Marvel Studios recently confirmed that an upcoming Disney+ TV show will be a team-up project, and it is just around the corner. Team-up projects are a cornerstone of the MCU and have been since the Avengers first assembled in 2012. Since then, three other Avengers flicks have been released, but fans have also gotten to see some of the franchise's biggest characters work as a team in films like Captain America: Civil War, Thunderbolts*, Eternals, and Deadpool & Wolverine.
Eyes of Wakanda, the next MCU Disney+ series on Marvel Studios' upcoming slate (and the first TV show in Phase 6), was recently confirmed to be a team-up project. The animated series will be centered around the Hatut Zaraze, which will be comprised of a group of different heroes.
This sparks a notable trend in Marvel Studios' upcoming slate, which hinges on several movies and shows hinging on team-ups. According to the official Marvel website, Eyes of Wakanda will be the MCU's next team-up project and will tell "the stories of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history."
Specifically, Disney+ and Marvel refer to the show as featuring "a group of heroes," confirming that the four-episode animated project will showcase different characters coming together and teaming up to take down the enemies of Wakanda, who are trying to steal the country's Vibranium:
"A globe-trotting adventure, Eyes of Wakanda chronicles the stories of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history. The four-episode series follows a group of heroes — the Hatut Zaraze — as they carry out dangerous missions to retrieve Vibranium artifacts from the enemies of Wakanda."
Translating as Dogs of War in Wakandan, the group was recently referred to by Marvel Studios Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation Brad Winderbaum as Wakanda's version of the CIA. Slotting in among the Dora Milaje and Midnight Angels, the Hatut Zaraze now represents another major team from Wakanda.
Eyes of Wakanda will premiere on Disney+ on August 6, 2025, joining Hawkeye, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki as the MCU's notable team-up shows. The four-episode series will feature a variety of characters and will reportedly include the return of one of the Defenders.
Several upcoming projects will see the odd hero here and there crossing over between projects, like Jessica Jones' return in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 and The Punisher's role in Spider-Man: Brand New Day. However, Marvel Studios has plenty of other movies and shows that will see multiple heroes joining forces.
Every Upcoming MCU Team-Up Project
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the next MCU team-up project on Marvel Studios' upcoming slate. Many have waited for an MCU version of the Fantastic Four for years, so the release of the upcoming movie will be a major moment for longtime fans.
The Fantastic Four will be released on July 25, 2025, and features the team (comprised of Pedro Pascal's Reed Richards, Vanessa Kirby's Sue Storm, Joseph Quinn's Johnny Storm, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach's Ben Grimm) fighting Galactus and a female version of the Silver Surfer.
Marvel Zombies
Marvel Studios' upcoming R-rated Disney+ series will be a spin-off of the "Zombies" episode of What If...? The project will feature nine major actors reprising their roles in the franchise only as animated versions of their characters.
Marvel Zombies, releasing on October 3, 2025, will showcase a group of MCU heroes in a post-apocalyptic world as they band together to fight off hordes of the undead, which will include other heroes and villains familiar to MCU fans.
Avengers: Doomsday
By the time Avengers: Doomsday is released in December 2026, it will have been seven years since the previous Avengers entry. That will mark the longest gap between two team-up movies of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, as the first four films were never spaced more than three years apart.
Doomsday will undoubtedly be the biggest movie in MCU history, as it is expected to feature dozens of major characters from different eras of superhero movies released by Marvel. For example, for the first time ever, some characters from Fox's X-Men films (such as Ian McKellen's Magneto and Rebecca Romijn's Mystique) will be present alongside MCU characters.
Avengers: Secret Wars
It is hard to imagine a film being bigger than Avengers: Doomsday, but Avengers: Secret Wars will be exactly that. Everything done in Doomsday is expected to be turned up to 11 in Secret Wars, with many expecting the film to be the culmination of multiple generations of Marvel storytelling.
While a lot of fans hope to see some characters receive proper goodbyes, the movie is also confirmed to be a new beginning for the MCU. No matter the case, Avengers: Secret Wars will undoubtedly be the most insane and biggest team-up project Marvel Studios has ever done when it hits theaters in December 2027.
