Wonder Man season 2 has been canceled, which means Marvel Studios' TV presence is getting pretty sparing. As one MCU fan has noticed, there are now only two Disney Plus shows in production, and they both release in the next eight months.

As it stands, VisionQuest, which ends the WandaVision saga, and Daredevil: Born Again season 3 are the only remaining live-action shows in the Marvel line-up. There are a few more in development on the animation side, including X-Men '97 season 4 and Marvel Zombies season 2, but it certainly seems that the strategy is shifting at Marvel HQ.

Kevin Feige spoke recently about the decision to not release any Marvel movies between Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. "A lot of it is a strategy we've talked about for a while, of focusing on quality," Feige told Empire magazine. "We always try to focus on quality, but when quantity is so much, you get spread thin. We didn't want to be spread thin, and the Avengers is as important as it comes."

It seems they're now planning a similar approach to TV shows, streamlining the narrative of the MCU projects once again. I was a big fan of Wonder Man and would have enjoyed seeing it return, but I've got to admit that I'm relieved by this seeming shift in strategy.

Marvel has been having a lot of problems since releasing Avengers: Endgame. Mainly referred to as superhero fatigue, it's been a case of casting too wide a net. Films have introduced endless new characters who we've never seen again (Eros who?) and brought the MCU in exceedingly far-reaching directions.

While it's been fun to try out new genres, it's all gotten a bit muddled. Realigning the MCU back around its tentpole Avengers movies and the upcoming X-Men film feels like a smarter choice. It also means we'll hopefully have fewer announcements of projects that never materialize (a Blade movie, Shang-Chi 2, and Armor Wars to name a few).

I'm hoping that the restructuring of Marvel's upcoming releases will mean a bit more focus on what the universe is planning to create. At the very least, it seems to be an admission that something needs to change for the MCU going forward to allow it to last as long as Feige plans (up to at least 2042, according to his recent comments). That in itself feels like progress.

For more on the MCU, check out our list of all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way as well as our Spider-Man: Brand New Day review.

Marvel has switched up its upcoming releases, and Wonder Man season 2 is one of the major casualties. Months after a second season was confirmed, the Disney Plus show is no longer moving forward.

Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has now responded to the news in a statement on Instagram, thanking fans for following the show. He wrote: "Word just dropped that Wonder Man won't be coming back for Season 2. (And if you don't knowww, now ya knoww!) That's life, right? Everything will shake out."

The Watchmen star continued: "I wanted to say thank you to everybody who WATCHED the show, ENJOYED the show, and SHARED that they enjoyed the show in some way or other. The show worked. And that's my favorite thing about it. I can see in the messages I get saying how the show reminded some of you not to give up, and I feel it in the genuine love shared when I bump into some of you all during the day."

Wonder Man was a big hit with fans and critics alike. Rotten Tomatoes is usually a good indicator of how a show resonated with fans and the MCU series scored well, with a 91% critics score and 87% from fans. This makes it one of the highest-rated MCU projects in recent years, even topping Spider-Man: Brand New Day's glowing reviews.

The door is open for Marvel to bring Simon Williams back in the future, but right now Abdul-Mateen II shared his focus on the upcoming awards season. "I'm glad we got to be a part of something cool. Thank you for watching... And uhh... See you at the EMMYS." He's nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series at the 2026 awards.

As for what is still on the slate for Marvel, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way. We've also got a breakdown of how to watch the Marvel movies in order for your next rewatch.

Wonder Man will not be returning for season 2, despite Marvel giving it the green light back in March.

The series, created by Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton and Hawkeye writer Andrew Guest, follows Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), a struggling actor with secret superpowers, as he auditions for the lead role in a superhero movie. He crosses paths with Trevor Slattery (Ben Kingsley), and the two strike up an unlikely (and rather chaotic) friendship. It also garnered around 550 million minutes watched in its first 10 days on Disney Plus, and was officially renewed for a second season back in March.

According to Variety, a writer's room was never opened despite the renewal. On a brighter note, the report also states that "the characters featured in the series could still appear in other Marvel projects in the future." The series currently sits at a Rotten Tomatoes score of 91%, and a rather impressive audience rating of 88%.

It took a bit for the show to get off the ground, as 2023 strikes delayed production and poorly received audience test screenings called for reshoots. Cretton and Guest even gushed about their potential season 2 plans just last month.

If you haven't seen Wonder Man, I recommend giving it a watch on Disney Plus. If you liked the different, refreshing creative direction that Prime Video took with Spider-Noir, you'll love the weirdness of Wonder Man. It's a bright spot on the Marvel timeline, and I'm sad to see it go.

For more, check out our list of all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows in 2026 and beyond.

According to Prime Video, Alan Ritchson's Jack Reacher is back and bigger than ever in Reacher season 4, which is just as well, as the first trailer shown at San Diego Comic-Con gives us a glimpse at his most dangerous mission yet.

The trailer, which you can watch above, opens with Alan Ritchson's ex-soldier sitting inside a subway car when he witnesses a woman end her own life. The police pick up Reacher for the crime, but soon after escaping their clutches, Reacher sets out to solve the death, which he thinks was suspicious. Reacher meets up with the woman's brother (Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette), who is adamant she didn't kill herself. From then on, the two are pulled into a dangerous web of criminal activity.

At one point, Reacher is told to walk away. But, of course, our favourite lucky hero does no such thing, as he is prepared to beat down as many bad guys as it takes to get to the bottom of the murder. However, it looks like season 4's villain has connections in high places, as Reacher's dedication to cracking the case quickly makes him a wanted man. Plus, it wouldn't be a season of Reacher without a romantic subplot thrown in, and it looks like Reacher will hook up with a young journalist played by AGNEZ MO.

The action series' fourth outing adapts author Lee Child's thirteenth Jack Reacher book, Home Tomorrow. The official synopsis from Prime Video reads, "When a chance encounter with a distraught stranger on a subway goes horribly wrong, Jack Reacher is drawn into a complex and deadly game that pits him against ruthless foes from the highest echelons of power."

Also at Comic Con, the Reacher and Neagley panel revealed the first trailer for the upcoming Frances Neagley spin-off. The trailer, which has since been shared by Prime Video on YouTube, gives us a glimpse of Reacher's once right-hand woman as she and her PI squad take down criminals connected to the death of her beloved friend.

Reacher season 4 starts streaming on Prime Video from August 12, and Neagley season 1 premieres right after on September 16. Stay up to date with this year's San Diego Comic-Con with our SDCC 2026 live blog and our SDCC 2026 schedule.

The Marvel panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 featured a whole host of big surprises. Marking the studio's return to Hall H for the first time since 2024, the main focus was on upcoming movies. Marvel boss Kevin Feige took us through some of the major upcoming slate, announcing a Ghost Rider movie with Ryan Gosling and giving some big updates on Black Panther 3.

Avengers: Doomsday was the main focus though, and was given the most time. Attendees in Hall H were treated to some exclusive footage as we edge closer to the end of the Multiverse Saga. Not all of Marvel's upcoming slate was covered though with VisionQuest mentioned only briefly and Avengers: Secret Wars and the upcoming X-Men movie not getting a look in.

Below we get into all of the major announcements from Hall H, as they happened at the SDCC 2026 Marvel panel.

For more, you can also check out our San Diego Comic-Con 2026 live coverage and our SDCC 2026 schedule too.

Everything announced at the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel

• Ryan Gosling will play Ghost Rider in the MCU in 2028 movie from Deadpool and Wolverine director
• Black Panther 3 arrives in 2028 with a new Black Panther – and it's not a T'Challa recast
• Avengers: Doomsday Comic-Con footage reveals more of Doctor Doom's past and rekindles Marvel's greatest rivalry
• Spider-Man: Brand New Day Comic-Con exclusive footage description has Spidey and The Punisher team up to take on the Hulk

How to watch the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel

As we get closer to the panel's start, you'll likely be wondering how you can watch the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel. The short answer is, you can't. San Diego Comic-Con doesn't livestream their panels so you have to be in the room to be able to watch it as it happens.

Luckily for you, GamesRadar+ is in Hall H and we'll be keeping you updated every step of the way. Follow along here, as well as on our social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok) so you don't miss a moment.

Just a reminder too about timings: the panel begins at 5.30pm PDT. If you're on the east coast then that's 9.30pm and if you're in the UK then that's 1.30am. We expect it will last about an hour or so, depending on what's announced.

In terms of what we're expecting to be covered tonight in the Marvel panel, we don't yet have anything confirmed. Marvel has released no guests, no agenda, and Kevin Feige has been keeping tight-lipped. Speaking to Collider just last week, the Marvel Studios head said: "Listen, you probably know as good a tease as I do in terms of the fact that when we go to Hall H, it's for a reason, and it's to have some surprises and show a few things. It's our home away from home, Hall H, so I'm very excited to be heading back."

One thing we are expecting to have a big presence at SDCC this year is Avengers: Doomsday. If you'd asked us a week ago, we would have put good money that it would be in this panel when we'd finally see the full trailer. However, Marvel actually dropped that on Monday (read our Avengers: Doomsday trailer breakdown here)...

This means we're not expecting to see any more footage released widely, but that doesn't mean no news. The Russo Brothers will likely be there with Robert Downey Jr. and we might even get a scene shown exclusively in Hall H, which we'll share a description of with you.

Doomsday has already been appearing all around SDCC too, with new costumes being showcased and a special installation in the middle of town. Check out a closer look at Doctor Doom's costume below.

Avengers: Secret Wars is also about a year and a half out too – and we still know relatively little about it. We're not expecting to hear too much about the plot details given they're likely very dependent on what goes down in Doomsday, but we could hear some casting news. At the moment, Doomsday has a few big omissions, including Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and the Hulk. Could we get confirmation about their return?

What happened the last time Marvel were at San Diego Comic-Con?

It's been a few years since Marvel Studios has been at SDCC, but the last time they made quite an impact. After Deadpool & Wolverine got its own showcase on Friday night, Saturday night belonged to Marvel Studios' upcoming slate. The biggest surprise of the evening was the announcement that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the MCU, not as Iron Man but as a new character: Doctor Doom.

He appeared on stage in a Doom mask to mark the occasion and subsequently surprised just about everyone. We were in Hall H when it happened and the atmosphere was electric. Here's a little recap of how that all went down…

Traditionally these Marvel panels have also focused on the upcoming slate. This means that VisionQuest, which is the conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy could also be a focus during the presentation. We've still not seen a trailer for the upcoming Disney Plus show, despite it showing behind closed doors at CinemaCon earlier this year. It's out on October 14 too so we're more than overdue a first look...

Another potential point of focus could be Daredevil: Born Again season 3. While it might not seem like the most exciting announcement for the Hall H slot, timing might be in its favor. The third season of the Disney Plus show has just finished filming and there have been a lot of leaks. Marvel might use the opportunity to announce some of the casting we already know about officially and there may even be some footage. We'll bring you updates as they happen with that.

Probably the most exciting potential announcements will be around the upcoming X-Men movie. Kevin Feige has made no secret that the next stage of the MCU will be all about mutants and director Jake Shrier is behind an upcoming reboot film. Currently, we don't know much at all about it, apart from that it won't be linked to any of the X-Men movies we've seen before. Screenwriter Lee Sung Jin told Deadline earlier this year that Feige "just wants to take a big swing and start anew, not be beholden to any of the movies that have come before."

Given that it's going to be so key to the future of the MCU, we might get some casting announcements. Rumors have been swirling around everyone from Adam Driver to Bill Skarsgård, and then there's the persistent speculation that Sadie Sink will debut as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Watch this space...

30 minutes to go!

We're now just 30 minutes away from the start of the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026! GamesRadar+ is seated in Hall H and ready to bring you the news as it happens.

Just a reminder on timings. The panel kicks off at 5.30pm PDT, local time. This means it starts at 8.30pm EDT and 1.30am BST. We're expecting it to last about an hour as Marvel tends to keep a pretty tight ship with their SDCC appearances.

We're seated in Hall H now ahead of the panel's start in 15 minutes, but the panel before is currently still happening. Just a reminder too, the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel will not be live-streamed. Follow along with us here for everything that happens as well as on our Twitter.

The Marvel Studios panel is almost certainly starting late as the panel before is still overrunning. There's no word yet on when it will begin but we're expecting a quick change around when the previous panel stops.

Some outlets are reporting that the delay may be as long as 15/20 minutes. Hold on tight, folks...

There's a lot of excitement in Hall H now as we wait for the panel to begin. Everyone in the room is currently being given a Doctor Doom mask ahead of the action.

It looks like the action might be about to start as HERBIE has just rolled onto stage...

Unfortunately that was a false alarm... We're still waiting for action to begin here in Hall H. At least we're well dressed for the occasion?

The Marvel SDCC 2026 panel has started

Almost 30 minutes later, the Marvel 2026 panel has begun. Kevin Feige is now on stage to kick off the announcements. He's wearing a Doomsday hat...

Kevin Feige has announced that they'll only be showcasing movies at the panel today. So no VisionQuest or Daredevil: Born Again then...

Avengers: Endgame Encore

First up on the agenda is Avengers: Endgame Encore, which will be heading to theaters on September 25, 2026. Hall H was treated to a trailer for the rerelease as it was confirmed it will feature an exclusive look at Doomsday.

Ryan Gosling will play Ghost Rider in the MCU

Some big news to kick off the Marvel panel. Ryan Gosling will play Ghost Rider in the MCU in a new movie directed by Shawn Levy. Gosling is on stage now.

The movie will come out in 2028, just a year after Gosling and Levy's Star Wars movie, Starfighter. This will also mark Levy's MCU comeback after directing Deadpool & Wolverine.

