Marvel SDCC 2024 Live Coverage – All the news from the Marvel panel as it happened

As our friend The Merc with a Mouth and his clawed best buddy would say, let's f-ing go! It's Saturday at San Diego Comic-Con, and you know what that means. It's Marvel day! For the first time in two years, Marvel has an official dedicated panel with Kevin Feige as its primary speaker. 

The panel kicks off at 6pm PT in Hall H (that's 2am BST) but until then we will be here counting down with you and going through everything we expect to see at the Marvel Studios panel this year. And boy, has the rumor mill been churning. So keep this live blog bookmarked so you don't miss out on a single thing. Let's go.

Marvel Studios’ panel hasn't even kicked off yet and the MCU is already dominating San Diego Comic-Con. From an amazing Deadpool and Wolverine panel that saw a special screening of the movie where stars Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman watched on, to an all-Marvel light show playing homage to the new Deadpool movie, which also included a first look at Fantastic Four villain Galactus. This really feels like Marvel’s year at SDCC. 

But there’s still a whole lot to come as the Marvel panel takes over Hall H this evening. So what can you expect to see? Well, Marvel is keeping a tight lid on things as the panel description reads: "Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige and special guests provide an inside look at the ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe." Cryptic right? Well, don’t worry as we are going to go through which stars we think might turn up to the panel and what they will be talking about, so stay tuned!

So, let's get the secret project out of the way first. We know that Marvel is due to release three movies as part of Phase 6 on these specific dates:

Untitled 2026 Marvel Movie One - February 13, 2026
Untitled 2026 Marvel Movie Two - July 24, 2026
Untitled 2026 Marvel Movie Three - November 6, 2026

But what are they?  Well, we know that Fantastic Four is set to release on July 25, 2025, Blade in November 2025, and Avengers 5 and Avengers: Secret Wars in May 2027, so what else could it be? 

Well, in our Marvel Phase 6 predictions piece we predict that Thor 5 and Shang-Chi 2 could be a part of Phase 6 amongst others. Plus, since Thor actor Chris Hemsworth is already at SDCC for Transformers One, and Shang-Chi star Simi Liu was pictured with Marvel boss Kevin Feige on Friday, we have a good feeling about these two.  

Now onto TV shows. At Friday's Marvel Fanfare panel, we learned that we can expect at least two new shows coming next year and so on as studio boss Kevin Feige confirmed Marvel is officially committed to up to three shows a year. 

In terms of Phase 5, we already know WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along is coming on September 18, 2024, and Daredevil: Born Again in March 2025, so hopefully we will receive some updates on those. But as for new projects, we don’t know which phase these will fit into, but we are expecting: 

Wakanda/Okoye spin-off series
Wonder Man series
What If...? Season 3
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man series
Marvel Zombies series
Eyes of Wakanda series
Vision series

Plus, maybe even a Star-Lord TV show (or movie). So announcements for any of those projects may also be on the cards for tonight. For more, check out the full rundown of all upcoming Marvel movies and TV shows and everything we are expecting to see.  

Let’s take a little break from predictions for one post and look at this rather emotional tweet from Deadpool and Wolverine star Ryan Reynolds. The Deadpool actor paid a touching tribute to the Merc’s former studio 20th Century Fox as the hero has found a new home with Disney and Marvel Studios. The new movie marked his MCU debut, but also his exit from his last home with his X-Men friends. Check out the tweet below.  

Back to predictions, one movie we hope to receive an update on is the upcoming reboot Fantastic Four. What we know so far is that the movie won’t be an origin story and that it will be set sometime in the ‘60s as per its retro poster and logo. However, we are yet to see a trailer so we are hoping, seeing as though this is the first movie in Marvel’s phase 6, that one will drop at today’s panel. Also, Marvel’s drone light show after the Deadpool and Wolverine panel, teased Fantastic Four by forming the film’s Villain Galactus. See below. 

As for the cast, Pedro Pascal is set to play Reed Richards alongside Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing, Julia Garner as The Silver Surfer and Ralph Ineson as Galactus. From what we know, none of the cast are at SDCC right now, so we are not sure who will turn up, if any of them do.

To say Thunderbolts* is coming on May 2, 2025, we don’t know much about it, but we are hoping that changes today. 

At D23, the Thunderbolts were revealed, consisting of Red Guardian (David Harbour), John Walker (Wyatt Russell), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Yelena (Florence Pugh), and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan). But, aside form that we are pretty much in the dark. Could today be the day we get an official plotline or first look?

Also, an asterisk was added to the film's title mysteriously. This makes us think that the movie may be getting a new title, or at least an explanation for the ‘*’, despite Kevin Feige previously stating that he won't explain it until after the film is released. Feige was spotted at SDCC wearing a baseball cap with an asterisk - could this be another clue? We will have to wait and see. Only 1 and a half more hours to go! 

Next on our rumor radar, we are hoping to get some updates on two upcoming Avengers movies part of Phase 6: Avengers 5 and Avengers: Secret Wars. 

Originally titled Avengers: The Kang Dynasty, Avengers 5 is set to drop on May 1, 2026, but we still know nothing about the movie. It was originally supposed to have been directed by Shang-Chi's helmer with Jonathan Majors as the titular villain. But after Majors was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree and harassment on December 18, 2023, the movie dropped its title, director, and we suspect its plotline. That means anything could happen with Avengers 5. We are at least hoping for a new title today. 

As for Avengers: Secret Wars, the movie is set to hit on May 7, 2027, but we still have no official plotline or cast list. However, Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson, Captain America’s Chris Evans, and Thor’s Chris Hemsworth were spotted celebrating Feige’s new Hollywood star this week, so maybe we will see some familiar Avengers faces at the panel after all. 

