There's plenty for comic book and superhero fans to be excited about in 2023, thanks to 9 Marvel and DC superhero movies set to land in theaters. From highly anticipated live-action debuts and sequels, to multiverse-spanning epics, and much-delayed releases, there's plenty on the slate for 2023, and we have the release dates and information for each of the films below!
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Superhero partners Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne return in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania to not only continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp, but to also officially kick off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Together, with Hope's parents Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne, the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Jonathan Majors makes his MCU debut as Kang the Conqueror.
Release Date: February 17, 2023
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathryn Newton and Jonathan Majors
Shazam! Fury of the Gods serves as the first film of 2023 for DC/Warner Bros. The sequel to 2019's Shazam! will continue the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!," is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam. The fate of the world depends upon Batson and his foster siblings defeating the Daughters of Atlas.
Release Date: March 17, 2023
Director: David Sandberg
Cast: Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, Ross Butler, Meagan Good, D.J. Cotrona, Grace Caroline Currey, Djimon Hounsou, Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu, and Helen Mirren.
In Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, our favorite ragtag band of outcasts has taken on a slightly different look these days. Peter Quill, who is still mourning over the loss of Gamora, has the responsibility of rallying his crew around him in order to defend the universe and safeguard one of their own. A mission that, in the event that it is not accomplished successfully, has the potential to bring about the end of the Guardians as we know them.
Release Date: May 5, 2023
Director: James Gunn
Cast: Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Will Poulter, Maria Bakalova and Chukwudi Iwuji
Miles Morales makes his return in the next installment of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, which is an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People in order to face off against a foe more powerful than anything they have ever faced before.
Release Date: June 2, 2023
Director: Joaquim Dos, SantosKemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, and Rachel Dratch
The Flash travels back in time in an attempt to prevent the murder of his mother, a heroic act which disrupts time and alters the universe as he knows it.
Release Date: June 16, 2023
Director: Andy Muschietti
Cast: Ezra Miller, Ben Affleck, Michael Keaton, and Sasha Calle
Brie Larson will reprise her role as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers in The Marvels, the final MCU film for 2023. She will be joined by Teyonah Parris, who made her debut as Monica Rambeau in Marvel Studios' WandaVision, as well as Iman Vellani, who appeared as Ms. Marvel in the Disney+ series of the same name.
Release Date: July 28, 2023
Director: Nia DaCosta
Cast: Bris Larson, Iman Vellani, Teyonah Parris, Samuel L. Jackson, and Zawe Ashton.
2023 will mark the first live-action appearance of the popular DC Comics character as it sees the release of Blue Beetle. The movie stars Xolo Maridueña of Cobra Kai, and tells the origin story of Jaime Reyes, a Latino youngster who forms a link with a symbiotic scarab that endows him with superpowers and transforms him into Blue Beetle.
Release Date: August 18, 2023
Director: Angel Manuel Soto
Cast: Xolo Maridueña, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillén, Raoul Max Trujillo, Elpidia Carrillo, George Lopez, Damián Alcázar, Bruna Marquezine, Adriana Barraza, and Belissa Escobedo
Russian immigrant Sergei Kravinoff is on a mission to prove that he is the greatest hunter in the world.
Release Date: October 6, 2023
Director: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Fred Hechinger, Russell Crowe, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott, Ariana DeBose, and Levi Miller
After the awakening of a long-dormant power, Aquaman is forced to form an uneasy alliance with the unlikeliest of allies in order to save Atlantis and the rest of the world from irreparable destruction.
Release Date: December 25, 2023
Director: James Wan
Cast: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Dolph Lundgren, Temuera Morrison, Nicole Kidman, Randall Park, Vincent Regan, Jani Zhao, and Indya Moore