The House of Heroes is about to get a whole lot bigger.

In the aftermath of the November 12th launch of its brand-new streaming service Disney+, the Walt Disney Company has kept its momentum going by announcing future plans for its various film branches - including its behemoth subsidiary Marvel Studios. The company confirmed on Friday, November 15th release dates for five yet-untitled Marvel movies scheduled to open between October 2022 and November 2023.

The Hollywood Reporter had the complete list of release dates: October 7, 2022; February 17, 2023; May 5, 2023; July 28, 2023, and November 3, 2023.

This plan pins Marvel as rolling out four films in 2022: two untitled Marvel projects slated for February 18th and July 29th; Black Panther 2, which is coming on May 6, 2022; and the newly announced mystery movie scheduled for an October 7th, 2022 debut. It sets the studio up to release four movies in 2023 as well.

That outline matches up with what Walt Disney Studios chief creative officer and co-chairman Alan Horn previously said about content plans for Marvel Studios. Horn noted in an October 2019 interview with THR that Marvel Studios chief content officer Kevin Feige would be making three or four Marvel movies per year.

Four years after the inception of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2008's Iron Man, and after seeing how well director Joss Whedon's The Avengers performed both critically and commercially, Disney increased production of Marvel movies to a consistent two per year. By 2017, the Mouse House had put Marvel on a three-movies-per-year schedule. That year saw the launches of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 in May, Spider-Man: Homecoming in July, and Thor: Ragnarok in November. In 2018, Marvel released Black Panther on February 16, Avengers: Infinity War on April 27, and Ant-Man and the Wasp on July 6. This year saw the debuts of Captain Marvel in March, Avengers: Endgame in April, and Spider-Man: Far From Home in July.

What's interesting about Marvel's new plans is that the studio has seemingly learned from its past decisions, playing even smarter this time around by spreading its upcoming films out across the calendar year. The successes of Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and Thor: Ragnarok may have influenced the studio to stick with release dates around those times moving forward. It may also be seasonally motivated - scheduling movies for February, May, July, and October/November ensures that Marvel has one big theatrical event in winter, spring, summer, and fall - or a decision made to avoid over-saturating the market with Marvel content and potentially causing "superhero fatigue." Keep watching the video to see exactly what are the 5 new Marvel movies Disney just announced?

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