Disney Sets Release Dates For Marvel, Star Wars and Avatar Movies Through 2027

Disney today blocked release dates for several of its movies, laying out its franchises all the way through 2027. The entire lineup includes six movies for Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, three Star Wars films, four Avatar sequels and multiple Disney animated flicks coming out of Pixar. And while we don’t have the movie names yet, with most being untitled releases at this point, eagle-eyed fans can surely wager a guess as to what those movies could entail.

Let’s start with Marvel. The Mouse House had previously claimed release dates for Marvel movies in 2021 and 2022 last year. These largely the same with minor modifications; the July date has been replaced by a February one. This also means that should Marvel announce its movies in San Diego Comic Con this year, we’ll get movies only until 2022, with the final November release wrapping up the next phase of movies. Which is a bit odd, considering Marvel has mostly winded up its phases close to a big summer movie so this either means Marvel’s trying something different with its phases, or the concept of phases itself is about to undergo a radical shift.

Here’s the list of all Marvel movie release dates set by Disney:

Feb 12, 2021: Untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe Film
May 5, 2021: Untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe Film
Nov 5, 2021: Untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe Film
Feb 18, 2022: Untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe Film
May 6, 2022: Untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe Film
Jul 29, 2022: Untitled Marvel Cinematic Universe Film

Next up is Star Wars. After the release of Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker this year wrapping up the Skywalker saga, Disney will essentially take a break from Star Wars movies. Not from the franchise thought; we should still have Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian to look forward to. Star Wars will return with live-action movies in December 2022, after which we should see one movie every two years, all the way up to 2026. Whether these will be the Rian Johnson trilogy or the ones helmed by Game of Thrones writers David Benioff & D. B. Weiss, remains to be seen.

Here’s the Star Wars movies lined up by Disney.

Dec 20, 2019: Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker
Dec 16, 2022: Untitled Star Wars Film
Dec 20, 2024: Untitled Star Wars Film
Dec 18, 2026: Untitled Star Wars Film

Lastly, there’s Avatar that Disney obtained as a result of the Fox acquisition. The franchise has been delayed numerous times, so many that we’ve lost count of the number of release dates announced. The latest is yet another delay that pushes Avatar 2 back a year from the planned Dec 18, 2020 date to a 17, Dec 2021 release date. It will be followed by three more Avatar sequels released in the space of two years; it was previously reported that Avatar 4 and 5 will get made depending upon the success of Avatar 2 and 3 but we’re not sure if that’s still the case, or if Disney has greenlit all four Avatar sequels regardless of the fate of the first two. I suppose it’s in Disney’s interest to keep the franchise running, seeing as it owns Avatar theme parks which the movies would complement.

Here are the list of Avatar movie release dates:

Dec 17, 2021: Avatar 2
Dec 22, 2023: Avatar 3
Dec 19, 2025: Avatar 4
Dec 17, 2027: Avatar 5

Among the other dates are a bevy of dates blocked for Disney live-action remakes as well as Pixar’s animated flicks. We only have names for the 2020 movies but there are some interesting additions for later; Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones has a July 9, 2021 release date as The New Mutants is delayed yet again to April 3, 2020 (at this rate, it looks like it’ll end up on a streaming service). Other Fox-Marvel movie release dates have been removed including one that was reserved for Gambit.

We’re excited to put in place a robust and diverse slate that lays the foundation of our long-term strategy, bringing together a breadth of films from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, Fox, Fox Searchlight, and Blue Sky Studios to create an extraordinary collection of cinematic experiences for audiences around the world. With a strong summer already in place, we are eager to carry that momentum forward over the coming years thanks to a creative wellspring of bold and imaginative stories coming from our world-class studios – including several new chapters of two revered franchises, Avatar and Star Wars.
Cathleen Taff, President, Theatrical Distribution, Franchise Management, and Business & Audience Insights, The Walt Disney Studios.

Here’s the complete list of dates reserved for movie releases by Disney in the next few years.

Disney 2019 movie release dates

Tolkien release date – May 10, 2019 (Fox Searchlight)
Aladdin release date – May 24, 2019 (Disney)
Dark Phoenix release date – June 7, 2019 (20th Century Fox)
Toy Story 4 release date – June 21, 2019 (Pixar)
Stuber release date – July 12, 2019 (Disney)
The Lion King release date – July 19, 2019 (Disney)
The Art of Racing in the Rain release date – August 9, 2019 (20th Century Fox)
Ready or Not release date – September 20, 2019 (Fox Searchlight)
The Woman in the Window release date – October 4, 2019 (20th Century Fox)
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil release date – October 18, 2019 (Disney)
Ford v. Ferrari release date – November 15, 2019 (20th Century Fox)
Frozen 2 release date – November 22, 2019 (Disney)
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker release date – December 20, 2019 (Lucasfilm)
Spies in Disguise release date – December 25, 2019

Disney 2020 movie release dates

Underwater release date – January 10, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Untitled Kingsman Movie release date – February 14, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Call of the Wild release date – February 21, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Onward release date – March 6, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Mulan release date – March 27, 2020 (Disney)
The New Mutants release date – April 3, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Untitled Marvel Movie release date – May 1, 2020 (Marvel)
Artemis Fowl release date – May 29, 2020 (Disney)
Untitled Pixar release date – June 19, 2020 (Disney)
Free Guy release date – July 3, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Bob’s Burgers release date – July 17, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Jungle Cruise release date – July 24, 2020 (Disney)
The One and Only Ivan release date – August 14, 2020 (Disney)
Death on the Nile release date – October 9, 2020 (20th Century Fox)
Untitled Marvel Movie release date – November 6, 2020 (Marvel)
Ron’s Gone Wrong release date – November 6, 2020 (Disney)
Untitled Disney Animation release date – November 25, 2020
West Side Story release date – December 18, 2020 (20th Century Fox / Amblin Pictures)
Cruella release date – December 23, 2020