Here's a look at Gosling on stage, who seems just as surprised as we are by the news.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day

We may be just a week out from the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day but that doesn't mean we can't still have new footage. Punisher star Jon Bernthal is on stage to introduce a new clip from the Marvel movie, featuring Spider-Man fighting the Hulk.

Avengers: Doomsday

The Russo brothers are now taking the Hall H stage to share some news from the upcoming release of Avengers: Doomsday. They've also brought out some of the cast of the new movie.

"Two years ago, we asked you to trust us when we tasked RDJ with doing a 180 from going from playing the greatest hero of all time to playing the greatest doll, and we knew we were going to have to assemble the greatest hero of the past ever to try to stop him," they told the crowd. "You'll see on December 18th, whether it can or not."

Robert Downey Jr. is now on stage and he's taking a selfie with all everyone dressed up as Doom in Hall H.

That's not all either. It's been confirmed that Hayley Atwell will be returning as Peggy Carter in Doomsday, opposite Chris Evans' Steve Rogers.

Ryan Reynolds has appeared in Hall H as Deadpool, but not the one we know and love. This version of the character is blue/grey... Maybe we'll find out soon why Thor was crying? Reynolds asks the cast and Paul Rudd replies: "He’s a Wrexham fan". Ouch...

It's not yet clear if he'll be in Doomsday though.

Pedro Pascal has also confirmed that Reed Richards and Victor Von Doom have history in Doomsday...

Hall H is now being treated to some exclusive footage from Avengers: Doomsday. This shows the rivalry between Doom and Richards in a clip narrated by Sue Storm. "Victor did you do this?" Reed asks him. "All of you have lived stolen lives and now you must give them back," Doom responds. Elsewhere we hear Sue say, "I knew he was lost, I didn’t realise he was broken." The footage ends with Doom bringing an army of Sentinels back to life.

Black Panther 3

Up next is Black Panther 3, which will be released in theaters on December 15, 2028. Check out the official logo below.

The new Black Panther has also been revealed. He'll be played by Alien: Romulus star David Jonsson, who is the son of T’Challa now grown up. Jonsson appeared on stage with the announcement.

"I want to say thank you so much," Jonsson told the crowd. "Thank you, Ryan. Thank you, Kevin. Thank you to this amazing family that I have the honor and the privilege of blessing to join. I actually don't want to say too much because I want to let this screen do the talking. But believe me, the honor is entirely mine. Thank you."

And that's it! No X-Men after all... and no reveals from Secret Wars.

Still, plenty of big announcements from the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel, including the introduction of Ryan Gosling to the MCU and the casting of David Jonsson in Black Panther 3.

Alongside the panel, Marvel also released a very cool new poster for Avengers: Doomsday. This shows our best look at Victor Von Doom's costume. Check it out below.

And here's a closer look at the Ghost Rider logo from Marvel Studios as well.

Although DC Studios is choosing not to promote its stack of upcoming movies at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, the Lanterns panel has given us another look at what's to come from DCU Chapter One on the small screen with a brand new trailer.

The new clip opens with Hal Jordan rudely waking his trainee, Jon Stewart, giving us a taste of the duo's Training Day-style relationship. As the pair uncover a string of crimes, Hal becomes convinced that aliens are to blame. Well, ol' Hal is correct, as later in the trailer we find out that extraterrestrial antagonists known as Manhunters, which "can take the shape of any species," are at large on Earth.

Elsewhere in the trailer, it seems as though there is quite a bit of friction between Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart, as Jon seemingly wants rid of his mentor. "The Ring has always been mind. Jordan is just keeping it warm," he says. We also get a glimpse at Nathan Fillion's Superman character Guy Gardner, and what looks to be Green Lantern's nemesis Sinestro, who you can see below.

Starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as intergalactic cops and members of the Lantern Corps, Hal Jordan and new recruit Jon Stewart, Lanterns follows the duo as they investigate a murder in the American heartland, but in the process are drawn into a dark mystery.

Unlike the most recent DCU project to hit the screen, Supergirl, Lanterns is set on Earth. The show is set across two timelines, both in 2016 and in 2026, sometime after the events of Superman. But just like Supergirl, it looks like Lanterns will feed into Superman sequel Superman: Man of Tomorrow, as it has cast Jon Stewart actor Aaron Pierre.

Lanterns, which has been described as a buddy cop show meets True Detective, is the third TV show to come from Gunn's DCU, following on from Creature Commandos and Peacemaker season 2, and is the fifth project overall. However, the HBO show has a bit of pressure on it not only for being the only DC series released this year, but after Supergirl flopped at the box office, DC Studios needs Lanterns to be a hit.

Lanterns is co-created and co-written by Lost's Damon Lindelof, Criminal Minds' Chris Mundy, and comic book writer Tom King. DC heads James Gunn and Peter Safran are on board as producers. The show also stars Kelly Macdonald, Garret Dillahunt, Poorna Jagannathan, Laura Linney, Jason Ritter, and Ulrich Thomsen.

Lanterns arrives this August 16. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and TV shows for everything else the DCU has in store.

This week, we're anticipating a hefty Avengers: Doomsday news dump on the horizon, what with the Latverian leader set to make his presence known at SDCC this weekend.

One other MCU legend that could also be making an appearance, though, is the lawyer-turned-lawbreaker, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) aka Daredevil. After the events of season 2 and behind-the-scenes footage of Élodie Yung back in action as Elektra, it's clear that the Devil of Hell's Kitchen will have a lot on his plate when he's back on our screens, and we might see some this weekend. If you can't wait that long, well, don't worry. The snoops of the internet have revealed more leaked images hinting at how he'll be looking when he returns.

A batch of images of gifts the crew was given on production have appeared online, with the most noticeable item showing Matt dressed the same way he was when he was put in prison during comic writer Chip Zdarsky's run from 2020. That artwork, from Marco Checchetto and Matt Wilson, can be seen on a poster for the show's SPFX department, who are also labeled the "Gate Keepers of Cell Block D," referencing the Ed Brubaker-penned arc from 2006. Besides wielding a great, big bushy beard and the traditional orange prison jumpsuit, Matt also dons an orange rag to make a balaclava similar to the black one we first saw Cox wear in the original Netflix series.

For the more keen-eyed fans, though, there's an even greater detail to take away from these photos, and it's the one spread across Charlie Cox's back. The T-shirt he's wearing for Born Again season 3 shows the "Daredevil" lettering, which is composed of various different comic book issues, some of which seem crucial to next season's story.

Firstly, there's a Zdarsky issue, followed by "Defenders" #2 from 2017 (no surprise there given the gang are getting back together). There's also an image of the female Muse, Morgan Whittier, from "Daredevil: Unleash Hell" #1, who was the inspiration for Matt's unhinged ex, Heather (Margarita Levieva), and her trajectory in the show's next chapter. In the comics, that Muse also went up against Elektra when she took on the mantle of Daredevil herself. Could this suggest that two of Daredevil's very lethal exes are going to throw down with one another while Matt is behind bars? If so, then perhaps it's better that our legendary lawyer stays there and lets his former lady friends air out their issues. That is, as long as an old fan-favorite assassin doesn't get to one of them first.

Perhaps the most noticeable comic issue on this t-shirt is in "Daredevil" #181, which any fan of old Hornhead will know saw Bullseye (played by Wilson Bethel) kill Elektra with her own sai.

Regardless of seeing Poindexter head off to parts unknown at the end of season 2, leaks confirm that Bethel will be back in an upgraded costume that looks more in line with the very set Bullseye wears in the comics when he kills Elektra. With that in mind, could Yung's return to Hell’s Kitchen be a brief one?

We're really going to have to wait and find out when Daredevil: Born Again returns next year. Should he make an appearance at SDCC this weekend, we'll be sure to update our live blog here.

The Far Cry TV show has added another cast member – and I'm convinced he'll be playing the villain.

On Twitter, the official Far Cry account shared that Steve Buscemi has joined the cast of the upcoming video game adaptation. "Welcome Steve Buscemi to the world of FX's FARCRY," the account wrote. "Hope you’re ready to get thrown into the deep end, lose your mind, and make a few catastrophically bad decisions along the way."

That doesn't necessarily give anything away, but some of Buscemi's most iconic roles have been villainous: Fargo's Carl Showalter, Con Air's Garland Greene, Reservoir Dogs's Mr. Pink, and Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson are all characters on the wrong side of the law. So, my prediction is that Buscemi will be playing a bad guy, in line with Giancarlo Esposito's casting as Antón Castillo in Far Cry 6.

Of course, Buscemi is just as adept at playing good guys, too, so I could be totally wrong. So far, the rest of the cast only includes Lizzy Caplan and Rob Mac, so it's pretty hard to make predictions at this stage.

The TV show is set to be an anthology series hailing from Noah Hawley. "One thing that really attracted me to the Far Cry franchise is that it is an anthology and every time they release a new game, it is a totally different story," he has previously shared. "That's how I approach Fargo, and it was an exciting idea that we could build an anthology game adaptation where each season is a different story about civilized people thrown into situations where they have to become increasingly uncivilized.

"I'm not specifically adapting any of the games that they've put out – I'm saying much as I did with the Coens or X-Men [he created FX's Legion] or Alien, 'Let me have a dialog with this franchise, because this is what I think a Far Cry story is,'" he continued. "We can have a larger conversation about the strengths and weaknesses of adapting video games specifically because games are built in a way that doesn't make for the best drama.

"When you play a video game, you only really move forward through the gameplay section, and then you have these cut scenes that you can skip, so when you go to adapt those games, you have to be aware that makes the human drama kind of irrelevant to the storyline. That is death for a show," he added.

How Hawley's take on the games pans out remains to be seen. The show doesn't yet have a release date.

In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming TV shows of this year to get planning your binge-watches.

The DCU's weirdest project might have cast its lead, and, to be honest, I still can't believe this is happening.

The TV show will focus on Jimmy Olsen, Superman's pal played by Skyler Gisondo, and also, for some reason, supervillain Gorilla Grodd.

According to Deadline, Scream 7's Jimmy Tatro is in talks to play the ape, whom DC describes as "a hyper-intelligent telepathic ape who has sought to rule both the simian and human worlds, though the Flash has frequently thwarted his plans."

If you're wondering just what that has to do with Jimmy, it's because the show, apparently called DC Crime (though James Gunn has denied that's the title) is going to be like a true crime docu-series hosted by Jimmy. So, the first season is set to focus on Gorilla Grodd.

The news comes after Supergirl cratered at the box office, earning less money than notorious flop Morbius in its opening weekend. The film also debuted to the DCU's first rotten Rotten Tomatoes score, a feat that took the MCU 13 years and 26 movies.

"While Supergirl didn’t meet our box office expectations, it’s just one component of a broader, long-term strategy at DC Studios that we remain confident in," said DC Studios co-CEO Peter Safran.

Next up for the DCU is Lanterns, a buddy cop show focusing on Hal Jordan and Jon Stewart of the Green Lantern Corps. That arrives this August 16.

In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming DC movies and shows for everything else the DCU has in store.

Somehow, Kang returned. The time-traveling supervillain – last seen in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania – has a surprising appearance from one of his most prominent (and popular) variants in X-Men '97.

The third episode of X-Men '97 season 2 charts the origins of Apocalypse, then known as En Sabah Nur, in Ancient Egypt circa 3000 B.C.

En Sabah Nur rises up against a familiar leader, a Pharaoh with technology far beyond his current time. In actuality, he is Rama-Tut, a younger variant of Kang the Conqueror.

While X-Men '97 is under the Marvel Studios banner, it's not part of the MCU or the Sacred Timeline (in fact, a separate live-action X-Men movie is on its way in the near future).

However, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's post-credits scene revealed the Council of Kangs and a congregation of almost every Kang in the multiverse – including Rama-Tut.

The kicker there is they all resembled actor Jonathan Majors, who was dropped from the role after being charged and later convicted of third-degree assault and second-degree harassment.

Ever since, the MCU has clearly been reluctant to re-introduce Kang, even going so far as reworking Avengers: The Kang Dynasty into Avengers: Doomsday, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.

Rama-Tut's appearance in X-Men '97, though, is worlds away from Majors' take. The episode, a loose adaptation of the Rise of Apocalypse comic, may open the door ever so slightly for Kang's return in the future. After all, the multiverse is a rich space with infinite possibilities. Kang may have been conquered by Paul Rudd's Ant-Man, but more can live on – with a different face – and still prove popular. X-Men '97 might be the first step towards bringing the supervillain back into the fold.

For more, check out the X-Men '97 release schedule, or check out our spoiler-free X-Men '97 season 2 review, for our verdict on the first four episodes.

X-Men '97 season 2 is almost upon us, and we can definitely expect another high-stakes, heartbreaking, and action-packed season.

After the X-Men were left stranded across time at the end of season 1, a new threat was introduced: Apocalypse. The ultra-powerful mutant is robotic in appearance but god-like in his abilities, to the point where it almost hits immortality. How did we get here? Well, a lot happened in X-Men '97 season 1. And, if you don't have time to go back and watch all 10 episodes, we've made a handy-dandy list of the most important things to know before diving into season 2.

Scroll on down for the five biggest things to remember before watching X-Men '97 season 2, but be warned: there are massive spoilers for X-Men '97 season 1 below.

