Marvel Studios is a massive movie machine, but even machines need to shift every once in a while. Today Disney announced that two of its 2023 films will change release dates. Well, to be more precise, they exchange data.
The Captain Marvel sequel, The Marvels, was originally scheduled for release on February 17, 2023, while Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was scheduled for July 28, 2023. The films just switched places. IGN has learned that Quantumania is now out in February, while The Marvels is now out in July.
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Why are the films shifting? A simple guess points to problems in the delayed production. Insiders tell Variety that the change is simply because a film is further along in the production process. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has already wrapped up principal filming, while The Marvels has a little more to come.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfieffer and Kathryn Newton as the recast of Cassie Lang. The film will take the entire Ant-Man family into the quantum realm and pit them against Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors. The film will now start on February 17, 2023.
The Marvels is the next adventure for Captain Marvel, played by Brie Larson. This time she is joined by Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel and Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau, hence the film’s title. Sam Jackson is also reprising his role as Nick Fury. Korean star Park Seo-joon and Zawe Ashton play unknown roles in the film. The Marvels will be released on July 28, 2023.
Mike Williams is a freelance writer for IGN.