Overview
- An industry insider report says Marvel aims to preserve roughly 75–80% of existing continuity while erasing or revising select elements, including possible character resurrections.
- Feige has publicly rejected a full reboot, describing a streamlined, single-timeline approach intended to launch the next era after the Multiverse Saga.
- Avengers: Doomsday is slated for December 18, 2026, with Avengers: Secret Wars due December 17, 2027, positioning the reset across the two ensemble films.
- Casting chatter continues to circulate, including reports linking Robert Downey Jr. to Doctor Doom and expectations of legacy X-Men actors appearing in Doomsday, though these have not been officially confirmed.
- Scarlett Johansson has said she does not plan to return as Natasha Romanoff, and separate reporting indicates Marvel is expected to honor Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa while allowing the Black Panther legacy to continue.