1. The X-Men are stuck in three different timelines

And it's all because of Magneto. It's also why everyone on Earth thinks that the X-Men are either dead or missing. At the end of X-Men '97 season 1, Magneto manages to wipe out all of the Prime Sentinels (while killing thousands of people in the process) and retreats to his little mutant haven, an orbital space station known as Asteroid M. Bastion, still yet to be defeated, decides to crash Asteroid M into the earth... which would effectively blow up the planet. Xavier manages to help Magneto launch the asteroid into space, but it still explodes, and presumably takes the X-Men with it.

A six-month fast-forward shows us that Bishop and Forge are still in 1997, but Nightcrawler, Beast, Xavier, Magneto, and Rogue are sent to somewhere in Ancient Egypt circa 3000 B.C., while Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, and Morph are sent to a dystopian future circa 3960 A.D. X-Men '97 season 2 picks up right where season 1 left off.

2. Scott and Jean sent their son Nathan into the future because of his condition

In the X-Men '97 season 1 finale, when Cyclops and Jean are sent to the future, they meet a mystic mutant named Mother Askani, who is leading a desolate planet of hopeless people. This also just so happens to be the same future that their son, Nathan, was sent to as an infant. Shortly after he was born, Sinister injected him with a techno-organic virus with the intention of making him immortal, but it ended up almost killing him.

Realizing that there is no cure on Earth, they send him into the future with Bishop in the hopes that they can find a timeline with a cure. In the finale, Nathan is a teenager and seems pretty healthy... though we know that his cyborg-esque mutation remains, given that he eventually becomes the X-Men hero known as Cable. It's Cable who appears in X-Men '97 season 1 episode 5 and tries to warn them about Bastion's genocidal attack on Genosha.

It's important to remember that Nathan eventually becomes Cable, though it's a little confusing that Cyclops and Jean go into the future and encounter a teenage Nathan, rather than an adult Cable – meaning they've entered an alternate timeline of sorts.

3. Gambit died in the Battle of Genosha

I'm still not over it, but Gambit died during the Battle of Genosha in X-Men '97 season 1 episode 5. He throws Rogue out of harm's way before launching himself at Master Mold, the most powerful of the Prime Sentinels, which explodes and takes Gambit with it. Because of Marvel Cinematic Universe rules (though X-Men '97 is not canon to the main Earth-616 storyline), a lot of us sat and waited for him to miraculously return someway or another... but he still, sadly, seems pretty dead.

A popular theory among fans is that the show will take a page out of the comics and see Gambit brought back from the dead to become one of Apocalypse's Four Horsemen. The X-Men '97 season 1 post-credits scene gives this further credibility, with the final moments of the season seeing Apocalypse pick up one of Gambit's playing cards in present-day (1997) Genosha.

X-Men '97 season 2 episode 8 is titled, 'The Dead Man's Hand,' and I'm pretty sure that's a reference to Gambit... so we'll just have to wait and see.

4. Magneto pulled the adamantium out of Wolverine

Though Wolverine seems alive and well in the X-Men '97 season 2 trailer, it's important to remember that he was on his deathbed when the first season ended. In case you forgot, X-Men '97 began with the X-Men and the world assuming that Xavier had died as a result of Gyrich's assassination attempt (which happened in the series finale of X-Men: The Animated Series, which aired on TV in, you guessed it, 1997). In his last will and testament, Xavier leaves the X-Men and the X-Mansion to Magneto, which causes a rift amongst the entire group.

Magneto tries his best to be an upstanding citizen, but is captured by Bastion. It's Dr. Cooper who finds Magneto and unleashes him, figuring that he's the only being powerful enough to kill Bastion and the Prime Sentinels. She's right, but it destroys most of the world in the process. After Magneto flees to Asteroid M, Xavier, alive and well after hiding out on an alien planet, finds him and tries to get into his mind. Magneto retaliates by almost killing Xavier, which prompts Wolverine to attack. Magneto then uses his freaky-deaky magnet powers to rip all of the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton, leaving him in a half-dead, feral state where he can really only use his bone claws. X-Men '97 season 2 episode 5, titled 'Weapon X, Lies, and DVDS,' will likely focus on Wolverine.

5. The future where Apocalypse reigns is inevitable

I can't tell you exactly why this is important to remember, other than that Apocalypse is the primary focus of X-Men '97 season 2, but you'll just have to trust me on this one. In the X-Men '97 season 1 finale, we meet not one, but two versions of Apocalypse. In Ancient Egypt, where Xavier, Magneto, Rogue, and Nightcrawler are trapped, they encounter a mutant named En Sabah Nur. En Sabah Nur is the birth name of Apocalypse, and this particular timeline is one where he hasn't transformed into a supervillain just yet. We see Apocalypse in his present-day form in the post-credits scene, when he picks Gambit's playing card up off the ground.

In the season 2 trailer, Apocalypse makes it clear that his mission is to destroy the X-Men... in every timeline. It's important to note that he more or less can't be killed, which is what makes his reign of terror inevitable throughout time.

X-Men '97 season 2 hits Disney Plus on July 1, with the first three episodes in tow. For more, check out our X-Men '97 season 2 review, and never miss an episode with our X-Men '97 season 2 release schedule.

It feels a little ridiculous to talk about the new movie Supergirl and not discuss the titular character. But with the latest DCU flick now in theaters, all eyes won’t just be on the Maid of Might – they'll be on the Main Man, Lobo, played by Jason Momoa. And thankfully, the actor's long audition as Aquaman in the DCEU properly prepared him for the role Momoa was born to play.

Is that unfair to say about a role Momoa played multiple times, in multiple movies (and TV shows)? Perhaps. Except, ever since the actor was announced as playing Arthur Curry way back in 2014, it seemed like an odd fit. Sure, he had played a ruler before on Game of Thrones, but the monosyllabic Khal Drogo was a far cry from any iteration of Aquaman we had seen before in the comic book source material, let alone his appearances in animated TV shows and live-action on Smallville.

Yet Momoa proceeded to make the role his own from a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, all the way through the cockroach-crunching end of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. But the problem was that Momoa bent Aquaman his way into a brash, joke-slinging bad-ass who shouts "my man," gets into bar fights, and is more Momoa than Curry.

That may not entirely be an issue, because Momoa was one of the highlights of the controversial DCEU/Zack Snyder era, despite his every move seeming to be designed to specifically push back at anyone who made fun of Aquaman for talking to fish. This Aquaman was cool. He was a muscle-bound beefcake. He drinks and fights, and if you say he's anything less than rad, he will beat you up. But it also, curiously, seemed antithetical to what Aquaman is supposed to be.

Ride or die

Which is why this all makes a lot more sense once you realize Momoa was merely paving the way for Lobo. Unlike his Fast & Furious franchise cohort Dwayne Johnson – who attempted his own hostile takeover of the DC cinematic franchise and took Henry "I would just love to play Warhammer 40k if you don't mind" Cavill down with him – Momoa managed to pivot one of the more successful turns in the DCEU into his dream role in the DCU. Reportedly, the very morning James Gunn and Peter Safran were announced as the new heads of DC Studios, Momoa texted Gunn two words: "Fucking Lobo." And Gunn somehow interpreted that mysterious text correctly and agreed, stating that he thought Momoa should have been Lobo for years.

It's clear that through the auditions for Batman and casting as Aquaman, what Momoa really wanted was Lobo. And it's such a better fit, as Momoa basically is Lobo, without the immortality and bloodthirstiness. The Czarnian bounty hunter, created in 1983 by Roger Slifer and Keith Giffen, is what it says on the tin, but it wasn't until the ‘90s that the character found his niche as a commentary on the over-the-top dark and gritty superhero trend kicked off in part by characters like Wolverine at Marvel and Batman at DC. Momoa himself is like a walking, talking human parody, with his scraggly beard, wild hair, and 6'4 height. He's a wild man who looks like he'd accept an invitation to party any day, any time.

That's Lobo, and that's exactly what Momoa captures on screen with Supergirl. Yes, he physically looks like the character walked off the comic book page, thanks only in small part to black and white makeup, red eyes, and sharp teeth. But honestly, Momoa's inherent physicality does the majority of the work. And his delivery, delighted to see ultra-violence, taking no guff, and coaching a young girl to kill people, feels so much more natural coming out of Lobo than any of Momoa's dialogue did with Aquaman.

The main event

Lobo's the perfect loose cannon running through the new DCU movie, and given his relatively scant screen time, the next question is: when will we see Lobo again? A lot of that potentially depends on how Supergirl does at the box office this weekend – all signs point to "not great" – but Momoa has taken the Lobo ball this far, it's hard to believe his dreams of being the Main Man will stop here, particularly as the actor has the strength of will that would make a Green Lantern jealous.

It's entirely possible Lobo could stop by in the already filming Man of Tomorrow, whether in a cameo or another expanded supporting role, a la Supergirl. But it's tricky to say beyond that because, given James Gunn's laudable unwillingness to greenlight projects before scripts are ready, there are… Not a lot of projects greenlit.

One option? The in-development Wonder Woman reboot, which boasts Supergirl writer Ana Nogueira as screenwriter. While it would be a little weird to see Lobo only pop up as a supporting character in movies with a main, female character, given Nogueira already figured out a way to fuse Lobo into the story from comic book creators Tom King and Bilquis Evely, who is to say she couldn't do the same for Diana?

Lobo would also fit well in the already filmed Lanterns on HBO, given Lobo often tangles with the GLs in the comics. Or he could show up in whatever is following up on the prison planet plotline of Sanctuary from Season 2 of Peacemaker… We've already seen Lobo in jail once, and John Cena is yet another ex-pat from the Fast & Furious franchise Momoa could tangle with. Heck, they were supposed to be in a movie called Killer Vacation together, which we haven't heard a peep about since 2022. So this might be a way of finally getting the duo to team up.

Look, wherever Momoa goes as Lobo next, this is already a much more natural fit than Aquaman, and it's likely audiences will respond positively (regardless of the Supergirl movie's box office fate). So let’s make sure it isn't another decade before we get to see mo' Momoa in the role he was meant to play. Ya bastiches.

Supergirl is in theaters now. For more, dive into our spoiler-free Supergirl review, or catch up on the DCU to date with our guide on how to watch DC movies in order.

Good news Marvel fans, it sounds as though you won't have to wait two plus years for X-Men '97 season 3, as you did for season 2.

"Luckily, the production problems won’t occur again. There was a huge gap of time between [season] one and two. They’ve learned their lessons," said producer Larry Houston in an interview with The Direct. "So with [seasons] three and four, that won’t happen again… That was a one-off."

Season 1 landed on Disney Plus in March 2024 to glowing reviews, scoring a pretty much perfect 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes. In our X-Men '97 season 1 review, we awarded the freshman season 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it "a seamlessly connected revival season that serves as a near-perfect reintroduction to one of Marvel’s best superhero teams."

The animated show was quickly renewed after that. But X-Men '97 Season 2 won't air until July 2026. That's over two years to wait for an animated series. However, Houston, who directed the original X-Men animated series back in the '90s, says the wait will be well worth it. "Trust me, as a fan, you will enjoy it," stated the producer. The second season has not hit Disney Plus just yet, but we have awarded it 4 stars in our X-Men '97 season 2 review.

Picking up from season 1's cliffhanger, X-Men '97 season 2 finds Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, Beast, Nightcrawler, Charles Xavier, and Magneto scattered across time. But as the mutans must find a way home, back in the '90s, suspicious foes and new strains of mutant intolerance are on the rise in the wake of the X-Men's absence.

Beyond that, season 3 is already in production, and X-Men '97 season 4 has already been greenlit. But how quickly will Marvel be able to deliver the new seasons to the small screen? Whilst on The Escape Pod earlier this year, Head of Marvel TV Brad Winderbaum confirmed that both X-Men '97 and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will get new seasons "every year moving forward."

X-Men '97 season 2 arrives on Disney Plus on July 1. For more, check out our guides on how to watch the X-Men movies in order and how to watch Marvel movies in order.

Lizzy Caplan is set to star alongside Rob Mac in Noah Hawley's Far Cry adaptation for Hulu.

Per a press release, the actor – whose 26-year career spans everything from Freaks and Geeks to Cloverfield – is set to star in an undisclosed role. We still don't know too much about the series yet, other than it will "retain Far Cry's signature standalone storytelling format with each season set in a new setting following a new cast of characters."

Based on the popular first-person shooter video game series of the same name, Far Cry was initially announced as an anthology series with each season featuring a new cast set in a new world. Noah Hawley serves as creator and showrunner, with Rob Mac (the artist formerly known as Rob McElhenney) starring and executive-producing under his More Bettter banner.

The first Far Cry game debuted in 2004, with each installment taking place in a different open world where survival is the goal (and there's multiple ending outcomes). My personal favorite is Far Cry 5, which takes place in the state of Montana which is overrun by a doomsday cult led by a man named Joseph Seed. No matter how you play the game, each outcome is a huge bummer (but I mean that in the best way).

Caplan's breakthrough role was Janis in the 2004 Tina Fey comedy Mean Girls, and she's gone on to star in everything from Cloverfield to Castle Rock, as well as the magician heist franchise Now You See Me.

The Far Cry show doesn't yet have a release date. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming video game movies for all the other adaptations worth keeping your eye on.

An animated series based on the best-selling comic Absolute Batman is in the works at Warner Bros and DC Studios – and the era of 'reimagined' Bruce Waynes is truly upon us.

Absolute Batman, created by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, is a monthly superhero comic that stars a 24-year-old, blue-collar Bruce Wayne who works by day as a civil engineer and still has one living parent. The comic has been widely celebrated as a reimagining of the Batman mythos. You can check out the official series logo below.

