Brie Larson's 'The Marvels' Swap Release Date With 'Ant-Man 3' In 2023

Mumbai, April 30 - Yet another major development has taken place at the Marvel Studios and Disney. After pushing to 2023, "The Marvels" is now swapping the release with "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" in 2023, confirmed by Disney.

"The Marvels", the sequel to 2019's "Captain Marvel", was originally due to open in theaters on Feb. 17, 2023, after getting pushed from November 2022, and "Ant-Man 3", was set to open on July 28, 2023. Instead, the "Ant-Man" sequel will now debut in Feb. while "The Marvels" shifted to July 2023.



According to Variety, this was a matter of "Ant-Man 3" simply being further along in its creative process than "The Marvels", as the former has wrapped principal photography while "The Marvels" still has a bit more to go. Meanwhile, in between "Ant-Man 3", and "The Marvels", Marvel Studios' other big theatrical release in 2023, "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3", will be released as originally scheduled on May 5.

"Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" is expected to continue the multiverse storyline launched with the 2021 Disney+ series "Loki". Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, and Michelle Pfeiffer will be reprising their roles along with the return of director Peyton Reed. Jonathan Majors will play the main villain and a variant of his “Loki” character, Kang the Conqueror.

On the other hand, "The Marvels" is set to tie in with two Disney+ shows: 2021's "WandaVision", and the upcoming "Ms. Marvel". Brie Larson is reprising her role as Captain Marvel (aka Carol Danvers), with Nia DaCosta returning as director. It will also feature Iman Vellani, who will be seen playing the lead role in the series "Ms. Marvel" as Captain Marvel superfan Kamala Khan.

Stay tuned...