D23 Marvel Announcements, New Star Wars Trilogy is Promised, Denzel Washington Talks Black Panther 3, and So Much TV in 2025

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We’ve been talking about it for a few weeks now, but Marvel Studios just upped the ante on future projects with their presentation at D23 in Brazil this past weekend. Condense it and discuss, you say? Absolutely! Here...we…go…

A brand new trailer was shown and released worldwide for Captain America: Brave New World with a longer look at the character of Isaiah Bradley.

Hot off those red Hulk heels, a longer Thunderbolts* trailer was released that really set the tone for the film while still leaving us with questions.

Also in trailer news, What If Season 3 got a spotlight this week and the trailer Marvel released declares that this season is the end.

The man, the myth, the legend himself, Kevin Feige, also teased attendees (and therefore all of us!) with many other tantalizing nuggets such as:

The character of Blade WILL reach the MCU.

Queen of our hearts and minds the Scarlet Witch will likely return! Feige said the questions are “when and how” that will happen.

Feige “hopes” that Miles Morales will enter the live action MCU sometime after the third animated Spider-Verse movie releases.

And finally…FINALLY, the X-Men will, according to Feige, play a major role in the MCU after Secret Wars.

It’s the age of Dave Filoni as Lucasfilm has brought his Star Wars Rebels co-creator Simon Kinberg on board to develop a new trilogy of films in the galaxy far, far away. The new trilogy will not be a continuation of the nine-film Skywalker Saga, but will feature new characters and new stories - though insiders say this may be up for debate. Regardless, don’t count out characters from other corners of the universe showing up. Kinberg’s producing credits include Logan, the first two Deadpool movies, acting as a consultant for The Force Awakens, and he’s involved in the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man starring Glen Powell.

In a wild and unofficial move, Denzel Washington revealed during the Gladiator II press tour that he is being written into a third Black Panther movie that will be directed by Ryan Coogler. Development on a Black Panther 3 film has not been announced by Marvel Studios in any official capacity, but wow what a rumor to start, Denzel!

HBO released a sizzle reel for their 2025 shows that will stream on Max, showcasing footage from an astounding number of their shows. Favorites like The White Lotus, The Last of Us, Hacks, and The Gilded Age were highlighted alongside upcoming shows Welcome to Derry, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and The Chair Company, to name a few. Today, Disney+ also shared a sizzle reel this week featuring, of course, our anticipated Marvel and Star Wars projects, as well as some of their other darlings like The Bear, Goosebumps, The Handmaid’s Tale, and more

Netflix has released a video confirming that the fifth and final season of Stranger Things will release in 2025 and will be eight episodes long. The video also confirmed the titles of each episode.

Macaulay Culkin has joined the Season 2 cast of Prime Video's Fallout in a recurring role, sources tell Deadline.

A Mass Effect TV series based on the video game franchise is officially in development at Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned.

The next book in the Marvel Crime series was announced and will be called Enemy of My Enemy featuring Daredevil and is written by bestselling author Alex Segura. The adult novel will be available July 29, 2025.

Warner Brothers has announced that the release date for Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 starring Robert Pattinson has shifted release dates from January 31, 2025 to April 18, 2025.

Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong’o, and Zendaya have joined the cast of Christopher Nolan's upcoming untitled film. They join Matt Damon and Tom Holland.