Avengers 5 rumored to start filming in early 2025, and one Marvel supergroup isn’t expected to feature
Avengers, assemble! But not you lot – not yet, anyway
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Marvel’sAvengers 5movie will officially enter full production in January 2025, according to a new report.
PerNexus Point News– a website that’s run by the same people behind the reliable Marvel leaker ScarletWitchUpdates X/Twitter account – the nextAvengersmovie will start shooting not long after New Year’s Day 2025. The same outlet claims that the bulk of filming on the highly anticipated Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film will also take place in the UK.
The ensemble team-up flick, which was previously known asAvengers: The Kang Dynastyuntil Marvel reportedly renamed itin the wake offiring former Kang actor Jonathan Majors, was originally slated to arrive in theaters in May 1, 2025. However, thanks to the 2023 Hollywood strikes – among other issues that have affected the comic-book giant’s cinematic universe –Avengers 5was delayed until May 1, 2026. If the superhero movie is going to meet its new launch date, filming will need to get underway sharpish, which is why Nexus Point News' latest leak might have more than an air of legitimacy about it.
Marvel could delay the fifthAvengersmovie again if it believes that it needs a longer gestation period. But, withLokiseason 1 andDoctor Strange 2writer Michael Waldroninstalled as the film’s new lead scribe as of November 2023, the Disney subsidiary shouldn’t – I hope, anyway – need to putAvengers 5back on ice for a prolonged period. Of course, it still needs tofind a new director forAvengers 5after the departure of previous incumbent Destin Daniel Cretton, but the studio has plenty of time to fill that key role before principal photography gets underway.
Assembling Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, with one exception
This isn’t the only intriguing news to emerge aboutAvengers 5in recent days. According to prominent MCU leaker DanielRPK, who regularly posts about various in-development Marvel projects on hisPatreon page, multiple Marvel actors have been told to keep their schedules clear ahead of film’s likely January 2025 filming start date.
One group of heroes who reportedly won’t be part of proceedings, though, is the Fantastic Four. DanielRPK’s latest claim suggests that Marvel’s First Family, who’ll make their MCU debut in 2025’sThe Fantastic 4, aren’t going to show up in any capacity. Given the rumors that the quartet’s latest big-screen adventure will take place in an alternate universe –one that’s a perfect fit forThe Fantastic 4movie, in my opinion – it won’t be a huge surprise if Mr. Fantastic, The Invisible Woman, The Human Torch, and The Thing don’t appear as part of the Avengers' new-look team.
That said, DanielRPK also suggests that theAvengers 5roster will be much smaller than the one we saw inAvengers: Infinity WarandAvengers: Endgame, before going on to say that there will be plenty of “other new characters” in the same flick. Talk about contradicting yourself, eh?
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You probably don’t need me to tell you this, but you should take that – and the rest, to be frank – with a huge pinch of salt until Marvel confirms any and/or all or the above in due course. I’ve reached out to Disney and Marvel for official comments on these rumors, and I’ll report back if I receive a response. In the meantime, read about the fourAvengersfilms that have been released so far in our guide onhow to watch the Marvel movies in order, and then consider streaming them all over again onDisney Plus.
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