It’s been two years since Marvel Studios stormed the stage in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, but the house of ideas always knows how to completely win the con with their traditional Saturday night panels. Despite skipping last year, Marvel is known for not only debuting footage exclusively for the attendees in the room but also confirming brand new characters, movie titles, and more for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In short, though they’re not always present at SDCC, Marvel knows that the fans who never gave up hope are still eager to see what comes next.
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This year’s Hall H panel for Marvel Studios is unique; not only is it their first since 2024, but it arrives just ahead of their next two feature films, the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday. It really remains to be seen what will be confirmed by the studio at the event, but these two movies could very well take center stage. ComicBook is attending San Diego Comic-Con, and we are even in the room RIGHT NOW and will be here with live updates from the Hall H panel. Stick to this page, keep your refresh button handy, and this will be the best spot to learn everything that Marvel confirms tonight. Don’t forget, Kevin Feige always has one last thing to reveal before it’s over…
Pre-Panel Hello From Herbie
Before the panel began, two surprises were already in store for attendees. First, Doctor Doom masks and cloaks were passed out to everyone in attendance, no small feat for the 6,500 seats. Second, HERBIE from the Fantastic Four rolled out on stage to greet everyone at the event:
The panel is now officially starting, with SDCC icon Eddie Ibrahim on hand to introduce it, and remind everyone not to record what is shown.
The fun starts with an MCU montage, including not only footage of the X-Men movies made by Fox, but specifically spotlighting Tobey Maguire’s scenes from Spider-Man: No Way Home. Marvel President Kevin Feige takes the stage, sporting his signature baseball cap, this one featuring Doctor Doom’s face on it. Feige confirms that no announcements for Marvel TV shows are happening today, only the feature films (TV could get its day in the sun next month at Disney’s D23 Expo). First, Feige has the trailer for the Avengers: Endgame Encore, confirming the September date for the re-release, which also includes footage of fans watching the movie when it first hit back in 2019.
Despite saying that this was mostly about movies, Feige did sneak in a TV announcement, confirming that not only will VisionQuest premiere on October 14 on Disney+, but that it will be the third chapter in the “WandaVision trilogy” (the second being Agatha All Along).
Marvel’s Ghost Rider Confirmed
One of the first announcements is the one that had the rumor mill going all day, with Kevin Feige confirming that Ryan Gosling is OFFICIALLY joining the MCU. Not only that, but Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy is set to helm the movie, which will be released in 2028. Currently, Marvel has three release dates scheduled for that year, including May 5, 2028; July 28, 2028; and December 15, 2028. Seems unlikely that Ghost Rider will ride at Christmas time, but you never know…
“Only one director we had in mind for it, only one director who could do it,” Feige said about Ghost Rider. “Ryan has another movie coming out first. It’s called Star Wars: Starfighter. And I don’t want to brag, but I’ve been lucky enough to see Star Wars: Starfighter, and as a Star Wars nerd, a bigger Star Wars nerd than a Marvel nerd…It’s awesome. He brings to Star Wars and it gives me all the Star Wars feels and brings a fresh new thing to it and I can’t wait for you guys to see it. But what brought that fresh new thing to Star Wars: Starfighter? Well, it was the same guy who brought something called Deadpool and Wolverine here a few years ago, and it was director Shawn Levy.”
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Scene Revealed
Wasting no time after the announcement of Ryan Gosling as the MCU’s Ghost Rider, Jon Bernthal quickly crashed the Marvel panel to remind Kevin Feige that Spider-Man: Brand New Day is playing in theaters next week. An exclusive clip from the film was shown, featuring Punisher and Spider-Man trying to fight the Hulk.
Avengers: Doomsday at SDCC
The cast of Avengers: Doomsday has started to assemble on stage, separated by X-Men and Avengers, with the Russo Bros. and Robert Downey Jr. also present.
“Decisions will have to be made,” Downey said. “You’ll have to be on the side of the good guys, or you’ll have to consider the alternative… joining a family of doom”
The first big announcement for the film has arrived, though with confirmation that Hayley Atwell is officially back as Peggy Carter in Avengers: Doomsday. This shouldn’t surprise fans who remember Cap’s big moment at the end of Avengers: Endgame.
Deadpool Crashed the Panel
Ryan Reynolds has crashed the panel in a grey Deadpool cosplay, asking questions from the audience about Avengers: Doomsday, including the one we all want to know, “Why was Thor crying?” Deadpool seems to suggest that he’s not in the movie as he asks when production starts on the movie…

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Ted Danson is getting real about the state of his personal life toward the end of his run on “Cheers.”
During a recent episode of his podcast, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” the 78-year-old actor gave listeners an idea about what his life was like when “Cheers” came to an end in 1993.
“People say, ‘What was it like? What did you do when she was over?’ I said, ‘I had f—ed up my life so much that I didn’t even realize ‘Cheers’ was over,'” he said.
Elsewhere in the conversation, Danson admitted he “barely knew myself” and took a “postgrad grow-up class fast” the last year he was on the hit show.
