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For audiences worried that VisionQuest may be the last live-action Disney+ series produced by Marvel Studios, good news: announcements are en route that will prove otherwise, according to a recent report.

With the surprise news that Wonder Man season 2 had been cancelled by Disney within months of the show being renewed by Marvel, fans had been concerned that no additional live-action project for Disney+ has been publicly announced — even though both San Diego Comic-Con and D23 Expo have come and gone, both with large announcements from Marvel Studios for theatrical projects. Rumor and speculation have suggested that Disney+ was looking to change direction and pivot away from expensive live-action projects for some time — note that, outside of Ahsoka season 2, there are no known additional live-action Star Wars projects in the works for the streamer, either — but, per Matthew Belloni of Puck News, that speculation is about to be proven wrong.

“I’ve learned that there are multiple live-action Marvel series in development for Disney+, with announcements expected soon,” Belloni wrote in the August 19 edition of his What I’m Hearing newsletter. More interestingly, he had a couple of suggestions as to what projects might be in the works: “Integrating a new batch of X-Men characters set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday, and expanding the theatrical universe further with new characters, like Marvel’s Nova, which is currently in development, may bleed into the streamer’s franchise strategy.”

The Nova series — reportedly based on the 2013 comic book incarnation of the character — has been a long-rumored Marvel Studios project, although the idea of new projects featuring X-Men characters from Avengers: Doomsday feels like a genuinely surprising prospect if true. After all, the X-Men characters in Doomsday are the 20th Century Fox incarnations of the franchise, which is soon to be replaced by the newly announced MCU cast… unless, somehow, Channing Tatum’s Gambit is going to make it out of that movie alive…?

If just what Marvel Television is planning for Disney+ might be a mystery, when fans should expect the announcements is far clearer; announced August 19 was a panel at New York Comic Con 2026 on Thursday, October 8 at 4:15pm, titled simply ‘Up Next from Marvel Television and Marvel Animation.’ The panel description is simply, “Join special guests for an inside look at Marvel Television and Marvel Animation’s most anticipated upcoming series on Disney+.” Sounds like any big news might be coming from there, don’t you think…?

Keep your eyes on Popverse for more from Marvel Television and New York Comic Con in the coming weeks.

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