The series was announced at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Festival, alongside a Joker anime and another animated series based on Krypto the Super Dog. This means there are a total of eight animated DC Studios shows, including My Adventure With Green Lantern, Starfire! Super Powers, Miata Miracle, and the already-airing Creature Commandos. Of the eight projects, it appears that Creature Commandos is still the only one canon to the DCU.

In this particular reimagining, Alfred Pennyworth, who narrates the series, is an M16 agent, the Joker is a billionaire, and villains like Catwoman, Riddler, and Killer Croc are some of Bruce's childhood friends. The latter of which is due to the fact that he grew up poor in Crime Alley (the street where Bruce's parents were killed in the original comic), rather than living in a mansion and mingling with other affluent families.

"Can’t even begin to tell you guys how excited Nick and I are to be working on this," Snyder wrote on Twitter. "So grateful to Warner Brothers animation and DC Studios!"

Absolute Batman does not yet have a release date. For more, check out our list of all the upcoming DC movies and shows.

Almost 10 years after we last saw her on screen, Elektra is officially back, as the first look at star Élodie Yung's big return in Daredevil: Born Again season 3 has leaked online.

The video, posted on Instagram by JP Photography, shows Yung in what looks to be an updated version of her usual black and red get-up, with a black robe. The star wields Elektra's signature blades before entering a building. Marvel has yet to comment on the leak, but it looks legit, and JP Photography has posted set images before.

It is not clear if the shot is from a scene or if it is just Yung practising her moves. But fans are certainly glad to see her back. "Dude, my goat is back," said one fan on Reddit, and another added, "She heard of Karen and Heather catfighting about Matt and immediately came home to show them what a real demon looks like."

Yung made her on-screen Marvel debut in the Daredevil Netflix series, but the character died at the end of Daredevil Season 2. However, after being resurrected by The Hand, Elektra returned in The Defenders series. But after a building collapsed onto her, her fate was left open-ended. Well, it looks like a few bricks were not enough to stop the ninja, as Elektra is back, and it looks like she is still up for fighting crime.

Elektra is the latest character from the original Netflix series to join the MCU show. Picking up years after the main show ended, Born Again continues Matt Murdock's tale as a blind lawyer by day and vigilante by night. Alongside Charlie Cox as Daredevil, the spin-off has brought back Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson (albeit briefly), Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page, Wilson Bethel as Bullseye, and Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle.

Then, Daredevil: Born Again season 2 saw the return of Defenders star Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones. But Elektra isn't the only Marvel hero from the Netflix days to be making a comeback. Earlier leaks from Born Again season 3 confirm that Defenders stars Mike Colter and Finn Jones will be returning as Luke Cage and Danny Rand.

However, it will be interesting to see what part Elektra plays in the upcoming season. Will she act as an ally to Murdock, or will we stir up more trouble as she has done in the past? We will just have to wait and see.

Daredevil: Born Again season 3 is expected to hit Disney Plus sometime in March 2027. For more, check out how to watch the Marvel movies in order, and keep up with Marvel Phase 6 with our guide to upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

Back in 2003, FOX aired the first season of Arrested Development, featuring Will Arnett as Gob Bluth, a member of The Alliance of Magicians. While Gob was relatively normal (looking, at least), the rest were dressed like absolute freaks, which contrasted wildly with their slogan: "We Demand To Be Taken Seriously." It's a motto that, without irony, often spills out into superhero fandom, and has played out with fans of DC's Snyder-verse, which took a dead serious, mythological approach to the comic book heroes.

Shockingly, while many likely expected James Gunn's rebooted DCU to go in the other direction, with rare exceptions it's been more extreme, more violent, and far more sexual than the previous iteration, catering to an aging fanbase that craves what they perceive to be the trappings of adulthood while grasping desperately at the last vestiges of their childhood. The antidote to this disparity between source material and fan desires? My Adventures With Superman, which returns for its third season on Adult Swim and HBO Max, and shows exactly what all of James Gunn's DCU should be; yet decidedly is not.

First airing in 2023, My Adventures With Superman stars Jack Quaid as Clark Kent/Superman, initially introduced as an intern at the Daily Planet. Along with fellow interns Lois Lane (Alice Lee) and Jimmy Olsen (Ishmel Sahid), the Shonen anime-inspired series rebuilds the Superman mythos from the ground up (where else can you find Chris Parnell as a dangerously sexy Deathstroke?), expertly mixing heart and humor with big action sequences, reinvented villains and origins, and even new powers for Superman that draw heavily from Eastern comics and animation instead of Western. The result is something that feels fresh, new, and decidedly modern, while not ignoring the core of what has made Superman one of the most popular and recognizable characters in the world since 1938.

It's on, like Krypton

To loop this back to the Alliance of Magicians, there's a reason this show airs at Midnight during Adult Swim's Toonami block… It doesn't take itself seriously, featuring wall-to-wall jokes ranging from recurring audio cues (every time Jimmy says the name of his startup news app Flamebird, a bird cry is heard in the distance) alongside deeply felt twists and epic action beats as Clark discovers his darker-than-in-the-comics origins. My Adventures With Superman knows how to be both silly and earnest, often in the same scene; and the whiplash of tones works because of how well modulated the scripts are, and how razor-focused they are on the main trio of characters – now a quartet in season 3, thanks to the addition of Kara Zor-El (Kiana Madeira).

Contrast that with Superman on the big screen from James Gunn, a hyperkinetic ode to Silver Age comics that has its charms, but also features oddly modulated commentary on the modern world alongside superheroes gleefully murdering people. Or to talk about an upcoming release, how about the My Adventures With Superman version of Supergirl, who spent most of her life brainwashed and corrupted by Brainiac (Michael Emerson) and now spends season 4 obsessed with hot dogs and dating, singing and dancing, and still brings a mean punch. Meanwhile, the big screen version of Supergirl played by Milly Alcock is a drunken mess who – spoilers for the book by Tom King and Bilquis Evely – goes on a mission of revenge after Krypto the Superdog gets shot with a poisoned arrow and seems likely to die. Hot dogs or dead dogs… Which would you rather watch?

In fact, to dig deeper into Gunn's DCU, most of it is for the "We Demand To Be Taken Seriously" fans to the exclusion of nearly anyone else. The Suicide Squad featured sex scenes, profanity, and massive amounts of violence. Creature Commandos highlighted nude, animated monster sex. This fall brings Clayface, a likely R-rated body horror movie. Lanterns is on HBO, and while we don't know the exact content yet, it is intended to be True Detective with superheroes; i.e. dark, twisted, and potentially also full of nudity and sex. And Peacemaker? Full frontal nudity and orgies, alongside wall-to-wall profanity and graphic violence.

Blue world order

None of this is an aspersion on the quality of Gunn's productions – and for a point of clarity, My Adventures With Superman is also produced by Gunn's DC Studios, so it's not like he's in a battle for control of the future of DC superheroes with a rogue animated series or anything. But the carefully curated nature of the DCU that has Gunn not producing any scripts before they're 100% done, while laudable, has front-loaded the rebooted franchise with fare almost exclusively appropriate for adults that does not open the door for new fans, or those who are superhero-curious. Superman came the closest, but any DCU follow-ups – with Supergirl potentially included – aren't appealing to the same crowd.

My Adventures With Superman, technically classified as an "Elseworlds," so not connected in any way to the live-action shows and films (or Creature Commandos and the upcoming, also likely extremely adult, based on the source material Mister Miracle), lays out the welcome mat that the DCU eschews. It feels exceedingly dumb to say, "hey did you know anime is popular," but it is, and taking the characters of Superman and his amazing pals to where the non-aging audience lives means these stories can continue for another generation, and perhaps more.

Add in the upcoming My Adventures With Green Lantern spinoff – another direct contrast with the blunt instrument of Nathan Fillion's bowl-cut Guy Gardner, and the adult shenanigans of Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) and John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) on Lanterns – and you have a path forward that Gunn should have taken, but instead he walked backwards.

It's not too late, though, for Gunn to look at the approach My Adventures With Superman has pioneered and adapt that for the big and small screen of the DCU. And all it would take is for Gunn to embrace another Gob Bluth catchphrase: "I've made a huge mistake."

My Adventures with Superman season 3 is streaming now on HBO Max. For more, here's everything still to come in DCU: Chapter One, or here's our rundown of the best anime to watch in 2026.

Wonder Man is one of Marvel's most delightful surprises, and the cast has teased what they would like to see when the story continues in season 2 – and director Destin Daniel Cretton and writer Andrew Guest have also hinted at what to expect.

The Disney Plus show revolves around the odd couple friendship between Ben Kingsley's Trevor Slattery and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Simon Williams, and it sounds like that will continue to be at the forefront of Wonder Man season 2.

"There's so much fun to be had in whatever crazy journey they're going to go on next together," Cretton says in a video shared to Marvel's Twitter account. "But I also think there's a deep well, both in Simon Williams but also Trevor Slattery, to get to know them more and to understand their past."

While that sounds like a very grounded extension of the first season, Kingsley has a different idea for Trevor. "I would love Trevor's story to go into outer space," he shared. "But I probably find that a bit of a stretch." Later in the video, he adds: "But I'd love to have him visit other planets."

Guest, creator, writer, and executive producer, says: "More Simon and Trevor, more entertainment stories, and also, some new things that we didn't quite get to explore. And I know I'm being vague, but I don't want to get in trouble with any of my bosses."

X Mayo, who plays Janelle Jackson, had one particular open plot thread in mind. "One thing that I'm excited is to see, where is Josh Gad? Where is he? He's somewhere just floating. So, I'm excited for that, and to see how Simon's character, Wonder Man, progresses."

"Truthfully, if you are going in to watch this show expecting a superhero show that is typically like something you've seen before, I think you will not like the show, if that's all you want," Cretton previously told us. "But I also think you'll probably, if you watch it all the way through, surprisingly, fall in love with these characters and find that this show, even though it's not a typical superhero show, to me, uses the genre in a way that is so much more exciting and interesting than just watching two people fight."

Wonder Man season 2 doesn't yet have a release date. While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

Spider-Noir is out now, and if you've seen the alt-universe Spider-Man show (in black and white or color), you'll know that the eight-episode series leaves the door open for further cases. Whether there will be a Spider-Noir season 2 is the greatest mystery of all, however, as even star Nicolas Cage isn't sure if he'll return as The Spider.

“I do not know,” Cage told Variety when asked if Spider-Noir season 2 was on the cards. “But I would say that whether it happens or not, all of us achieved what we set out to do, and it works on its own. We’ll see what happens.”

That uncertainty isn't a huge surprise in this metrics-driven streaming era. Spider-Noir has been out for less than a week, so it's still too early to say if the show has lived up to expectations. But given recent reports that the first season's budget may have been as high as $400 million, there's no question that Spider-Noir needs to hit big to justify a second season.

As for what a Spider-Noir season 2 could look like, showrunner Oren Uziel dropped a bit hint while talking to SFX Magazine last month. "One thing I love about the genre is that when you have a private detective, all it takes is a knock on the office door and a new client walks in… Whether it’s New York or a different setting, I really feel like this is a great jumping-off point to expand your story," Uziel said. "Obviously, as time passes from 1933, we’re heading towards not just trouble in the financial markets in New York, but also a geopolitical struggle that would be an amazing canvas for any future storytelling."

Elsewhere in his conversation with Variety, Cage also addressed the decision (spoiler alert!) Reilly makes at the end of Spider-Noir's first season to no longer pursue Cat, and fully embrace the mantle of The Spider once more. “Is it being selfless or is it just being real and letting her go?" Cage said. "He wanted to forget about it and to put it away because he feels he failed the love of his life. Here he is, this person with powers, and he couldn’t save his favorite person, Ruby, so what’s the use? He has great remorse. But he has a higher calling, and he’s owning it.”

Spider-Noir's first season sees private investigator Ben Reilly assume the identity of The Spider once more to stop mob boss Silvermane and his superpowered henchmen from taking over New York. Our Spider-Noir ending explained answers every burning question you might have about the show. As for what's next in the Spider-Verse – Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters in less than two months.

Spider-Noir is streaming now on Prime Video. For more, check out our Spider-Noir review, or if you're still confused about how Spider-Noir is connected to the Spider-Verse movies, we've got the answer.

Nicolas Cage has revealed his favorite live-action Spider-Man... and it's probably not who you were expecting, either.

"I thought Andrew Garfield was a really great Spider-Man," Cage told Complex. "I thought he did a terrific job. He's a marvelous actor. For all the younger Peter Parker Spider-Men, he was the one that I thought was really quite something to watch. I would put Garfield as, in my view, the best Spider-Man in cinema." You can watch the clip below.

Personally, I love Garfield's Spider-Man... I just think most people tend to list Tobey Maguire as the GOAT when it comes to the current lineup of live-action Spideys, with Tom Holland coming in second. It's also a surprising pick given how universally hated The Amazing Spider-Man 2 seems to be (with Invincible creator Robert Kirkman even going as far as to trash the movie during press for the Prime Video show's latest season).

Cage has always had a deep love for superheroes, starting with legally changing his name from Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage, after Marvel superhero Luke Cage. After his Tim Burton Superman dreams were dashed, he went on to play Ghost Rider across three pre-MCU movies, and now plays two different iterations of Spider-Noir, one in the animated Spider-Verse series and one in the new Prime Video show of the same name... which is so, so good.

The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 are streaming now on Disney Plus. You can stream all of Spider-Noir on Prime Video now. For more on the show, check out our Spider-Noir ending explained or our guide on how to watch Spider-Noir in black and white.

12 years ago, Charlie Cox was officially announced as Daredevil, and Marvel fans are celebrating the occasion.

