On Disney’s recent earnings call, the company revealed a planned shift for Marvel content releases.

CEOBob Igerconfirmed a plan to shift Marvel content output over the coming years on a recentDisneyearnings call.

Since then, much of that content has been delayed or changed significantly, if not both.

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Thats particularly true with Marvel.

Iger then revealed plans to"decrease volume.

We lost some focus."

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Will This Change MCU Phases 5 & 6 More?

Phases 5 and 6 have already seen several major delays, even before this MCU release schedule shift.

However, this seems relatively unlikely for the immediate future.

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First, Iger specified that the changes would be happening"slowly."

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Gillian Blum has been a writer at The Direct since 2022, reporting primarily from New York City.

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