Things are moving in the right direction for Avengers: Secret Wars as one of the main stars in the Marvel Cinematic Universe shares a major production update. The clock is ticking for The Multiverse Saga as 2025 will not only mark the end of Phase 5, but the beginning of Phase 6, which will serve as the final chapter to Marvel Studios’ ongoing storytelling. With Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars set to feature Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, the stakes have never been higher for the multiverse.

In a new interview with ᴅᴇᴀᴅline, Captain America: Brave New World star Anthony Mackie teased what is coming up for Sam Wilson after his solo movie debuts later this week. While confirming that he will be filming Avengers: Doomsday through the summer, Mackie also confirmed that Avengers: Secret Wars will be starting principal pH๏τography in 2026, sharing the following:

We shoot in London through the summer and then the following summer we shoot the next one [Avengers: Secret Wars]. It’s going to be a full slate.

What Anthony Mackie’s Avengers: Secret Wars Update Means For The Phase 6 Movie

When it was revealed that Anthony and Joe Russo, who helmed Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, had been tapped to direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, many ᴀssumed the two Phase 6 films would be sH๏τ back-to-back. However, with Mackie’s confirmation that the two movies will be filmed separately, it puts that theory to rest. However, it also indicates that Marvel Studios are taking the same approach that they did with Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, which worked very much in their favor.

It’s also possible that, depending on how the Avengers: Secret Wars cast is constructed, that whoever doesn’t end up being in Avengers: Doomsday will instead appear in the final Phase 6 film. Since some of the MCU’s biggest players are played by a lot of huge names in Hollywood, it wouldn’t be shocking if some were simply not available for Avengers: Doomsday this year. That would also allow the story in Avengers: Secret Wars to justify their return, thus having filming take place in 2026 instead.

Our Take On Anthony Mackie’s Avengers: Secret Wars Update

From Mackie’s Avengers: Secret Wars filming update, it will be exciting to follow any news that will start to emerge about the movie throughout 2025. While Avengers: Doomsday filming is reportedly starting next month, it wouldn’t be shocking if a preview for the film, as well as some huge news about Avengers: Secret Wars, ends up being saved for this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. But for now, the world will have to wait and see what is in store for Avengers: Secret Wars.

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  February 14, 2025
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

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  Avengers: Secret Wars

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  May 7, 2027
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

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