TED DANSON WAS SHOCKED WOMEN VIEWED HIM AS A SEX SYMBOL DURING EARLY ‘CHEERS’ DAYS
He described driving to Long Beach to see his mentor, whom he called “amazing,” saying he gave him “a whole different kind of therapy spirituality kind of thing.”
“I wanted to stop being a liar,” he said. “I wanted to be emotionally mature. I wanted to change.”
The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star previously spoke about the end of the series in an August 2025 episode of his podcast, reflecting on the state of his personal life at the time.
When asked by his guest, Charlie Day, if he was afraid of being typecast when the show ended, Danson said “the transition was easy because I blew my personal life up so badly,” and he didn’t realize the show had ended for a few months “because I was just dealing with myself and my personal stuff.”
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Danson starred on the beloved sitcom as Sam Malone from 1982 to 1993, becoming one of the few cast members to appear in all 273 episodes of the show.
“Cheers” came to an end after 11 seasons, when Danson expressed his desire to pursue other acting opportunities, with executives deciding the show should not go on without him.
“I was changing for the better and working really hard at that, so I thought, ‘Might as well jump completely off the cliff,'” he said. “And [there was] a little bit of … ‘If I don’t leave now, I may not know if I could do anything else, and I want to see if I can do any other stuff.'”
After his time on “Cheers,” Danson starred in “Becker,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” before introducing himself to a new audience in “The Good Place.”
He is currently starring in the hit Netflix show, “Man on the Inside,” playing a retired professor who finds himself working as an undercover spy in a nursing home.
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“There’s something inherently funny about a 76-year-old man who is a [retired] college professor, his life shut down, his daughter’s worried. So, she says, ‘Get a project,’ and he happens to whimsically find a project where he becomes an undercover spy in a retirement home,” Danson told People in November 2024.

Currently, one of only 41 cinemas around the globe screening Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” 70mm IMAX is experiencing technical problems.
Regal King of Prussia in Philadelphia informed customers on Friday that its 70mm IMAX projection system was having problems and only digital IMAX screenings were available.
The theater posted on Facebook that it “understands your frustration and apologizes for any impact this has had on your experience.”
The IMAX team has been working non-stop since Thursday and continues to do so to solve the projection problems. “We are trying to return normal 70mm operations as quickly as we can, but at this time there is no timeline.”
The King of Prussia Theater is one of only 25 theaters in America to show “The Odyssey” 70mm IMAX. New York City, Rochester, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island are the next nearest theaters.
Nolan told CBS Mornings co-host Gayle king last week that the new format is sharper and more like the image our eyes perceive.
Fans from Virginia drove as far away as King of Prussia to watch the 70mm IMAX film.
David Dekok: “I drove 80 miles to Harrisburg from Harrisburg in order to reach the theatre.”
Kate Elfatah said that when she arrived at the theatre, the buzz quickly spread throughout the lobby.
Elfatah replied, “I could not believe what I heard.” You have people who are out of order.
Elfatah said that customers received refunds as well as the opportunity to view the film in digital format for free. Not everyone was satisfied with that, she said.
Elfatah: “I met people from South Carolina who said that they had driven 8-10 hours.”
Kate Elfatah said that when she arrived at the theatre, the buzz quickly spread throughout the lobby.
Our crews informed several people CBS News Philadelphia interviewed that the projector had broken. This lack of notice was frustrating for many.
They could have sent out an email to all their clients. Dekok stated that they had our entire email.
Elfatah stated that no one from the theatre came to talk with anyone.
Regal has said that IMAX technicians are working round the clock to fix the projector. However, there is still no timetable for the return of 70mm screenings.

Kevin Feige has announced that they’ll only be showcasing movies at the panel today. So no VisionQuest or Daredevil: Born Again then…
The Marvel SDCC 2026 panel has started
Almost 30 minutes later, the Marvel 2026 panel has begun. Kevin Feige is now on stage to kick off the announcements. He’s wearing a Doomsday hat…
Unfortunately that was a false alarm… We’re still waiting for action to begin here in Hall H. At least we’re well dressed for the occasion?
It looks like the action might be about to start as HERBIE has just rolled onto stage…
There’s a lot of excitement in Hall H now as we wait for the panel to begin. Everyone in the room is currently being given a Doctor Doom mask ahead of the action.
Some outlets are reporting that the delay may be as long as 15/20 minutes. Hold on tight, folks…
The Marvel Studios panel is almost certainly starting late as the panel before is still overrunning. There’s no word yet on when it will begin but we’re expecting a quick change around when the previous panel stops.
We’re seated in Hall H now ahead of the panel’s start in 15 minutes, but the panel before is currently still happening. Just a reminder too, the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel will not be live-streamed. Follow along with us here for everything that happens as well as on our Twitter.
30 minutes to go!
We’re now just 30 minutes away from the start of the Marvel panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2026! GamesRadar+ is seated in Hall H and ready to bring you the news as it happens.