The Marvel Twitter account shared the news on May 28, 2014. All these years later, Cox has appeared in multiple seasons of the Netflix show, two seasons of Daredevil: Born Again (with Daredevil: Born Again season 3 on the way), She-Hulk, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

"12 years ago today, Charlie Cox was officially announced as Daredevil One of the best castings in superhero media," said one fan on Reddit, which kicked off a celebration.

"Time flies. He is so awesome as Daredevil," said one person, while another said: "Top 5 casting in the MCU for me. He owns this role for life."

"S-Tier comic book casting," said another fan. "Matt Murdock is one of the more complicated roles in the MCU to play and Charlie nails everything about him to perfection," agreed someone else.

"12 years later and he is still giving us phenomenal acting moments in the role that blows me away," said another person. "One of the Marvel [goat]s for sure"

Daredevil: Born Again season 3 doesn't yet have a release date, but Bullseye actor Wilson Bethel has recently teased his new suit.

"There will be a small time jump, but it's not too significant. It's not like we're jumping ahead five years or anything," Marvel TV boss Brad Winderbaum has said of the upcoming third season. "We're probably jumping ahead a year or so, kind of like the real-life distance between seasons."

While you wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

Spider-Noir star Nicolas Cage never planned on venturing into TV, but one of the greatest shows ever made convinced him to give it a shot.

Cage plays '30s private detective (and web-slinging hero) Ben Reilly in Prime Video's Spider-Noir, which might not have happened had Breaking Bad not convinced him television was worth trying.

"I was adamant about not doing television, because I didn't want to do anything that was too homogenized or that was like everybody else," Cage told Variety. "And my son sat me down during COVID, and he showed me Breaking Bad.

"I began to see that the actors in that show were afforded the luxury of time to tell their story," he continued. "I saw Bryan Cranston staring at a suitcase for what seemed like minutes. I couldn't take my eyes off him, and all he was doing was staring at a suitcase, and it occurred to me that you can't do that in movies: You don't have the time. I thought, maybe with an eight-hour narrative I can start planting seeds for a character that can bloom into something that I don't have the luxury of time to do in a movie. That was the main attraction."

Luckily, Spider-Noir seemed like the right project. "I waited for something that I thought would be special, and I can tell you that with Spider-Noir, the vision that I had in my imagination manifested in the exact way that I'd hoped," Cage explained. "And it was scary, and it was risky. I was constantly worried that I was going to get fired, because I was doing this thing of channeling old actors and colliding it with Stan Lee's masterpiece that is Spider-Man to create this Roy Lichtenstein pop-art sensation of sorts. I didn't know until I finally saw the eight episodes whether it was going to work."

Spider-Noir currently sits at a near-perfect score of 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, and our own 3.5 star Spider-Noir review says: "A delightfully camp, low-stakes romp through 1930s New York City that proves Nicolas Cage is still cooler than all of us. Though it doesn't feel as big as most Marvel shows, or even Spider-Verse, and suffers from predictable plot turns that even the characters don't seem fazed by... it wants to cure your superhero fatigue, and it's even better on the second watch."

You can stream all of Spider-Noir on Prime Video now. For more on the show, check out our Spider-Noir ending explained or our guide on how to watch Spider-Noir in black and white.

Spider-Noir is a departure from the Spidey we know and love, which is only possible through the multiverse.

But, while we first saw Spider-Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, this isn't the same version of him (even though they're both played by Nicolas Cage). That version of Spider-Noir was an alternate Peter Parker, but this version is Ben Reilly, a private detective in the '30s.

In the first few moments of the new show, Reilly says: "Someone once asked me what universe this was. A strange question that stuck with me all these years later. All I could say for sure was it was the only one I knew of."

Could this be a shoutout to Spider-Verse? It's not totally clear, since this version of Spider-Noir has never met Miles Morales. Instead, it seems to be a reference to something else entirely.

"Likely Miguel [O'Hara] trying to recruit him, yeah?" questions one fan on Reddit, though another points out: "Different Noir. This is the live action one. Just like they had live action Donald Glover appear in Spider-Verse. There are live action multiverses."

"See, comments like this make me wonder why they didn't just have this Noir be the same one from the Spider-Verse movies. They even share the same actor, for crying out loud!" says someone else.

"I don't think it was meant to be any deeper than just a way to tell the audience this was an alternate version of Spider-Man by dropping a line that reminds them about alternate universes," argues another fan.

"Might be an Easter egg for a crossover that hasn’t happened yet," speculates another person, while another says: "I imagine it was probably a dimension hopper who got sent there by accident and left quickly after. Maybe it was America [Chavez]?"

One fan, though, has a pretty great theory. "A random idea that occurred to me (and obviously unrealistic due to rights issues), but it would be funny if it was some TVA agent, who, given how they always dress, would blend in well with the show's aesthetic, who was classifying the universes," they say.

Whatever happened, it's clear Ben Reilly at least has an inkling that the multiverse exists – so, maybe we'll see Cage's live-action version of the wallcrawler appear in a future crossover project.

You can watch all episodes of Spider-Noir on Prime Video now. For more, check out our Spider-Noir review or our Spider-Noir ending explained, or our guide on how to watch Spider-Noir in black and white.

Daredevil: Born Again star Wilson Bethel has posted a first look at Bullseye's new suit for season 3.

Warning: there are Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale spoilers ahead!

Bethel took to Instagram to post a video of his gloved wrist, which is all black and bears the Bullseye logo. He simply captioned it, "Stepping out. #S3" You can check it out below.

Throughout his time on Netflix's Daredevil and Born Again, Bullseye has donned a modern version of the classic blue supersuit. Some fans are hoping that the new suit is more comic accurate, with the logos on each glove, and potentially the logo on the forehead part of the mask with some added stripes. Bethel previously stated we could expect a more comic book accurate Bullseye... which is interesting given his rather ominous send-off in the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale (which saw him getting on a plane with the mysterious Mr. Charles to God knows where).

"The past now being behind him in the way it is, I think it opens up a whole slew of interesting new storytelling possibilities," Bethel previously told The Direct. "Especially for those who are excited to see some version of Bullseye that resembles the comic book version a little bit more, because maybe he's just a fucking mean ass gun for hire right now, and there are a lot worse ways to experience Bullseye."

Added Bethel: "And it's one of the things that's super cool about this character, just because he's one way right now at the end of season 2, don't expect him to be there at the beginning of season 3."

All episodes of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 are streaming now on Disney Plus, and Daredevil: Born Again season 3 is set to premiere in March 2027. For more, check out our guide to the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 ending explained.

The first trailer for X-Men '97 season 2 has arrived... and we're ready for an intergalactic battle through time starring our favorite supergroup.

In the brief clip, which can be viewed above, we pick up right where season 1 left off with the X-Men scattered across space and time. Jean Grey and Cyclops are stuck in 3960 A.D., with Rogue, Nightcrawler, and Beast in Ancient Egypt circa 3000 B.C. Logan also appears to be alive and well, despite having had his adamantium skeleton ripped apart by Magneto in the season 1 finale. We met a young Apocalypse in the season 1 finale, but according to the trailer, it looks like present-day Apocalypse is ready to destroy the X-Men throughout every single timeline.

We also get two very cool Easter eggs: Morph shapeshifting into Deadpool (see below), and the final shot of the trailer paying homage to the cover of Wolverine Vol. 1.

Per the official synopsis, Season 2 "continues with the heroic mutant team of X-Men, divided and thrown across different eras in time as they struggle to navigate their return home. Meanwhile, back in the 1990s, suspicious foes and new strains of mutant intolerance are on the rise in the wake of the X-Men’s absence."

The returning voice cast includes Ross Marquand as Professor X, Matthew Waterson as Magneto, Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Lenore Zann as Rogue, and George Buza as Beast.

X-Men '97 season 2 is set to hit Disney Plus on July 1, with nine episodes airing weekly. For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

Spider-Noir is now out on Prime Video as Nicolas Cage makes his TV debut. Billed as a standalone show in the Spider-Man universe, the series is loosely connected to the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse character that Cage voiced in those animated movies. However, this new live-action reimagining takes his story further, building on his origin story in a show heavily inspired by his Marvel comic history.

One fun quirk of the new series is that it can be watched two ways. You can stream it in full color (billed as 'True-Hull Full Color'), just as you would any other Marvel show, or you can watch it in 'Authentic Black and White.'

The entire series is now on Prime Video, and it allows you to choose which way you want to see it. However, after some users reported that it wasn't showing up on their devices, we've compiled this guide on how exactly you can switch between them.

How to watch Spider-Noir in black and white on Prime Video

Once you've decided which way you want to stream Spider-Noir, head to Prime Video. If you're on the desktop version, you can click through to the show's landing page. At first, it will seem like you can only stream the full-color version, as this is what shows when you're looking at the episode lists. However, when you click on the episode, it will then give you the option of how you want to watch it, in 'True-Hue Full Color' or in 'Authentic Black and White'.

If you're watching on a mobile device or your in-TV app, the process is the same. It's worth noting that on the TV app, you do have to make your selection within 10 seconds, or it will pick it automatically for you.

If you want to switch between the modes when you're watching, scroll down or press the settings options on your TV and there should be something called 'Alternate Versions'. Give this a press to switch to the other streaming option.

Just a note, if any of these options are not appearing for you, give your app an update and see if it helps. Several users on Reddit have reported that this helped them access both versions when they were having issues.

Happy streaming!

For more on the new show, here's our Spider-Noir review and our breakdown of the Spider-Noir ending explained.

Spider-Noir has arrived, and it stars Nicolas Cage as a down-on-his-luck detective who doesn't really want to use his spider powers anymore... until a case comes across his desk that more or less forces him to do so.

We were first introduced to the character of Spider-Man Noir in the animated movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, who was also voiced by Cage. Does this mean the new Prime Video show is connected to Sony's Spider-Verse movies?

We've broken it all down, spoiler-free, below. For even more, you can check out our guide on whether you should watch Spider-Noir in black and white or in color; or read our full Spider-Noir review.

How is Spider-Noir connected to the Spider-Verse movies?

As of right now, the answer is not at all: Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Noir are two different characters.

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Kingpin builds a collider with the intent to kidnap alternate versions of his wife, Vanessa, and son, Richard, from another universe. Because of the collider, Miles Morales ends up meeting a bunch of Spideys from different universes. One of these Spideys is Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man Noir.

Now, while Nicolas Cage does voice Spider-Man Noir in Into the Spider-Verse and will reprise the role for Beyond the Spider-Verse... Spider-Man Noir and Spider-Noir are two completely different characters. In Spider-Noir, Cage plays Ben Reilly, not Peter Parker. In the comics, Ben Reilly was created as a clone of Peter Parker and became the Scarlet Spider.

In the Spider-Man Noir comics, Spider-Man Noir is a version of Peter Parker who is a young adult in 1930s New York City and is dealing with a Depression-Era Norman Osborn/Green Goblin. But before you get confused: Spider-Man Noir in Into the Spider-Verse is a Peter Parker variant, and the Spidey in the live-action Spider-Noir is a Spider-Man variant named Ben Reilly.

"It's a different flavour of that character, even though it’s still Nick’s voice," showrunner Oren Uziel told Empire. "It's not a continuation of Into the Spider-Verse. Once Phil and Chris introduced the idea of the multiverse, I think you’re allowed to take things and make them your own."

Whether the live-action show does end up having its own surprise twist that connects to Into the Spider-Verse remains to be seen... but we'll keep you posted.

Spider-Noir premieres on MGM Plus in the US on May 25, before arriving on Prime Video globally on May 27. In the meantime, check out our guide to the other best new TV shows on the way in 2026.

Spider-Noir has arrived, with the eight-episode live-action Spidey series hitting MGM Plus first in the United States. Before you begin your Memorial Day binge-watch, however, you might be a little bit confused as to how you should watch it.

The new superhero show was filmed in color, but on streaming has the option for viewers to select between "Authentic Black and White" and "True-Hue Full Color." This is because Spider-Noir takes place in 1930s New York City, and is inspired by the black-and-white, mystery noir movies of the time. Nicolas Cage stars as Detective Ben Reilly, who has since retired from his days as the city's resident superhero, the Spider. When an exceptional case comes across his desk, however, he's forced to become the Spider once more.

If you're wondering which is the best way to watch the series, we've broken it down for you below. No spoilers, just vibes. For even more, you can check out our full Spider-Noir review.

Should I watch Spider-Noir in black and white or in color?

There's no right or wrong answer! The show was filmed in color, as Amazon was (according to star Nicolas Cage) nervous about filming in black-and-white. It was Cage who ultimately persuaded the studio to do both, telling Esquire that color would appeal to a younger audience, and that black-and-white might lead them to go out and revisit the pulp movies of the 30s and classic noir of the 40s and 50s.

If you decide to watch the show in "Authentic Black and White," it really does transport you to a different time and bring out those old-school vibes. It also adds to the mystery element, making the stakes feel just a bit higher.

If you decide to watch in "True-Hue Full Color," you do get to see the bright, comic-book-esque colors used throughout the series – from Robbie Robertson's flashy suits to Cat Hardy's stage makeup and glittery lounge singer attire.

Both options are pretty great. My personal recommendation is to start off in black and white, switch to color for the second episode, and then continue to switch back and forth. You could very well end up wanting to watch all of it in black and white or all of it in color, and that's totally up to you! I think switching between the two gives it a nice mix.

Spider-Noir premieres on MGM Plus in the US on May 25, before arriving on Prime Video globally on May 27. In the meantime, check out our guide to the other best new TV shows on the way in 2026.

