Marvel Studios recently had an incredibly successful panel at San Diego Comic-Con, full of exciting announcements of upcoming projects. D23 is fastly approaching, with the convention lasting from Sept. 9 to Sept. 11, and Marvel Studios is confirmed to have a prominent appearance at the convention. This means that there could be some big information at D23 regarding future titles that the studio did not make at SDCC.
While the San Diego Comic-Con panel did show some form of information about almost every upcoming MCU title that has been announced, there were a few notable exceptions, which will be looked at below. Even included below are projects that have not been confirmed in any capacity but are announcements that are still somewhat probable.
It’s also important to note that this is a list of things that we saw zero about at SDCC, meaning that projects like The Marvels are not included below, even though the only thing that we heard about at Comic-Con was that the release date for the film is the same as has been announced previously.
***Warning: Spoilers for previous Marvel Studios titles are below.***
Armor Wars
Marvel Studios Projects That Could be at D23
Probably the most surprising project that we saw nothing about at SDCC was Marvel’s Armor Wars, an upcoming Disney+ series that stars Don Cheadle as War Machine. The series has Rhodey as its main protagonist, who needs to stop Iron Man’s tech from falling into the wrong hands.
It has been since confirmed that Armor Wars is still coming, which makes its exclusion from Comic-Con even more mysterious. It could be that the series is now a part of Phase 6 and that they don’t want to announce when precisely in the phase it will be. Still, with the confusion over Armor Wars’ not appearing at the event, it is extremely possible that we get a more official update on the series at D23.
Deadpool 3
Marvel Studios Projects That Could be at D23
The third Deadpool movie is hotly anticipated, especially regarding news about it, primarily due to worries that the film will not be rated “R” because it is now produced by Disney. These fears will likely not come to pass, as it has been repeatedly stated that the Deadpool movies will continue being rated “R.” This is further evidenced by how Disney+ has decided to release the rated “R” Deadpool and Logan movies on the platform.
Deadpool 3 would be an easy movie to bring into the mix at D23 as the writers have been working on the script, hopefully meaning that some progress with the film has been made. Also, simply having Ryan Reynolds in some form at D23 would make the Marvel Studios panel an almost automatic success.
Werewolf by Night
Marvel Studios Projects That Could be at D23
Marvel’s upcoming Halloween Special, seemingly based around Werewolf by Night, is a project that will supposedly be released this year; however, whether or not the title has been officially confirmed is a bit conflicting. Marvel is definitely working on a Halloween special, though, to have along with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Whatever the case may be, it seems likely that the project will star Gael Garcia Bernal as the titular character, with Marvel Studios composer Michael Giacchino directing. There are also rumors that this semi-secretive special will be airing on Disney+ this year, so it would have to be confirmed no later than D23 unless these reports are false and it is coming in a different year.
Nova
Marvel Studios Projects That Could be at D23
Despite hearing about the project being in the works, we still have very little information the upcoming Nova movie about Richard Rider, aka Nova; all we know at the moment is that the writers from Moon Knight are attached to the script. We don’t even have confirmation at this time on whether or not the project will be a Disney+ series or a theatrical movie.
Given that the series or movie was officially confirmed this year, it does make Nova a likely candidate as something that we might see at D23 with more revelations about the project being presented, as Marvel Studios presumably has a better grasp on what they want a project centered around Nova to look like.