Disney is planning to reevaluate its slate of movies and TV exhibits from Marvel Studios, with the corporate set to scale back its output from the comedian e-book franchise studio.
On Disney’s fiscal Q2 earnings name, Disney CEO Bob Iger informed analysts that the corporate is lastly transferring away from “a vestige, principally a want previously to extend quantity.”
“I’ve been working arduous with the studio to scale back output and focus extra on high quality, that’s significantly true with Marvel,” he added.
What is going to that imply for Marvel’s upcoming movies and TV exhibits? This yr’s slate, highlighted by Deadpool & Wolverine, gained’t be impacted, however it will likely be felt in future years.
“We’re slowly going to lower quantity and go to most likely about two TV sequence a yr as an alternative of what had turn out to be 4, and cut back our movie output from perhaps 4 a yr to 2 or on the most three,” Iger added. “And we’re working arduous on what that path is, we’ve obtained a few good movies in ’25 after which we’re heading to extra Avengers, which we’re extraordinarily enthusiastic about. [Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is listed for 2026]”
“Total I really feel nice concerning the slate, it’s one thing that I’ve dedicated to spending an increasing number of time on, the crew is one which I’ve super confidence in and the IP that we’re mining, together with all of the sequels that we’re doing is second to none,” he continued.
The way forward for Marvel has been a hot-button matter for Disney, with the previous couple of movies underperforming. By decreasing each movie and TV output, Iger is suggesting that the corporate plans to make the movies extra of an occasion, fairly than a quarterly obligation.