‘The Marvels’ and ‘Ant-Man 3’ Swap Release Dates in 2023

variety.com:

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterMarvel Studios productions “The Marvels” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” are swapping release dates, Disney announced Friday.“The Marvels,” the sequel to 2019’s “Captain Marvel,” was originally due to open on Feb.

17, 2023, and “Quantumania,” the third movie in the “Ant-Man” series, was set to open on July 28, 2023.Instead, “Quantumania” will now bow first in February, and “The Marvels” will open in July.Insiders say this was a matter of “Quantumania” simply being further along in its creative process than “The Marvels,” as the former has wrapped principle photography while “The Marvels” still has a bit more to go.

Marvel Studios’ other big theatrical release in 2023, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” is still set to debut on May 5, 2023.

The release date shuffling is likely to raise eyebrows among hardcore observers of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as it suggests that the 2023 feature projects aren’t as closely linked as previous MCU movies.“Quantumania” is expected to continue the multiverse storyline launched with the 2021 Disney+ series “Loki,” which featured Jonathan Majors as He Who Remains, whose death creates the multiverse in the MCU.