Attention! This is your 30-minute warning before Marvel’s SDCC24 panel kicks off. So go ahead and make yourself a snack, get nice and comfy, and prepare for an hour of complete Marvel madness. We will be reporting on every single announcement as it is made in Hall H from our two GamesRadar+ writers on the ground right now. So make sure to check back to this page!

Marvel's SDCC24 panel will begin in 10 minutes! You have been warned...

Long time X-Men writer, director, and producer Simon Kinberg has been spotted at Hall H ahead of Marvel's panel. Could we be getting a new X-Men movie announcement? We think so... 

Our two on the ground are seated in Hall H and ready for the Marvel panel, which is due to start any minute now!

After a little delay, we are off! The panel has opened with a huge choir ensemble singing 'Like a Prayer' from Deadpool and Wolverine, and there are different Deadpool variants are running around.

Kevin Feige has entered the stage of Hall H! Captain America: Brave New World is first up...

Our two on the ground tell us that "Danny Ramirez, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Blake Nelson, and Anthony Mackie are now on stage" as Deadpool and Wolverine's Rob Delaney moderates.

Feige says the panel will focus on only 3 movies today, the first being Captain America: Brave New World. Feige says  the new Captain America movie returns to the grounded action of Winter Soldier.

The cast of Captain America: Brave New World are now making their way to the stage. Tim Blake Nelson says they have written a great story for The Leader in the new movie. 

Big update: The Boys' Giancarlo Esposito will star as Sidewinder (The King of the Serpent Society) in Captain America Brave New World.

A clip from the upcoming Captain America movie has been shown, which sees Harrison Ford’s Thunderbolt Ross talking about the Celestial coming out of Earth. Next, whilst giving a speech, Ford turns into Red Hulk right in front of the White House. Read more here:

Harrison Ford has just walked onto the stage in Hall H pretending to be Red Hulk. "I’m proud to become a member of the Marvel universe. I’ve been watching fantastic actors having a good time and I wanted a piece of that," Ford says. 

That's all for Captain America: Brave New World. Next up: Thunderbolts*

David Harbour is at Hall H, dressed as his character, The Red Guardian. He jokes, "We all said we were gonna dress up at Comic-Con." Meanwhile, Harrison Ford is hulking out on stage.

The rest of the cast of Thunderbolts* just arrived on stage including Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis Dreyfus, and Florence Pugh, along with director Jake Schreier. 

Our two on the ground say "Florence Pugh says 'we had a real ride' making Thunderbolts," and, "Julia Louis Dreyfus says of her character: 'She’s after power and control but also generally wants to kick ass in the Marvel universe'"

Sebastian Stan shares his feelings about playing his long time character again:

Florence Pugh is feeling the love tonight as David Harbour says his favourite co-star is Pugh, “We get to go a lot of great places and it was a joy.” Stan feels the same as he suggests Pugh is the best part of the movie.

Thunderbolts* first trailer has just been shown! In it, we see Yelena visiting Red Guardian, telling him the reason for her living is to kill others. Elsewhere, the Thunderbolts are all assigned tot he same job. Oh, and Ghost has a new costume. 

That's it for Thunderbolts*, next up: Fantastic Four. 

Fantastic Four director Matt Shakman is now on stage and has revealed that the movie begins filming on Tuesday.

The movie is now titled: The Fantastic Four: First Steps.

In theaters on July 25, 2025.

The movie is "set in a retro-future" in the '60s, and new footage has just been shown with Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards teaching a science class. The footage is not from the movie, it has been made especially for the event. It also shows the team preparing for a space mission and ends with a tease for Galactus. It has been notably shot in 4:3. 

The cast of Fantastic Four: The First Steps are now on stage! 

Our two on the ground say Johnny Storm actor "Joseph Quinn just said he wants this film to 'bring a feeling of family' to the MCU." 

Thing actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach has also shared some advice Hulk actor Mark Ruffalo gave him: 

BREAKING: Kevin Feige says the casts of Captain America: Brave New World, Fantastic Four, and Thunderbolts* will all appear in the upcoming Avengers movies!

The movies are directed by the Russo Brothers, and the crowd is going wild. 

The Russo Brothers are now on stage to talking about their Avengers movies:

"Joe and I truly believed Endgame was end of the road for us. In the time since through a special story we have come to potentially see a road to take with you all" - Anthony Russo.

A new Avengers: Secret Wars logo has been revealed: 

BREAKING: The new title for Avengers 5 is Avengers: Doomsday!

Robert Downey Jr stars as Doctor Doom.

So, the next two Avengers movies are as follows:

Avengers: Doomsday, which releases in May 2026
Avengers: Secret Wars which releases in May 2027

BOTH movies are directed by the Russo Brothers! And don't forget, Robert Downey Jr. IS Doctor Doom! "I like playing complicated characters," says RDJ.

So, it looks like the 'Kang' storyline for Avengers 5 has been scrapped entirely and replaced with Doctor Doom as the apparent villain. Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr walked on stage in Hall H dressed as Doom and pulled his mask off to reveal his casting to the crowd, and they went wild! 

We did NOT see that coming! 

That's all, folks! The SDCC Marvel panel is over and everyone is now exiting Hall H. It has been a wild ride this past hour (and a bit), but don't forget we are still covering the convention over on our SDCC 2024 live blog, so head over there now.

Our writers are now typing up stories on everything that has just happened and that was just announced so keep your eyes peeled for that. But for now, thanks for keeping up with this live blog and join us tomorrow on GamesRadar+ as we deal with the fallout from one of the MCU's most shocking cast reveals...