Spider-Noir is about to swing onto screens, but the live-action Spider-Man show has a more complicated release schedule than you might think, which is why we've channeled our inner Ben Reilly to crack the case of where and when you can watch the new series.

Starring Nic Cage as the titular web-slinger, Spider-Noir puts a prohibition-era spin on superhero storytelling. Centered on a gumshoe detective who also happens to be his universe's Spider-Man, Spider-Noir sees the fedora-sporting superhero come trade blows with Brendan Gleeson's mob boss Silvermane, and his superpowered henchmen.

We've got everything you need to know about the Spider-Noir release date and time right here, including where to watch and how many episodes to expect. And before you watch, be sure to check out our spoiler-free Spider-Noir review.

Spider-Noir release date and streaming time

If you want to see Spider-Noir at the earliest opportunity, you need to be in the US, where the entire first season will air back-to-back on MGM+'s linear channel on May 25 at 11:30am PDT / 2:30pm EDT. That's right: all 8 episodes will air across just over 6 hours, finishing at around 5:40pm PDT / 8:40pm EDT. It won't be available on demand right away, so a marathon binge, as it airs live, is your only option if you want to watch on Memorial Day.

What you're probably more interested in is when Spider-Noir hits Prime Video. The entire first season of Spider-Noir drops as a binge release on Prime Video on May 27 at 12am PDT / 3am EDT. That's 8am GMT in the UK. At that point, every episode will be available to watch on demand through Prime Video, assuming you're subscribed.

Where to watch Spider-Noir

Thanks to the rather confusing collaboration between Amazon-owned platforms MGM+ and Prime Video, there are actually two places to watch Spider-Noir.

On May 25, you'll be able to watch the entire first season of Spider-Noir on MGM+'s linear channel, but only live as it airs. Crucially, it will not be available to stream on demand via MGM+.

From May 27, Spider-Noir will be available on Prime Video as an on-demand binge release. Of course, you'll need a subscription to MGM+ or Prime Video to watch on either platform.

Spider-Noir episode count

There are 8 episodes in the first season of Spider-Noir, each clocking in around the 42-minute mark, just like the good old days of network TV. None of these bloated 60+ minute episodes here!

That means, if you want to binge the entire first season in one sitting, it'll take you just over five-and-a-half hours. Keep the Spider-snacks handy…

For more, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel shows. Or dive into our guide breaking down all the characters in Spider-Noir.

After being much-rumored in the MCU, Mephisto was finally introduced at the end of Disney Plus show Ironheart. Played by Sacha Baron Cohen, he appeared in a series of flashbacks before making a deal with Riri Williams in the show's final episode, giving us a glimpse of his persuasive powers.

However, despite Kevin Feige teasing his return almost immediately, there have been no updates about where the character could end up in the MCU next. Now Cohen has weighed in, giving some hope for his return in the role.

Speaking to Screen Rant, he was asked if audiences will see Borat or Mephisto again first. "I think Mephisto," he replied. "I don't think Borat will ever return." It's not an awful lot to go on, but it does make it seem like conversations are happening behind closed doors for his potential return.

Fans have been reacting to the news on the Marvel subreddit, with one even speculating when Mephisto may be coming back.

"My theory is he is the climax of the Wanda, Vision, Agatha, and Billy and Tommy saga," one wrote, suggesting VisionQuest could be next for him. "Right now, he is 'teamed up' with Riri, who at this point is both magic and machine (Wanda and Vision). What the story is after this, I don't know. Probably an arc where the twins bring Riri back to the good side and Agatha is a wild card."

Another suggested: "It's most likely that the original plan was for him to appear in the Strange Academy series, which was going to be a direct sequel to both Multiverse of Madness, as well as Ironheart with Wong, America, Zelma and Parker (The Hood) as the leads. Maybe Riri would have been the antagonist of that series, controlled by Mephisto. I still think this show will happen even though it's on ice, last we heard."

Meanwhile, a third commented: "Really wish they make him have a role in Daredevil, and also act as a story tool to introduce the existence of hell and demons into the MCU."

Whatever is next, we'll have to wait and see. In the meantime, check out our guide on how to watch the Marvel movies in order, as well as our breakdown of the Marvel timeline.

Nicolas Cage says it was his idea to film new superhero series Spider-Noir in both color and monochrome in order to appeal to a wider audience.

"I'm all about the black and white. I designed my performance for black and white, and I'm glad I saw it that way," Cage said on the red carpet at the Spider-Noir premiere.

"It was actually one of my ideas to shoot it in color, because I am aware of teenagers, and I'm aware they don't have that much experience with black and white. So the dream is that they watch it in color, then they check it out in black and white and learn something and they go, 'Hey, I wanna see some of these movie references,' and then they just open a treasure trove of wealth of great American cinema."

Cage plays Ben Reilly, AKA The Spider, an older, alternate version of Spider-Man in '30s New York City. He's a jaded, down-on-his-luck private detective who reluctantly returns to being a superhero after a personal tragedy. Cage played an animated version of The Spider in Into the Spider-Verse, and he'll reprise the role in 2027's Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.

In the show, the Cage's Spidey will come up against a rogues gallery that includes Jack Huston's Sandman, Brendan Gleeson's Silvermane, and Li Jun Li's Cat Hardy (AKA Black Cat).

Spider-Noir premieres on MGM Plus on May 25 before hitting Prime Video on May 27. In the meantime, check out our guide to the other best new TV shows on the way in 2026.

Jon Bernthal wouldn't mind putting the ol' skull logo shirt back on, as long as he has a hand in crafting the story around it.

"I'm really down to keep doing more, but I think I have to be the one that's making it," Bernthal told Esquire when asked about the Punisher's future following his appearance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Bernthal, who's played the Marvel vigilante since 2016, co-wrote The Punisher: One Last Kill with director Reinaldo Marcus Green. The 48-minute special is easily one of Marvel's grittiest and most violent releases, placing a PTSD-stricken Frank Castle in the center of a hyper-violent area of New York City. As he walks aimlessly, unfazed by the carnage happening around him, he's confronted by Ma Gnucci (the legendary Judith Light), who arrives to take revenge after the Punisher killed her family one by one (which was more or less warranted, given that the Gnucci family ordered the Central Park Massacre, where Frank's wife and children were killed).

The special takes place after Daredevil: Born Again season 2 and just before Spider-Man: Brand New Day, filling audiences in on what Frank's been going through and what leads to his return to vigilantism. In addition to starring and co-writing, Bernthal brought in Marine veterans as consultants to help illustrate Frank's mental state and keep the portrayal of trauma as authentic as humanly possible (H/T Entertainment Weekly). There's no word yet as to whether Frank will return for Daredevil: Born Again season 3, and he isn't part of the Defenders lineup either (as he only appeared in Netflix's Daredevil before getting his own standalone show), so there are no guarantees. However, Bernthal's comment makes me think that something else might just be in the works at Disney Plus.

The Punisher: One Last Kill is now streaming on Disney Plus. For more, read our breakdown of The Punisher: One Last Kill ending and our verdict on the special with The Punisher: One Last Kill review.

Marvel's upcoming series VisionQuest has finally got a release date – and it seems we won't be waiting too much longer to see Paul Bettany's beloved synthezoid back on our screens. The show will mark the conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy, which began back in 2021 with that show and was further explored in 2024's Agatha All Along. This time around, it's White Vision at the forefront as he searches for purpose in a post-Wanda world.

Star Trek Picard's showrunner, Terry Matalas, is the brains behind the new show, which will also be bringing back James Spader's Ultron as well as Tommy Maximoff (who'll be played by Ruaridh Mollica). Now this is Marvel, so plenty is still being held under lock and key, but we've got quite a few details about what to expect in the Marvel Phase 6 show. We get into all of these below, including details on the VisionQuest cast (both confirmed and heavily rumored), the speculated plot, and when a trailer might arrive.

If that wasn't enough, we've also compiled everything the cast and crew have teased about the project as well, and we break down where it sits in the ever-growing Marvel timeline.

VisionQuest release date

VisionQuest will be released on Disney Plus on October 14, 2026.

It's not clear how many episodes will be released on this date, but given previous Marvel releases, it's likely the show will come out weekly. There will be eight episodes in total, meaning that it may lead up to just before the release of Avengers: Doomsday on December 18, 2026.

This all means that VisionQuest will be the second-to-last MCU project out in 2026, following the release of X-Men '97 season 2 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day this summer.

Who is in the VisionQuest cast?

VisionQuest will, of course, be led by Paul Bettany, who has played the role since 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron (and has been part of the MCU since 2008). He'll be joined by several returning stars, including most notably James Spader as Ultron, who will be appearing in both human and robot form. Several other stars will also be back, as well as plenty of newcomers. Check out the full confirmed cast below:

• Paul Bettany – Vision
• James Spader – Ultron
• Todd Stashwick – Paladin
• Ruaridh Mollica – Tommy Maximoff / Speed
• Faran Tahir – Raza
• T'Nia Miller – Jocasta
• Emily Hampshire – E.D.I.T.H.
• Orla Brady – F.R.I.D.A.Y.
• Henry Lewis – D.U.M.-E
• Jonathan Sayer – U: A
• James D'Arcy – J.A.R.V.I.S.
• Lauren Morais – Lisa Molinari
• Diane Morgan
• Cristian Lavin
• Mary McDonnell

Now, this is Marvel, so there are almost as many rumored cast members as there are confirmed ones for the upcoming show. One persistent rumor is that Chris Pratt could appear in VisionQuest as Star-Lord. The character was last seen at the end of Guardians of the Galaxy 3, when it was teased that he would return. This theory revolved around some concept art featuring his character, but has been debunked by Pratt himself, per The Direct. However, this would not be the first time a Marvel actor has covered up a cameo.

Will Wanda Maximoff appear in VisionQuest?

The simple answer at the moment is no. There is no suggestion that Elizabeth Olsen will return as Wanda Maximoff in VisionQuest. Despite being a key part of Vision's story, technically she's potentially, maybe dead currently in the MCU.

Now, there are several ways that the show could bypass that. First of all, Wanda could not be dead after all. Stranger things have certainly happened in the MCU and Olsen has spoken repeatedly about wanting to return as the beloved character.

Another option could be some uh, visions of Wanda. Maybe she could appear in a previously unseen memory or as an apparition to Vision?

Finally, there were even some rumors that she could play an entirely different role in the show. Screen Rant has a theory based on a comic book run about when Vision created his own synthezoid family that she could play his wife, Virginia Vision.

Whatever the answer, Olsen is playing coy about the possibility. Speaking to Inverse last year, she said that she hadn't heard much about it. "I didn’t know anything about it until [Paul Bettany] and I spent some time with each other just the other week, and he’s so proud of it," Olsen said. "It really sounds like a trifecta between Agatha All Along and his show and what we made with WandaVision, so I'm excited to see that."

We do know that even if the actor does not return though, Wanda will have a presence in VisionQuest. I'm sure we'll see Vision reliving memories with her in the new show and she will be a key figure in the character's self reflection. Watch this space.

What is the VisionQuest plot?

The official plot synopsis for VisionQuest is still locked up tightly in Marvel's vaults, but we do know quite a few details about what the MCU show will be about. First up, we know that White Vision is the protagonist.

We last saw him in WandaVision when he was resurrected in a new form and given all of the memories of the original Vision. We meet him at the start of this series as he attempts to connect these memories of his family with a lack of human emotions.

He'll be joined by James Spader's Ultron on his journey to find meaning. From the first footage, which debuted at a recent Disney panel in May 2026, it was confirmed that Ultron will appear in both human and android form. Per The Wrap, he'll be there to "help him – and taunt him".

Speaking on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Paul Bettany teased that this relationship is at the heart of the new series. "He's so funny in this," he said of his co-star Spader. "The story largely revolves around that relationship, it's real fun."

We also know that Tommy Maximoff will also be a key part of this story too. Introduced first in WandaVision alongside his brother Billy, he was teased at the end of Agatha All Along. If you'll recall, we found out that Billy's soul had been placed in the body of William Kaplan and that Tommy had entered another teenager's body. We now know that the teenager in question will be played by Ruaridh Mollica. He appeared in the New York Comic-Con trailer for the show too.

Beyond this, there are several intriguing plotlines set up by the cast included in the show. It seems like we'll be seeing all other versions of AI that Tony Stark created as Vision comes to terms with his place in the universe. Faran Tahir is also returning, 17 years after we last saw him in Iron Man as Raza Hamidmi al-Wazar, the 10 Rings leader who kidnapped Stark (and was seemingly killed off).

We also know that Vision will be pursued by a bounty hunter called Paladin. Played by Todd Stashwick, he's been described by showrunner Terry Matalas as "sort of the Boba Fett of the Marvel Universe."

Is there a VisionQuest trailer?

No, there is no widely released trailer for VisionQuest yet. However, one was shown behind closed doors at New York Comic-Con in October 2025. Per Variety, this featured human versions of Vision, Ultron, J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y., and E.D.I.T.H. as well as the first look at grown-up Tommy.

In May 2026, some more footage was shown at the Disney Upfronts panel, which again featured more human Ultron and Vision.

We're expecting that a trailer for the new series may be imminent then, but it's not clear when exactly it will be released. At the very least, we're expecting it may be on Marvel's upcoming panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July.

VisionQuest will be available exclusively on Disney Plus. For more on the MCU, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and shows and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.

Cheo Hodari Coker, creator of Netflix's Luke Cage TV show, says The Punisher: One Last Kill suffers from its short runtime.

