Marvel announced its plan through 2028 at Comic-Con

Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider: the shock no one saw coming

The crowd screamed even before the name appeared. On the screen, a motorcycle. Flames. Then a burning skull. And behind the mic, Ryan Gosling. The Ghost Rider — Johnny Blaze, the stuntman who made a pact with the devil and turns into a flaming skeleton as soon as night falls — returns to cinema with the coolest actor of his generation under the helmet.

Gosling didn’t even try to play it cool. “Is this really happening?” he said on stage, before admitting he had dreamed of this role for years. He wasn’t bluffing: the actor has carried this obsession for a long time, and it showed on his face. Directing is Shawn Levy, the man who already blew up the box office with a certain red mercenary. His comment was three words: “Bro, let's ride.” Screenplay by Jonathan Tropper. Release announced for 2028.

The scene went viral within hours. Gosling arriving unannounced, the crowd standing as one, the Ghost Rider logo lighting up behind him: everything was there, captured from the stands.

Black Panther 3: Wakanda finds a new king

Then the tone changed. Ryan Coogler took the stage, and silence fell. The director brought Black Panther 3 for December 15, 2028, shot on 35mm film — the choice of great films, giving grain and texture rather than smooth digital.

The real moment was the casting. David Jonsson will play Toussaint, T'Challa’s son, the character the audience discovered in the final minutes of Wakanda Forever. The character grows, takes the armor, and becomes the new Black Panther. After Chadwick Boseman’s passing, Marvel doesn’t replace: the studio tells a succession story. It’s a coming-of-age film as much as a superhero movie. Jonsson, visibly overwhelmed, summed up the evening in one sentence: “The honor is all mine.”

Around him, the house stands strong: Letitia Wright returns as Shuri, Winston Duke as M'Baku. Wakanda doesn’t start over. It changes generation.

Doomsday approaching, and a Deadpool hidden in the crowd

Avengers: Doomsday arrives December 18, 2026. Filming is complete — Robert Downey Jr. confirmed it himself, smirking, this time in Victor Von Doom’s costume. The Russos showed footage where Doom faces the Fantastic Four, with Sentinels — giant mutant-hunting robots — under his control. The cast is dizzying: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Hayley Atwell, and about twenty other names.

And then there was the moment no one will forget. During audience questions, a Deadpool cosplayer in gray — the X-Force version — grabbed the mic and started grilling the actors on stage. The crowd laughed. The mask fell. It was Ryan Reynolds, infiltrated among six thousand fans since the start of the panel. Four hours disguised as himself: no one else would have dared.

Before all that, two theater dates. Spider-Man: Brand New Day releases July 31, and Marvel showed a sequence where Spider-Man and Jon Bernthal’s Punisher face Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk. Then Avengers: Endgame Encore, a re-release enriched with unseen scenes on September 25. Kevin Feige gave the reason, and it’s smarter than it looks: reminding everyone what it felt like to be in that room, screaming with the crowd.

What Marvel didn’t say — and why it’s strategic

Two absences stand out. Not a word on Secret Wars, the film meant to close the entire saga. Not a single image of the X-Men reboot, yet the studio’s most anticipated project. The silence is not an oversight: Marvel is saving its cards for D23, its home grand event planned in August. Two events, two waves of announcements, two months of nonstop conversation.

Our reading: the studio understood that a schedule is not a list, it’s a script. Doomsday closes 2026 in December. Ghost Rider opens a darker, rockier, more adult territory. Black Panther 3 ensures the succession at the decade’s end. Each announcement repairs a gap opened by the MCU’s lean years. And while other franchises fade, Marvel relearns the winning move: making a crowd scream before filling cinemas.