are up to date with every timeline, franchise, and upcoming movie on the big screen right now, read on below! Here are all the upcoming Marvel movies, upcoming DC movies, and more comic book films heading our way!
New superhero movies (2025)
- Thunderbolts* – May 2, 2025
- Superman – July 11, 2025
- Fantastic Four – July 25, 2025
- The Toxic Avenger – TBA 2025
New superhero movies (2026)
- Untitled Marvel Movie - February 13, 2026
- Avengers 5 – May 1, 2026
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow – June 26, 2026
- Spider-Man 4 - July 24, 2026
- Clayface - September 11, 2026
- Untitled Marvel Movie - November 6, 2026
New superhero movies (2027 and 2028)
- Avengers: Secret Wars - May 7, 2027
- The Batman 2 – October 1, 2027
- Untitled Marvel movie - February 18, 2028
- Untitled Marvel movie - May 5, 2028
- Untitled Marvel movie - November 10, 2028
New superhero movies (TBA)
Several upcoming superhero movies have been announced and are in various stages of pre-development. However, there's no guarantee that any of these (bar a few MCU and DC offerings) will make it to the big screen. But they're worth keeping an eye on, nonetheless!
Previous DC projects, such as Gotham City Sirens and Green Lantern Corps, are now dead under the new DC Studios regime. Co-CEO James Gunn announced the slate for DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters in January 2023. Meanwhile, Beyond the Spider-Verse has also been indefinitely delayed and removed from the schedules.
Luckily, there are still plenty of flicks in the works and a well of titles we can re-watch in the meantime. Speaking of, if you are still playing catch up on the various superhero universes, you'll need our guides on how to watch the Marvel movies in order and the DC movies in order.
- Dynamic Duo – TBA
- Jackpot – TBA
- Armor Wars – TBA
- Blade – TBA
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse – TBA (Previously March 29, 2024)
- Spider-Woman – TBA
- The Sinister Six – TBA
- Swamp Thing – TBA
- Teen Titans – TBA
- The Authority – TBA
- The Brave and the Bold – TBA
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – TBA
- Untitled Ta-Nehisi Coates Superman movie – TBA
- Untitled Sony/Marvel movie – TBA
- Untitled Mutants movie – TBA
- Untitled Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings sequel – TBA
- Untitled Spider-Man sequel – TBA
For more on new films coming soon, see our guide to all of 2025's major movie release dates. Or, if you are after some classic flicks to add to your watchlist, check out our ranking of the best superhero movies of all time.
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