"The problem with One Last Kill is it's too short," Coker wrote on Twitter. "That's who Frank Castle is. No mercy. Very much like the comics. It needed more space to breathe. But Bernthal is the best Punisher by far and RMG did a great job directing. About to watch it again."

The Punisher: One Last Kill, directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and co-written by Jon Bernthal, follows a PTSD-stricken Frank Castle who has all but completely lost touch with reality. But things get pretty real after he crosses paths with Ma Gnucci (the incredible Judith Light), who is there to take revenge after the Punisher killed her family (though it's the Gnuccis who were responsible for the death of Frank's wife and children in the first place).

The special has a runtime of around 48 minutes, and the action doesn't really begin until around 30 minutes in. The first 30 minutes set up the absolutely desolate area that Frank lives in, his hallucinations, his immense guilt over being unable to protect his family, and introduce main villain Ma Gnucci. Truthfully, it could've benefited from being broken up into a four-episode miniseries of sorts, rather than cramming Frank's return to vigilantism into 45 minutes... but I digress.

The Punisher: One Last Kill is now streaming on Disney Plus. It's not an easy or fun watch (and includes the phone numbers for some helpful support hotlines at the end), so discretion is advised! For more, read our breakdown of The Punisher: One Last Kill ending and our verdict on the special with The Punisher: One Last Kill review.

Lanterns will have two timelines, one of which is set 10 years in the past – which means the TV show will be the first story on the new DCU timeline.

The 2016 timeline looks to be the main story. It involves a shooting in Nebraska, which Hal Jordan is investigating with new recruit John Stewart. This is the plot line teased in the show's trailers and promotional material, but it looks like the action will also cut to 10 years later "to something else" happening in 2026.

"That becomes a second mystery that we know is down the road for us," showrunner Chris Mundy cryptically told Entertainment Weekly. "So eventually two different mysteries get worked out over the course of the show."

When the show's first trailer hit the internet earlier this year, fans weren't happy with its beige tone and lack of superpowers on display, but Mundy has doubled down on his desire to keep the show grounded.

"We wanted to tell an on-the-ground story, and that has a couple of different mysteries inside of it," he added. "What we have going for us is that it's a Green Lantern story. They can conjure anything from the ring. They do go off the planet. There's all these other powers that they have. We wanna use everything that's great about the mythology of the Green Lanterns, but at the same time, we wanted it to feel like an upscale mystery, a very emotionally tangible story about these people that are in it.”

Lanterns arrives on HBO on August 16. In the meantime, get up to speed with the rest of the DCU Chapter One with our guide to all the other upcoming DC movies and shows.

Disney has confirmed that audio issues for The Punisher: One Last Kill have been identified and are on the way to being fixed.

In reply to a (admittedly, very NSFW) rant about sound in The Punisher special, the Disney Plus Help Twitter account wrote, "Thank you for reaching out and letting us know you're experiencing no audio while watching The Punisher: One Last Kill. The good news is that our team knows about this particular issue and is working on a solution as we speak."

There have also been other reports of inaudible conversations, poor audio mixing, and general quality across social media, but it appears to be getting amended.

The other Punisher snafu has been explained away, however. Fans roundly mocked a shot of Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle falling out of a building, with some comparing it to PS3 graphics or a GTA cutscene.

According to sources that spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, it was all a real shot, but with Bernthal's face swapped in to replace a stuntman – hence the uncanny effect. So, that's that.

After his violent detour on Disney Plus, The Punisher is next set to appear on the big screen in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

Speaking to The Direct, The Punisher: One Last Kill director Reinaldo Marcus Green hinted that the special would bridge the gap to Frank Castle's awkward team-up with Spidey.

"We [now] know his psychological state before he goes into Spider-Man. I couldn't have asked for better timing for us," Green told The Direct.

The Punisher: One Last Kill is now streaming on Disney Plus. For our verdict, be sure to read The Punisher: One Last Kill review.

All wrapped up? We have a full, bullet-strewn spoiler breakdown of The Punisher: One Last Kill ending.

The Punisher: One Last Kill director Reinaldo Marcus Green says they quite literally doused Jon Bernthal in flames for one wild stunt.

"Legit flames, legit practical flames, and everyone was trying to walk him off the ledge, myself included," Green told ScreenRant. "I'm like, 'You sure you want to do this? But if you want to go back, we're going to go back for you to do this.' But it's not for the faint of heart to put yourself through that kind of experience, but to watch Jon, the preparation for doing that, but he didn't do it to look cool. I think that's what makes Jon so special. He did it because it was important to the story, it was important to the character."

We won't spoil you too much, as you should definitely go check out the special for yourself, but it's a pretty pivotal scene involving gasoline, an apartment building, and attempted arson. It's also immensely cool seeing Frank Castle literally walk through fire, proving to himself and everyone around him that he's back.

Continued Green: "It's one of my favorite sequences in the piece, but again, it's for the story point that it makes. It's the first time in our piece that our unreliable narrator is now real. That's real fire, and Jon is awake, and now the beast is unleashed, so to speak, in that moment."

The Punisher: One Last Kill, co-written by Bernthal, follows a PTSD-stricken Frank who has lost touch with reality. But things get pretty real after he crosses paths with Ma Gnucci, who is there to take revenge after the Punisher killed her family (though it's the Gnuccis who were responsible for the death of Frank's wife and children in the first place).

Bernthal is set to appear Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and I'm so curious as to how his dynamic with Tom Holland's Peter Parker will play out...

The Punisher: One Last Kill is now streaming on Disney Plus. For more, read our breakdown of The Punisher: One Last Kill ending and our verdict on the special with The Punisher: One Last Kill review.

Marvel has finally revealed the VisionQuest release date – and offered up an exciting glimpse at the WandaVision spin-off behind closed doors.

During Disney’s Upfront presentation on Tuesday, the studio confirmed that the live-action series will premiere on October 14.

According to The Wrap's description, the first-look footage sees Paul Bettany's titular character watching his memories play out in front of him like a film, following the disillusion of Wanda's Hex, which imagined the pair as suburban parents. He's human in the scene, and he's not the only one, either: he's joined later by a flesh-and-bone version of Avengers' AI villain Ultron. As the publication states, this Vision is a far-cry from the one that reminded Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) that grief is just love persevering, and suggests the show will center on him trying to reclaim some sense of feeling.

Given how Agatha All Along wrapped up back in late October 2024, with Ghost Agatha and Billy Kaplan/Maximoff (Joe Locke) vowing to find the latter's long-lost brother, it seems safe to assume that a key part of Vision's emotional journey will be him trying to catch up to his estranged son Tommy. That's not just a hunch, either, Scottish actor Ruaridh Mollica has been cast as the grown-up, reanimated speedster – and is reportedly seen very briefly in the aforementioned teaser.

Other actors set to appear across the show include Todd Stashwick (Star Trek: Picard), Emily Hampshire (Schitt's Creek), and T'Nia Miller (The Haunting of Bly Manor).

Vision Quest will premiere on October 14. While we wait, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows set to make up the rest of Marvel Phase 6.

Punisher: One Last Kill is here, and while the special is fairly standalone, director Reinaldo Marcus Green has revealed the key way it sets up Frank Castle's appearance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

"I love it. I mean, I feel like we're coming in at the right time," Green told The Direct, when asked about Spider-Man. "I think, just as a fan of The Punisher and a fan of Jon [Bernthal], I want to see him more on screen. That trailer looks amazing. [Destin Daniel Cretton] is an incredible filmmaker. So just to know that I got Frank first, which is cool to get there before everybody else did, which, selfishly, is really great, and set him up... And we [now] know his psychological state before he goes into Spider-Man. I couldn't have asked for better timing for us.

"So I think it's just, it's a lot of fun," he continued. "I think people who are fans and people who are non-fans can still appreciate the special. You know, someone like my mother has never seen The Punisher, I think she can appreciate where Frank is in his headspace, and then maybe she'll become a fan and then go watch Spider-Man. So I'm hoping that we can get some new audience members."

Not much is known about Frank's appearance in Brand New Day yet, though we did glimpse him in the first trailer running over Spidey and then shooting him through the windshield. Uh oh…

Spider-Man: Brand New Day arrives this July 31. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows for everything else that's on the way.

Update: Sources close to The Hollywood Reporter claim that the widely ridiculed shot was, in fact, mostly captured in camera, with the fall performed by a real stunt double. Though the stunt performer's face was digitally swapped with Bernthal's. Coupled with the slightly uncanny slow-mo, it seems the result is something potentially very real appears like it's been rendered by the Havoc engine. You can't trust your own eyes, nowadays.

A noticeable CGI mistake in The Punisher: One Last Kill has got everyone talking – for all the wrong reasons.

The moment in question sees Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle chased by Ma Gnucci's men and pushed out of a building. Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed the impact of the fall resembling some slightly wonky VFX that won't look out of place in a PS3-era cutscene. See it for yourself below.

As you can imagine, the reactions have been brutal. While it's not quite The Walking Dead's CGI deer or the infamous 'Jeans Guy' from The Mandalorian, it's still an embarrassing moment for Marvel Studios to put something clearly unfinished out there for all to see on Disney Plus.

"It genuinely looks like a GTA cutscene man," one viewer remarked. Another added, "It looks like a test version of some Joel cutscene for The Last of Us."

"Still can't believe that made the cut," a fan commented, echoing the views of many – causing the clip to go viral.

The Punisher: One Last Kill, co-written by Bernthal, follows the gun-toting vigilante in the wake of the events of Daredevil: Born Again's first season. Soon, he finds himself in the crosshairs of Ma Gnucci, eager for revenge against Frank for the death of her family.

Next up for Frank – if he recovers from being turned into smooth pixels, that is – is an appearance alongside Tom Holland's Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

The Punisher: One Last Kill is now streaming on Disney Plus. For more, read our breakdown of The Punisher: One Last Kill ending and our verdict on the special with The Punisher: One Last Kill review.

Jon Bernthal makes his triumphant return as Frank Castle in new Marvel special The Punisher: One Last Kill. Telling a standalone story, it acts as a reintroduction of the Defenders character, now that the superheroes have made the jump from their Netflix universe into the MCU.

The TV special kicks off with Frank trying to leave his life as a vigilante behind as demons from his past continue to haunt him. However, he soon finds himself thrust back into the world of crimefighting when he becomes a target of the Gnucci family.

Despite being self-contained, this isn't just an individual story for Bernthal's ultra-violent character. It takes place at a crucial moment on the MCU timeline and has links to some major future projects. So if you're wondering how exactly it slots in, read on for our complete breakdown below.

When is Punisher: One Last Kill set on the Marvel timeline? *SPOILERS*

It's not explicitly mentioned in the special when Punisher: One Last Kill takes place on the Marvel timeline, but Daredevil: Born Again showrunner Dario Scardapane recently confirmed that it happens "before and during" the events of season 2 of that show.

"I don’t know a ton about what goes on in Brand New Day, and I know very well where we left him at the end of Punisher Season 2," he told Variety. "I think this tells the story of what happened next after Punisher and before and during the events of [Born Again] Season 2."

This means it takes place after Frank Castle escaped from Wilson Fisk's vigilante prison at the end of season 1 of Born Again. It makes sense as a timeline point as when the special begins, there are riots going on in Hell's Kitchen, as we saw in Born Again season 2.

However, Frank's story is limited to Little Sicily and characters don't cross over between the projects. Karen Page does appear as a cameo, but she is just a figment of Frank's imagination here.

Punisher: One Last Kill also takes place before the events of Spider-Man: Brand New Day. We know that Frank appears in that upcoming movie, and we've seen him in action in the trailer in his full Punisher regalia, which is how we leave him at the end of this special. As we know, Brand New Day is the last project releasing before Avengers: Doomsday.

Is Punisher: One Last Kill related to the Netflix show?

Just like Daredevil: Born Again, The Punisher: One Last Kill takes place after the events of the Netflix series that Frank Castle appeared in. There are some linking factors, including Frank's origin story, which we see a bit more of again here, as well as actors like Deborah Ann Woll returning as Karen Page.

However, you don't need to have seen the Netflix shows to understand what's going on here. This 45-minute special acts as a neat reintroduction to The Punisher, giving him more room to battle his demons than in his brief appearance in Daredevil: Born Again season 1.

The Punisher: One Last Kill is on Disney Plus now. For more on the MCU, here's a list of all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows you need to know about.

Frank Castle is back on our screens, beating up bad guys and battling his inner demons in The Punisher: One Last Kill. The new Marvel special reintroduces the character following on from his brief appearance in Daredevil: Born Again season 2, ahead of his upcoming appearance in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

The TV movie tells a standalone story as we get deeper into Frank's past as he faces a new enemy. However, given that we're only a few months away from Spider-Man 4, you might be wondering if there's any set-up in the new release. Well, we get into the details of all of that below in our spoiler-filled guide.

Make sure you're up to date before reading on – and check out our breakdown of where Punisher: One Last Kill sits on the Marvel timeline too while you're here.

Does Punisher: One Last Kill set up Spider-Man: Brand New Day?

The answer to this one is a little complicated. There is no explicit set-up of Spider-Man: Brand New Day in the Marvel special. Tom Holland doesn't appear in a cameo role, nor do any of the other main characters in the franchise. There's also no explicit mention of Spider-Man or the wider MCU or any shared villains.

However, the special does fill in the gap between the Frank Castle we saw at the end of Daredevil: Born Again season 1 and the one we saw in the trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The former was reluctantly going back to his vigilante ways while the latter seems to be in full superhero mode in his Punisher costume.

The Punisher: One Last Kill documents this journey for Frank. At the beginning of the special he tries to leave his past behind him. However, when Ma Gnucci threatens him and his neighborhood, he answers the call and defends those around him, including some innocent civilians.

