Avengers: Secret Wars release date: is Dec 2027 safe?
Smart summary
Avengers: Secret Wars is still dated for December 17, 2027, after Disney’s Upfront ’27 presentation in Argentina kept it on the slate this month. The delay rumours rest on one claim, that filming won’t start until February 2027, which would give Marvel about half the time it gave its last two Avengers films.
At a Disney presentation in Argentina in early November, one slide did more work than any press release. It listed Avengers: Secret Wars for December 2027, exactly one year after Avengers: Doomsday. No speech, no statement, just a date that hadn’t moved.
For fans who’d spent October reading that Marvel was about to pull the film, that slide felt like an answer. We’re not so sure it answers the right question.
Label: news and analysis. What Disney has said is kept apart from what’s only reported.
When is Avengers: Secret Wars coming out?
The official date is December 17, 2027 in the US, with some international markets a day earlier. Disney set it in May 2025, when it moved Secret Wars from May 2027 and Doomsday from May 2026 to December slots, as Variety reported at the time.
Doomsday comes first, on December 18, 2026. Joe and Anthony Russo direct both films, the same pair behind Infinity War and Endgame. According to GamesRadar, the Upfront ’27 slate this month still showed Secret Wars on its December date.
Worth knowing: Disney did not issue a separate statement about the rumours. The date held because it simply wasn’t changed. That’s confirmation by silence, which is real, but thinner than it sounds.
Why do people think Secret Wars will be delayed?
Because of a calendar, not a leak. Insider Daniel Richtman reported that Secret Wars may not begin filming until February 2027. Marvel hasn’t confirmed or denied it. If it’s true, here’s how that compares with the last two Avengers films:
| Film | Filming began | Release | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avengers: Endgame | August 2017 | April 26, 2019 | About 20 months |
| Avengers: Doomsday | April 2025 | December 18, 2026 | About 20 months |
| Avengers: Secret Wars | February 2027 (reported) | December 17, 2027 | About 10 months |
Ten months is tight for a film this size. These movies live in visual effects, and Endgame’s long gap left room for additional photography in 2018. Squeezing all of that into half the time is possible, but it’s the kind of plan that slips.
What would a delay actually change for the MCU?
Here’s the part people miss. Marvel has kept the slate light between Doomsday and Secret Wars, with four films named after Doomsday at the Upfront, according to The Direct. Kevin Feige has said the MCU gets a reset after Secret Wars. So a delay wouldn’t just move one film. It would stretch the whole wait for whatever comes next.
That gives Marvel two reasons to protect the date. It also gives it one reason to move it. A rushed finale that sets up a reset is the worst way to start one.
Our read: Marvel has moved both Avengers films before, and a December date leaves room to slip into 2028 without wrecking the summer. If filming starts in February, a delay announcement in 2027 wouldn’t surprise us.
Pylcrow’s take: the slide didn’t answer the timeline
That slide in Argentina proved Disney hasn’t changed the date. It didn’t prove the date is safe. Those are different things, and the gap between them is ten months of filming math.
| Claim | Truth label |
|---|---|
| Secret Wars is dated for December 17, 2027 | Documented |
| Disney cancelled or delayed the film | Not supported (no evidence) |
| Filming starts February 2027 | Claimed (one insider) |
| A February start puts the date at risk | Interpreted (our maths) |
Verdict: the date is real today. Pencil it in, don’t ink it.
Quick answers
Is Avengers: Secret Wars cancelled? No. It’s still on Disney’s slate for December 17, 2027, and no studio source has said otherwise.
Do I need to watch Avengers: Doomsday first? Almost certainly. Secret Wars is the direct follow-up, from the same directors, one year later.
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Sources: GamesRadar; ComicBookMovie; IMDb News / Variety (May 2025 date change); The Direct (Upfront slate). Truth labels are Pylcrow’s judgment as of November 7, 2026.
