Marvel Studios returned to Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday for its first appearance at the panel since 2024, and Kevin Feige didn't come empty-handed. Over roughly an hour, the studio confirmed two new films, showed exclusive footage, and reunited much of its upcoming Avengers: Doomsday cast on stage.
The headline reveals:
- Ghost Rider is officially happening. Ryan Gosling will star as the fiery antihero in a new film directed by Shawn Levy, set for 2028. Gosling, who has said publicly he's wanted the role for years, surprised the crowd by appearing in person.
- Black Panther 3 has its new king. Director Ryan Coogler confirmed David Jonsson will play the grown son of T'Challa, introduced as a child in Wakanda Forever. The film is dated for December 2028, with Letitia Wright and Winston Duke also returning.
- Avengers: Doomsday took center stage. Robert Downey Jr. appeared as Doctor Doom, joined by Hayley Atwell and much of the ensemble cast, ahead of the film's December 18, 2026 release. New footage was shown to the Hall H crowd.
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day got a spotlight too. Jon Bernthal, reprising the Punisher, showed up to hype the film's release just one week out, with an exclusive clip featuring Spider-Man and Mark Ruffalo's Hulk.
- Marvel left out any word on Avengers: Secret Wars or its untitled X-Men reboot, with more details expected at Disney's D23 Expo next month.
Two of the day's biggest reveals carry a quiet faith thread worth noting. Jonsson, before becoming Wakanda's next king, played a supporting role in Angel Studios' "Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin" (2024), portraying the friend who introduced German pastor and Hitler-resister Dietrich Bonhoeffer to a Harlem Baptist church - a formative moment in Bonhoeffer's real theology. And Ghost Rider itself, whatever direction Levy and Gosling take it, is built on one of Marvel's most spiritually loaded premises: a soul traded away, and a "Spirit of Vengeance" tasked with judging the guilty - themes of sin and redemption that have run through the comics for decades.
With Avengers: Doomsday now just months away and two more MCU films dated for 2028, Marvel has given fans plenty to look forward to - and plenty still left unsaid.
