Marvel Phase 5: Every Disney+ Series Premiering in 2023

Premiere: June 21, 2023
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Ben Mendelsohn (Talos), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Don Cheadle (James Rhodes), Emilia Clarke (G’iah), Olivia Colman (Sonya Flasworth), Martin Freeman (Everett K. Ross),  Kingsley Ben-Adir (Gravik)

Writer: Kyle Bradstreet (Mr. Robot)
Directors: Thomas Bezucha (Let Him Go), Ali Selim (The Looming Tower)
Episodes: 6

Marvel’s first show of 2023, Secret Invasion puts Nick Fury and Talos in the lead for a spy thriller. The problem: a violent sect of the shape-shifting Skrulls have infiltrated key positions in power. Judging by who’s been cast in the series, it looks like it’ll be up to most of the human, secret agent-y types to set things right. Sources also told The Hollywood Reporter that Secret Invasion and Loki Season 2 are the only sure bets to be released in 2023.

Premiere: October 6, 2023
Starring: Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Sophia Di Martino (Sylvie), Owen Wilson (Mobius), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Ravonna Renslayer), Eugene Cordero (Casey), Ke Huy Quan (TVA archivist), Rafael Casal, Kate Dickie
Writers: Eric Martin (Heels)
Director: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Moon Knight)
Episodes: 6

Loki returns for more multiversal mischief, and this season’s already off to a wild start. Remember how last season the entire existence of the TVA was unraveled and reassembled with Kang front and center? And remember how everyone in this new reality forgot Loki existed? Loki and Sylvie will have a helluva lot of work to do, and this time they’ll be directed by the brains behind Marvel’s other trippy series, Moon Knight.

Premiere: November 29, 2023 (all episodes at once)
Starring: Alaqua Cox (Maya Lopez/Echo), Zahn McClarnon (William Lopez), Vincent D’Onofrio (Wilson Fisk/Kingpin), Charlie Cox (Daredevil), Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning, Graham Greene
Writers: Marion Dayre (Better Call Saul)
Directors: Sydney Freeland (Reservation Dogs), Catriona McKenzie (Shining Vale)
Episodes: 6

Spinning out of 2021’s holiday hit Hawkeye comes Echo, a series built around Alaqua Cox’s relentless crime boss. The series will explore Maya Lopez’s backstory, which will no doubt include more of Vincent D’Onofrio as Maya’s “uncle” Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. Kingpin. The series also promises to bring Echo closer to her comic book origins by introducing Daredevil into her personal mythos, thus giving us more of Charlie Cox as the man without fear.

Premiere: TBA
Starring: Jeffrey Wright (The Watcher), Hayley Atwell (Captain Carter)
Writer: A.C. Bradley (What If…? Season 1, Ms. Marvel)
Director: Bryan Andrews (What If…? Season 1)
Episodes: 9

What If…? will return for another round of alternate reality tales, including one that was pushed from Season 1 starring Gamora. Atwell will return to voice Captain Carter, with that character acting as a constant in the otherwise primarily anthology series. It’s also possible that Season 2 will include characters who debuted in Phase 4. And now that we know that versions of characters introduced in What If…? can appear in live-action properties, like Captain Carter did in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, it may be worth paying even closer attention to What If…? Season 2. As for when What If…? Season 2 will premiere, that’s up in the air. It’s likely that the season is finished, so it could arrive sooner rather than later. But if the plan is to slow down MCU content this year, then maybe this series gets delayed.

Premiere: TBA
Starring: Cal Dodd (Wolverine), Lenore Zann (Rogue), George Buza (Beast), Catherine Disher (Jean Grey), Chris Potter (Gambit), Alison Sealy-Smith (Storm), Adrian Hough (Nightcrawler), Christopher Britton (Mr. Sinister), Alyson Court, Jennifer Hale, Ray Chase, JP Karliak, Jeff Bennett, A.J. LoCascio
Writers: Beau DeMayo (Moon Knight)
Directors: Jake Castorena (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Chase Conley (Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts)
Episodes: 10

While this animated series is not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it is produced by Marvel Studios — and it’s also a major deal. This series picks up where the iconic ’90s X-Men series left off and stars almost all of the original voice cast as well. Even if this show is set in its own universe, that beloved ’90s cartoon made quite an impact on the MCU proper last year (specifically in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Ms. Marvel). And since it’s not part of the MCU, it’s likely that the potential slowdown of Marvel content won’t apply to X-Men ’97. At least that’s what we hope. The fans need this one, Disney!

Premiere: TBA
Starring: Dominique Thorne (Riri Williams/Ironheart), Anthony Ramos (The Hood), Alden Ehrenreich, Shea Couleé, Jim Rash, Lyric Ross, Manny Montana, Shakira Barrera, Paul Calderón, Cree Summer
Writers: Chinaka Hodge (head writer; previously wrote for The Midnight Club); Francesca J. Gailes (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), Jacqueline Gailes (She-Hulk: Attorney at Law), Malarie Howard (In the Dark), Amir K. Sulaiman (Ramy), Cristian Martinez (Good Trouble)
Directors: Sam Bailey (Grown-ish), Angela Barnes (Loot)
Episodes: 6

After the events of Wakanda Forever, Riri Williams will return to school at MIT and try to move on with her life and her studies. But y’all know that’s not going to happen. Making life tough for Riri will be Parker Robbins (Ramos), a smalltime criminal who comes to possess a big-time demon, thus setting up the biggest magic vs. machines fight we’ve seen in the MCU.

Premiere: TBA
Starring: Kathryn Hahn (Agatha Harkness), Debra Jo Rupp (Sharon Davis/”Mrs. Hart”), Emma Caulfield Ford (Sarah Proctor/”Dottie Jones”), Aubrey Plaza, Sasheer Zamata, Patti LuPone, Joe Locke, Maria Dizzia, Ali Ahn
Writers: Jac Schaeffer (WandaVision), Peter Cameron (Werewolf By Night), Cameron Squires (WandaVision), Laura Donney (WandaVision), Megan McDonnell (WandaVision), Laura Monti (Trash Truck), Giovanna Sarquis, Jason Rostovsky
Directors: Jac Schaeffer, Gandja Monteiro (Wednesday)
Episodes: 9

A spinoff of WandaVision, Agatha: Coven of Chaos will focus on Kathryn Hahn’s scene-stealing witch. When last we saw her, she was imprisoned in a sitcom reality confined to one suburban house in Westview. Will she break free of Wanda Maximoff’s curse? Will we see more of Evan Peters as Ralph Bohner? And who are Aubrey Plaza, Sasheer Zamata, and Patti LuPone playing on this show?!