Marvel Rethinks TV Calendar and Releases New Premiere Dates for ‘Agatha,’ ‘Echo’ and ‘X-Men ’97’ amid Strikes

Disney’s Marvel Studios has announced new release dates for its upcoming television shows.

The move to move the date comes after both the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and SAG-AFTRA went on strike on May 2 and July 14, respectively.

According to The Hollywood Reporterthe studio decided to expand its content over a longer period of time due to the “general withdrawal” of streamers and a new initiative to “make every title an event for fans and audiences”.

Although Disney announced its TV-focused plans for Phase 5 and Phase 6 at last year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the streamer decided to significantly reduce the amount of television series that will debut this year.

Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson in ‘Loki’. Courtesy of Marvel Studios ‘Loki’ Season 2: Everything You Need to Know

Lokione of Marvel’s highest-rated series on Disney+, will be one of only two series fans can look forward to in 2023. The Tom Hiddleston and Owen Wilson-led series will premiere on the streamer on October 6.

The second season of What if…? will be the second show to debut in 2023 and will be shown around Christmas. The show was originally expected to air in early 2023 before it was pushed back.

The Emmy-winning animated series won’t be holiday-themed, but instead will remain an anthology series that gives Marvel diehards an alternate look at what might have happened if their favorite heroes or villains had never won.

Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld in the movie ‘Hawkeye’. Mary Cybulski/Marvel Studios From Amazon worker to ‘Hawkeye’ star: How Alaqua Cox beat the odds to become Marvel’s next big hero

The falcon’s eye spin-off, Echo, will also be pushed back to January 2024 despite original plans for a November 29 release. The series, which will release all of its episodes at once on Disney+, will star Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez, who previously appeared on falcon’s eye. Other cast members include Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning, Graham Greene, Zahn McClarnon, Vincent D’Onofrio and Charlie Cox.

X-Men ’97 will be the next series to hit the streamer sometime in early 2024 as opposed to a planned debut in the fall of 2023. The animated series, which will be a sequel to the classic 1990s series, was originally slated for 2021 and has already been renewed for a second season. The show will feature Magneto, Rogue, Beast, Gambit, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Storm, Jubilee and Cyclops.

Kathryn Hahn as Agatha in ‘WandaVision’. Marvel Studios’ Kathryn Hahn Is Coy About Mephisto Theories For ‘WandaVision’ Spinoff ‘Agatha: House of Harkness’

Although Kathryn Hahn WandaVision The spinoff was originally supposed to be a Winter 2023 release, the series – it’s now called Agatha: The Darkhold Diaries – will debut in early fall 2024 and will also star Joe Locke, Aubrey Plaza, Sasheer Zamata and Patti LuPone.

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Other series affected by the strikes that halted production include: Ironheart, Daredevil: Reborn and A wonderful man.

So far, no details about their release have been released.

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