MarvelRemoves 2026 Title, Searchlights A Real Pain Moves to November in Major Disne

'Blade,' meanwhile, remains on the schedule for November 2025 — for now

Disney released a sizable update to its film release calendar on Friday that staked claim to 11 release dates in 2027 for untitled projects from the main studio as well as Marvel, Pixar and Disney Animation.

More immediately, Searchlight’s Sundance hit “A Real Pain” from writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg will now open in limited release on Nov. 1, moving from Oct. 18.

The most extensive changes on the calendar pertained to announcements Marvel Studios made on July 27 at San Diego Comic-Con: “Avengers: Doomsday” replaces “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty” on May 1, 2026, and the titles for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” and “Thunderbolts*” were updated. 

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Marvel also dropped an untitled film that had been scheduled for July 24, 2026, which is in keeping with the division’s new mandate from Disney CEO Bob Iger to reduce its output to two to three feature films per year. Along with “Doomsday,” Marvel also has untitled films slated for Feb. 13, 2026, and Nov. 6, 2026.

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Curiously, Marvel’s “Blade” remains dated for Nov. 7, 2025, even though the film, first announced at Comic-Con in 2019 with star Mahershala Ali, currently has no director. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has said that the studio intends to keep developing the screenplay for the project until they feel it’s ready, and Feige did not mention “Blade” at Comic-Con when discussing Marvel’s 2025 film slate.

Meanwhile, Disney now has three untitled films from its main studio slated to open in 2025, which could be setting the table for the company’s  presentation of its upcoming projects at the D23 Expo on Aug. 9.

Here is Disney’s full update to its calendar:

• “A REAL PAIN” (Searchlight) previously dated on 10/18/24 moves to 11/1/24 (Limited)
• “THUNDERBOLTS*” is the updated title of “THUNDERBOLTS” dated on 5/2/25
• UNTITLED DISNEY previously dated on 3/7/25 is removed from schedule
• “THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS” is the updated title of “THE FANTASTIC FOUR” dated on 7/25/25
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 8/8/25
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 9/12/25
• “AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY” is the updated title of “AVENGERS: THE KANG DYNASTY” dated on 5/1/26
• UNTITLED MARVEL previously dated on 7/24/26 is removed from schedule
• UNTITLED DISNEY previously dated on 8/14/26 moves to 8/7/26
• UNTITLED DISNEY previously dated on 9/18/26 moves to 9/11/26
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 2/12/27
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 3/5/27
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 4/2/27
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 5/28/27
• UNTITLED PIXAR is now dated on 6/18/27
• UNTITLED MARVEL is now dated on 7/23/27
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 8/6/27
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 9/17/27
• UNTITLED DISNEY is now dated on 10/8/27
• UNTITLED MARVEL is now dated on 11/5/27
• UNTITLED DISNEY ANIMATION is now dated on 11/24/27

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