New Marvel Rumors Including Why YOUNG AVENGERS Was Changed to CHAMPIONS and More

Marvel has a lot of TV projects in the works at various stages of development. Some of them are returning, and some are brand new to Disney+, but all are pretty exciting. While the studio hasn’t been giving many recent updates, industry scooper Daniel Richtman has several rumored updates (via CBM) for us to think about.

The biggest news is that Marvel Studios has reportedly given up on producing a Young Avengers movie, and will instead focus on bringing the newly renamed Champions to Disney+. The rebrand of the group likely points to the fact that it has taken them so long to get these characters together, that they are no longer teens, like in the comics, but young adults.

The report says that the search for a showrunner has begun and the main reason we're getting a movie instead of a TV show is supposedly down to The Marvels underperforming at the box office last year.

It seems Ms. Marvel wasn't the draw Marvel Studios expected, surely leaving them to conclude that a streaming audience isn't necessarily going to follow these heroes into theaters without a good enough reason. 

Disney CEO Bob Iger has also discussed the importance of protecting the Avengers brand and a Young Avengers spin-off underperforming would risk tarnishing the main event movies...which are guaranteed money-makers, of course. 

The scooper has dropped a few other minor updates, including the fact Marvel Television is searching for a female actor to play a mayoral candidate in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2. We're not sure what that means for Wilson Fisk.

Hawkeye Season 2 is expected to begin shooting next fall for a 2026/2027 release on Disney+, and Nova isn't being lined up to start production until around the same time or perhaps even early 2026.

What do you think of these new updates? What Marvel series are you most looking forward to?