Just a reminder on timings. The panel kicks off at 5.30pm PDT, local time. This means it starts at 8.30pm EDT and 1.30am BST. We’re expecting it to last about an hour as Marvel tends to keep a pretty tight ship with their SDCC appearances.
Probably the most exciting potential announcements will be around the upcoming X-Men movie. Kevin Feige has made no secret that the next stage of the MCU will be all about mutants and director Jake Shrier is behind an upcoming reboot film. Currently, we don’t know much at all about it, apart from that it won’t be linked to any of the X-Men movies we’ve seen before. Screenwriter Lee Sung Jin told Deadline earlier this year that Feige “just wants to take a big swing and start anew, not be beholden to any of the movies that have come before.”
Given that it’s going to be so key to the future of the MCU, we might get some casting announcements. Rumors have been swirling around everyone from Adam Driver to Bill Skarsgård, and then there’s the persistent speculation that Sadie Sink will debut as Jean Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Watch this space…
Another potential point of focus could be Daredevil: Born Again season 3. While it might not seem like the most exciting announcement for the Hall H slot, timing might be in its favor. The third season of the Disney Plus show has just finished filming and there have been a lot of leaks. Marvel might use the opportunity to announce some of the casting we already know about officially and there may even be some footage. We’ll bring you updates as they happen with that.
Traditionally these Marvel panels have also focused on the upcoming slate. This means that VisionQuest, which is the conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy could also be a focus during the presentation. We’ve still not seen a trailer for the upcoming Disney Plus show, despite it showing behind closed doors at CinemaCon earlier this year. It’s out on October 14 too so we’re more than overdue a first look…
What happened the last time Marvel were at San Diego Comic-Con?
It’s been a few years since Marvel Studios has been at SDCC, but the last time they made quite an impact. After Deadpool & Wolverine got its own showcase on Friday night, Saturday night belonged to Marvel Studios’ upcoming slate. The biggest surprise of the evening was the announcement that Robert Downey Jr. was returning to the MCU, not as Iron Man but as a new character: Doctor Doom.
He appeared on stage in a Doom mask to mark the occasion and subsequently surprised just about everyone. We were in Hall H when it happened and the atmosphere was electric. Here’s a little recap of how that all went down…
Avengers: Secret Wars is also about a year and a half out too – and we still know relatively little about it. We’re not expecting to hear too much about the plot details given they’re likely very dependent on what goes down in Doomsday, but we could hear some casting news. At the moment, Doomsday has a few big omissions, including Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and the Hulk. Could we get confirmation about their return?
One thing we are expecting to have a big presence at SDCC this year is Avengers: Doomsday. If you’d asked us a week ago, we would have put good money that it would be in this panel when we’d finally see the full trailer. However, Marvel actually dropped that on Monday (read our Avengers: Doomsday trailer breakdown here)…
This means we’re not expecting to see any more footage released widely, but that doesn’t mean no news. The Russo Brothers will likely be there with Robert Downey Jr. and we might even get a scene shown exclusively in Hall H, which we’ll share a description of with you.
Doomsday has already been appearing all around SDCC too, with new costumes being showcased and a special installation in the middle of town. Check out a closer look at Doctor Doom’s costume below.
In terms of what we’re expecting to be covered tonight in the Marvel panel, we don’t yet have anything confirmed. Marvel has released no guests, no agenda, and Kevin Feige has been keeping tight-lipped. Speaking to Collider just last week, the Marvel Studios head said: “Listen, you probably know as good a tease as I do in terms of the fact that when we go to Hall H, it’s for a reason, and it’s to have some surprises and show a few things. It’s our home away from home, Hall H, so I’m very excited to be heading back.”
How to watch the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel
As we get closer to the panel’s start, you’ll likely be wondering how you can watch the Marvel SDCC 2026 panel. The short answer is, you can’t. San Diego Comic-Con doesn’t livestream their panels so you have to be in the room to be able to watch it as it happens.
Luckily for you, GamesRadar+ is in Hall H and we’ll be keeping you updated every step of the way. Follow along here, as well as on our social media (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok) so you don’t miss a moment.
Just a reminder too about timings: the panel begins at 5.30pm PDT. If you’re on the east coast then that’s 9.30pm and if you’re in the UK then that’s 1.30am. We expect it will last about an hour or so, depending on what’s announced.

Callum Turner stunned the audience at San Diego Comic-Con as he presented the teaser of Neuromancer on Saturday.
The BAFTA-winning actress appeared on Apple TV’s Hall H panel via video, greeting fans and sharing the first glimpse of the sci-fi cyberpunk series, based on the 1984 William Gibson novel, which premieres on January 22, 2019.
This 10-episode show from Graham Roland and JDDillard is about Case (Turner), who’s a super-hacker with a broken past. He and his razor-girl partner Molly, a assassin with a dark secret, are thrown into an intricate web of high-stakes digital crime and espionage.
Max Irons is also in the cast, along with Joseph Lee, Peter Sarsgaard, Clemence Poesy and Junia Rees. Max Irons has made appearances alongside Dane DeHaan and Emma Laird.