One particular person who makes a big impact on him is a young girl who reminds him of his daughter. After he saves her family, Frank goes to his daughter's grave and decides he wants to become the Punisher once again. He then returns to the streets of Hell's Kitchen and dishes out some justice on the thug who killed a dog at the beginning of the special.

This is the Punisher we expect to meet in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. From what we've seen in the trailer, he's fully back in action as the vigilante, driving a tank through New York City. Just expect him to be slightly less sweary and brutal in the upcoming Marvel movie.

Speaking about the connection between the two, Bernthal recently spoke to Kelly Clarkson about bridging this gap between the two projects. "With Spider-Man, I think what was most important, because, obviously, tonally it's different and such an honor to be a part of it, especially with my dear friend Tom Holland," he said per Comic Book Resources. "It was important to us that one Punisher could walk off one set and walk onto the other. Tonally, they couldn't be more different, but I hope we were able to achieve that – it's very important."

The Punisher: One Last Kill is on Disney Plus now. For more on the MCU, here's our breakdown of how to watch the Marvel movies in order ahead of Spider-Man: Brand New Day's arrival in theaters on July 31, 2026.

The Punisher: One Last Kill director says he and Frank Castle star Jon Bernthal don't want to stop at a TV special – the pair wants to make a Punisher movie next.

"I don't know what the plans are for the future of the Punisher," Reinaldo Marcus Green told The Direct. "The only thing that we hope that we were able to accomplish is the demand for more. Hopefully, Jon [Bernthal] and Marvel will come together to make something worthy of what the audience would want to see out of that character. Moving forward, I know Jon and I would love to make a movie, something that could go worldwide and be on screens everywhere. But, obviously, that’ll be Marvel’s decision."

After his absence from Daredevil: Born Again season 2, however, Bernthal is about to make his big-screen MCU debut this summer in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The Punisher will join forces with Tom Holland's web-slinger in the new film, which picks up four years after Doctor Strange's spell wiped Peter Parker from the world's memories in Spider-Man: No Way Home.

"Just as a fan of the Punisher and a fan of Jon, I want to see him more on screen. That trailer looks amazing," Green added of the upcoming Spidey fourquel. "Destin [Daniel] Cretton’s an incredible filmmaker. [It's] cool to get there before everybody else did, which, selfishly, is really great [to be able to] set him up, and we know his psychological state before he goes into Spider-Man… I couldn't have asked for better timing for us."

The Punisher: One Last Kill hits Disney Plus on May 12. For more on Marvel Phase 6, check out our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

Daredevil: Born Again season 2 may be over, but we're returning to the world of the Defenders already. This time, Frank Castle (who was notably absent from season 2) takes center stage in a new TV special, The Punisher: One Last Kill.

Co-written by Punisher star Jon Bernthal, the special sees Frank try to give up vigilante life and let go of his need for revenge, only to be drawn into a new conflict with a criminal empire. It's set to fill in the gaps between Daredevil: Born Again season 2 and Spider-Man: Brand New Day, which will see the Punisher share the screen with the web-slinger.

We've got everything you need to know about The Punisher: One Last Kill release date and time right here, including where to watch and how many episodes to expect.

The Punisher: One Last Kill release date and streaming time

The Punisher: One Last Kill releases on May 12 at 6pm PT/9pm ET. That's 2am on May 13 if you're in the UK.

Where to watch The Punisher: One Last Kill

The only place to watch The Punisher: One Last Kill is Disney Plus, so you'll need a subscription to tune in.

The Punisher: One Last Kill episode count

There's only one episode in The Punisher: One Last Kill, as it's a standalone TV 'special presentation'. Still, it has links to the wider MCU, so you'd be wise to catch up on Daredevil: Born Again beforehand and to tune in before Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

For more on Marvel Phase 6, check out our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way in 2026 and beyond.

Fresh off the release of the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale, Marvel's new Punisher special is out this week. Early reactions from critics to The Punisher: One Last Kill have been trickling in – and it's fair to say they're pretty mixed.

The standalone story sees Jon Bernthal return once again as Frank Castle after the events of the first season of Daredevil: Born Again season 1. The story sees him trying to live a life free of revenge as the rise of a new criminal empire pulls him back into the fight.

Critics and early viewers have been praising the action in the new special, calling it "raw" and "brutal". However, early critiques focus around the Disney Plus film retreading old ground for the character who already starred in a two season origin story on Netflix.

One writer Cody Leach wrote on X: "#ThePunisherOneLastKill delivers on Frank Castle laying waste to bad guys and Bernthal is awesome as always. That said, I don’t understand the point of this as a 45 min standalone. We re-explore his origin and set him up to now be in full Punisher mode. We’ve done this already…"

Meanwhile, Comic Book Movie's Josh Wilding compared it to Gareth Evans' beloved action hit The Raid writing that it's "a relentless, no-holds-barred exploration of grief and PTSD, and an ultra-violent pitch-perfect take on #ThePunisher. This is @jonnybernthal's magnum opus as Frank Castle. Marvel meets The Raid."

Collider's Maggie Lovitt added that it's a "true" return to character for Frank Castle. "The special is a heavy, introspective look at where Frank's head is as of late – and while it does retread some narrative beats that the Netflix run handled well, what Jon and Reinaldo Marcus Green have done here is really special," she wrote on X. "Bernthal's Frank Castle has always been more emotional, and seeing him process big emotions while also fighting for his life is always a good time."

Check out some more first reactions below.

The Punisher: One Last Kill arrives on Disney Plus on May 12 in the US and May 13 in the UK. This marks the last time we'll see Bernthal on screen until the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day in July. For more on the MCU, here's our guide to how to watch all the Marvel movies in order.

The prevailing theory for Spider-Man: Brand New Day is that Matt Murdock will somehow factor into the web-swinging adventure.

But the latest talk of Daredevil: Born Again season 3 from Marvel TV boss Brad Winderbaum may have put paid to your theories.

"There will be a small time jump, but it's not too significant. It's not like we're jumping ahead five years or anything," Winderbaum told ScreenRant of the gap between season 2 and 3's stories. "We're probably jumping ahead a year or so, kind of like the real-life distance between seasons."

The Daredevil: Born Again season 2 ending saw Matt Murdock arrested after admitting to being Daredevil in a bid to entrap Wilson Fisk during Karen Page's trial. Fisk, at the risk of his own legal danger, chose exile and finds himself both out of the mayor's office and out of New York City entirely by the time the season draws to a close.

But it's Spider-Man: Brand New Day that's the focus here. After all, a suspiciously edited moment from the first trailer – as well as Spidey fighting The Hand in a prison block – suggested to fans that the webhead could be breaking Daredevil out of prison.

When coupled with the arrival of another street-level character in Jon Bernthal's The Punisher, many believe that Spider-Man and The Man Without Fear would team up in some capacity on the big screen.

But seeming confirmation of a one-year time jump in Born Again season 3 might stop any dream crossover hopes between Marvel's leading New York crimefighters in its tracks – unless Matt willingly returns to prison after the events of Brand New Day, that is.

Even if the wallcrawler doesn't cross paths with the brick-catching lawyer, it appears the third season will be a Defenders reunion of sorts, as Luke Cage actor Mike Colter and Iron Fist actor Finn Jones were spotted on set.

For more, check out our guide to upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

What once felt like an outside shot now seems more likely than ever as The Penguin season 2 has received a pre-production milestone.

The Writers Guild of America site now has details for the names attached to The Penguin season 2. Showrunner and executive producer Lauren LeFranc is listed as returning for the project, while Semi Chellas (perhaps best known for writing several episodes in the latter half of Mad Men) is onboard as consulting producer.

Originally envisioned as a limited series that bridged the gap between The Batman and The Batman 2 as Colin Farrell's Oz Cobb wormed his way up the Gotham criminal food chain, The Batman director Matt Reeves revealed last year that they were "in discussions" to continue the story.

"Lauren [LeFranc] is thinking hard and we're talking, so we'll see. We love the show, and we think our cast is so incredible," Reeves told Variety. "The work that Lauren and the writers did was incredible. Our passion was in it, but never in our wildest dreams could we imagine it would have been received in the way that it was."

The Batman fans are certainly feasting today. While The Penguin season 2 isn't a surefire certainty, the WGA listing is a crucial step on the way to get the wheels turning on a follow-up to the HBO series.

Speaking of turning wheels, Matt Reeves has posted snow tires from a screen test of The Batman 2, confirming that the sequel will be set in a snowy Gotham. No sign of Mr. Freeze just yet.

Oz Cobb returns in The Batman 2, with Colin Farrell revealing it takes place just "a few weeks" after the original – despite a five-year gap between the two movies.

The Batman 2 hits cinemas on October 1, 2027.

The Batman 2 is an Elseworlds project, but for more on James Gunn and Peter Safran's own universe as part of DC Studios, check out our guide to DCU Chapter One.

Daredevil: Born Again season 2 showrunner Dario Scardapane says he regrets not giving more time to Muse's season 1 storyline.

Warning: spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again season 2 episode 9 below!

"This was a weird one because it had to do with a plot line that we inherited, that I felt we didn't do justice to: the original Muse storyline in season 1," Scardapane told Entertainment Weekly. "Because of what was filmed and what wasn't filmed and what we could use and not use, it didn't have the heft that I thought Muse deserved. But, again, we were limited by what we could shoot and what we had time and money for."

Though Muse wasn't as fleshed out as the team would've liked in season 1, season 2 does a pretty good job of exploring trauma and PTSD following Heather Glenn's near-fatal encounter with Muse, which caused her to experience violence she'd never experienced before, and forced her to defend herself in a way she didn't know she was capable of... and it also sets up a new iteration of Muse for season 3.

"What happens if she literally puts on that trauma, and that trauma solves a lot of her conflict? We talked to Margarita about that," Scardapane continued. "It seems supernatural if you watch the way it's progressing, and now we have a Muse that isn't just dropped in. Now you have the [character] development of, why would she become this thing? Why would she go to such a dark place? And I think you understand it. I don't think anybody's prepared exactly for where this is going, and that's still fun."

Interestingly enough... there is no "Lady Muse" in the comics. She's just Muse, and she's an artist named Morgan Whittier. Basically, Muse possesses her body after his soul goes to hell. We don't know if it's Muse's soul that will possess Glenn, or that Glenn will become Muse as a result of the trauma... But she also meets a pretty tragic end in Daredevil #220 (which hit shelves in 1985), so I'm all for a revamp of her character.

Daredevil: Born Again season 3 is expected sometime in 2027. For more, stay up to date on all the upcoming Marvel movies and shows that are currently in the works.

Daredevil: Born Again season 2 may have only just ended, but there's been no shortage of season 3 leaks hitting the internet – and it's taking its toll on showrunner Dario Scardapane.

"[With] this particular season, I have to say, the spoilers, the leaks and everything have been a little hard to deal with," Scardapane told Entertainment Weekly.

"The last 5 or 10 minutes of season 2 is a treat; the super fans are gonna know exactly where we're going. Having telegraphed that through the paparazzi and through the media is kind of a bummer. I don't understand why people wanna know everything before it happens."

Last month, leaked set photos showed a Defenders reunion with Finn Jones' Iron Fist joining Mike Colter's Luke Cage, Krysten Ritter's Jessica Jones, and the titular Man Without Fear in Hell's Kitchen. The perils of shooting on the streets of New York City...

"I can't comment on them, but wow, right?" Scardapane said. "Gee whiz, heavy-duty security there. I was there that day and I was just watching it all happen. I don't really know what to say other than, yeah, that happened."

Luke Cage's return comes as less of a shock after the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 ending, which saw him reunite with Jessica (and their daughter) and, it seems, reopen Alias Investigations.

Danny Rand's MCU debut is more of a surprise, however. Iron Fist was the worst-received of Netflix's Marvel shows, but fans have been clamoring for him to get a second chance in the MCU. And, now, they seem to have got their wish – even if Scardapane wishes it could have been kept under wraps a little while longer.

All episodes of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 are streaming now on Disney Plus, with Daredevil: Born Again season 3 set to follow in March 2027. For more, check out our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows.

The Daredevil: Born Again season 2 finale featured a pretty major Defenders cameo – but it wasn't originally planned until Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter got involved (this is your obligatory spoiler warning: turn back now if you're not up to date with Daredevil: Born Again!).

If you're still here, you'll know that Luke Cage made his MCU debut in the show's season finale with Mike Colter reprising the role for the first time since a guest role in the final season of Jessica Jones in 2019.

"I was so excited," Ritter told Entertainment Weekly. "We were talking about it on set with Sana [Amanat, Marvel executive producer]. It was just like a whisper of an idea at the time, and I loved it so much that I was like, 'We have to do it and the scene should be like this and I'm gonna call Mike right now and tell him to do it.'"

Originally, the scene "was gonna be a slightly different shape," Ritter added. "We didn't know if it would be Mike or not, but I was so excited because it sets up what's to come and gives us a little bit of a window into where their story could go."

Luke has been working for Mr. Charles overseas, doing mysterious dirty work for the government. But in the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 ending, he's back in New York with Jessica and their daughter Danielle now, though, and Bullseye has seemingly replaced him. It looks like he and Jessica are going to reopen Alias Investigations – and behind-the-scenes pics from the set of season 3 hint at a wider Defenders reunion still on the cards.

All episodes of Daredevil: Born Again season 2 are now streaming on Disney Plus, with Daredevil: Born Again season 3 expected to follow in March 2027. For more, check out our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows on the way in 2026 and beyond.