Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said the Marvel Cinematic Universe will undergo a broad "reset" after 2027’s Avengers: Secret Wars, allowing the franchise to relaunch its timelines and recast major characters, including the X-Men. “Endgame was about endings; Secret Wars is about beginnings,” he told a small group of reporters from outlets including Deadline, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. Behind a padlocked door at the studio’s Burbank headquarters, Feige keeps a seven-year release board that now stretches to 2032. He acknowledged that the post-Endgame surge to more than 100 hours of film and television in six years diluted the brand. Future output will be capped at roughly three theatrical releases and, in most years, a single live-action series, a pull-back he said is designed to restore quality and relieve audiences of "homework" viewing. Feige confirmed the creative pivot away from Kang the Conqueror—complicated by actor Jonathan Majors’ assault conviction—toward Doctor Doom, noting that talks with Robert Downey Jr. about playing Doom began even before Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania opened. He also said Sony has asked Marvel to “stay away” from using Miles Morales until the studio wraps its animated Spider-Verse trilogy in 2027. Other projects remain in flux. Blade, still starring Mahershala Ali, has cycled through four scripts and is now set in the present day; Thunderbolts* has earned about $380 million worldwide despite strong reviews; and Fantastic Four: First Steps, debuting 25 July 2025, will kick off Phase Six as a “no-homework-required” standalone. Separate discussions are under way with Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman on future outings for Deadpool and Wolverine. Asked about his own future, Feige said he has “a little less than two years” on his current contract but intends to keep making “big movies for big audiences” for at least another decade. For now, he remains focused on guiding Marvel through its planned reset and the leaner slate that precedes it.